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Day 39: May 3

Back to drills, focusing again on backswing and transition. Correct (flat) left wrist position at the top, a full deep turn (which I find makes it difficult for me to overswing) and “right elbow into my ribs” coming down. 

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Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for 2018! Please read as the rules have changed! Yes, for all of 2018! I'm changing it up. Rather than do this monthly, we're going to hav

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3/31/18: Day 365: The post you've all been waiting for.  I did some more work with my A4 to A5 drills. I know it seems like it's monotonous and stupid... But yesterday after I posted I

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Well I'm at 276 consecutive days. 1/1/18: I did my path drill indoors today. For those of you who don't know what this is, it involves 2 to 4 water or soda bottles a club and a foam ball. I

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Day 184, May 3, 2023

More of the same. Twist the shit out of it (the wrong direction), then throw it behind me. Don't forget to use the legs, but that's less of an issue as time goes on.

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Day 41: Chipping and putting practice. Worked on backswing length with putting and full swing, both of which can get long.

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Day 10 - The Stack swings and some dry swings working on my priority piece

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Irons: :titleist: U505 (3)  :tmade: P770 (4-PW)
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Day 16: did some putting work on my mat. Working on my setup - sticking my butt out a little more and having my weight more in my heels. 

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In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

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Day 13 - Spent an hour on the Trackman Target Practice range at my local Golf Galaxy today. Worked on approach shots from 50 to 150 yards and pitch shots from 20 to 50. For the shorter shots (specifically 29 and 45) I hit three different clubs to each target to get a feel for the technique and see how the ball reacted on the green. All-in-all time well spent. 

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Day42: Wright Balance fitting today after some poor play.  Tested out as an Upper Core golfer and the instructor showed me a variety of exercises to complete daily and prior to play. Took me out to the range and I striped most shots. I had been good with the driver and not so good with the irons. Felt like I was hitting everything pretty good when I left.

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Day 11 - Hit balls at the range working on my priority piece. Making some progress visually and the ball striking is drastically improved so heading in the right direction.

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Day 16. Worked on shoulder turn and did a Fit for Golf workout.

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Day 185, May 4, 2023

Left wrist cups, right wrist arches. Today I did the downswing mostly with slower "falling" stuff behind me, keeping the left wrist cupped, but I'll do some faster ones tomorrow.

@Clemsonfan, you should start a topic on the Wright stuff… though it seems like a LOT of players test out as "upper core" which makes me doubt how useful that actually is.

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Day 68 (04 May 23) - Got to go to the driving range today near the beach place.  Used the bucket to “play” the front nine at Minnesott (less the putting). Session started different as I “felt” like I stepped backwards with a good number of chunked irons in the warm-up portion.  Did a reset and slowed down, shortened the swing to pitch length - got me back into a rhythm that was more predictable.  Overall it helped to mentally play a series of holes on the range. 

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Day 17: Did a super speed session and some rehearsal swings, working on priority piece there.

-- Daniel

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:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 18: Went to the range and did about 35 minutes of random practice. Ball was going a little too far left for my liking, but it's definitely playable. Ball contact was generally solid, so that's good. All in all, I'm in a good spot.

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In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

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Day 69 (05 May 23) - Worked on trail arm in downswing today, getting into the slot using the 7i.  Rehearsed in slo-mo, ended the drill by making half swings hitting easy pitches about 60 yds.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 12 - short range session then a bit longer session on chipping and putting.

Driver: :titleist:  GT3
Woods:  :cobra: Darkspeed LS 3Wood
Irons: :titleist: U505 (3)  :tmade: P770 (4-PW)
Wedges: :callaway: MD3 50   :titleist: SM9 54/58  
Putter: :tmade: Spider X

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Day 186, May 5, 2023

Just managed to sneak my five minutes in today. Busy busy day. Looked at the GE 3.0 building (six feet shorter than we thought), and so on.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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Day 40: 5 May

After a day off (double-shift in work) played 18 holes. Played lots of good golf - it was on line for a new PB until a blowup on the 12th & 13th. But this happened after an excellent 9-hole run so plenty of things to be positive of.

My big takeaway has been thinking about how I respond to a potential blow up on a hole. If I’ve played a shot and put myself into serious trouble, I have to be completely focused on minimising the potential damage. The recovery shot is only part of that: get back into play and then really focus on the next 2-3 shots to give myself the best chance of minimising the damage. My reaction to a bad shot is fine (I don’t get significantly annoyed with myself) but my response needs work.

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Day 43: Wright Balance fitting exercises on 5/5/23, and neglected to enter last night. Will start a thread on this process tonight.

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