"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 5: 12/14/2014

More mirror work today. I feel like I'm almost ready to take the PPJ swing to the garage mat/net. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 6: 12/15/2024

Today I worked on my PPJ priority piece in front of the mirror for a bit, then I took it out to the garage and hit some balls into the net. That felt productive. At first I had to battle my hit instinct and my "old swing". But I found if I did my PPJ one piece at a time and then added the next part to it I got to where I was making some solid contact into the net and I really started to feel ... dare I say comfortable. Well at least not like an insane-chicken on no-doze. 

Tomorrow more slow-mo mirrors and then more hitting into the net. I really don't want to start reacting to ball flight yet. 

[WillieT]

Day 226 (15 Dec 24) - Easy day, limited swings with middle irons and hard foam balls.   Focus was on setup and tempo. 

[DeadMan]

Day 151: did a stack session. Worked on some rehearsal takeaways for my backswing stuff between sets. 

[DaHolla]

Day 333 - Practiced putting today. My starting line was pretty bad, but improved as I went on. I need to work more on my setup. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 7: 12/16/2024

I was anxious to get some practice in so I've already been working on my PPJ in front of the mirror for a while this morning. Starting to feel more natural. 

I got in the garage net and that went well. ... Topped a few. I noticed that sometimes the J part of my PPJ gets really vertical. Things go a lot better when I drive my lead leg straight away from the ball and not up. (That's the thought in my head anyway.) 

If none of that makes any sense to you, don't worry. I'm sure everyone's working on their own priority pieces and I don't need to understand the details of what you are working on. Just as long as it works for you. 

On a side note, I feel like I'm actually grasping this priority piece a little quicker than I thought I would. When Yoda first laid it out for me I thought it might take me forever to get the timing down. But, I'm getting it right now (or at least better than it was) a lot. And that's encouraging. Maybe I'm not as uncoordinated as I thought. ... I say that as I spill coffee down the front of my shirt. 

[WillieT]

Day 227 (16 Day 24)  - Temps back in the 60’s - but a full day of other obligations meant limited time, so I worked on setup, tempo and  hitting shorter punch shots focused on making solid contact with the hard foam balls.   This drill really helps to dial in ball first contact as you’re not worried about a specific distance or pin - just making contact.  Of course as I can hit from varied lies, not two shot setups are exactly perfect replicating being on the course.  

[DaHolla]

Day 334 - More putting, this time focused on hitting the sweet spot (with a more consistent setup).

[iacas]

Day 77 - 2024-12-16

Had a lesson and then a good GEARS lesson, so I hit some balls after that. Turn, pick up. Left wrist stays cupped.

[DeadMan]

Day 152: mirror work for a while with the TV on. Worked on my backswing stuff. 

[WillieT]

Day 228 (17 Dec 24) - Morning drills today as the balance of the day is committed elsewhere.  Repeat of yesterday except it was 6i with the primary focus being on the club face at address.  A fun little drill where I deliberately try to hit slight fades and draws using the hard foam practice balls of course.

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 8: 12/17/2024

Okay I took my new PPJ swing thought to the range today. I wasn't sure I was quite ready to do so, but I'm glad I did. 

When I got it right it was good... really good. When I got it wrong it was a major fail. I hit lots of really ugly ones. But I didn't let that deter me. I stayed committed and focused on the PPJ and I avoided any temptation to go back to what I was doing before just so that I could "look" better at the range. I'm pretty excited about what I saw when I got it right. 

I hit the 6 iron mostly (nearly all block work today). I also hit about 6 balls each with the PW, 8I, 5W and Driver. Those had varying degrees of success. I did crack one drive that let me feel and see what the changes will look like once I get fully trained. 

Anyway, I'm going to go back to the mirror work for a couple of more days before bringing it back to the range. I do feel like if I can get this right my swing will improve a lot. So I think its worth the effort. I liked the way it looked on GEARs when I get it right, and I like the results I got at the range when I got it right. Now the goal is to work towards getting it right more often. 

[DeadMan]

Day 153: putted for a while using the 2 cups drill inside. Working on bead primarily. Contact was really good. 

[DaHolla]

Day 335 - More putting work, with the focus on setup and hitting the sweet spot. 

[iacas]

Day 78 - 2024-12-17

Worked on things before lessons.

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 9: 12/18/2024

Okay so about 15 minutes of focused mirror work today and I still have the station set up outside my office door so every time I enter or leave I get 1 to 5 extra slow-mo swings in. 

The PPJ swing thought is getting better. In terms of PP I need to make sure I keep the attention on using the ground up through the movement and not just "going through the motions". 

The J part, I have to focus on my lead sit-bone driving directly away from the ball. I still like to go up and out on that when I lose focus. 

Repetitive slow-mo and medium-mo swings are helping. 

[WillieT]

Day 229 (18 Dec 24) - Wonderful Wedge Wednesday - pulled out the 58* to hit some easy 58* wedges in the backyard-key focus again was on the foot position (getting that slightly open foot stance, opened hips and making a smooth swing thru the ball.