I wanted to put together a good plan for winter practice as I prep for the coming season.
So that's what we did with Justin Kraft!
- If you're a single-digit handicap, you're probably wasting over half your practice time. Justin explains why.
- He turned off ball flight completely. What he focused on instead surprised us.
- There's one skill Justin prescribes to almost every golfer... and it's not what you'd expect.
- Most golfers have their practice ratio completely backwards. He breaks down the exact split by handicap.
He had a great framework to follow that you're going to love.
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The practice and coaching behind AK's practice the last couple years.
What a week.
AK fist-pumping down the back nine in Adelaide might be my favorite golf moment of the year so far.
Two years ago this guy came back without clubs. Without shoes. Without a coach. He got relegated from LIV.
Seemed like he had no chance.
And last week he won vs the two best players on LIV. wth!
So naturally I wanted to know how. What did he actually work on?
Then he dropped this video with his coach Matt Killen. We have the answers!
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They talked about the technical stuff at the beginning but it was mostly mindset work. β
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Getting 3 shots better, not half a shot.
Most of us tinker with something for a week, don't see results by Saturday, and move on. I do this. You probably do too.
AK was willing to hit ugly shots for months because he trusted the direction. Killen said AK's greatest attribute wasn't his talent. It was his willingness to do the boring drills slowly and CORRECTLY.
"I hit so many shots that were fat or skanky over the last two days. It's been awful to feel that, but at the same time, I know that we're working on the right things to not just get half a shot better, but three shots better six months down the line."
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βWas it a bad shot or bad focus?
During a wedge session AK hit a poor shot. Killen didn't ask about mechanics. He asked if AK was fully committed.
"To be honest, I zoned out."
Killen drew a line between mechanical practice and performance practice. You can't mix them.
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If you're evaluating shots without your full routine you're grading a test you didn't take.
Think about your last range session. How many balls on autopilot? Were those bad swings or bad focus?
What a GREAT filter to look at practice through.
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Few other random bits and quotes:
- Killen told AK they need to wean him off watching his own swing videos. "We're not chasing the look. We're chasing the process." Felt that one π
- Tom Brady told Killen every practice was a Super Bowl. So when he got to the actual Super Bowl nothing felt different. Same intensity. Same routine.
- "You got to practice your routine just like you would your swing." If you're not doing your full routine on a practice shot you can't even judge if it was good or bad.
- "We're not chasing the pictures on the video. Nobody gets paid based on that. We need to get the ball in the hole in less amount of shots."
My new favorite game to play in the sim... And I suck at it.
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βThe Climb
GOAL: Start at 50 yards and work your way up in 10-yard windows. Hit it between 50-60 to advance to 60-70, then 70-80, and keep climbing. See how far you can go.
SETUP: One shot per window. Land inside the window, move up. Miss the window, that's a strike.
STRIKES: You get three. Three strikes and you're done.
TRACK IT: Record the highest window you reached each session. Can you break 200?
LEVEL UP: Once you can consistently get past 200, tighten the windows to 5 yards. 50-55, 55-60, 60-65
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-Cordie
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