David Leadbetter? The golf channel

Watch Deadbeater if you want to ruin your golf swing ;-)

I have heard a few say things like this against leadbetter,what i want to know is how do people come to this opinion?

If he is regarded as one of the top coaches by folks more qualified than you're average club golfer how can club golfers make/have such a strong opinion that he is a bad coach.

I would think as i said earlier that dvd's can be dangerous as you have no coach beside you to tell you that you are not doing it properly or as is more probable, folks are trying to change more than one thing at a time and in doing so making a mess of there swing.

I think one of the reasons he is "vilified" is because he teaches a method i.e. you must swing in his prescribed manner. Regardless of existing swing, build etc

Other coaches predominantly take your existing swing and make adjustments in order ro gain improvements.

Plus some of Lead's students have lost their swings quite spectacularly (Michelle Wie). Or their swings have failed to hold up under pressure (Ernie!)

to blame Michelle Wie on leadbetter is laughable. If you want someone to blame for Wie's demise i suggest you look no further than her advisers.
Last year she earned over 12 million in earnings. How did this happen when she won nothing and i am not sure she even made a cut in a tournament.
Her advisers have been putting her in tournaments playing against men when she is unable to compete and her confidence has been destroyed, this is an opinion held by a lot of commentators and pros.

I have never heard any pro saying Leadbetter is a bad coach(this does not mean there aren't any).

I do on the other hand agree he or any other coach for that matter will not suit every golfer, this is why i think you have to be careful with dvd's in he long game as you need someone there to make sure you are on the right track.

I find the tips and short game instructions fantastic and i know they have helped me.