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that looks crazy peaceful.
Fun driving range with a view
I try to use them every other session, Dan. I'll use them one session to keep my dilaed in and getting my eyes acclimated to what I SHOULD be seeing at address and then I'll go a session without to see if it's sticking. I'm getting better at my alignment but it does tend to stray if I don't stay on top of it. I'll tend to get a little closed and I start (what I think is) pushing but typically I've just let my eyes start lying to me again and I'm actually hitting the damned thing right where I was aimed. Then the pull starts coming into play...............again.that looks crazy peaceful.
How much do you use the sticks?
haha, I feel that!I try to use them every other session, Dan. I'll use them one session to keep my dilaed in and getting my eyes acclimated to what I SHOULD be seeing at address and then I'll go a session without to see if it's sticking. I'm getting better at my alignment but it does tend to stray if I don't stay on top of it. I'll tend to get a little closed and I start (what I think is) pushing but typically I've just let my eyes start lying to me again and I'm actually hitting the damned thing right where I was aimed. Then the pull starts coming into play...............again.
Yeah, I've actually gotten into the habit of doing the same thing with the target a couple of feet in front of my ball. I went for a stretch there that if I looked up and took my focus off that target and stared down the fairway or green, I'd step off of it again and re-address my ball and re-focus on the two foot target.haha, I feel that!
My alignment has been pretty strong, but man... Where my eyes think the line is at address is trash. My range sessions have been more about seeing something two feet in front of the ball that is in line with my aim... Sometimes it blows my mind what I think is right.
This also applies to my putter. I have to remind myself of that almost every round haha
DUDE! My SAM report at Club Champion was SO aggravating.Yeah, I've actually gotten into the habit of doing the same thing with the target a couple of feet in front of my ball. I went for a stretch there that if I looked up and took my focus off that target and stared down the fairway or green, I'd step off of it again and re-address my ball and re-focus on the two foot target.
And I feel ya with the putter. I've just resigned myself to the fact that I set up a couple of degrees open and deal with it. My issue with the putter lately has been more tempo related. I've really been working on it and my distance control has gotten WAY better which has, consequently, improved my reads.
I have to use that method too. I tend to line up way left if I trust my eyes, so I pick a spot a couple feet in front of the ball, line up to it, and don't even look back out at the real target. If I do, my mind thinks I'm lined up way right, I twist my upper body to the left to compensate, and all kinds of bad things happen from there.haha, I feel that!
My alignment has been pretty strong, but man... Where my eyes think the line is at address is trash. My range sessions have been more about seeing something two feet in front of the ball that is in line with my aim... Sometimes it blows my mind what I think is right...
I usually try and limit it to range sessions, because it can REALLY cripple me during a round. I'm a firm believer in taking what you have and committing to it once you've started a round.I have to use that method too. I tend to line up way left if I trust my eyes, so I pick a spot a couple feet in front of the ball, line up to it, and don't even look back out at the real target. If I do, my mind thinks I'm lined up way right, I twist my upper body to the left to compensate, and all kinds of bad things happen from there.
Well, not exactly a great practice day in my back yard setup. Seems this net is on its way out. Thank god I setup my kid's trampoline behind my hitting net or that 6i shot might have been in someone's bedroom a couple houses down.
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I hit a bucket of balls at a grass range over lunch. I was not satisfying. My divots sucked - I was casting and hitting well behind the ball and digging deep divots. There was a head wind and I wasn’t reaching normal numbers and that made me swing harder, which did me no good. i was heel side and had an unusual for e ball flight. Blah, blah, blah
I honestly feel sometimes like anyone that goes to the range and finds a head wind, should just go home. It's so hard to do any real work, and it gets in your head, and it usually just sucks. Yuck.
I get ya. I probably wouldn't be as bitter about it if we didn't already play in that constantly here. But we do, so we get schooled plenty on that, and it's the last thing I want at the range usually. I do think for most that wouldn't want to work on something like that though, that it can be counterproductive.When it's a head wind, I give up on the idea on distance and focus on shaping shots or trying to hit a consistent shop shape. Head wind really amplifies it. Males it easier to see what kind 8f spin axis you are putting on the ball.
I’m always right. Well until I over compensate. Really need to devote some time to the range this week. I’ve made great strides lately, but honestly it would be much better with some time on the range and some sticks on the ground.I have to use that method too. I tend to line up way left if I trust my eyes, so I pick a spot a couple feet in front of the ball, line up to it, and don't even look back out at the real target. If I do, my mind thinks I'm lined up way right, I twist my upper body to the left to compensate, and all kinds of bad things happen from there.