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I am trying to better the way that I practice on the driving range and think it would be beneficial to my game to keep a practice journal. I have created an excel sheet for the driving range, short range, and putting green. I wanted to see if there are any other people out there that keep something similar. If so, I wanted to see what it is exactly that you are recording and how you feel it has worked in your favor. Please give me some examples to build a proper training log with.

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Yeah I do, not just for the range but comps, I tend to pick a target and record whenever I miss it right/left fat or thin. I tend to record things I have worked on, things I have found, feelings I had when I hit a good one, just general notes. So that when things go downhill I can look back and see how I figured it out last time. I wouldn't recommend a spreadsheet something like a notepad, be a little more creative! I might just help your golf!
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I came here to post something similar but after searching first I found this thread. I am only really a beginner, I have been playing about a year now, but only about 6 months of that have I been properly "training" rather than just hacking.

Lately I have been keeping a training notebook. I take it to the range and note down each shot, writing a dot for a shot I would be happy with on the course, and an x for a bad shot.Anything that would hit the theoretical green I am imagining (my range doesn't have exactly defined target greens, just distances) or just off is considered OK, and anything which slices/hooks or isn't hit clean is an x.  I also note down what went wrong with the shots that go awry, and at the end I will write down lessons I have learned, what went right or wrong, and work out the percentage of good shots. Lately it has varied from 80-90%, and usually the difference between an 80 and a 90 is just one or two balls. I find it helpful because knowing I am headed for a high percentage adds pressure, so I'm not just standing there whacking balls. It also means I will practice each swing and think about whether I am too steep/shallow or whatever might be going wrong. I am finding it a good way to take the range a bit more seriously than most people I see there.

Usually I will start with the PW, then move gradually (one or two balls for each club) through to the driver until I consider myself warmed up, ironing out anything which is going wrong along the way. Once I get to the driver I imagine that I am on the course, and will hit driver, then an iron, varying the length of the iron relative to how long I am imagining the hole is. I will do this until I have a few balls left and then finish off with the PW again, thinking about what I have learned today. I have found a journal is very good for recording how well all this works out.

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