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Originally Posted by bonds
This is going to sound dickish (sorry) but isn't meant to be: How about seeing how quickly she can figure it out herself?
This for sure. My wife plays a bit and we go through this same thing every round.
HER: What should I hit?
ME: How far do have?
HER: I don't know.
ME: Figure it out.
HER: About 130, what do I hit?
ME: What club do you hit 130?
HER: Like a 6 iron?
ME: Sure.
HER: Full swing?
ME: I don't know, what do you think?
HER: Yes?
ME: Ok.
Then she hits it.
Of course she complains about how unhelpful I am but she needs to figure it out.
Where I do help is around the greens. She has 3 shots in her bag. Full swing, half swing with wrists, and a chip shot. When she has less then 50 yards I generally help her with the thought process in picking a shot type and setup for each different scenario.
For example, with a pitch over a bunker the convo might go:
Do you need to hit this high?
-yes to carry the bunker.
Can you hit a no wrist chip shot here?
-nope, it's too far.
So full swing or half swing?
-its short so a half swing
What club?
-I need to hit it high so my P (she calls her wedge her P)
What kind of setup? Where is your weight and ball position?
-weight on my left side a little, ball position in the middle.
Ok, hit it.
The key to her learning is making her verbalize the thought process. While she is learning she is going to be slow so make sure you take that into account. I try to take my wife out late afternoons so we can take our time and she can figure it out.