Lessons with Barry Power

soverybored1878

Came across this guy recently on Instagram, think he operates out of Drynam DR. Just wondering what everybodies' thoughts are? 45 euro seems an awful lot for half an hour, don't think balls are included either which is a bit mad for a lesson at a driving range (not a deal breaker though)

Has anybody been to a lesson with him and what were your thoughts?

blue note

I went to him for a couple of lessons and he was good. I don't think he's a PGA professional which didn't particularly bother me, but it does a lot of people.

Eoin Arthurs in Kinsealy is the best guy I've been to for lessons. I thought was terrific.

ShivasIrons

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Just out of curiosity, 45 euro for a lesson is an awful lot compared to what? Other coaches? If you had the opportunity to have a lesson with Butch Harmon, and you could pay anything you liked, what would you pay?

rooney30

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I’d stretch to 35 euro per half hour with Butch . No tip .

rooney30

Don’t think 45 euro per half hour is wild in this day and age . Bring your car down to your local car dealer and they’ll charge you 90/100 euro per hour labour without blinking

El Guapo!

€45 isn't an extortionate amount. It's around average I'd say.

On Barry Power, I have no personal experience with him but I've heard a few people say they weren't entirely happy. His method of teaching seems to be emulating swings of tour pros. He shows still frames and videos of Rory's swing for example and tells everybody that their swing should look like this in each position etc.

Again, I've no personal experience but judging by his posts on Instagram this seems to be true.

And he's not a PGA pro so that does turn a lot of people off.

william

I had 5 lessons with him and thought he was very good. Short game improved a lot. I’d be a high handicapper. No connection.

fullstop

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You’re seriously comparing a lesson with Butch Harmon (who has coached many, many major winners) to paying €90 an hour (excluding balls) for Baz power? 😳🙄

ShivasIrons

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063372#Comment_121063372

I'm not comparing him to Butch Harmon. I'm asking the OP what value would he put on lesson with Butch Harmon.

But let's me a comparison, Butch is around 3,000 dollars for a lesson, does anyone think the lesson will make them 30 times better than a lesson with Barry Power would do?

blue note

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That wasn't my experience of lessons with him and I did the three pack or whatever the deal was at the time. They were normal lessons where he looks at your swing and chats to you, gives you feedback on your swing, drills to correct, etc. Where the comparing to a pro comes in is to help show what he's talking about (for example for me it was to do with a movement at the top of my back swing). So similar to any other pro I've been to he'll address the ball and show you this is what you're doing and then he'll show you this is what you should be doing. And on top of that he might show you a video of your swing side by side with a pro (Justin Rose in my case) and stop it at the relevant point in each swing so you can see where you're going wrong. I think it just done in one of the lessons and was a small part of that one. But I must say I did find it useful to see a video of me doing it wrong and someone doing it right, it did help me understand what I was doing wrong. As opposed to looking at a pro on his own doing it correctly.

He was a perfectly good teacher, If you're going to do the practice in between lessons I'd be amazed if you didn't improve with him.

NickNickleby

I went to him a few years ago. Was delighted with the improvement. He's a very patient teacher. I thought the videos were a great way to hammer home certain points. If you're going to show someone a video of someone playing a great golf shot, why wouldn't you use someone like Tiger. But more than that, he explains the 'why' of the techniques he's trying to teach.

A few years have elapsed, but I still remember the very positive way he taught me. nice guy.

My improvement was great, insofar as I became far more consistent in my play.

BTW, I have no link to him other than as a customer. He was recommended to me by an in-law who had taken lessons from him.

soverybored1878

In my earlier post, I just meant 45 euro for a half hour with a guy who isn't a PGA pro was expensive.

Having done a bit of research, I don't get the teaching method either. Comparing the average person (who aren't athletes) to the swings of McIlroy (who's entire life and training revolves around the sport) just doesn't make sense to me.

BraveDonut

My club pro also compares to tour players. In my case if was Francesco Mollinari.

He wasn't trying to get me to emulate his swing but more his posture - how his spine was aligned at the point of impact.

gypsy79

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Nobody pays 45 euro for his lessons

He is always doing discounts...up to 50% a lot of the time