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mtsalmela80 Great Member

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Does anyone routinely practice with soft short-range balls in the backyard or anything? I bought a few yellow foam balls from Walmart and they seem pretty good. Have practiced only irons with them but they seem clearly show what is going on with the ball spin wise. Especially slicing, etc. Seems like it would be a decent tool to narrow down my swing mechanics. I can clearly tell if I hit it too high, or too low, or just slice badly based on the ball flight.

I was looking into such practice tools and ran across birdieballs, however there is very little talk about them on here. Would that be a significantly better thing for backyard practice?

I also cant wait to try them out with the driver, because that is where I am really inconsistent.
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wedge player Great Member

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Does anyone routinely practice with soft short-range balls in the backyard or anything? I bought a few yellow foam balls from Walmart and they seem pretty good. Have practiced only irons with them but they seem clearly show what is going on with the ball spin wise. Especially slicing, etc. Seems like it would be a decent tool to narrow down my swing mechanics. I can clearly tell if I hit it too high, or too low, or just slice badly based on the ball flight.

i use them thier ok i dont have enough room cept for 6 iron down in my yard i like usin them in the house for short game

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I have some of them as well. They work pretty good but I would be careful using them with your driver, if they are ones like I have used then the driver could break them or at least make a big dent in them. lol

I have also used the BirdieBalls and they are pretty cool. They go a little farther than the plastic golf balls but are definitely something to look into. I prefer them actually, as long as I can hit them off of a mat or something.

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Danattherock Great Member

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i have the ones dave pelz recomends

I heard those are nice. Like 50% of normal distance. If correct in this, that would be great for wedge practice.

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I heard those are nice. Like 50% of normal distance. If correct in this, that would be great for wedge practice.

thier called almost golf and on the box it says a third the distance of normal balls and thy will draw and cut thier kinda fun

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I have used those plastic whiffle ball looking balls (white, holes in them, buy'em at Walmart for $3/doz) a number of times. You can kind of tell what is going on, although good ball contact is hard to determine.

The good news/bad news here is that I (apparently) make the same swing errors hitting those balls as regular golf balls.

The white, solid plastic one (also typically available at Walmart) better mimic a golf shot, but they go too far for my back yard (maybe 150 feet). As a kid we had a 3 hole "plastic ball course" that we used to play.

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