One way to maximise any instruction that you receive from either your fellow players or a professional is to truly understand how the golf swing itself can be broken down into key segments. This firm foundation of understanding will allow you to learn all the tiny tricks of the trade that others are trying to show you and allow you to really focus each learning to the areas of the golf swing that will provide you with the most improvement.
If you're not aware it's quite easy to break the average golf swing down into three key segments, the backswing, the downswing, and impact and follow through. By being aware of the three segments you can take each individual tip or piece of advice and apply them correctly to the segment of the swing to which they apply to gain maximum benefit. This in turn can make it much easier to recall what it is that you learned at your last lesson and apply it out on the golf course to good effect.
By drawing particular attention to the key muscles and different parts of the body that are impacted within each segment of the golf swing you can make the most of another key advantage of this approach. By being aware of the key muscles and body parts that are in use during any type of golf swing instruction it makes it much easier to relate the specific golf exercises to these body parts and to have a clear understanding of the benefits they will be providing. And this all makes it simpler to link the golf swing instructions that you are receiving to the exercises that you undertake in order to improve your game.
As you can probably tell it's not really possible to remove golf specific exercises from the basics of swing instruction as the two things go together, and by recognising this and combining the two in the right manner your chances of making big improvements increase dramatically. But, as with all sports there is more to golf than simply being able to swing the club properly so make sure you pay attention to other areas of the game too in order to see the biggest improvements overall.