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๐ฒ Lou Stagner just came out with a very cool new practice app called Window Golf. Create "windows" on the range and track how well you can hit shots into them.
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โ ๐ฅ Loved this video from Feel Golf and RGC. Great storytelling, visuals, and heck of a message. Big fan!
โLast week we briefly touched on this idea that practicing faster might be better than running your full routine every time.
Luke Benoit first brought it up to me probably a year ago.
I've been thinking about it ever since. And I keep getting more convinced that it might be the right way to go.
The common stereotype goes like this... Go through your full routine. Slow down. Hit fewer balls. Make every one representative of what you'd do on the course.
And generally... that sounds like a good idea.
BUT... the problem is we don't get enough reps in. To get good at something you kind of just have to do it a lot.
Take lag putting. I've got 10 minutes. I'd rather drop 10 balls and putt to a bunch of different holes fast. No reading the green. No pacing it off. No routine. Just go and hit putts.
The question then is - Is that more helpful than hitting 20 putts in the same 10 minutes because I'm running my whole routine on every one?
The idea is more reps = more learning.
There is obviously a balance to this. There should be a transition and balance of working on the full routine. Hit a lot of shots quickly then flip into testing mode. Keep score. Full routine. Put it all together at the end of your practice.
For me I have big skill gaps with my...
distance wedges
hybrid off a tee
bunker shots
I'm convinced it's just don't practice them or hit those shots enough. So when I finally get the chance, I go hit a ton of them to get the reps in... then test myself so it's representative.
Idk. I really like this concept. Curious what you think.
We talked about it a little bit last week on the podcast. Make sure to subscribe and don't miss an episode
Tiger Takes:
Pretty raw video of Tiger and Karl Vilips talking about golf stuff while warming up. Pulled a few quotes and ideas worth thinking about.
โ โHot topic of the moment... Should you shape shots or not.
These quotes from Tiger are pretty interesting.
Tiger:
"So in my warm-up, I'm always going back and forth between draws, cuts, highs, lows. I never hit the same shot twice. I never hit the same shot twice. I'm dancing back and forth. I'm trying to dance that line. So when I get on the golf course, I kind of already know what my feels are going to be for that day."
Karl:
"I like to see the repetitiveness of my ball flight and then I'll go into some shot shaping stuff."
Tiger:
"I'm so feel oriented that I just wanted to understand what my tendencies are going to be on the golf course."
โ "Swing into trouble". Tiger talked about learning this from an instructor for tee shots.
"You swing into trouble. So if trouble's on the right, you swing into it to draw it away from it. Trouble's on the left, water left, swing into the water and it'll make it bleed away from it."
I get the concept, but boy, does that take a lot of mental strength to do that in a tournament with something at stake
Have a great week! โ โ -Cordie
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