When not teaching at The Reserve, she s giving clinics or seminars across the country about the differences she s identified in her career. As a player it was something I recognized. The X-factor is the worst thing that ever happened to women. To take the hips out of the swing, the very thing that allows them their power, to resist your shoulder against your hips is just a tragedy. Steinbach, an energetic blonde who loves to talk and does so with a rapid-fire delivery, also believes women need different emotional approaches from their teachers.
Women internalize negative feedback.
If you tell me right now that I ve gained weight, I ll start crying. They don t want to see themselves. It might be a bad-hair day. Most women teachers understand the differences, Steinbach said, but that pressures to teach a certain way from golf schools, books and even big-name teaching pros makes it difficult for women teachers to teach against accepted models. Steinbach doesn t believe in teachers only teaching the same sex, however, or that men can t effectively teach women.