The Advantages Of Getting Professional Coaching For Golfers New And Old

Whether you are just starting out in the game of golf or have been playing for a number of years, there is always something new for you to learn or some skill for you to perfect and there is little doubt that the easiest way to achieve that is with professional coaching.

But the problem is that coaching can be very expensive.

At the top end of the scale you may think about going to a golf school for an intensive course and immersing yourself for a full seven days in learning or improving one or two specific facets of your game. Costs will vary widely and depend upon the school you select and things like the quality of its instructors and the range of specialized training facilities which the school provides. However, in every case the cost is likely to be high and you can certainly think about paying $1,000 to $2,000 or more for this type of course.

Your next option might be to consider individual lessons with a local golf professional lasting perhaps 1 or 2 hours each day, or maybe just two or three times a week. This option is certainly one which is worth thinking about as an alternative to enrolling at a golf school, however it will still be reasonably expensive, especially if you discover that you need to continue your lessons for any length of time.

So how about a cheaper option?

An increasingly popular option these days is to learn the game by watching DVDs in the comfort of your own home and, before laughing at this idea, you might wish to consider the range of DVDs currently being made by many highly respected professional golf instructors and the millions of golfers who are opting for this particular form of tuition.

Not only do DVDs permit a professional golfer to literally come into your lounge and take you through every aspect of the game in great detail and provide you with step by step exercises to follow so that you can master everything from improving your driving to hitting the perfect draw shot, but the true beauty of DVD instruction is that it lets you work at your own pace and replay each lesson over and over again and pick up even the smallest of detail.

However, possibly best of all is the fact that your own personal library of golf DVDs will not cost you an arm and a leg.

Now, if you can afford it, enrolling at a golf school or personal coaching with your local golf professional will almost certainly produce faster and better results than trying to learn from DVDs. Instructional DVDs do however come in a close second and you really cannot beat them as far as cost is concerned.