"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (September 2015)

[Lihu]

Wall drills, rained out. Might go this evening under the covered stalls.

2 buckets into wind. Not too wet.

[tnull]

Outside swings with the driver.  Smooth, tension free speed.  Let the club be fast.  Head still, hip slide/turn and complete shoulder turn with no tension in the hands to inhibit release.  Felt really good, all of this practice is ingraining these things so I have to think about them less and less.

[onthehunt526]

9/15/15: Played 5 holes so far... I'm at +3 so far I'm hitting it really well just a couple Loose irons so far...

Played 18 holes... Shot 85... I only hit 5 GIR today, only one double bogey... 6 pars, 11 bogeys, 1 double (flipping two chips)... I stuffed it 4 feet on 18..... Missed the damn putt though, poa annua is funny in the eastern U.S. it's a weed and makes greens bumpy and not break as much.

[onthehunt526]

9/16/15: Worked on putting from 3 to 10 feet for 20 minutes this morning...

[onthehunt526]

Played 18 holes... Shot 85... I only hit 5 GIR today, only one double bogey... 6 pars, 11 bogeys, 1 double (flipping two chips)... I stuffed it 4 feet on 18..... Missed the damn putt though, poa annua is funny in the eastern U.S. it's a weed and makes greens bumpy and not break as much.

I just wanted to add I did hit 3 of the last 4, and only missed 16 by a few feet.

[Lihu]

1 bucket this morning. Range balls bounced to 38" from 60". How do they get the bounce out of them? So, all my shots were short even compared to last night.

[Lihu]

1 bucket this morning. Range balls bounced to 38" from 60". How do they get the bounce out of them?

So, all my shots were short even compared to last night.

Hit at another range where I get 2 buckets a day, and hit almost 3 buckets. Someone left a full bucket minus 10 balls in the stall next to mine and gave them to me. So, my distance came back.

It was 72-76F, drier and the balls were all dry. I didn't check the bounce as I was hitting off grass. I'm exhausted , but very happy.

[tnull]

Lesson.  Video of 7i and driver.  7i was pretty good.  First driver swings had a shortened back swing.  After review, I took some more swings and made a fuller turn.  Better contact.  Club head speed is good, it is getting a bit faster.  From low 90's to right around 100 now.  During the lesson hit about 2 dozen 7i and driver swings.

[isukgolf]

Outside ... putting on my green ... 10ft 's mainly

[Lihu]

[QUOTE name="Lihu" url="/t/84194/5-minutes-daily-practice-challenge-september-2015/126#post_1200515"] 1 bucket this morning. Range balls bounced to 38" from 60". How do they get the bounce out of them? So, all my shots were short even compared to last night.[/QUOTE] Hit at another range where I get 2 buckets a day, and hit almost 3 buckets. Someone left a full bucket minus 10 balls in the stall next to mine and gave them to me. :whistle: So, my distance came back. :dance: It was 72-76F, drier and the balls were all dry. I didn't check the bounce as I was hitting off grass. I'm exhausted , but very happy.

Reviewed some video, and noticed that when I got to my 3W off the deck I was severely over swinging. My body was attempting to turn too much and my arms broke down. Working on the arm straight drill to the top and back down again. Trying to keep the arm straight seems to reduce some of the breakdown, and keep the body turn limited by watching it in a mirror.

[onthehunt526]

Reviewed some video, and noticed that when I got to my 3W off the deck I was severely over swinging. My body was attempting to turn too much and my arms broke down. Working on the arm straight drill to the top and back down again. Trying to keep the arm straight seems to reduce some of the breakdown, and keep the body turn limited by watching it in a mirror.

9/18/15: I do the same damn thing I overswing with my 3W all the time... Worked on wedges for a bit this morning... Mostly getting better contact... Anything over 70 yards with a SW has been a struggle to make even fair contact... Trying to get to comfortable from 90-95 with the SW... Anything between 105-130 I've been hitting little PW shots, because over 100 with the GW has been a struggle with contact... It's getting better though I was struggling with anything over 80 with the GW. So I am making progress, if I can get comfy from 105-110 with the GW again, that will fulfill my goal... I will say it's nice having 3 clubs to hit from 75 yards though... It gives me choices...

[Lihu]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by Lihu

1 bucket this morning. Range balls bounced to 38" from 60". How do they get the bounce out of them?

So, all my shots were short even compared to last night.

Hit at another range where I get 2 buckets a day, and hit almost 3 buckets. Someone left a full bucket minus 10 balls in the stall next to mine and gave them to me. So, my distance came back.

It was 72-76F, drier and the balls were all dry. I didn't check the bounce as I was hitting off grass. I'm exhausted , but very happy.

Reviewed some video, and noticed that when I got to my 3W off the deck I was severely over swinging. My body was attempting to turn too much and my arms broke down.

Working on the arm straight drill to the top and back down again. Trying to keep the arm straight seems to reduce some of the breakdown, and keep the body turn limited by watching it in a mirror.

Hit 2 large buckets this morning. Balls were short again.

I put my 3W on a little tee and was able to hit more solid shots that were not "over-swung". Back to the "training wheels", I guess.

Probably going to hit another 2 this evening.

[WildTurkey]

Three tee drill with the driver. Basically 1 tee at the ball position. Then 2 tee's a club length behind. 1 in line with the ball tee, the other a grips length towards me. The idea is the take backswing goes over the in line tee and the downswing goes over the grip tee and clips the ball tee. Gets me on a in to out swing. This was done in the back yard without balls. I also did I few indoor putts to a 2 inch target cup.

[Lihu]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by Lihu

1 bucket this morning. Range balls bounced to 38" from 60". How do they get the bounce out of them?

So, all my shots were short even compared to last night.

Hit at another range where I get 2 buckets a day, and hit almost 3 buckets. Someone left a full bucket minus 10 balls in the stall next to mine and gave them to me. So, my distance came back.

It was 72-76F, drier and the balls were all dry. I didn't check the bounce as I was hitting off grass. I'm exhausted , but very happy.

Reviewed some video, and noticed that when I got to my 3W off the deck I was severely over swinging. My body was attempting to turn too much and my arms broke down.

Working on the arm straight drill to the top and back down again. Trying to keep the arm straight seems to reduce some of the breakdown, and keep the body turn limited by watching it in a mirror.

Hit 2 large buckets this morning. Balls were short again.

I put my 3W on a little tee and was able to hit more solid shots that were not "over-swung". Back to the "training wheels", I guess.

Probably going to hit another 2 this evening.

2 more buckets at range number 2. Compared MP-52, MP-32 and Ping i20.

Compared Burner DG-X100, Ping G15-X100, Bio Cell PX6.5, Ping i25 (PWR 75 TS).

[tnull]

Warm up with swing fan.  Indoor swings, 1/2, 3/4 and full.  Hip slide and turn, full shoulder turn, no tension, brush the carpet.

[isukgolf]

Outside putting and working on center hip turn with a chair.

[boogielicious]

Mirror work before my work out.

[Lihu]

Did some swing drills with a golf fan waiting for my daughter. Now doing chair drills at work.