Golf Machine folks have much to practice. EA, RFT, tracing, monitoring pressure points, look, look, look, etc. More than one can do in a single session. Ben Doyle stressed "new ball, new stance, new grip" Never stand so close to balls that you can rake them into place. Make sure you have to go get the next one. With significant arthritis my practice is limited. I have always practiced to educate my hands. After reading Mike Hebron's book play to learn I have been trying to rethink how I practice. My hand education has been to learn feels of RFT, learn the feel of startdown, the feel of a punch shot etc. Mike suggests that the goal might be learning the feel of the total motion and the ability to visualize the total motion.
This year I am going to focus more on that. I never get better unless I get more consistent. Hitting lots of ball doesn't always cure inconsistency. The comment "what were you thinking!" when you do something stupid might apply here. So if Homer says your mind should be "in your hands" we might expand on that in another thread.
I am going to seriously change my practice this year.
I would say 90% of my practice has been working on mechanics, I hit balls about 5 hours a week. The problem with that is you getting into a seriously bad habit of scrap and hit, scrape and hit. It gets very easy to find your rhythm and start hitting the ball well.
Then you get to the course, no real rhythm? Why?
Well the course is nothing like you have been practicing. You hit a different club and different distances with different flight shapes on every swing.
So this year 50% of practice will be working on mechanics and 50% will be working on hitting different clubs and shots to specific targets, switching on every shot.
I would also so in scrape and hit you really never can mimic your on course shot routine. I am thinking this is going to be critical in order to convert solid range striking to on course play.
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Hogan said that he outworked his competitors. He loved to practice. If they practiced two hours a day - no problem. He could beat them by practicing 8 hours a day. From what I've read he worked through the bag every time he practiced - and if he didn't hit the 9 iron as he wanted to, he sticked to it until he did.
I do believe in smart practice, but I am not ruling out that quantity works as well.
I am going to seriously change my practice this year.
I would say 90% of my practice has been working on mechanics, I hit balls about 5 hours a week. The problem with that is you getting into a seriously bad habit of scrap and hit, scrape and hit. It gets very easy to find your rhythm and start hitting the ball well.
Then you get to the course, no real rhythm? Why?
Well the course is nothing like you have been practicing. You hit a different club and different distances with different flight shapes on every swing.
So this year 50% of practice will be working on mechanics and 50% will be working on hitting different clubs and shots to specific targets, switching on every shot.
I would also so in scrape and hit you really never can mimic your on course shot routine. I am thinking this is going to be critical in order to convert solid range striking to on course play.
the other problem with range work is that hitting off mats is very different to playing off turf & so less useful than we might think because of that
Golf Machine folks have much to practice. EA, RFT, tracing, monitoring pressure points, look, look, look, etc. More than one can do in a single session. Ben Doyle stressed "new ball, new stance, new grip" Never stand so close to balls that you can rake them into place. Make sure you have to go get the next one. With significant arthritis my practice is limited. I have always practiced to educate my hands. After reading Mike Hebron's book play to learn I have been trying to rethink how I practice. My hand education has been to learn feels of RFT, learn the feel of startdown, the feel of a punch shot etc. Mike suggests that the goal might be learning the feel of the total motion and the ability to visualize the total motion.
This year I am going to focus more on that. I never get better unless I get more consistent. Hitting lots of ball doesn't always cure inconsistency. The comment "what were you thinking!" when you do something stupid might apply here. So if Homer says your mind should be "in your hands" we might expand on that in another thread.
Originally Posted by brianmontgomery2000
I have a friend who simply says "mats lie" -- I don't even think he gets the pun!
In my experience, mats do two bad things: 1) they can mask fat shots and 2) they can discourage hitting "down".
...which is why I think it is safer to practice in front of a mirror. I used to hit about 300 balls daily on mats....ouch!
Golf Machine folks have much to practice. EA, RFT, tracing, monitoring pressure points, look, look, look, etc. More than one can do in a single session. Ben Doyle stressed "new ball, new stance, new grip" Never stand so close to balls that you can rake them into place. Make sure you have to go get the next one. With significant arthritis my practice is limited. I have always practiced to educate my hands. After reading Mike Hebron's book play to learn I have been trying to rethink how I practice. My hand education has been to learn feels of RFT, learn the feel of startdown, the feel of a punch shot etc. Mike suggests that the goal might be learning the feel of the total motion and the ability to visualize the total motion.
This year I am going to focus more on that. I never get better unless I get more consistent. Hitting lots of ball doesn't always cure inconsistency. The comment "what were you thinking!" when you do something stupid might apply here. So if Homer says your mind should be "in your hands" we might expand on that in another thread.
Mind in the Hands in golf is like Mind in the Hands when executing skilled typewriting. You do not see where the hands go, but you know where you want the hands to go.
Mind in the Hands in golf is like Mind in the Hands when executing skilled typewriting. You do not see where the hands go, but you know where you want the hands to go.
i think that's a really good analogy - both travelling at speed, both knowing where they are going - do others agree ?
good typewriting is learned & then handed over to the subconscious (i guess)
i think that's a really good analogy - both travelling at speed, both knowing where they are going - do others agree ?
good typewriting is learned & then handed over to the subconscious (i guess)
Tim, in many ways, imho, shooting the 73 in a simulator the other evening is an much easier than a real course and but still proof of the need to place "the mind in the hands."
It became sort of a "point and click" exercise with hands pointing my irons and my irons making clicks!
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