There's been lots of debate approximately why the Korean ladies have become this sort of dominant pressure on the LPGA. The wellknown end has been that they paintings more difficult than every body else -- and I don't doubt that they paintings difficult -- but I'm pretty sure it really is NOT the reason.
I don't have any experience with Korean golf instruction but I DO have some experience with Korean martial arts... and if my experience is any indication, the reason for Korean excellence is really simple: Fundamentals. (BTW, we had more than a few instructors at the school who were golfers, including one who played the Web.com Tour at the time. My instructors explained things to me more than once by using golf analogies. So I'm pretty sure I'm on target with this.)
I took years of Tae Kwon Do once I was 46 and forty seven, lower back round 2003-2005. I in the end needed to cease because of a foot harm (no longer acquired in TKD magnificence) and a job exchange that interfered with my training. During that point I were given wherein I may want to do difficult workout routines with the 20-somethings with out undue pressure -- although I become sore for almost a yr till I reached that point -- but once I were given there it become outstanding. I might have by no means believed I ought to have achieved it if I hadn't been there to peer it. ;-) And I did properly enough to get hold of "Most Improved" awards at my belt stage while I turned into there.
How did my teachers get me to that factor? Was it simply tough work? Well, instructions lasted round 50 mins and Master Kim commonly recommended no more than five classes a week. He become very glad if we confirmed up three times per week. So it wasn't just how a lot we worked.
But although we each had belt-specific curriculum that we were learning, each class began with everybody working out together. And I mean everybody -- from the newest white belt to the most senior black belt, which basically covered everybody from 1 month of training to 15 years or more. And what did we do? Fundamentals. Everybody worked out together as a class, doing the same things -- black belts teaching the white belts proper technique, and white belts helping the black belts become better because (as every teacher knows) you always learn more when you're teaching. In fact, we used to say that when you got a black belt, you'd finally learned enough that Master Kim could teach you to do it right.
Those basics workout routines normally ran 20-30 minutes, but I take into account several training wherein we spent 45 minutes running collectively on basics. That left most effective 5 minutes to divide into our belt-unique companies and get a little short education. But our TKD school always positioned properly in competitions (at all belt degrees). In truth, Master Kim became one of the US TKD Olympic coaches in London, so I experience it is secure to mention he knew what he become doing.
And what he targeted on was basics. I have no doubt that the Korean golfing instructors are also centered on coaching their students fundamentals. Just study their swings! How regularly do you listen the TV commentators speak about the rhythm, the tempo, the balance in their swings?
In my experience, US gamers (and instructors) awareness on shotmaking. The Koreans may not have as many pictures in their repertoires because the US gamers, however then they may be within the fairway and on the veggies greater frequently and don't want as many restoration pictures. They play greater always and so that they positioned themselves in position to win greater frequently.
I'm no longer announcing that US gamers have to pay less attention to shotmaking, just that they want to put more emphasis on their fundamentals. On days when you are not at your first-class, it is fundamentals that preserve you in competition. And that's why I spend most of the instructional posts on this blog speakme about basics -- whilst you don't have plenty of time to practice, it's greater important than ever that you awareness to your fundamentals.
That's the big Korean golf secret. I'll let you have it for free.
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