Jump to content
Check out the Spin Axis Podcast! ×

Recommended Posts

Posted

Day 13: short practice today but got in 5 minutes of the same practice. Swing looked cleaner today. Also working on delivering clubhead drill. 

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

  • Administrator
Posted

Day 238 - August 22, 2020

Played about five holes. Hit a 3W about 300 (flat ground, not #8) at Whispering Woods on #5. Was almost on the green.

Also got super muddy trying to get Natalie's ball out of the crap on four. It wasn't even her ball. 😞

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • AuthorLowest Score Wins
Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

Check Out: New Topics | TST Blog | Golf Terms | Instructional Content | Analyzr | LSW | Instructional Droplets

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 65.  Speed sticks in the backyard after the Northern Trust.  Did okay, didn't get red past 100 (got to 99).   This marks day 8 of protocol one since the last break of more than two days, after 18 I'll move to protocol two. 

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Tour Edge Exotics C723 21 degree hybrid.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 12: not sure if this really counts... but left my clubs at my partner's house, but watched some videos and tried to do visualisation of finish position, especially shoulders square to target, belt furthest ahead (arched back) and extended legs... which I'm currently struggling with.  If it doesn't count, I'll reset to 1 tomorrow.

Cobra F-Max Driver | Ping Karsten 3H, 4H, 5H | Titleist 690MB 5-PW | TaylorMade ATV 52* 56* 60* | Odyssey White Hot #1

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted (edited)
47 minutes ago, Dornenglanz said:

Day 12: not sure if this really counts... but left my clubs at my partner's house, but watched some videos and tried to do visualisation of finish position, especially shoulders square to target, belt furthest ahead (arched back) and extended legs... which I'm currently struggling with.  If it doesn't count, I'll reset to 1 tomorrow.

Just my opinion, but any work should count. I wouldn't be so hard on yourself.

Heck, I do mirror work waiting for the water to heat up o for my shower. In a pinch I will use that.  

Edited by Antneye
  • Thumbs Up 1
Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 32

Did a workout at home.  Tired from the business trip out West.  Worked on stopping that dreaded outside in swing.  Rotated by doing the toss the ball drill and then I used my Gold Flex and focused on that same principal of tossing the ball.  Did a solid 20 drill session with lots of stretching.  My Achilles on my right was just killing me today so I added a lot of stretching.

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 256

Did some half swings working on feel for current priority piece. Did some distance mapping with Mevo for a new Edel 50 degree wedge that is replacing the GW in my iron set. 

-Peter

  • :titleist: TSR2
  • :callaway: Paradym, 4W
  • :pxg: GEN4 0317X, Hybrid
  • :srixon: ZX 3-iron, ZX5 4-AW
  • :cleveland:  RTX Zipcore 54 & 58
  • L.A.B. Golf Directed Force 2.1
Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 20: Indoor putting drills.  Been pushing a lot of puts lately.  Hung a string over the putting line to check my head position.  Also worked to bring the face more closed at impact.

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 21: Played 9 holes.  Not very well.  Putting was pretty good.  Everything else not so much.  Time to get more practice in the next few weeks.  Want to finish this year strong.  Index went up over 19.  My goal was to be an 18 this year.

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 14

More swings focused on getting to top in proper position. It's cleaned up but not perfect. I'm also working on delivering the clubhead. I really seem to roll over my forearms quite a bit and seem to slightly be flipping the club. Working this in as well to see if I can improve that. 

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

  • Administrator
Posted

Day 239 - August 23, 2020

Played 18 holes with @Hardspoon, @saevel25, @georgep.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • AuthorLowest Score Wins
Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

Check Out: New Topics | TST Blog | Golf Terms | Instructional Content | Analyzr | LSW | Instructional Droplets

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 33

Played 18 today. Hitting the ball better and better.  My wife commented that this was the straightest my Drives have been all year.  I crushed a couple Drives.

Worked on using and trusting my sandwedge from 90 yards in. Significant improvement in wedge play.

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 66.  Busy day, but I found 5 minutes (period break in hockey) to go to my golf room and have five consecutive minutes uninterrupted.  Against the wall, then a few with a club, then repeat.  Total of 5 balls hit, but they were quality practices. 

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Tour Edge Exotics C723 21 degree hybrid.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 257

Indoor putting practice today, and a little bit of swing mapping with a SW.

-Peter

  • :titleist: TSR2
  • :callaway: Paradym, 4W
  • :pxg: GEN4 0317X, Hybrid
  • :srixon: ZX 3-iron, ZX5 4-AW
  • :cleveland:  RTX Zipcore 54 & 58
  • L.A.B. Golf Directed Force 2.1
Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 15:

Same as prior days. Had a frustrating time today but I'll post the long story in my swing thread. 

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 34

15 minute work out.  

Did throw the ball drill, 1 swing of the sklz tempo grip trainer, throw the ball, 1 swing with sklz gold flex.  I did this rotation for for 15 minutes.

Goal, continue to fix outside in swing, paid strong attention to keeping a strong grip.  Both have been keys to the last week of hitting the ball straight

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

  • Administrator
Posted

Day 240 - August 24, 2020

Worked on some chipping motion stuff while literally waiting for paint to dry.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • AuthorLowest Score Wins
Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

Check Out: New Topics | TST Blog | Golf Terms | Instructional Content | Analyzr | LSW | Instructional Droplets

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Posted

Day 22: Indoor chipping. Also full swings into a net. Focus on stance and posture with only swing thought being to keep my head still.

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Want to join this community?

    We'd love to have you!

    Sign Up
  • TST Partners

    Carl's Place
    PlayBetter
    Golfer's Journal
    ShotScope
    The Stack System
    FitForGolf
    FlightScope Mevo

    Coupon Codes (save 10-20%): "IACAS" for Mevo/Stack/FitForGolf, "IACASPLUS" for Mevo+/Pro Package, and "THESANDTRAP" for ShotScope. 15% off TourStriker (no code).
  • Posts

    • Question on realistic expectations.  I did a couple of quick google searches, one on "Average Club Head Speed of a 64 year old Amatuer" and one on a 64 year old Professional.  For the amatuer is indicated between 75-85 and for pros @ 105-112.  I am currently @ age 64, High HCP and @ 90mph.  I do not consider myself an above average golfer so I am a little shocked that I may be near the upper range for my age.  Are these stats accurate? I am hoping to get an increase in speed & distance, but if stats from Google are correct I am already a little above average for an amatuer my age so maybe improvement may be limited.  I plan to shoot for as much improvement as possible and am just curious what a reasonal expectation may be.
    • Where do you tend to miss it? When the green is below you, the ball is spending more time in the air, so to the extent that side spin is making it move one way or the other, it has more time to do that and therefore will be affected more. That's why it's so dang hard to hit a fairway that's a long way below you. When the ground gets in the way it stops the slice/hook spin from moving the ball away from the middle. If you play, let's say, a fade, then you want to aim further to the left to allow the fade to move the ball further. That also means if you play for a fade and don't hit a fade you're going to miss by more than you would if the green was at the same level.  I think the person who brought this up is trying to limit the impact of that by hitting it lower so the ball doesn't spend as much time in the air. If that's not how you normally hit it and you haven't practiced it, then it's likely going to be more detrimental than just figuring out how to deal with your normal shot. 
    • Wordle 1,802 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    • Wordle 1,802 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    • Wordle 1,802 4/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Welcome to TST! Signing up is free, and you'll see fewer ads and can talk with fellow golf enthusiasts! By using TST, you agree to our Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Guidelines.