"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)

[JP golf]

May 11, (11 in a row)

Chipping into a box outback this morning... 10-15 minutes

full swings this afternoon - stopping at the top of the back swing

[saevel25]

Easy swings trying to get my left hip back earlier in the golf swing by putting a chair behind me and getting my left butt to hit it.

[Lihu]

2 minutes of focused practice and 7 minutes of goofing around.

[billchao]

Fighting a sinus headache today, so I spent my 5 minutes on my putting address position. Handle higher, face slightly closed (to me).

[mvmac]

Range work today. Just working on my "play" swing and hitting to different targets. Picturing a lot of the shots at San Gabriel CC I'll be hitting this week.

Hit a bucket at the range. Working on a few pieces to turn my playable pull draw into a more consistent push draw. Decided to give the last couple of balls a little something extra with the driver and wound up snapping the shaft in half on the very last ball. Had a pretty good audience for it to. Pretty impressive. Hopefully Callaway will replace it for me.

Pretty sure Callaway will replace it. Did you hit behind it or something?

[mmoan2]

30 minutes practicing my setup position.

- straighten left arm so it almost looks like an extension of shaft

- more flex in my right arm

- square up shoulders to target line (not open)

- push hips forward at setup to increase spine angle tilt

All courtesy of Evolvr lesson one. Thanks

[WUTiger]

As per suggestion Saturday of my former teaching pro, I checked my stance width.

I measured my shoulder width with a tape measure, and sure enough, I was about 3" too wide on my full swing stance w/ driver.

I brought it in  to "proper width". Practice swings feel more balanced, more consistent turn.

Also: On checking set-up, I noticed (again) that my FWs have a much more square set up than my hybrids, which have a somewhat closed face. I always need to make sure I don't accidentally "toe in" the hybrids during set-up. This is a hassle, plus the shafts are too light. I may need to get new one.

[Shindig]

Mirror work, and swinging even slower than before. Letting my hands feel lazy. I think I need to review today's received evolvr lesson... I don't think I internalized the lazy hands part of the lesson.

[rkim291968]

Played the two weekend rounds through a nasty cold with not so bad results.   Had to call in sick b/c I could not get my body out of bed at 7 am.  Slept until noon.  A couple of good meal & medication, I feel better enough to do some light practice at home.

Did 35 balls of chipping into a round target net with SW.  Used putting motion and focused on keeping my eye on the ball through impact.   Had better result than the same previous practice.

Did anti-flipping drill with the Punisher.

Did a pitch shot practice with plastic balls.  Again focusing on consistency through impact.   I need to get this to 80% consistency.  I am not getting that yet in practice or in field.  It's costing a stroke here and there.  I am going to do this drill every day hereon until I can hit at 80% consistency.  Kirk out.

[JP golf]

May 12, (12 in a row)

Chipping into a box outback this morning...

Full swings with driver (no ball) just working on backswing and not sliding back to start my swing.

[Huddo]

Solely did Driver practice at the range. Worked on ball position, tee height and swing path. Had mixed results which is to be expected!

[RFKFREAK]

Feel like crap (sore throat and congested) but if in healthy enough to go to work, then in healthy enough to do my 5 minutes working on the same priority pieces.

[boogielicious]

I did 25 minutes of mirror work.  Focused on two new items from my last Evolvr lesson.  First, getting the hands a little deeper at A4.  Second, straightening my right arm in sync with my hips from A6 through to A9.  As I speed up the swing, I am getting out of sync and the follow through is breaking down.

[iacas]

Did five (more than that, but that's the minimum) today with my @Torc Golf on the shaft, just below the grip, to help feel the shaft laying down just that little tiny bit.

[RFKFREAK]

Feel like crap (sore throat and congested) but if in healthy enough to go to work, then in healthy enough to do my 5 minutes working on the same priority pieces.

Which, just to be clear, I did this morning while waiting to leave for work.

[No Mulligans]

I've eliminated myself from the badge by not posting the last couple of days, but I have practiced everyday.

Today I did some video of my 7i FO and DL.  I think I discovered a couple of things on the DL video, 1) My outside in move is creeping back in, 2) My head is coming back at impact just a little.

This is good news I think.  I've been trying to figure why I'm hitting towards the toe so often and I think I can now see why.

[14ledo81]

5 minutes in front of the mirror in the hotel again. Focusing on centered hip turn in back swing and right elbow location.

[WatchOutLeft]

Today I warmed up for 20 minutes practicing key #2 on some slow swings. Then I "played" the course I am actually playing tomorrow into my net with the swing thought of transferring my weight. Then I did some more work with the clubs I don't use as much on the course, including my driver.