"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge March 2017

[RandallT]

3/20: 5 min backswing and hips. 10 minutes transition and shallow downswing. Slow mo mirror

[roamin]

3/20: Played 36 holes today. Shot 89 and a 10 over, 83!!! A new best. 

Played a push-draw all day (that mostly just pushed or straight-faded). I also recorded the last few holes for a vlog post, will hopefully get that up soon.

Edited March 21, 2017 by roamin

[b101]

20/3/17 - putting work on the mat for 10 minutes with the metronome going and trying to keep the backstroke shorter whilst not 'hitting' at the ball.

[woodzie264]

3/21 - wall drills followed by slow swings

[BamaWade]

6 hours ago, roamin said:

3/20: Played 36 holes today. Shot 89 and a 10 over, 83!!! A new best.

Congrats on the new low!!  I'd love to post an 83 again soon...been a while for me.

3/20:  Watched videos to learn wall drill technique; 10 mins. of wall drills - 5 without club & 5 with (chocked down).  Didn't hit balls as planned, but should be getting in a little range time & walking ~12+ after work this evening.

BamaWade

[boogielicious]

3/21 - Mirror work at the gym. Focused on my key 3 work with slower swings.

PM- Was able to get out and hit balls into my net. Spent about 45 minutes doing slow swing repeats of Key 3 drill with 7 iron, Driver and PW. I'm trying to Change the Dang Picture. Started each with chipping motion to get the In-line impact position. Then progressed to full swing range of motion at 50-60% effort.

[b101]

21/3/17 - more swing work at the range. Making good inroads, but still finding that process of speeding up from 75% tricky.

 

[RandallT]

3/21: Putting challenge. Hit 72 5ft putts, plus some warmups. Made only 37 of them- needs work!

Also did some full swing work while at the course. No range time with balls, but did some drills in one of the bays and shagged a couple balls to hit 50-100yd with my 7iron. Focused on left hip turning through so as to straighten left leg. Really feel more rotational control with this move. Also think it's helping me shallow the club, as I want to get to a better A6 position naturally now to make the rotation through more effective.

[Mico]

25 min Sklz swing trainer, 7 iron, driver 

stop at top, pump drill (my fav), step thru and full swing

for 7 iron, need to mark pad with foot powder to make sure delivering club to same and correct spot.

driver will need a practice tee to make sure delivering club on up swing

in general, need to be more careful about balance

Edited March 22, 2017 by Mico
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[roamin]

3/21: 5 minutes of wall drill and a bit of work editing the videos from the course yesterday. Will hopefully have it posted tomorrow. 

[woodzie264]

3/22 - wall drill followed by slow swings with a Nerf sword in kids' playroom. 

On 3/21/2017 at 2:37 AM, roamin said:

3/20: Played 36 holes today. Shot 89 and a 10 over, 83!!! 

Sweet! Keep up the hard work!

[BamaWade]

3/21:  25 min. range session - w/o ball, checks on A2 & A3, then at A7; then full swing work w/ball (main focus left knee, hip & hand-lead..working to kill the "flip" dead!).  Great session!  Then, walked 9 holes w/focus on new changes.

The ball-striking difference with the new swing is amazing.  Every single shot is solid and I'm starting to take divots.  Any curve is minimal...just pushing it a little too much at times.  The pull hook is history, and almost seems impossible with the flip out of the picture.  Just gotta keep working every day to ingrain the changes so it never comes back.

BamaWade

[boogielicious]

3/22 - Mirror work at the gym. Slow swings. Focused on Key 3 work from my Evolvr lesson.

[b101]

22/3/17 - Made it to the range and managed half a session before packing it in due to poor weather. Did some more backswing and slow-motion work but no video today.

[roamin]

On 3/21/2017 at 9:15 AM, BamaWade said:

Congrats on the new low!!

Thanks! 

10 hours ago, woodzie264 said:

Sweet! Keep up the hard work!

You said it, that's the key. It's nice to finally see my scores start to reflect the progress I've felt I was making...hope that keeps up. Loving this practice thread, too. Seems like lots of folks are making noticeable progress, which is exciting and helps that much more with the motivation to keep grinding. 

Edited March 22, 2017 by roamin

[Mico]

15 min. Sklz swing trainer, 7 iron and driver 

stop at top, pump and step thru drills plus full swings. Could feel curl up and curl down with great release

excited to get out to range and 18 holes on Sunday--last round of first three months of 2017

Edited March 23, 2017 by Mico
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[RandallT]

3/22: 10minutes backswing work with left wrist and right elbow thoughts

[woodzie264]

3/23 - slow centered turns with focus on steady head