"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[boogielicious]

Day 657: Rained today finally. So I went to the gym and brought a 6 iron. Did a new In-Season Fit for Golf workout then did mirror work at the end.

[iacas]

Day 294, August 22, 2022

Played seven holes at Whispering Woods focusing on my most recent stuff. Was okay. Coming together.

[Shindig]

Day 169.  A dozen practice balls, 6-iron, indoors, off a mat, into a net, real balls.  As usual, 2-3 rehearsals to ensure I was making the backswing I intended. 

[WillieT]

Day 69 (22 Aug 22) - break in the rain, able to get some full swings out in the backyard with hard foam balls.  Worked on    the grip position as well as club positions.  

[Big Lex]

Day 28: Busy day at work but I was able to get in some focused practice in the morning before work and then tonight before dinner. Foam balls and real balls, nothing but 9 to 3 swings, concentrating on solid contact and synchronizing the arms and body. I worked a bit with intentional toe and heel hits to try to get more club head awareness. Finally, about 20 balls using a lanyard/ball tool to help with the synchronization of arms and body. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 15:

Worked indoors on backswing with LVP camera. After a few sessions with camera, I realize I was starting to overdo/overexaggerate the depth priority piece, but I have reeled it in a bit and I don't want to jinx myself, but I think I am making some good progress.

[Bob M]

Day 298 - Practiced chipping on the range with a small bucket and my 58* wedge. Started with basic motion focused on making good contact for about half the bucket. Then hit various trajectories, distances and from various lies. Finished in the practice bunker with some balls that I shagged (being alone on the range). 

[boogielicious]

Day 658: Range today at Laurel Lane. Worked on my drill with 6 iron and driver only. Started with slow swings to get the motion down including the long arc feel. Ramped up a bit and really only hit two full speed swings with each club. Finished with some short game work including sand.

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 37: 8/23/2022

I got more good work in today. Had about an hour at the range. 

Spent the first 20 minutes in the short game area working intermediate wedges. 30-60 yards. 

Then spent 20 minutes working on driver. 

Spent the last 20 minutes putting. I did the makeable putts challenge again. 

[WillieT]

Day 70 (23 Aug 22) Played 9 hole best ball with men’s group from church.  Our team consisted of my son, grandson and myself.  Course was CPO (Cart Path Only),  so we were careful to stay as center the fairways as possible.  Still a good day to discuss strategy as my son said, “I really like playing best ball.  No stress, just relaxing fun”. Round was a good mix of everyone’s game.  We finished two over with two bogies and seven pars - and no sixes on the card!  

Edited August 24, 2022 by WillieT
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[Wade Patton]

Two days off, well not completely, because I overdid it and got my wrist irritated with a bad hit or two into the mat.  I need to get a better mat and to work on my hitting area more-my "tee" area is a bit wonky. Wrist is feeling better today, I'll be back after it tomorrow and I had been solid for 2 or 3 weeks before that. But I know I'll take days off and that's not the game here. So carry right on and hit 'em like you mean to. I'm pulling the ripcord here.

[Shindig]

Day 170.  I had time for another dozen full swing shots, 6-iron, indoors, off a mat, into a net.

I'm sort of in a holding pattern at the moment for practice.  Look for a lot more focused practice from me, coming soon!

[Big Lex]

Day 29: Today I practiced again, indoors, with the lanyard/ball device, pitch shots and 3/4 swings. I then tried duplicating the feel without the ball/lanyard. The swing length with the lanyard/ball thing was not enough to get consistent reads on face and path, but it definitely produced a different feel on the downswing. It was like the downswing was easier and more automatic. I suspect the club was probably on a better plane, or at least a different plane than I'm used to. I want to do some video recording of this to explore it. I followed this with a few simulated holes. My thought on the sim holes was to forget practice details and concentrate on a connected, continuous swing motion. I took practice swings until I had one which felt good, then tried to replicate the practice swing on the ball. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 16:

Did more indoor camera work on backswing and then hit some balls with 7-iron. Backswing feels very short, but I’m hitting the ball pretty flush, straight (relatively), and far enough.

[Bob M]

Day 299 - About 20 balls, base chipping motion (really a hybrid because I am trying to engage the bounce) today. Planning to go to the range tomorrow, spending some time around the practice green. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 38: 8/24/2022

Played 18 this morning. Did pretty well. The par-3's hurt me. 

 

[boogielicious]

Day 659: Spent about 20 minutes working on my drill with 6 iron and driver. 

[iacas]

Day 296, August 24, 2022

Hit balls at the range between working with Behrend students. Hitting it pretty good right now so long as I go out/up and make a 1/10th swing. 😉