"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[iacas]

Day 464 - April 6, 2021

Played nine holes. Made eight pars… and a birdie.

https://www.gamegolf.com/player/iacas/round/3030369

[xilez]

19 minutes ago, iacas said:

Day 464 - April 6, 2021

Played nine holes. Made eight pars… and a birdie.

https://www.gamegolf.com/player/iacas/round/3030369

Cool round - hole 4 and 5 look like a funky little tee shot.

[GREENMR003]

Day 23. 

Soreness in left shoulder today, so spent time on dynamic stretching and swinging with orange whip knockoff.  About 10 minutes of 1/2 speed swings just stretching out and focusing on sequencing.  

[Darkfrog]

Day 477:

Just some indoor putting work on bead (yardstick drill) and some feel drills for my trail leg/hip backswing priority piece. After being awake all night with a dog suffering diarrhea and needing to go outside and shit every 30 minutes and then almost 10 hours at work, actually doing work today, not sitting at a desk, I was too tired for anything else.

[Bob M]

Day 7 (4/7/21) - Practiced hitting chips and pitches with my gap wedge in the yard.

Last week I had watched Erik's videos on chipping and pitching from last year and got the pitching motion with my sand wedge down pretty well.  Yesterday while playing I really "got" how much more margin for error there is in the pitching motion than the chipping motion.  Going to the range tomorrow to hit balls and after will do more work using a pitching motion with my gap wedge. next will try the same thing with a pitching wedge, then 9-iron. 

[boogielicious]

Day 178: Played 18 then went to the range to work on driver and 6 iron. Driver was sketchy during the round and I’m still toeing my longer irons. I will film tomorrow and send in to Evolvr.

[Shindig]

Day 45.  As is my usual on a workday, I snuck out to the practice room for a bit.  I hit a few 6-irons out of habit (usual routine), but then switched to hitting half and quarter shots with my U-Iron and 56 degree.  I snap faded two quarter-shots with the 56 (I hit more bad shots with it during my last round), but was otherwise okay.

I assume practicing these, for mechanical purposes, off a mat and into a net, indoors, is okay.  If there's a problem doing quarter and half shots, I'd like someone to tell me.  I feel like I haven't worked on my mechanics for these in a while, and that's what I'd like to do a lot of, and then go practice on a real green with them to hone distances. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 478:

Warmup with a 7-iron. Then kids got home and distracted me, so started again after dinner. Warmup with 7-iron, and then superspeed workout.

[WillieT]

Day 91 (7 Apr 21) - sand bombs on the beach with the 60 wedge.  Actually it was the club bombing the sand, using the weight of the wedge to bomb the sand and work the bounce.  Worked the drill with the lead hand, trail hand and both hands. 

[GREENMR003]

Day 24. 

Still fighting soreness in shoulder, so I decided to stick to putting drills.  50 6' putts, resetting and re-addressing the ball each time.  Practicing rolling over my mark first and foremost. 

[Bob M]

Day 8 (4/8/21) - Hit a medium bucket (70 balls) at the range today. Focus was on (i) hitting PW, UW and SW with a pitching motion (about 25 balls) and (ii) full swings with the 5SK "steady head" drill (about 40 balls) with PW, 7-iron, 5H and Driver.  I focused on feeling the stretch on my right side in the back swing and keeping my eyes focused directly on the ball. 

After finishing on the range, I went to the pitch and putt course and hit 9-iron, UW and SW to greens with the pitching motion.

[WillieT]

Day 92 (8 Apr 21) - Target practice today with the small (12"), med (16") and large (24") yard targets, whiffle balls and the 8i and 50* wedge.  Focused on getting the balls as close as possible - with a steady head/side wind it also meant working the shot to compensate for wind factor.  Though the shots were only 25yds or less, I could imagine I was on some windblown course approaching from 130 yds (the max of what I tend to shoot the 8i) and having to work the shot with the wind.  Much more mind work than mindlessly hitting balls around the yard.   Also mixed in with the white and orange whiffle are the Skilz yellow/black balls which allow you to see the spin (or lack thereof) when hitting.  

[boogielicious]

Day 180: Filmed a 6 iron swing and driver swing to send into Evolvr. Working on ball position at set up as I’ve been toeing my irons.

[GREENMR003]

Day 25. 

Range time.  Went in planning to try some long iron vs hybrid experiments.  Unfortunately still had some lingering shoulder issues and had to back off.  Chipping work instead.  Grabbed the 54 and swapped between high and low shots at varying targets.

[iacas]

Day 466 - April 8, 2021

Hit some balls lefty at the range. It didn't go so well. Sometimes I can do this really, really well. Not today. 🙂

[Darkfrog]

Day 479:

Did some priority piece work with PW and 5-iron.

[Shindig]

Day 46.  Before grocery shopping, I stopped at a local golf course to practice putting.  I did the 12 coins drill from 6', taking 27 putts to complete.  I would love it if I could consistently do this drill at or under 24, but 27 is fine.  Keep practicing Shindig!

Throughout the day, I'd go into my practice room and hit chip shots, no more than quarter swings, and even the "use the sand wedge with a putter-like swing" shot, and even a few with my 3H (I'm not sure what I'll do what that shot).  All were focused on setup and contact, since I was hitting into a net.  Working on hitting these well mechanically in hopes I can transfer that skill to the course.  I hit over five dozen such shots like this today. 

[Bob M]

Day 9 (4/9/21) - Did the "Shoulder Pitch" and "Trail Arm" drills from the 2020's "Covid 19 Practice Plan" video series (Days 2 and 3).  I am definitely starting to get the feel of a steady head and proper position at the top. 

Edited April 9, 2021 by Bob M