Bridgestone Golf MINDSET Visual Technology

[jfrigo1003]

Ran out of my dozen unfortunately but I'm very pleased with the performance and feel of the B XS. I do think the ball is a little bit faster over previous models i used to play which was my gamer for 5 years. The B XS remains one of the spiniest balls on approach shots and around the green. As someone who hits irons high with lower spin, I gravitate towards balls with a lower launch and higher spin. The B XS fits that bill perfectly

As for the Mindset technology I personally did not care for it. It's not that it was bad, I just did not care for it. I found it more difficult to line up the outer red ring/arrow to my target line than I did with the traditional side stamping TOUR B XS line

 

[GolferDad66]

@jfrigo1003 - I took to lining up my club with the arrow pointed to my club and not to the target. that has helped me some with the design. If I had one suggestion for Bridgestone it would be to make the arrow a little longer -it would help on lining up putts especially as well as drives.

As a high handicapper the tech or rather the step process did help me. Sometimes getting flustered on the course, my reaction would be to hit the next shot quicker, but seeing the circles made me pause and focus. Yes it is true that one does not need the circles to go thru the steps, but having it on the ball just reinforced the concepts for me.

 

[amarkabove]

I finally put the extra sleeve of B RX MindSet that I picked up in July in play today. After a couple straight months of playing nothing but Titleist, I felt it was time to see what coming back to the MindSet would do. But I was also curious because with the hand/wrist injury I've been dealing with for the past month of so, my swing thoughts have become far more cluttered and my driver swing has been struggling mightily. The injury seems to largely be dormant right now, but there is still the fear, especially on the first swing, that the pain is going to return. All that to say, the task ahead of MindSet was not a small one.

I had some of the best drives I've had in months with the MindSet in play. Because I was doing most of the process (I didn't put the logo up except on the final drive, more on that in a second), I was being more intentional with my setup. But more importantly, I slowed down. I had been getting way to quick in my transition ever since the injury, first because the pain was strongest at the top and then later because I was in my head about fixing everything. That went away with the MindSet which I believe also helped get more out of the driver setup I was fit into. We purposely went with the shaft we did because I was having more success with a smoother swing. Now that is back.

Like I mentioned before I did try the tee shot on hole 8 with the logo up. Just like in my initial testing, this brought about a rather large slice. I think focusing on the dot itself gets TOO in my head and also causes me to come more OTT than normal (I play a fade as it is) to "hit the logo" even though its on the top of the ball. But the logo is a good reminder to do the process while I'm teeing up the ball.

I think next season I might try the B X MindSet once or twice, as while the B RX is a great ball I am seeing better results in the rest of my game with the Left Dash I've been playing and B X might get closer to that.