"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (November 2015)

[adam3553]

Played in an 18 hole scramble today at the club. My team finished 3rd. I hit the ball pretty well other than a couple spinny iron shots. My misses with my irons have been a balloning type flight that goes nowhere. I know its because Im flipping at impact. 

Did some mirror work when I got home this afternoon concentrating on my position at the top and my transition. P4 to P5 is what Im really focusing on right now.

[the fish]

Didn't have much free time today. Spent 5 minutes chipping to different targets around the house.

[adam3553]

Played 18 holes this morning at the club and shot 77. Didnt particularly hit the ball great but putted well. Did some mirror work at home working on my shoulder turn in the backswing and my position from A4 to A5. 

[Lihu]

Played in 42F dark morning conditions, 21 over on the front 9 and 1 over on the back. No jacket only a thin polo shirt , level 1 hypothermia started to set into level 2. Couldn't feel my fingers the front 9. Sun came out and shot okay. Played another 9 holes in the afternoon and hit nice and long high drives into the right side fairway. Dead pulls even had the nerve to go OVER the trees.

My practice was that I had to spend a lot of time figuring out how to get back onto my own fairways.  

[the fish]

Raining here today. Tried the wall drill @iacas posted in his blog.

[Lihu]

Hip turn drills to get rid of my "new" OTT. Range work to push. Need to converge my range game to the course.

[the fish]

2 hours ago, Lihu said:

Need to converge my range game to the course.

When you figure out how to do this, let me know!

[boogielicious]

5 minutes mirror work at the gym before my workout. Focused on centered hip turn and flattening shaft at A5.

[adam3553]

Hit balls at the range today. Worked on my shoulder turn in the backswing and from A4 to A5. Played 3 holes afterword.

[the fish]

Hit a bucket of balls after work.  The stronger grip feels normal now, so I focused on getting my hips forward during the backswing (as per the wall drill Erik posted).  It felt weird, and I'm not sure if I am overdoing it, under-doing it, or otherwise.  I hit a number of fat shots, and then started to produce some decent 6 iron shots.  I had a little daylight left after my bucket, so I played three holes real quick.

[Lihu]

Range work on my driver. Getting sloppy again. Need to focus on flat lead wrist and hip turn first drills. Hit one 7i shot that I could be happy with, but it was my last shot of the day. The rest of the session was so bad there's no way I'll con myself into thinking I hit great. :-P

[Lihu]

Did a whole bunch of wrist flat drills from the first few lessons I had with Mike and Dana. Working to get more lag with a driver lengths club (PVC pipe club for indoor work).

[Lihu]

4 hours ago, Lihu said:

Did a whole bunch of wrist flat drills from the first few lessons I had with Mike and Dana. Working to get more lag with a driver lengths club (PVC pipe club for indoor work).

Worked much better at the range. Hit a ton of half swing shots.

[adam3553]

Did mirror work today for an hour working on my positions from A4-A5. Also worked on my pitching technique with some foam balls in the living room.

[the fish]

Hit a bucket after work.  Continued working on secondary axis tilt.  I felt like I was hitting the ball well this evening.

I've noticed that I tend to finish my swing pretty low, which I am not a fan of.  It seems that keeping my hips forward on the backswing, and moving further forward on the downsing allows me to finish with my hands much higher.  I was getting much more height out of my 6 iron and driver tonight, which appeared to be beneficial to distance.

[Slowcelica]

Well I missed a few days but I will still post, I practiced the takeaway, focusing on not getting the clubface so closed at shaft parallel to the ground outside with a club for 40 minutes.

[Lihu]

Did more flat wrist drills, and the swing feels a lot more powerful again. Played a round last night with better results than last week, but my drives were still in the heel. I was planning on a practice round, but then decided to count it anyway.

I need to work on the hip turn sequencing better. Also, keep my spin angle. My back swing is shorter and slower, but I still pull the ball with the woods and hybrid.

[adam3553]

Went to the range today. Continued to work on my positions from A4 to A5. Also worked on my alignment and posture before each shot.