"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[DeadMan]

Day 11: played 18. Shot a 76, +5. No sixes. Very pleased with the round. 

[iacas]

Day 633, July 28, 2024

Went downtown to practice for a little under two hours. First goal was to measure setup, top, and impact with the HackMotion. Good numbers (flexion/extension) for me are +45 at setup, +15 to +20 at the top, and about 0 to +5 at impact.

I found the pattern there (and that I could overdo the top), and that I had to do a little on the initial part of the downswing to not block it way right (I'd experiment with that a bit throughout the day), and hit some pretty good shots at the end with what felt like 2/3 swings, some even incorporating a little pause. Hit 96 MPH with the 6I a few times, and was living in the 95 range for the last 20 swings or so. All felt like less effort than even a few days ago.

 

 

[WillieT]

Day 87 (28 Jul 24) -  Divot board, 6i, hard foam balls - worked smoothing swing tempo.  Used the phrase “now - is - the - time” to work on getting a 3:1 feel backswing to downswing with “time” being the word at impact and “the” being the top of the backswing. 

[Becca]

Day 4:  Played 9 even though I wasn’t feeling well.  By hole 5 I had no energy left but I still finished with 6 over my lowest from yesterday. 

[DaHolla]

Day 201 - Some pitching before working on my shin angles in the backswing. 

[Clemsonfan]

Day 219: 7/29/24

Slow motion swings and a Par4Success workout.

[iacas]

Day 634, July 29, 2024

Played parts of 18 holes (had to skip a guy watering fairways twice), then went downtown to hit balls and work on things for about an hour. Maybe a bit more.

Birdied #1 today, so that's good.

[saevel25]

Day 24, weather kind-of crappy all day. Did some indoor slow swing work. 

[WillieT]

Day 88 (29 Jul 24) - Simple drills today with mid-irons - worked on tempo with the mid-irons and hard foam balls.  Focused on getting back into a flow with the shot process, last couple of sessions has been a struggle - more of falling back into old swing patterns (part of it may be the soreness in the right knee, coupled with a tender left foot - feels like the body is going into prevent mode of late).  

[DeadMan]

Day 12: did a stack session.

[Becca]

Day 5:  Still not feeling 100% so just a little putting in the garage.  

[DaHolla]

Day 202 - Hurt my back this morning, but felt good enough to do a little pitching/chipping work. 

[Becca]

Day 6:  Hit a couple buckets with my 3w and 5h and I just can’t seem to get them down consistently.  

[Darkfrog]

Day 3:

Lesson yesterday that I forgot to post about. Take homes - (1) work on centered turn because I was swaying upper body too far away from target, (2) new downswing feels, clubhead down below knees fast, hips slide forward and feel is trail ear drops as if I am trying to look at bottom of ball

Today worked on new stuff from lesson.

First, more centered turn on backswing. It feels like I am stacking on lead side, but real is that I still flow away from target, just not 4-5 inches like before. Worked on centered turn piece for about 10 minutes with mirrorvision.

Next, downswing work. Started by making a centered turn. Then clubhead down/slide hips/"dip" ear, and pause at club parallel, then try to hit the ball by just turning hard through impact.

[iacas]

Day 635, July 30, 2024

Practiced for an hour after several lessons. Made swings that got to about P3, and then generated as much speed as I could from there. Broke 90 MPH almost every swing, often with ball speeds of 125+. More downward, higher smash factor. Some WAY right because that doesn't give me time to do the wrist thing I normally over-do slightly, but just having myself do that a little straightened those out.

Felt good. Follow-through was obnoxiously short. Like, insultingly short for a ball that flies 185 with a traditionally lofted 6I.

[WillieT]

Day 89 (30 Jul 24)  - - played the weekly 9 hole round with my good friend, with a slight twist for me as I played up as set of tees (where he plays) with a 10 club bag setup: 3wHL (17 deg), 3h (20.5 deg), 4-Sw (TA 845s Silver Scots (late 80’s).  Had a blast, almost drove the green on 8, had a couple of birdies and several pars.  Biggest issue was the greens had been sanded so holding the greens was tough.  Still fun, shooting a laid back 40.  

[Clemsonfan]

Day 220: 7/30/24

Early backswing drills followed by putting through 50 mm gates. Finished Par4Success workout this morning and power drills tonight.

[DeadMan]

Day 13: just some mirror work today. Worked on getting my hands down faster.