Driving Range Routine? What Should You Do at the range? (Recommend drills and routines you do)

[DrvFrShow]

And right now it's too cold to do anything but develop bad habits.

[Lihu]

On 10/7/2015, 3:59:05, Lihu said:

Priority piece and drill swings with LW 60-80 balls and takes about 1 minute or more for each swing. I spend about 2 minutes a swing for the first 2 swings to get the right positions. Then I do the same with the 52W- for 20 balls.

10 to 15 balls each of PW, 9i, 8i, 7i, 6i, 5i, 4i (no more than 5 balls), 3i (no more than 5 balls), 3H, 3W (off the deck), 3W off a 1/4" to 1/2" tee, Driver (10 shots), then I pyramid back down. Another 50 or so shots with PW to 8i trying to hit specific targets. If I hit more balls then it's usually a play scenario (Driver/ 52W to 6i/LW). Then I practice putting for 10-15 minutes or so.

Just recently added simulating playing holes and do 36 putts for every 36-40 full swings. It takes a little longer, but helps me alternate clubs. I so drive-approach-chip-flop-putt and kind of track the shots. If my drives are off line by too much then I roll a ball to the side. If my approach does not hit the target greens, another ball gets rolled to that spot. The only way to reduce the number of balls collected is if I land a chip (roll doesn't count for or against this score unless it rolls off the green in which case it doesn't help reduce the collected balls) within 5 feet of a 50 yard flag, and If I 1 putt from the different flag positions. Kind of simulates playing holes as well. It's helped me on the course a lot because it forces me to count every bad shot on the range after my warm up period described in the quote above. It also forces me to get used to a pre-shot routine I do with all my clubs now.

I haven't seen a dramatic improvement in scores or anything, but I feel a lot more comfortable on the course.