"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)

[Big C]

10 minutes in my hotel this morning. A little mirror work, some putting practice and some short chips.

[Lihu]

5 minutes full swing mirror work. Given today's practice round, I will need to focus on the transition and the downswing a lot more, reducing fat shots, and smoother putting stroke.

[Huddo]

Busy day at work and home so just did 5 minutes of slow controlled backswings, checking club face position at various points.

[rkim291968]

5 min mirror work at the company gym.  Hope to do more indoor practice later tonight.

[chris3putt]

20 mins in the gym, using the mirror and doing the drill that Mike last posted in my swing thread.

[mmoan2]

An hour at lunch beating the heck out of balls on the range with no agenda except to try and make good shots and enjoy myself. I guess I was conscious of my address position and tried to be cognizant of not moving my head laterally, but I figured all work and no play makes me a dull boy. Hopefully I didn't set my swing mechanics back a month with this shameless lack of discipline

[Lihu]

An hour at lunch beating the heck out of balls on the range with no agenda except to try and make good shots and enjoy myself. I guess I was conscious of my address position and tried to be cognizant of not moving my head laterally, but I figured all work and no play makes me a dull boy. Hopefully I didn't set my swing mechanics back a month with this shameless lack of discipline

I'm sure it felt good on the decent shots, but did you at least spend 5 minutes cultivating your anger towards those balls?

On Topic, I spent 5 minutes on my downswing trying to regulate the speed with my hips. Just starting to really get some consist speeds doing these drills.

[krupa]

Worked on chipping in the backyard

[tnull]

10 minutes of putting on the board of truth.  Rolling along that 36" ruler will show you any error in club face at impact.  Do it right and it goes the full length and into the "hole" at the end.  Even a degree or two off square and the ball only makes it a few inches down the line before falling off.  Great indoor aid.  Easy to make.  Epoxy a 36" ruler to a piece of 1/2" plywood slightly longer and 6 1/2" wide.  Use 1/2" strips of hardwood or the same 1/2" plywood to edge the sides and far end.  Near end leave unedged.  Cut a bird's mouth (v cut) from the back end to the beginning of the ruler.  This allows you to use your putter to roll the ball towards the beginning of the ruler and the v cut will ramp the ball to the start.  The hole in the ruler holds the ball.  Glue two 1.5" strips of wood 1/4" x 1/4 " at the beginning end of the ruler at the hole.  These guide the ball when you are setting it in the hole.

Sorry for the long post.  Then did 10 minutes of indoor swings.  Lateral shift and hip turn, soft arms.

[Slowcelica]

Practiced downswing transition @ the range with a club.

[saevel25]

Long range sessions.

6 iron working on my downswing piece

Driver, working on the downswing piece, staying in my spine tilt, shortening the swing.

Distance Wedges.

[WatchOutLeft]

Practiced putting for 15 minutes inside.

[WUTiger]

May 29 -

Practiced short putts (3-10 feet) on astroturf putting strip for 10 minutes. For some reason, a smooth takeaway seems to be easier on long putts outdoors, than these short putts.

Rain predicted for this weekend.

[iacas]

15 minutes of slower swings (faster arms though) before a lesson showed up earlier today.

[SavvySwede]

Hit balls on the range focusing on Key#1. Seemed to work quite well because I only missed 3 fairways when I played afterwards.

[Abu3baid]

Worked on my priority piece with my coach.. Arms coming down faster to A6 and then firing the hips while maintaining level shoulders. Also worked on chipping and pitching variations around the green.. I will be using less of a lob pitch around the green going forward.

[mvmac]

Was at a golf store today looking at a few putter grips. There was an open spot open so I practiced hitting some 6 irons as hard as I could while still swinging in balance. I know those simulators are bs but I was flying the 6 iron 190-195 yards.....so that made me feel good

[isukgolf]

Hit the ranger before 18 ... worked on several things