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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge October 2016


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Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for October, 2016! The rules are the same as always:

  • Make a somewhat detailed post describing your practice every day during the month.
  • No back-dating or pre-dating posts or practice sessions.
  • On the last day of the month, if you completed the challenge, post about it, preferably in red text or something so I can notice it and give you the award.
  • Detail what you did for at least five minutes of practice (indoors or out, with or without golf balls, etc.).

Enjoy and practice hard!

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10/01 - starting 4th month of 5 min challenge! 

Kettle bell ex's for weight shift reinforcement at the gym this morning. Went to range x 45 mins to work on ball flight and to hit my newly fitted driver :dance:

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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Massively failed at this last month, so going to try much harder this month!

Day 1: Played 9 holes, on a course that I happened to be driving past.  Wasn't scoring - just trying to play shots in real life, with real conditions.  Played some really pretty good shots, and only had two poor holes.  Wasn't focussed on anything in particular.

Cobra F-Max Driver | Ping Karsten 3H, 4H, 5H | Titleist 690MB 5-PW | TaylorMade ATV 52* 56* 60* | Odyssey White Hot #1

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Day 2:

 

Spent about 30 mins working on chipping with my 5H, on the tiny par 3 academy course.  I'm sure the answer is "it depends" but I've not yet settled on what my go-to club is for this kind of shot.  I started with an 8I, but my teacher suggested moving to something with more loft to generate more spin.  He uses a 52 degree wedge.  I have a 50, and I've used that a bit.  But I'd seen some players successfully using their rescue club, so I thought I'd try it.  It's better for direction, but much harder to judge distance.

 

Then went and played with my son at one of the local courses.  Played absolutely terribly.  Literally the worst I have played since I started this summer!  Got pretty angry with myself, but calmed down, and decided to call it a day afer 5 holes, as we were both tired and hungry, and the car park is right by the 5th green.

Cobra F-Max Driver | Ping Karsten 3H, 4H, 5H | Titleist 690MB 5-PW | TaylorMade ATV 52* 56* 60* | Odyssey White Hot #1

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Practiced transition and downswing in front of a mirror and in the back yard. Scouring The Sand Trap Forum for articles that describe the downswing move.

Doug

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10/02- range day working on ball flight with irons, and hitting the snot outta my new driver :-P

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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10/03 - back to weekday grind. Kettle bell swings this morning to reinforce weight shift; grip, stance, 5SK #1-3 with 8i. 

Hope to get by local course today for some greenside chipping and putting 

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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10/03 Part II - putted in office hallway this morning. 6-10' x 20 mins working on bead and speed.

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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10/3 - 10 minutes mirror work focusing on centered hip turn and starting downswing with torso and arms together.

Scott

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Day 3:

 

15  mins at the range, with wedges, working on understading how far I hit each club with a full swing.  I learned that my swing is not really consistent enough to give me a reliable answer.  However, I hit about balls and most of them were clean hits, which felt encouraging.

Cobra F-Max Driver | Ping Karsten 3H, 4H, 5H | Titleist 690MB 5-PW | TaylorMade ATV 52* 56* 60* | Odyssey White Hot #1

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Did some back swings in front of the mirror watching hip turn and arm position. Did some slo mo  swings with the driver in the back yard. About 15 mins in all.

Doug

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I almost forgot to post and screw up another month. Slow motion swings again focusing on rotating around the spine. Works good in slow mo, but I hope it starts impacting a full swing with a ball soon. 

- Shane

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10/04 - grip, stance, slow take aways, balanced weight shift

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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Day 4:

 

Lesson with pro.  He's concerned that my swing is too steep and closes the club face, so we worked on a number of drills to encourage me to allow the club to drop and come through rather than be brought down with the action of my arms.  I'm going to try to work on some of these drills at home, or maybe in the garden.  He says I should practice with short swings and a 6I to get the sequence of events right.

Cobra F-Max Driver | Ping Karsten 3H, 4H, 5H | Titleist 690MB 5-PW | TaylorMade ATV 52* 56* 60* | Odyssey White Hot #1

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