"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge May 2016

[boogielicious]

10 minutes mirror work. Playing 18 today. Focus was on the transition again.

[onthehunt526]

5/23/16:

Hit a shag bag full of balls worked on alignment from 8-iron down (<150 yds) and contact... I found with the 54° and 58°, if I set up with a slight left side weight bias I hit them better... I won't go past 3/4 with the wedges but it's getting better... If I can get the 100 yards and in strokes gained about level with everything else... I can get down easily to a 6 or 7 hdcp.

[MiddleTees]

30 minutes doing Driver drill to stop slices and 10 doing pitching per Quickie pitching video inside using net in barn.

[RandallT]

45 minutes video work at range. Did slow motion, then half speed shot, then reviewed both of those on video. Swing with ball continues to be totally different than slow motion. Poor results, but still an awkward work in progress with the shallowing of club from the top.

 

[krupa]

Spent an hour at the range.  I worked on hitting longer clubs (4H and 3W).  I was pleasantly surprised at how well I was hitting them.  Still have a lot of work, of course, but it was very encouraging.

[sirhacksalot]

Setup putting and pitching

[WUTiger]

Played in University's sports benefit scramble today.

Had 8 of 13 drives in the fairway (others were 3 bad blockouts and 2 pulls). We used four of my good drives.

I had 3 Near GIRs and 3 GIRs on approaches (but, team mates got the ball closer).

Best shots came on short game. From 65 yards out - going into a close front pin on a crowned green - I put a 6i punch-and-run two feet from the pin set up a birdie; also had four greenside 8i chips which ended up within five feet or less; sank a 12 and 15-foot putt, and some shorter clean-up putts.

Overall, I do best when I line up the shot, look at the back of the ball, and hit is quickly. If I start thinking about swing parts, it often spoils my tempo.

[Dinoma]

30 mins on the GC2, somehow just wasn't hitting well today so unfortunately didn't get the best out of the session. 

[Lihu]

23 hours ago, Lihu said:

Still working on my "half swing" method. Trying to exercise a full turn at a slower speed and A6 to impact at "full" speed. This is going to take me some time to figure out so I'll be posting the same thing for a while yet. . .

Just did a bunch of these.

Going to have to balance range time and course time for the Friday match up. I got on the course and got my butt kicked. Duck hooked most of my drives, and overshot all of my approaches and bladed chips. I'm playing the course after work and only going to hit a few balls the next 3 days.

The good news is I seem to be hitting about 10 yards longer with my irons, the bad news is I have no idea how far I'm hitting them. For example, a 9i choked up on an inch with an uphill lie and 15 foot elevated green 135 yards away seemed the right club when I selected it, but obviously too much club??? It's also entirely possible that I'm not getting enough spin and keep rolling over the backs. We'll see today when I hit more practice on more level approaches with my 3 main approach irons. Need to also practice my flop shots on the course, no more blade shots.

[onthehunt526]

5/24/16:

Full swings with long clubs this morning for 5-10 minutes. Focused on tempo and my release. I used a pillow for impact on the release practice.

[RandallT]

One full hour at range:  A4 to A6 slow motion work. Used video to check the motion, then hit through the ball from A5.5. Hip and shoulder alignments, plus steepness of club verified along the way. Fairly substantial changes from my natural swing, so it's a work in progress still, even after the prior few weeks of this. Recent instructor feedback indicated I had improved, but not enough yet. Hopefully the next few weeks can build on progress so far.

Last few balls were 3/4 swings but results were not great. Future sessions will have to build up speed in increments to see where form breaks down.

[boogielicious]

10 minutes mirror work at the gym before my workout. Same focus.

[MiddleTees]

More slow mo driver drill to stop slices, 20 minutes and 10 minutes pitching technique from quickie pitching video.

[krupa]

Played 9 holes; let's call it a practice round.  Started Par, Triple Par, and then the wheels came off. Hit some good tee shots and even had a decent 4H on the last hole; it if had been straight I would have been on the green from 190.

[WUTiger]

Putting clock for 15 minutes: Uphill and downhill lag putts, and 3, 5 and 10-foot putts.

[sirhacksalot]

 

The same as last night setup with forward shaft lean and open face and really closing it with a swing toward target feeling. Then a lil putting in the garage

[Dinoma]

30 mins, mainly positions and practice swings, but a real swing every 20 or so to try and move things to working with the ball as well.

[onthehunt526]

5/25/16:

Worked on Pre-shot routine this morning. Mostly on alignment and picking a spot 2 feet in front of me...

After shooting 84 with 6 Greens in Regulation and a ton of nGIR. I think that I'm making positive progress in this regard... If I could just hit 9 or 10 Greens I'd be in business.