Continuing education is important. Pelz enjoys being based in Austin, where he says the University of Texas facilities give him easy access to the technical information he constantly researches for his curriculum and instructors. When I stop learning, I'm done. I talk to other teachers, we'll bounce ideas off each other. It's trying to improve, getting ideas and motivating people.
Communication is key, both with fellow teachers and the students.
In the complex, inexact world of developing a good golf swing, any information, and especially information from another noted source, is coveted. The golf swing is both simple and complex. I'm constantly trying to help younger pros with what's taken me 30 years to learn. It's shortcuts to teaching. Eschenbrenner talks swing with Mark Pelletier at El Paso CC, while brother Jere is the teaching instructor at Eschenbrenner's Cielo Vista course in El Paso.