OneFootShort
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Here in the KC area, it's brutally cold out with snow on the ground. Hard to imagine that we are on the backside of the cold weather and about to start the golf season again. Reading @Tenputt 's thread about improvement, I saw a lot of "I want to get better" type answers. How do you plan to do that? Sometimes we get lost in the shuffle of beating balls or just hitting random putts/chips/etc.
Here is my plan on how I will practice. This is just a general idea and malleable:
Driving Range: I like to play the target game. Start at the shortest pin, go through your entire pre-shot routine, take 3 shots at each pin, analyse what happened. Take your weakest pin or shot and work on it from there.
Chipping Area: I take 3 balls and just throw them down in the rough and however/wherever they land, is where I play from. No noodling around the ball to improve the lie. I try to envision a 3-4ft circle around the hole with the goal to be inside of it and FINISH OUT THE PUTTS. I feel this helps me determine shot type out of certain lies, finding a landing area, etc.
Pitching/Sand Area: Not much routine here, needs improvement. Hit a few 30-40yd pitches and then practice clean-outs out of the sand.
Putting: I like the old standard "wagon wheel" drill if you will from 3 feet, 5 feet, and 10 feet. I need to be better about lag putting practice.
I only like to take 30 min at each station during a practice time. I know it sounds way too short of a time-frame to get better but it helps me not get exhausted (I'm not in shape, though round is a shape), and helps me not get bored/burnt out. I can always work on another club the next day or day after.
How do you all like to practice? Drills? Scenarios?
Here is my plan on how I will practice. This is just a general idea and malleable:
Driving Range: I like to play the target game. Start at the shortest pin, go through your entire pre-shot routine, take 3 shots at each pin, analyse what happened. Take your weakest pin or shot and work on it from there.
Chipping Area: I take 3 balls and just throw them down in the rough and however/wherever they land, is where I play from. No noodling around the ball to improve the lie. I try to envision a 3-4ft circle around the hole with the goal to be inside of it and FINISH OUT THE PUTTS. I feel this helps me determine shot type out of certain lies, finding a landing area, etc.
Pitching/Sand Area: Not much routine here, needs improvement. Hit a few 30-40yd pitches and then practice clean-outs out of the sand.
Putting: I like the old standard "wagon wheel" drill if you will from 3 feet, 5 feet, and 10 feet. I need to be better about lag putting practice.
I only like to take 30 min at each station during a practice time. I know it sounds way too short of a time-frame to get better but it helps me not get exhausted (I'm not in shape, though round is a shape), and helps me not get bored/burnt out. I can always work on another club the next day or day after.
How do you all like to practice? Drills? Scenarios?