{"id":4207,"date":"2019-03-06T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/?p=4207"},"modified":"2019-03-06T18:05:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:05:19","slug":"hippocratic-oath-golf-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/hippocratic-oath-golf-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hippocratic Oath Doesn\u2019t Just Apply to Medical Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t just apply to medical doctors or, at least, shouldn\u2019t. Any time healers or helpers act for the health of their patient, they operate under an implicit guideline to \u201cDo No Harm\u201d. However, we\u2019ve all seen the ambitious or conflicted reap rewards from trusting \u201cpatients\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know this seems combative, but we have an actual problem in the golf instruction industry, too. The majority of instructors could never pass an golf swing MCAT. Anyone with the slightest inkling to make money \u201cTeaching\u201d golf can hang up a shingle, find a soapbox, and begin selling their snake oil to the eager and ill golfer, using empassioned and distracting language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their\u2019s is a rocky path lit by self-interest and deception. That is why this site is free. I want to set myself apart by writing about the Open Stance philosophy in hopes of reaching the world with the truth. And the truth is, if your instructor or teacher does not set you up open, or at least on parallel \u201ctracks\u201d, then they are guaranteeing your continued frustration and subscription to the mainstream narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone can teach adaptation. Adaptation\u2019s only requirement is consciousness. The reason adaptation is so easy to teach is because we don\u2019t need the help in the first place. It\u2019s avoidance theory… we choose to distance ourselves from responsibility because doing so has no negative consequences. Therefore, instruction becomes a business negotiation – using empassioned speech and fear to get people to do what they could, just as easily, do for themselves. It\u2019s a WIN-WIN with \u201cThe blind leading the blind\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

Foundational knowledge<\/strong> is what teachers provide and, for which, students are responsible. I could easily put together a cirriculum or test and measure golf knowledge – from putting, to chipping and pitching, to full swing. In fact, I already have.<\/p>\n