Is swing analysis and lessons at GolfTec worth it?

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From what I have gathered is they try to reinvent your swing and that could take years to do. You may even walk away from the game.

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This was my experience! It seems like they took a class on the perfect golf swing and try to fit everyone into that swing. Screwed me up for a while.

I did the analysis, don't remember what that cost. I found it useful, they have good analytics and the guy who worked with me was knowledgable and not nuts. That said, I was amazed at the pitch for their lesson packages. I found it expensive, like insanely expensive. I don't remember the exact amounts but the different packages were in the thousands of dollars. I just remember thinking 'who pays four grand to come hit balls off a matt in a strip mall?

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It’s expensive to take lessons, I was basically paying $80 for a 30 minute lesson, $160 for an hour. If you have been playing for a while and have a decent swing, find a local pro that has a launch monitor and video analysis system so you can view your swing and your swing data. At $160/hr at GolfTec you can find a local pro for cheaper that can get into details of your swing.

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They will also be sure to push you out the door right at the 30 minute or 1 hour mark. I had a few different lessons to where the coach just turned the simulator off and walked out. No real warning or anything. I just grabbed my things and walked out as well.

I did the swing analysis. It fixed one major issue I was having, addressing the ball consistently.

My swing was pretty good, I was just standing too damn close and upright so I kept thinning everything. If nothing else, it got me to a point where I know what good feels like.

Then he pulled the sales pitch out for lessons. I am glad I did not pay for them. I have a friend who did and I can echo some of the 'rebuild your entire swing sentiments'. They had him working on 10 different things all at once. Way too much to focus on.

The swing analysis was worth it for $90.

Theres so many golftecs, and golftec instructors youre gonna get every possible answer. I went to one and had a good experience, ive played golf my whole life, was not a beginner and had a decent swing beforehand. I cannot at all confirm the whole new swing thing; I did not have that happen at all. I got 1 or 2 tweaks and feels to look for every other week and I loved that he didnt try to reinvent my swing and I specifically told people I loved golftec because of that reason. Their software can be helpful to use a few times on you own in practice sessions. Its not cheap, but i have no regrets, i bought a plan and did it for a few months; and now I go back every once and a while and just buy the credits i need. Also got fitted for some clubs there.

I went to a certain huge name on the Northshore few years ago im sure you have all heard of, and we literally started drilling things without ever showing my swing, was a rebuild from square 1. Nice guy, went 3 times, but completely ruined golf for me for a year or so. Golftec was nothing like that by comparison imo.

People have drastically different experiences with things though. Its entirely dependent on how you jive with your specific instructor

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I went to a certain huge name on the Northshore few years ago

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RN or JL?

RN, feel like he's perfect for younger prospects he can mold, think he's gotten a few kids to the tour. Not in the business of tweaking an existing swing though.

My handicap dropped by about 8 strokes (low 90s to mid 80s) from my lessons at GolfTec.

I found the unlimited use of the indoor simulator to be extremely helpful. I used it pretty much everyday for 3 months while I was getting my lessons.

I have done it. The upside of it was it fit my schedule. Weekday afternoons. Open if it rained, ect. I didn't take advantage of the practice time as it was a little out of my way. Cost wise it was on par with a local pro's monthly program. The local pro was a couple lessons per month and video critique access other times. Problem with that was scheduling. Couldn't do more than a month out. Weather dependant. You are probably not the priority client. I didn't have a problem taking off work for an outside lesson but only got a couple in about 6 weeks time.