"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[Bob M]

Day 302 - Practiced chip shots from various lies in the yard today. 

[WillieT]

Day 74 (27 Aug 22) - Played  18 today with son and grandson.  Focused on staying relaxed and in the moment. Even when the occasional dbl hit the scorecard,  I was able to let it be and move on. Most relaxed round to date. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 40: 8/27/2022

According to my strokes gained information on ShotScope I'm losing strokes on short putts.
So, I spent time today working on the penny drill with my putter. 

 

[Shindig]

Day 174.  Today included a GEARS lesson and some confirmation practice.  I have a lot to work on in the coming weeks, but it's amazing what some time with GEARS can show you.

[Big Lex]

Day 33, August 27, 2022: I practiced for several hours today, mostly drills and 1/2 length swings, with one simulated round in the middle of it. The practice was working on the movements in the delivery zone, and I was working on connecting the lead hip movement and unwinding to the hands delivering the club. I did this first with a lanyard ball briefly, then without it. Later, I did some of these using the Hack Motion wrist device. I was getting good, consistent, repeating readings on the wrist sensor and hitting it nice and solid. The simulated round was also good...I swung only about 70%, trying to lengthen a bit from the practice length swings I was taking, but not so long that I lost the feel of what I'd been doing. It was the best "round" for face and path control I can ever remember having. I was hitting alot of shots thin, and topped a couple. I was also missing toward the toe on short iron shots. But the face and path were so consistently good that I was never out of play on any of the holes. It felt really good. I went back on the launch monitor a little later in the day to collect some data to remember the day with. 

[boogielicious]

Day 672: Pulled a muscle under my shoulder blade yesterday some how. It doesn’t hurt when I swing though. Today I worked on my drill again with slow swings mostly, driver and 6 iron.

[Bob M]

Day 303 - It is clear from the video of my swing that I do not have much rotation at impact. Accordingly, at home practice today focused on impact fix drills with driver and 7i. I also hit some 9 to 3s with the 7i trying to get to the same position. Will work on getting to a better impact position both at home and at the range.

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 41, 8/28/2022

Did day 15 of the Covid-19 30 day challenge. Trying to improve my short putting. Also did my priority pieces in front of the mirror. Nearly all slow motion. A few "tests" of different feels. 

[Big Lex]

Day 34, 8/28/22: Today I warmed up a bit and started a simulated round. I was swinging very poorly so I stopped the round. I went back to little swings with short clubs, beginning with shots of 20-30 yards. After a while I was able to work up to at most 3/4 wedge. I was able to find the face and keep it pretty square and stopped there. 

 

[WillieT]

Day 75 (28 Aug 22) - After watching Rory win the Fed Ex Cup, went into the backyard and hit bump and runs with the 8i and pitches with the LW.  Kept the swing to around 1/2 swing focused on not slowing thru impact.  

[Shindig]

Day 175.   After a lot of jetlag (it's 7pm pacific as I type this, and I woke up around 5am eastern), and re-settling, I did make a point to do some practice.  I hit nine practice balls (note: there were plenty of rehearsals).  My focus on every ball was grip, setup, and S-L-O-W.  Then there was one more focus per ball, based on my recent GEARS lessons.  The first two were focusing on my "tilt" practice keys, then one on "elbow" practice key.  Then I repeated for another three balls, then another three.  

I plan to do a lot more practice in that pattern in the coming days.

[boogielicious]

Day 673: Played 18 this morning at Laurel Lane which should be renamed Poison Ivy Lane. It’s like they’re cultivating it. All the deep rough and woods lining the holes had poison ivy. I don’t remember it like this in the spring when I played here last.

Most of my shots today were pull draws, especially driver. I’ve been working on squaring the face to path, so I guess there’s some progress. But it’s tough to play when I can’t get the driver to go where I want.

[WillieT]

Day 76 (29 Aug 22) - Worked on grip today, after watching @iacas video on getting a good grip, see where I am typically too palmzy.  Can say it is a different. 

[Bob M]

Day 304 - Did more impact fix drills, including 9 to 3 swings (essentially the Hips preset drill), with the 7i today. 

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 42: 8/29/2022

All I did today was some mirror work with a 7-iron. 

Basically taking slow motion swings... mostly just the backswing. Trying to stay balanced, centered, and keeping my hips from getting all wonky. 

[Shindig]

Day 176.  Continuation of the past few days.  Two with tilt practice, one with elbow practice.  Slowly.  

[Big Lex]

Day 35 (8/29/22): Today I worked on shots up to arm parallel, just rehearsing getting to this position, pumping a few times, and rotating and uncocking through impact. I tried to match my rotation with the arm swinging down and wrist uncocking, just trying for solid contact. Any swing longer than this and I couldn't sequence and get solid contact, so I just stuck with these limited swings. Inside practice...real balls for the limited swings; I tried longer swings with foam balls only, just a couple. 

 

 

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 43: 8/30/2022

I had a really great practice session today. Worked on my priority pieces with a 6 iron first, then with a 9 iron, then with my longest hybrid, and then with the driver. Obviously, it wasn't perfect. But it was really starting to feel good and I like the results I was getting. 

Next step: Get some video and send it to Yoda.