"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[WillieT]

Day 186 (04 Nov 24) - 

More tempo work today (6i into the net)….did notice that the more I “thought” about it, the less solid the strike.  Side bar - thinking it might be time for a new target flag (the hole 1st appeared Thurs and has now grown to look rather “scowled in appearance”):  

Finished up with sone bump and runs with the 6i in the backyard…

[iacas]

Day 35 - 2024-11-04

Hit balls with many breaks over the course of two hours. Wrist is feeling a little better, but ulnar deviation still twinges. I did the first two levels of Operation 36 and passed, duh. 25 and 50 yards. Would have been easier if putting was real. 😄 

[DaHolla]

Day 296 - Easy swings focused on ground location. Foams balls into a net.

[DeadMan]

Day 110: some mirror work today. Working on the same stuff. It also snowed, so probably indoor only stuff for a whole… sigh…

[iacas]

Day 36 - 2024-11-05

Went downtown for a little over three hours. 90 minutes of that was doing other stuff, but I got a little practice in. Some messing with GSPro (v3 is now out) and the settings, some chipping, some little stuff. Not a ton of full swing stuff, and what I did there was mostly backswing stuff.

[WillieT]

Day 187 (05 Nov 24) -  Got in some time with the 4&5 hybrids in the backyard - hitting hard foam balls.  Rehearsing preshot routine, focusing on tempo, by reenacting some of the shorter par 4s at my regular course - hybrid off the tee, hybrid approaches. 

[DeadMan]

Day 111: putted on my mat while listening to a conference call. Working on the handle being more upright at address, and feeling the weight a bit more in my heels. 

[DaHolla]

Day 297 - Mirror swings in a hotel room, primarily focused on the hips rotating more than sliding. 

[WillieT]

Day 188 (06 Nov 24) - Played the Weds men’s group scramble today as I won’t be able to play Fri.  Our group started on the back nine - shot a PB 38 on the back (7pars and 2 bogies). 2-over at the turn and reality returns with a dbl-par-dbl start.  Settle down to 3 pars, 3 bogies, a tap in birdie that missed eagle by less than 2 inches.   
 This was on 7, nice drive with 110 to the flag (this is normally a Pw for me, but the weaker lofts the the DCI irons had me play up to the 9i.  Solid swing and it rolls this close).   I was playing the old DCI 962 irons w/Rifle 6.0 shafts - man those things are still some sweet playing irons. 

Finished with +6 on the front for a 42 and overall score of 80.  

Edited November 6, 2024 by WillieT

[iacas]

Day 37 - 2024-11-06

Worked with the HackMotion for a bit today. Learned a good bit about some things. HackMotion, GCQuadMax, GSPro… mirrors… video a few times. 😄

[DaHolla]

Day 298 - Mirror swings getting ready for tomorrow’s 36 holes. Mostly focused on the hips. 

Edited November 7, 2024 by DaHolla

[DeadMan]

Day 112: 6 inches of snow, so just doing some mirror work while watching TV. Same downswing stuff. 

[DeadMan]

Day 113: did a stack session.

[WillieT]

Day 189 (07 Nov 24) - Played nine with my friend Mike - mixed the bag down to a 7-club setup (3w, 4h, 6i, 8i, Pw, 54 & P).  Goal: play more irons into the hole.  Played one set of tees forward. Shot a 41 (6 bogies, 2 pars and 1 chip in birdie).  Had other looks at birdie (two of which turned into 3 putt bogies off lipped out pars.  Even with the struggles with the putting, I enjoyed the challenge of having “in-between” distances - and choosing between a club that goes too far and one that may get there if struck well.  Excellent session on course management and shot planning.

[iacas]

Day 38 - 2024-11-07

Did a little HackMotion work to test some things out. My wrists hinge, seemingly, WAY more than they should. 😄 

[WillieT]

Day 190 (08 Nov 24) - Worked with the putter this morning, while watching the Champions Tour on the Golf Channel, working right hand - higher/lower - finding a slightly higher right hand seems to add more consistent roll.  Later today moved outside to work with tempo and slightly shorter backswing to get better low point control - hitting 6i into the net.  Solid session except for the next to last ball that I got over the net and into the wild blue yonder….managed to sheepishly retrieve it from the neighbor’s back yard two doors down….

[iacas]

Day 39 - 2024-11-08

Limited time so a little work at home. Wrist and thumb were "so so" today.

[DeadMan]

Day 114: worked on putting for a bit on my mat. Mostly working on raising the handle at address but also a good stroke.