Structure swing training plan ideas needed

[Tiikeli]

Hello

I'd like to get your input on creating proper training plan & schedule for upcoming winter. Goal is to improve all aspects of my swing.
My background: 34 years old male, played golf for 3 years, Official EGA hcp 10,2 where as estimated USGA hcp index would be aroung 15

Setting is following:
Indoor range with 15 yds of ball flight
15 weeks 2 times a week totaling 30 practice sessions (around 1,5 hous)
(after this there will be 2-4 weeks buffer before season starts)
No possibility to use teaching pro, sadly
No possibility to practice short game except putting at home
General fitness/mobility/flexibility improvement plan already in place and actually also succcesfully started

So finally to my questions:
- How would you split swing in different improvement areas (for example: BS / Transition / DS / Impact)
- How would you organize you training schedule (for example: 2 weeks BS then 2 weeks transition etc. or cycle where evere session has next development area as focus)
- How would you structure 1,5 h training session (for example: 10 min warm up, 30 min drills, 15 min full shots etc.)
- Any other ideas and suggestions are more than welcome

I'd like to keep this discussion on this level and not go in to different swing methods or systems. I have an idea on what and how I should work but the problem is to make the training structured and purposeful. Without proper written plan I will slip back into bad habit of just hitting the ball without any real goal

Thanks
Tiikeli

[mchepp]

Do you have a camera for filming your swing? I would say this is the single most important piece of equipment for you. This way you can track the changes you are making, and making your practice more purposeful.

From there you can pick the things you see as the top priority to fix. I think you should work from backswing, to transition, to downswing because the swing can start to develop compensations very early on if you make mistakes from the start.

Even though there is not a pro near you, many pros now do online lessons, this is a way for you to get help and areas to improve on no matter if a pro is near you.

Good luck.

[ditter]

I'm in Miami and have been attending clinics at Jim McLean's academy here. One of the students there suggested buying McLean's Building Block Approach DVD. It's an 8 DVD set which breaks the full swing down into eight steps. (sounds more complicated than it is). It is excellent. Gives tons of advice on all aspects of the swing. Not over technical at all. Also give lots of good drills for each step.  Best 50 bucks I ever spent. I've been to his academy when he was there teaching and the DVD is virtually the same  as an in person lesson (except you dont have to pay $500.00 per hour).

I agree with the above poster in that a great deal of swing flaws are created by errors in the backswing and top of the swing from which most golfers cannot recover.

[sk golf]

I agree with mchepp! Video is a must. What you may feel you are doing and what you are actually doing are two very different things.

[Tiikeli]

Thanks guys

I actually signed up with evolvr http://evolvr.thegolfevolution.com/ and got my first analysis back on Thursday. It was very good and professional and I now know what I should work on first (not to letting my weight/head drift backwards on backswing). Sadly, I hurt my back on Wed and I'm now eager to start working on this but I can't Probably gonna take this week and lots of drugs to recover fully

[sk golf]

Originally Posted by Tiikeli

Thanks guys

I actually signed up with evolvr http://evolvr.thegolfevolution.com/ and got my first analysis back on Thursday. It was very good and professional and I now know what I should work on first (not to letting my weight/head drift backwards on backswing). Sadly, I hurt my back on Wed and I'm now eager to start working on this but I can't  Probably gonna take this week and lots of drugs to recover fully

Sorry to hear about the injury, injuries suck.  I have injured my right hand several times and it is really frustrating.  I don't think you'll regret going with evolvr.

[HeadGolfool]

You say you really can't practice your short game but you can.  Practice hitting chips to alternate distances with different clubs.  When you now exactly what swing it takes to land a ball with a PW 15 yards, or a 56 degree wedge 10 yards, a 60 degree wedge 5 yards etc. your short game around the greens will killer.  Good chipping is all about being able to land a ball on a specific spot and when you get out a course after the winter you will be deadly around the greens.

I would spend very little time hitting full shots off mats, it gives such a false sense of hitting the ball solid.  Work on your short game, it will pay huge dividends.