Golf is a complex, difficult sport that requires many different skills in order to play it well. While good technique is certainly one of the necessary skills, there are also physical skills that are required, emotional skills that are required, and mental skills that are required. Each one of these skills are like links in what I like to call The Performance Chain (credit to Dr. Rick Jensen who first shared the concept with me). Your chain might be mostly full of strong links, but it only takes one weak link for the chain to break.

So, in short, if we want to play better golf, we need to begin to look at golf holistically. That is how golf should be coached. Not every player wants to play professional golf one day so it's unrealistic to expect every to fully engage in the development of every necessary skill, so I work with players to see what makes sense for them.