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Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for 2018! Please read as the rules have changed! Yes, for all of 2018! I'm changing it up. Rather than do this monthly, we're going to hav

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3/31/18: Day 365: The post you've all been waiting for.  I did some more work with my A4 to A5 drills. I know it seems like it's monotonous and stupid... But yesterday after I posted I

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Well I'm at 276 consecutive days. 1/1/18: I did my path drill indoors today. For those of you who don't know what this is, it involves 2 to 4 water or soda bottles a club and a foam ball. I

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Day 122 (01 Sep 24) - Spent some time rehearsing setup and hitting some easy shots into the net in the backyard with the 6i.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 3: 9/1/2024

Putting practice on the mat. Gate drills, mirror drills. 

I also chipped around the basement a bit with the kids. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 46: range night. Hit balls for about 40 minutes, working on my priority pieces in the backswing and early downswing. Focused more on the backswing stuff after filming and seeing it was sloppy. Then putted for about 45 minutes. Worked on putts within 10 feet mostly but mixed in some longer putts at the end. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 123 (02 Sep 24)  -  Grandson wanted to hit some into the net with the winner being the one who hit the target inside the net the most.  He beat me by one (wink, wink).  Then some around the yard stroke pkay using foam balls…he had his distance control happening, beat me two out of three holes.  After he and his dad left, I worked on “on course” shot rehearsals - from stepping behind the ball to “see the target” line, to getting feet parallel to the target line and making a solid swing thru the ball that culminates with the pop of the ball in the target. 

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 254: 9/2/24

ProSendr drills to stop my collapsing trail arm. Finished with chipping using the ball attached to the ProSendr and pressed into lead wrist. Good for chipping.

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Day 4: 9/2/2024

Today I worked on my backswing and takeaway in front of the mirror. It's all slow motion stuff. 7-iron mostly. But I also did some no club stuff, club across the collarbone stuff, and even got the PVC Pipe involved. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 47: Mirror work day. Checking backswing stuff and working on some downswing feels.

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 124 (03 Sep 24) -  Full swing drills today with the longer irons and hybrid…as this was the backyard, stayed with hard foam balls in a pretty stiff N-NE breeze.  Able to work on flighting the ball down into the wind and then working the ball with the wind to the target point.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 255: 9/3/24

Worked on backswing and forward weight shift while avoiding a collapsing right elbow. 

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Day 5: September 3rd, 2024.

Got to the range today. Mostly work on my start line. Also made it a point to hold my finish on everything today. I did some work on the driver. Basically trying to hit imaginary fairways. Then I did a bunch of target practice. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 48: did a stack session. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 6: September 4th, 2024.

The range again today. Hand path, hips and ribs today. All things that I'm normally working on. 

I'm going to need to get some video and some lessons scheduled. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 256: 9/4/24

Mirror work with a 5W on takeaway and top of swing. Trying to reduce collapsing right arm to help iron the play.

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Day 125 (04 Sep 24) - Easy day with 7i - focused on setup and downswing hitting into net.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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