"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge September 2016

[iacas]

2016-09-19

Helped Natalie Drive, Chip, and Putt (the latter two) in prep for our trip out to New Jersey this weekend.

[woodzie264]

9/19 - I did come back and spend 30 mins putting down hallway at work with focus on 6-10'

[CarlSpackler]

Spent all evening at Disney Springs with friends from back in Ohio. Still enough time to sneak in 5 minutes of slow mo work. Need to do some stretching on my neck now. 

[woodzie264]

9/20 - weight shift work with kettle bell at gym this morning. Grip, stance, slow take aways, with focus on 5SK#1-3 x 5-10 mins using 7i.

[boogielicious]

9/19 Mirror work at the gym

9/20 Playing 9 today.

[Brian W]

9/20 - before my workout, spent some time in the backyard with a 7 iron working on tempo.  Really focusing on not taking away too fast and keeping a smooth swing from the takeaway until impact.  Also kept the top of the swing more consistent and worked on making sure I do not go too far back in my normal swing 

[iacas]

2016-09-20

Putted in the living room while updating everyone else's iPhone (mine was done Friday).

[CarlSpackler]

Day 20. This is actually going by fast. 

Tweeked my back walking the dog tonight, so just some putting stroke practice. Different length strokes with the quarter drill. 

[woodzie264]

9/21 - grip, stance, slow take away, 5SK#1-3 with 7i x 10 mins.

[Brian W]

9/21 - more takeaway and tempo swings in the backyard really working on not bringing the club back too fast or too far.  I also spent some time with pitches in the back yard with the 55 and 60 keeping in mind how they come out of the "rough"

[boogielicious]

9/21 - Mirror work at the gym before my workout. Focused on starting the downswing with a turn and flattening the wrist to A5.

[roamin]

Took the day off yesterday and played 36. Shot 102 (50/52) and 94 (49/45). Haven't been practicing much lately, but all-in-all my driver and irons went okay most of the day. Played safe and played the lay-up when necessary, just couldn't score when I got to the green. Kept leaving chips way short, and when I did hit the green on approach, my putting was atrocious... 41 and 39 putts respectively.

I joked a while back about at least having some consistency when I scored seven 5's on the front nine. First round yesterday was similar but not as funny... had 10 doubles for the round. Just couldn't stay away from them. On the other hand, double was the worst score of the round, which is new (gotta love those silver linings). 

 

[iacas]

Played 18 holes today. When GG fixes the course mapping I'll post it.

[CarlSpackler]

More slow motion work this evening. I need to get my net set back up in the garage, but I have the car parked in there finally. 

[woodzie264]

9/22 - kettle bell ex's for weight shift. 10 mins on grip, stance, head position, low point control

[Brian W]

9/22 - Spine tilt mirror work.  Also, I put my camera on a table outside and did some full swings focusing on "steady head".

[CarlSpackler]

College night at the boys school, so I couldn't go to the range as I hoped. Went ultra slow tonight with my 7 iron. I'm hoping that all this boring work will make permanent changes. 

[roamin]

A few minutes with the wall drill to get feel for a good hip turn. I'm definitely noticing that I have to stay on top of this or I quickly revert back to swaying. Moved into slo-mo backswings with proper stance and "grip" but no club, paying close attention to steady head and hip turn. After a few of these I started incorporating the downswing.

When I go slow, the clubface typically ends up wide-open at impact with the back of my left hand facing up (edit: not straight up, maybe 45 degrees or so). In the past, I've noticed that it's worse when my head moves forward on the downswing and better when I keep my head steady and turn my hips more and earlier.

Have always felt like my left hand cups quite a bit by A4 and with the last few slo-mo sessions, I've noticed that stopping at A4 and correcting to a flat left wrist seems to help in the transition down to the ball and it feels easier to square the club (it just kinda happens) and keep my hands in front of the clubface through impact and extension.

 

Edited September 23, 2016 by roamin