Driving range full swing practice - diminishing returns?

[nevets88]

Do you find that after so hitting so many balls or spending a certain amount of time practicing, there's only so much more you can take? Especially in this 90+ high humidity weather.

I'm a range rat, and had to stop with 40 balls remaining (of 160) - there were other things that had to get done as well. I find that a balanced practice session is around 80 balls, unless I really want to ingrain something specific.

It's like coding (programming) - when you pull an all-nighter, you start to make mistakes when you get tired.

I read studies that say some of your learning occurs when you're not practicing. That is, you "consolidate" whatever you learned overnight.

[CG031]

there are these two kids at my driving range who hit 400-500 balls a day, and they are amazing...i guess the more you hit the better you'll get, and the stronger you'll get as well...but, my opinion is once you get tired, and you're muscles are fatigued, you'll fall into bad habits.

For example, when I start getting tired, I 'slide' into the ball with my hips, and drop my lower shoulder towards the ground, and I hit about a foot behind the ball, lol.

[Klean]

I have the same problem. With the high humidity lately and 110+ heat, fatigue set in on a good round last week. I chewed up the fairways on the last 3 holes at my home course. Spent more time filling divots than reading greens.

I find that I play the best on the front 9 always. Mostly because of fatigue. And that goes the same for the driving range. My best balls are always the first half of the 50 that I hit twice per week.

I've been excercising a lot more lately to try and increase my endurance, but sometimes the heat is unbeatable.

[m11]

I think a good time to stop practicing is when the quality of your practice starts to fall off.

I'm a big proponent of taking every shot on the range as if it was a real golf situation. Meaning....take it slow, get behind the ball, pick a target, and feel as though each shot matters.

I'm down in florida and its pretty hot down here as well. As soon as i stop feeling like lining up my shots and start pounding balls one after another..thats when i think the session should end. What that means is that some days its appropriate to go hit a few hundred balls...some days i can only hit 60 or 70.

[goblue107501]

After thinking about this, most of my range time is in the spring trying to get the swing back. It is not too hot and I am anxious to get out and hit some balls. After I have played a few rounds I tend to not go to the range at all. I usually will hit balls before I play a round, but I probably won't go just to get out and hit balls. If I know I get free range balls at a course I am playing, I will go extra early and I will use that as my practice time.

I have a wife and three kids and my wife works the opposite schedule that I work so my free time isn't there. Back when I was single and had the time, I would go and practice all the time. But now that the time isn't there, I always think that I could be doing other things and I get bored with the range.

[doin-it]

Do you find that after so hitting so many balls or spending a certain amount of time practicing, there's only so much more you can take? Especially in this 90+ high humidity weather.

I agree with your last sentence...Seems to be my case in part anyways..