"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)

[chris3putt]

5 mins full swing practice in the nets before playing 18 holes. Worked on getting the left shoulder down and back during the back swing.

[billchao]

Apparently I forgot to post here yesterday, even though I posted videos of me hitting into my net. Oh well. Didn't have much time to do anything since we went to visit some relatives, so I did some mirror work. Long chipping feel on my downswing.

[Slowcelica]

Practiced outside with a club, practiced transition in the downswing.

[WatchOutLeft]

Worked with my new driver today into the net for about 20 minutes. Driver is a problem club for me so I just focused on making my regular swing and not trying to do anything too special outside of my setup.

[Shindig]

Hit the range for a small bucket today, trying to do my slow practice swing from several of the past days indoor and hitting an actual ball every 3-4 swings. Hit a few that just flew off the face -- I couldn't believe a slow swing could produce such a nice shot! And I also hit a number of weak slices, even with a 7-iron. Sigh. Well, more time for the range this week before two rounds this weekend.

[JP golf]

May 17, (17 in a row)

Putting this afternoon inside... more focused on my setup and having my eyes over the ball.  I have a tendency to let my eyes drift over or past the ball.

[rkim291968]

More pitching - 40 - 70 yards with SW to GW.  More grass range ball striking practice.

[tnull]

Half swings, proper position on backswing and follow through.  Good grip pressure and soft arms.

[mmoan2]

Friday - hour at range trying to hit balls with proper setup position.

Saturday - 30 minutes mirror work; 90 minutes at range with 5 iron and 3 wood

Sunday - 30-60 min mirror work watching Rory McIlroy thinking I should just quit now...

[WUTiger]

May 17

Warm-up with Gold Flex swing trainer. Feet together for 5 minutes, then normal driver stance for 5 minutes. Getting more consistent shoulder rotation , much less shoulder slide .

Then, into back yard. Put flagstick into practice green area (mowed at level-3 setting), and practiced quarter and half swing shots with 50º and 58º wedges. Emphasized pitch and lob motions, rotating back and finishing high with left-hand lead through. (If I don't watch it, my close-in shots end up halfway between a chip-and-run and a pitch-lob motion, resulting in shots that are neither.)

Starting to get better distance control with 58*. (Over the winter, I swapped a 56º for the 54 and 58.)

[mvmac]

Did some putting drills in the backyard.

[Elmer]

10 minutes short game swing

10 minutes elliptical

10 minutes long game swing

[RFKFREAK]

So, after playing 36 holes this weekend, I felt that I had somewhat lost my way as far as how I performed my full swing by the end of yesterday's round so this morning my 5 minutes consisted of some slow, concentrated swings on laying the shaft down and getting myself in the correct positions at A4 and A6.

[Big C]

Similar to @RFKFREAK , I played 36 frustrating holes this weekend and am in need of a reset. I spent 5 minutes this morning on my takeaway in the mirror. Again the focal point was to rotate the hips properly, moving the left knee inward while keeping my head steady and not leaning towards my target.

[Lihu]

More mirror work at 5:30am today before playing 18 holes on the longer course and shot pretty decently, but I started falling back on my old ways and could see it in the ball flight. I had to do some of the drills in between holes to kind of get my swing back in gear.

Played an extra 4 practice holes on the shorter course where I did a slow swing drill for about 2 minutes before every single shot. This was a really good, all my shots were straight draws***. I doubt if I can get away with doing a 2 minute pre-shot routine with playing partners around, but it is really great for practice rounds where I am by myself. The only thing missing is a mirror.

***Still working on making them slight push draws.

[isukgolf]

Worked on bringing the club back and through while hips are against a chair.

[nevets88]

Rehearsed 5 minutes of DS shallowing, keeping L arm to body, long R arm feel L hand pointing to sky on follow through this morning.

[Huddo]

Used my new IPhone 6 to video my backswing, still working on the same......flatter left wrist at the top and shallower shaft on the way down. The slo mo camera on the phone is awesome!