"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)

[LeftRightLeft]

I'm in.  Didn't see this till today, but I hit 20 pitch shots, followed by 20 full shots into my home net this morning.  I'm working on weight forward and flat left wrist.  I only play once a month, so I'm hoping this will help my game this year.

[No Mulligans]

1st 5 minutes, mirror work.  Working on Key 1 and Key 2, real slow, then 1/2 speed, then full speed.

[boogielicious]

I did my drill without a ball outside. I have a window in the garage and I checked my positions in the reflection. The drill is focused on flattening the shaft at A5 then getting the hips to rotate faster through impact to A8.

[JKolya]

I'm in. Spent about 40 minutes on the range before playing nine today. Primarily focused on the downswing and getting my arms down faster. I was also very conscience of how I got my weight forward - with the feeling of a circular slide.

[rscott8]

I spent 1 hour. First I hit a gap wedge 80 yards or less off of tight fairway lies, practising a shorter backswing and accelerating follow thru for these 3/4 shots working on controlling trajectory. Second using same club 10 to 30 yard chip shots.

[tnull]

Putting on my 36" ruler board. Object is to roll it on the ruler for the whole length. Ruler is one inch wide. About 50% go the full distance. Misses are half to three quarters of the full length. Have been using this for a while. When I started, I could rarely get a full length roll. The board is custom made, as I am a hobby woodworker. Next was a session of swings with the Power Fan. Recommended by my instructor to work on lag and release. Next, swings with a 6 iron working on backwswing position. Swing back to position, hold, start backswing again, no downswing. Then swings concentrating on hip rotation and full release. 30 minutes. All in my bedroom.

[onthehunt526]

5/1/15... Worked on hip turn, and weight transfer today... Erik, I work Open-9 tomorrow (7:30 am-9:00 pm) do swings without a club count?

[iacas]

I work Open-9 tomorrow (7:30 am-9:00 pm) do swings without a club count?

Yes, of course. Just practice something specific to golf for five minutes per day, write about it here, and you're fine.

BTW, the nice thing about this challenge is… that the list starts with everyone who posts on day #1 and can only get smaller from there.

Though if you are someone who misses a few days, you should keep posting just to try to get into the habit for the next month.

[rkim291968]

Went to the gym and did a slow swing drill, mindful of my hand/club position at the top, and at the impact.  Time spent - approximately 15 minutes.

[Shindig]

Went to the practice range after work today. Practiced my usual setup and backswing work. Setting up with some adjustments, maintaining my knee flex to A3, some hip motion at A4. Mostly 6-iron. Some driver shots, too, focusing on lining up right (in addition to the other swing things) 30 ball bucket, took me about an hour.

[Jakester23]

Spent about 15 mins practice putting on the living room carpet while watching the match play. I've been having trouble pushing and pulling putts between 5-15 ft.

[saevel25]

May 1st,

Spent my time infront of the mirror working on my backswing piece. Soft arms, left traveling down the toe line more, clubhead and hands infront of the body more.

[SavvySwede]

Did a few drills hitting into my net, working through some positions in the swing. Also fiddling with the grip a bit as it seems to have creeped into a little bit stronger position than I like.

[WatchOutLeft]

I did the office chair drill for Key #2 and hit some balls with a slowed down swing trying to focus on getting my weight on my front foot.

[treebound]

Watched a couple of the golf lessons shows on the dvr, then spent time using a gap wedge in the living room and working on getting or improving my feel for wrist cock and lag and all that stuff that is supposed to happen right before the club hits the ball. I choked way down on the club to ensure that I didn't whack anything in the living room, and I was just swinging at air and not using any kind of balls. I want to go back and read some of those swing key threads to grasp a better understanding of what some of the people here are talking about.

[Tgb02]

Went out and played a 7300 yard insanely difficult course with two friends and played match play on the front nine with 1 dollar per hole and I got a stroke per hole against one of my friends and then on the back nine it was best ball with me and a friend against the other. Lost 2 dollars but planning on playing for money more often so I can get used to tournaments.

[billchao]

I'm in.

Spent my 5 minutes doing mirror work. Working on some things from previous lessons that haven't stuck. Slow motion movements, deeper hands to A2, then straight up to A4 with bowed left wrist.

[Slowcelica]

Played 18 today, so I practiced for 5 minutes. I worked on not rolling my wrists so much in the backswing, in front of a mirror without a club.