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Welcome and good luck with your journey. I'm a little younger than you at 50 but I know how much harder I have to work at my fitness and flexibility compared to even 5 or 6 years ago. I have had some lower back issues since I was in my late teens and a couple years ago I decided to increase my hip turn to lower the stress on my my back knowing that I wanted to play golf as well as I can for another 2 or 3 decades. After swinging for 30 years trying to restrict my hip turn(that whole X factor thing) it took me a couple months to get everything synced up but it has paid dividends. I can now go out for a long practice session hitting 300+ balls and have little to no pain or stiffness the next day. The more I play the stronger my body seems to get. Now I just need to get rid of this thing called work and I'd be set!
Welcome and good luck with your journey. I'm a little younger than you at 50 but I know how much harder I have to work at my fitness and flexibility compared to even 5 or 6 years ago. I have had some lower back issues since I was in my late teens and a couple years ago I decided to increase my hip turn to lower the stress on my my back knowing that I wanted to play golf as close to my current level as I can for another 2 or 3 decades. After swinging for 30 years trying to restrict my hip turn(that whole X factor thing) it took me a couple months to get everything synced up but it has paid dividends. I can now go out for a long practice session hitting 300+ balls and have little to no pain or stiffness the next day. The more I play the stronger my body seems to get. Now I just need to get rid of this thing called work and I'd be set!
I guess that pretty much gets my story caught up to today.
I have a range pass at the Golf Dome in Chagrin Falls, and spend anywhere from an hour to a couple hours a day on my days off work hitting lots of 5 to 50 yd shots in the cold weather months. My drills are to try to hit consecutive shots to a short target over and over with the same trajectory and weight using different clubs, usually from a 6 iron to a 60 wedge. Doing that makes it a challenge and adds some mental engagement so I don't lose focus and just beat balls aimlessly.
I don't hit more than a handful of full swings into the dome wall since it is hard for me to gain much feedback without watching the complete ball flight. I believe if I work on perfecting my pattern in these small distances it will translate pretty quickly up the scale once I can get out and play again.
Better to hit same distance with different trajectories. You'll need some very high and very low ones to escape the trees.
Hey Jim, Welcome to THP. Nice to have you locally - now I won't be the oldest guy in the group anymore!
I'll definitely be following along here. As someone closing in on 60 I'm facing the same issues, so I think it will help me too. Hopefully we can tee it up pretty soon.