"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)

[mvmac]

Played 18 in rain. After the round I practiced short putts because it was unfortunately a glaring weakness today.

[14ledo81]

Made it home this afternoon. First time all week I had a club in my hands. Took slow swings working on right elbow location.

[Lihu]

Still working out the kinks in the video capture with Swingbyte. It's raining anyway. . .

[saevel25]

Slow Motion backswings, holding position at the top, a slight pump and slow motion downswing getting those hips to open.

[Slowcelica]

Practiced hinging my wrist earlier on the backswing outside with a club.

[Jakester23]

I worked on my tweaked mapping drill from my new evolvr lesson. I worked on it for about 15 mins then hit 4 full swing pw. 3 were pure one was a little heavy but not bad.

[SavvySwede]

Worked on my grip and a few moves in the backswing. Managed to sneak in a little bunker practice as well.

[tnull]

Putted for 10 minutes.  12' and 15' on the practice green at my instructor's studio.  Later, some swing work in my house.  Stay back and don't move forward on the balls of my feet during downswing.

[JP golf]

May 14, (14 in a row)

Work on the putting green 8 footers - straight putts just working on the putting stroke and making good contact.

Played a round today - very happy 73 at Ocean View (par 70)...  two birdies, but sunk a few good putts and got away with a few misses.  Chipping was good...  I feel like chipping into the box, has helped me identify and get a better feel for where my ball is going to land.  Very happy with recovery shots and getting up and down today.  Nothing spectacular, but good round.

[iacas]

I also played 18 holes today. :)

[WatchOutLeft]

I watched a lot of slow mo video of pros and then tried to emulate in front of a mirror what their lower body looked like throughout the swing. I'm feeling pretty lost on this. I think I am going to take a couple lessons at my golf course so I can feel what the right way looks like and then remember that feeling for practice. I've been practicing and taking video about once a week and the video shows me that what I think I am doing and what I am actually doing are very different.

[JKolya]

Slow motion mirror. Hi very poorly the other day (after hitting my best ever a few days before). Figured out that I was sliding my hips and not sliding-rotating as I have been doing. So worked on that today

[WUTiger]

May 14 - Nike Tour Van day!

For warm-up, I did the Gold Flex drills - feet together then normal stance, about 10 minutes.

Then, Nike van fitting. (Separate item in Clubs/Grips forum.)

After fitting, I hit two small buckets of balls at the range. I worked on 5i, driver, and 4H.

Good shots result when I: take a full shoulder rotation w/o going too far back, and kick hips on downswing. My right ankle was a bit sore, and I didn't step through the ball as well as I should.

[rkim291968]

More putting practice with Edel putter at home.  The new putter working very impressively.  Only if my Aimpoint application works that well ....

Went to range for the 1st time in 6 days.  Went through wedges, irons, 3 hybrid, 3 wood, driver swing check.  Focused on driver after the check.  Like a stubborn mule, my swing keep wanting to revert back a bad form and I have to keep putting it back again.   Bent left wrist at the top was the culprit this time.

[Shindig]

Mirror work after work. (it's still 5/14 here). If this awful Southern California May weather clears up, I should be able to hit the range this weekend.

[Huddo]

Practiced short putts <10ft before playing 18.

[RFKFREAK]

5 minutes this morning focusing on the same priority pieces.  Trying to add a bit more speed, specifically from A1 to A6 while laying the shaft down once I get to the top of the backswing.

[Lihu]

5 minutes this morning focusing on the same priority pieces.  Trying to add a bit more speed, specifically from A1 to A6 while laying the shaft down once I get to the top of the backswing.

I started trying to vary my swing speed, and the results are not consistent. It seems like I can vary the speed, but not exactly how I expect.

Just wondering if there is a drill you are specifically doing to vary your swing speed?

I got rained out again today. So, no "5 minutes" outdoors. Just doing mirror work, trying to keep the hands close to the body as is my current priority.