Offseason

[plark]

Alright, I wanna continue to practice golf, but time is flying and fall is almost here along with winter.. How can I practice and improve during winter, now I'm going to watch a lot of golf and watch DVDs, but how can I actually PRACTICE.

[c4m]

go out and hit balls in the cold haha.. i started playing in january and was out hitting in sweatpants and coats almost every day either in the back yard or theres a course around here with a range that is basically a big field where you use your own balls and go pick them up

[alomar123]

i dont know bout va but in ohio jan= lots of snow

[c4m]

yea, i guess you could go to the nearest golf shop and hit into the nets or whatever.. I know we went to Dick's a few snowy days and hit balls haha

[CG031]

  plark said:

Alright, I wanna continue to practice golf, but time is flying and fall is almost here along with winter.. How can I practice and improve during winter, now I'm going to watch a lot of golf and watch DVDs, but how can I actually PRACTICE.

Indoor or heated driving ranges work. Work on putting in your house. Read boosk, watch DVD's like you said.

Most people take a month or two at least away from the game...I think it'd get really boring if I didn't.

[OzzDOA]

I'm lucky enough to have an indoor facility nearby that has a bunch of simulators. Just once a week or so during the cold months will keep the swing from rusting over.

[SquareIT]

A few years ago for christmas my wife got me a home simulator for around $150, I think it is called the Launch Pad. It is NOT a launch angle monitor, it is just a small astro turf pad that has some sensors in it, you hook it up to a computer and to reads your swing and puts it in as mouse movement. It comes with a copy of EA Tiger Woods and a generic range program. Tells you swing speed and how square your club face was at contact. It gives me faster swingspeed readings than any launch monitor I've been on so be careful of that. I have enough room in my basement to hit plastic balls off it into a net with my irons. Then I practice putting some on carpet too. One winter of that really helped me get to having a more consistent swing. Only drawback of hitting off the thing is it's a mat so you can get some swings where you would really be hitting it fat but it doesn't read that. Anything you can get that you can swing your actual clubs with and get some meaningful feedback will be helpful. Man I gotta move somewhere I can play year round.

[AlexV]

How about committing to a golf specific strength and conditioning program. It'll help your game and keep you healthy.

[Bauer]

Grow grass in your basement. Half putting surface, half normal grass.

  AlexV said:

How about committing to a golf specific strength and conditioning program. It'll help your game and keep you healthy.

I've been thinking about this. I already work out, so I figured I might as well halp my golf game. I'm going to do a google search in a second but if you have a link to anything already that would be helpful.

[Yukari]

  AlexV said:

How about committing to a golf specific strength and conditioning program. It'll help your game and keep you healthy.

I would also add flexibility conditioning. It will definitely increase your distance.

[mbole]

Move to Texas? We are normally in the 60s and 70s in January. Though it can be wet...

[right handed phil mickelson]

Lol I go mad if I have to stay away from golf for more than 2 days. I'm priveliged to live in Florida where it's beautiful all year around. Except for now where it gets up in the high 90's with almost 100% humidity. But the rest of the year, it's beautiful.

[enduro]

Even in the winter you can get out there in cold climates. You need to take absolute advantage of every opportunity though. There's almost always a few days in November and 1 or 2 in December you can actually play a round.

I go to the dome to practice once or twice a week to stay sharp.

As someone else mentioned, getting into a core strength and fitness program is a good idea.

And taking a month off isn't such a terrible idea.

The fact is winter sucks and you just won't be able to work on your game as effectively in many instances. I've thought about joining golftec for winter if only to have access to the cameras and such unlimited for 3 months.