What/How Did You Practice Today?

[MarcB11]

I practiced 1/4 & 1/2 swing drills. 100 on toe release and 100 on blocks.

[RickyBobby_PR]

7 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Trying to do the slow work indoors; but personally I start to question or “fix” some of the movements.  My mind is trying to correct the over the line at the top and it makes me swing flatter on the backswing….which I know is the wrong thing to do.   In my mind this is one of the limitations of lessons (unless you have an unlimited plan for a period of time)   I have a 2 minute question and want to validate something but I have to consume another lesson.  Yes, there should be time to make sure things are done right but as you know we stray a little over time or without reinforcement.  
 

then we get into terminology, “dumping the right shoulder” doesn’t mean anything to me .  Traditionally, I have been the step down, shallow late type of player.   Remembering  my numbers, I was probably a little too step of an AoA (6-7*) and when I got down to the 4* range I was getting better numbers across the board.

i don’t work hard to close the face; if anything, my face is too closed.  Prior to implementing the wrist hinge, I was about 3* in to out or less and the face would vary between a couple of degrees closed to a couple of degrees open.  Yesterday, I was 2-6* closed.   
 

 

Feel free to post videos if your practice and I can help guide you.

dumping the right shoulder means you add too much right bend or what some refer to as leaning away from the target 

[Jim Shaw]

18 minutes ago, MarcB11 said:

I practiced 1/4 & 1/2 swing drills. 100 on toe release and 100 on blocks.

what does "toe release" mean

[Andrew75]

Turning my hips left in the downswing while keeping right heel down in a fairly narrow stance. It shallows the downswing. Just keep your head steady. 

[Syks7]

3 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

 The one suggestion would be to look at getting the face to be facing a little more closed at shaft parallel in the downswing.

Definitely on my list of things to work on.  

AMG has become one of my favorite resources for drills.

[Merlin1313]

It's a balmy 26* here today, so my practicing has been relegated to swing practicing inside (club position/transition/body rotation........) it's supposed to get close to 45* tomorrow- so I'm gonna try and get out to work on my 30-50yd approach shots and maybe some chipping. Been doing a LOT of putting practice

[MacTourney]

3 hours ago, cnosil said:

...then we get into terminology, “dumping the right shoulder” doesn’t mean anything to me . 

Confusing terms do little in terms of helping others, especially being driven through different prisms of understanding and perspectives that folks have.

One of my favorites to consider concerns direction.  If at last parallel before the strike the shoulders point, which they should do,  to the opposite side of an imaginary target line we are standing to the side of,  the shoulders are considered 'closed', yet the corresponding club face orientation at that location with a toe up orientation is considered 'open', yet the face points to the same area as the shoulders do.    

It begs the question, why close a face that already is closed while in the toe up position....and it has really nothing to do with arc shapes or  arc locations.

Hmmm

[Andrew75]

23 minutes ago, MacTourney said:

Confusing terms do little in terms of helping others, especially being driven through different prisms of understanding and perspectives that folks have.

One of my favorites to consider concerns direction.  If at last parallel before the strike the shoulders point, which they should do,  to the opposite side of an imaginary target line we are standing to the side of,  the shoulders are considered 'closed', yet the corresponding club face orientation at that location with a toe up orientation is considered 'open', yet the face points to the same area as the shoulders do.    

It begs the question, why close a face that already is closed while in the toe up position....and it has really nothing to do with arc shapes or  arc locations.

Hmmm

I was taught "one is pretty much a captive to what has come before during the downswing" .  I think this is largely true, and any consciousness of movements during that phase of the swing needs to be within the context of a completed swing or else it likely won't hold up or last. 

[RickyBobby_PR]

1 hour ago, Andrew75 said:

I was taught "one is pretty much a captive to what has come before during the downswing" .  I think this is largely true, and any consciousness of movements during that phase of the swing needs to be within the context of a completed swing or else it likely won't hold up or last. 

Correct and really it’s any issue up until lead arm parallel. At this point timewise the swing is half over. From the top of the swing it’s roughly .25 seconds til impact and any correction one tries to make occurs after impact.

So from lead arm parallel to impact any movement is a compensation for out of place clubface 

[Andrew75]

Well, I'm a minimalist, my lead arm doesn't go past parallel to the ground except maybe on a hard hit driver or fairway. In fact that's one of my swing keys on drives, "left arm parallel to ground backswing is finished". 

[MacTourney]

1 hour ago, Andrew75 said:

I was taught "one is pretty much a captive to what has come before during the downswing" .  I think this is largely true, and any consciousness of movements during that phase of the swing needs to be within the context of a completed swing or else it likely won't hold up or last. 

...that's pretty much it, but there is some wiggle room after transition to 'square' an 'open' from last parallel to the strike but it's set up prior to transition so that transition becomes a launching point for a very deep drop down to that last parallel.     

[GolfSpy SAM]

After a disastrous front nine yesterday, followed by a +4 back nine (all four strokes on 10&11), I went back to the range today to see if I could recreate the good stuff I had over the final 7 holes. Wedges were excellent - especially the partials (70/80yd shots) - seem to have found a technique that's repeatable and effective, which is awesome. Driver, after forcing a few, fell into a good groove, and most irons were behaving. 

Overall, a super productive session. 

[StanMI]

I practiced turning up the thermostat in the barn a little higher today!!  Single digits around here now.

[Thegolfdean7]

Not today, but at least every other day have been going to our local YMCA, they have a nice hitting area with 3 bays. 
I have been doing a drill to stop coming over the top, At 66 years I do about 100 per day, then practice my pitching with about 50, half at 7:30 other half 9:30 ( Dave Pelz ). Going to start working on chipping, at least the basic moves. Next 4 foot putts starting by the end of the month. 
 

 

Dean Miller

[Dweed]

Totally in the house doing practice swings without clubs. Too cold outside  -5* and 10* in the barn.

 

[yankee]

I had lessons only twice with different PGA club pros. Instead of trying to work with what I have and just  making small tweaks, both tried to completely change my swing. So that was that. I hardly use a driving range. But I play alone frequently, so when no one is behind me, that is when I practice-especially approach shots, as a weakness in my game is greens in regulation. And will take time to practice on greens out on the course. I usually have found that practice putting greens do not emulate green conditions on the course. I am now 80 years old and am a high 70 to low 80s shooter. .

[yankee]

I play almost every day I can during the season, and average over 200 rounds per year. At age 80, I have no illusions of getting much better than I already am. I feel that playing over 200 rounds per year gives me all the practice I need. 

[CarlH]

Yesterday, I took my new putter to the practice green for about 15 minutes to work on distance control.  I didn't care much about line but rather getting the ball to within tap in range.  Afterwards, my wife and I were going to play about 3 holes (she's a newbie) but after our drives, she said it was too cold and didn't want to continue.  

[MarcB11]

On 2/3/2023 at 7:40 AM, Jim Shaw said:

what does "toe release" mean

Rotation of the left forearm after impact.

[Jim Shaw]

22 minutes ago, MarcB11 said:

Rotation of the left forearm after impact.

ahh, gotchya, to square up the club face at impact...