How do pro golfers physically do it. It's hard to comprehend.
The practice days drag on forever. Gym work, play golf, grind on the range, grind on the putting green, time in the short game area... All in SUPER hot weather. Blazing sun. And then mentally exhausting rounds of tournament golf 4 days in a row. Greens are brownish. They seem firmish. Didn't see any balls dramatically spinning back on 17 like I've seen in years past. Love to see it. Tee shot obstacles are awesome. I want more holes like 6 on golf courses. I think anytime you can make a pro golfer not hit their stock shot and think creatively it's super interesting.
Scottie had Taylormade rep following him during a practice round carrying drivers. Bouncing between drivers seems like a common occurrence for him. Chipping seems tough. Was interesting to watch guys test out putter, vs bump and run, vs flop with spin.
They're so fricking good with putters out of fringe. Just perfect speed the majority of time. I'd bet even tour pros choose the wedge more often than they should from around the green. Lots of deliberate practice on the putting green. I watched Phil Kenyon take Scottie through a practice that took them all over the green.
Different lengths, slopes, and constantly changing each putt.
This seems to be happening with a few different coaches and players.
They got the block practice work done and then went to dialing in pace and green reading.
To date most of the speed training tools up to this point have been a stick you swing through the air and change the weights on.
HIITS is a driver your hitting. It has a smaller head and a thicker face (ball speeds will be lower but will last forever). And it has two weight ports on the bottom.
You go through a routine Eddie laid out... lighter than normal, normal weight, then heavier than normal. Same overspeed/underspeed idea we've seen with other speed training devices but you're hitting shots the whole time. My takeaways:
The smaller head actually made a HUGE difference. When your done with the training and switching to the normal driver it felt incredibly easy.
The lighter setting is my favorite. Helps you move it faster and you can feel it immediately. And you can push yourself to see higher club speeds than you ever have.
I think the heavier has actually helped me the most though. You have to get the sequencing right. You can't just muscle it faster. Your body kind of has to figure out the right order on its own.
My speed training has revolved around hitting balls the past couple years and I like the structure this adds.
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