A swing change takes time. If you've sliced the ball all your golfing life, you're not going to instantly hit a draw consistently. Sounds reasonable, right? Many times on the lesson tee I can have a student make an adjustment in their grip or swing and achieve quick results but sometimes it doesn't work when they leave. They often come to one of two conclusions-either "Scott didn't give me the right information" or "I just can't do it."
You have to remember that it takes time and effort to make a change. It might take 3 months of practicing to make it stick. Now this might make you think "Holy cow, if it takes 3 months to change one bad habit and I've got 10, it'll take almost 3 years before I get better"!
My answer to that is simple. If you solve your number one bad habit it will make the others better or simply go away. For example, let's say you slice your driver. The number one problem might be a poor grip that leaves the clubface open at impact. However, you probably have developed other errors to offset the poor grip, like aiming too far to the left of your target. Well, once you correct the grip and the ball doesn't slice, guess where your shots will go - left! Now if you keep your grip correct and the ball consistently goes left you will eventually start to aim less to the left, solving problem #2. The good news is you can practice your grip correction without even going to the golf course.
If you are wanting to improve your game, keep in mind that you have probably made thousands of swings with your dominant errors so don't expect to learn good ones by next weekend.
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