D1 team practice regimen

[nevets88]

I found this Wake Forest Practice Regimen on reddit. Does this look legitimate?



 

 

wakeforestpractice.pdf

Edited October 21, 2015 by nevets88

[iacas]

Uhhhh… if that's accurate, I could improve upon that.

Someone there should read LSW.

[TN94z]

That's the first time I have ever seen a regimen for college golf. I really thought there would be more to it.

[mvmac]

I found this Wake Forest Practice Regimen on reddit. Does this look legitimate?

It looks stupid, not just because you have scratch golfers practicing 2 ft (and 20-25ft) putts but you have all the players practicing the same way. No flexibility, no prioritization. 

[Lihu]

If it's anything like my kid's high school team, they completely ignore any regimen created by a bogey golfer assistant coach and practice what they need. Putting practice for his team consists of highly competitive games like closes to pin and most number of 1 putts from realistic distances. . .

This is the team in question. . .

http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-golf/stats/2014-2015/teamcume.html

 

[Pretzel]

Yeah, I can tell you right now that the college team would not actually practice that way, even if it was what they were supposed to do. They would practice what they need, and they would play a lot of competitive games like Lihu mentioned. Even just at the high school level teams are highly inter-competitive (I know gambling was big on my team, but I was okay with that since I won enough of them to more than break even) and college teams are even more inter-competitive since they're fighting each other for a spot on the tournament roster on a weekly basis. Having gone to a practice or two at my current DII school, this is how it usually works with the team playing lots of games against each other.

No sane coach would throw out the possibility of the team going out and playing games among themselves to create pressure and a competitive atmosphere. Any sane coach would also know that such a rigid schedule would not work for every player, though a more reasonable approach to make sure everything was being practiced would be to ask them to dedicate a minimum of a certain amount of time to each skill (ideally following the 65/20/15 ratio of full swing/short game/putting practice).

Edited October 21, 2015 by Pretzel

[iacas]

If it's anything like my kid's high school team, they completely ignore any regimen created by a bogey golfer assistant coach and practice what they need. Putting practice for his team consists of highly competitive games like closes to pin and most number of 1 putts from realistic distances. . .

Guys, this isn't some dinky college somewhere. It's Wake Forest. The men's coach makes $68,000 a year. It's not just some van driver.

They recruit. There's heavy competition for open coaching positions. They have alumni that expect good things, and wins, and so on. Arnold Palmer contributes to scholarships there. Etc.

[CoachB25]

Two weekends ago I saw a D-I team practicing exactly that way.  However, it is fall and their fall season has just ended.  They are given standard workouts the first week or so and then, I'd expect will receive workouts more tailored to their game.  It is the same in all sports.  My daughter was an All American is softball and they had "standard team practices" with "standard drills" and then, more tailored workouts as they progressed into the off season. 

[Lihu]

Guys, this isn't some dinky college somewhere. It's Wake Forest. The men's coach makes $68,000 a year. It's not just some van driver.

They recruit. There's heavy competition for open coaching positions. They have alumni that expect good things, and wins, and so on. Arnold Palmer contributes to scholarships there. Etc.

Yeah, I kind of thought their stats were pretty amazing. . .

[Pretzel]

Guys, this isn't some dinky college somewhere. It's Wake Forest. The men's coach makes $68,000 a year. It's not just some van driver.

They recruit. There's heavy competition for open coaching positions. They have alumni that expect good things, and wins, and so on. Arnold Palmer contributes to scholarships there. Etc.

All the more reason for them to not follow such a stupid protocol. They'd have a hard time recruiting with a practice schedule like that.

[JP golf]

@nevets88  Thanks for sharing.  I'm not sure how accurate it is for Wake Forest (they have great resources) but I could definitely see this for some colleges.

I don't think it's stupid at all.  I can see some type of structure added to their practice time.  This has more flexibility in the schedule than it looks like at first glance.  It's required that each section of the routine be completed at least 3 times a week.  If you practice 5 days a week, you can do your own schedule...  This is just the minimum routine guys and doesn't limit them to applying additional practice time in a priority area.

MWF - Pitching, Full Shots (1 of Putting/Chipping/Bunker)

Tu/Th - Putting, Chipping, Bunker

[Patch]

I have an in-law who was a member of the UNLV golf team many years ago. I showed him this practice regimen, and he told me it was pretty similar to what they did in his day. They did spend time on their long game, but they spent much more time on their short games. 

[Lihu]

I have an in-law who was a member of the UNLV golf team many years ago. I showed him this practice regimen, and he told me it was pretty similar to what they did in his day. They did spend time on their long game, but they spent much more time on their short games. 

I know a couple D1 students and another one who went to my son's school, I'm pretty sure they spend a good deal of time honing their long game skills and less than half on short game. When watching them at the range practicing, they seem to spend about 65/20/15. Maybe the 2 foot putts take 2 seconds and a little more for longer ones?

So, time wise maybe the 65/20/15 ratios still hold?

[iacas]

So, time wise maybe the 65/20/15 ratios still hold?

They're hitting 65 balls with their full swing.

Just in pitching they're hitting 60. And then 30 more from a bunker.

[Lihu]

They're hitting 65 balls with their full swing.

Just in pitching they're hitting 60. And then 30 more from a bunker.

Yeah, I guess it's not good to "rush" bunker and pitch shots. . .

[Tgb02]

Highly doubt that is Wake Forest's practice regimen since I saw their top player, Will Zalatoris, last week at the Spirit invitational and even his warm ups were more thorough and productive then that.