100 swings per day.

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

The quest for a better ball strike. 

I've seen variations of it out there, Hank's version, who would like to join me for a better game August? 

[HardcoreLooper 5,322]

I like it.  I'm in.  

[ballplayer002003 1,233]

Sounds interesting

[BMart519 636]

I'm very interested to see how this progresses and would be all over it if I wasn't on vacation while in between houses for the month of August. Would really like to see if there are any drops in scoring that happen or unintended consequences of swinging with no ball or feedback. 

[dlow206 6,691]

100 swings in a day, sounds like what happens during my round 

[EEZurg 63]

If there is something wrong with your swing....repeating it 100 times a day will only make it harder to fix. Without seeing the results of ball flight, they may be the worst swings you would fix immediately on the course.  Hard pass for me.

[DaveP043 4,462]

35 minutes ago, EEZurg said:

If there is something wrong with your swing....repeating it 100 times a day will only make it harder to fix. Without seeing the results of ball flight, they may be the worst swings you would fix immediately on the course.  Hard pass for me.

This was my thought as well.  Practice swings may be exercise, but without knowing that you're doing things the way you want to do them, it seems like it could be counterproductive.  You'd be better off with 30 or 40 practice shots, with feedback of some kind (launch monitor, video, ball flight).  You might be better off with 15 or 20 minutes of no-ball slow-motion drills in front of a mirror, rehearsing specific changes, combined with occasional live practice on a range.  I don't like the idea of practice swings as a swing improvement method.

[HardcoreLooper 5,322]

It'll be interesting to see how it goes.  I used to take tons of no-ball practice swings growing up, working on what my teacher was teaching me.  

I'll probably hit birdieballs for at least some of these practice swings.

 

[toehold57 749]

I thought this would be referring to *hitting* 100 shots a day.  That would make a big difference.

100 swings only sounds like a good way to ingrain bad swings.  I agree with those above.

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

On 7/30/2020 at 11:01 PM, HardcoreLooper said:

I like it.  I'm in.  

I started today, did 50 practice swings this morning. 

Went out and played 18

Just did the other 50 practice swings, my right shoulder is a little sore, but I felt pretty loose during the round earlier. 

On 7/31/2020 at 9:19 AM, ballplayer002003 said:

 

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

On 7/31/2020 at 11:45 AM, EEZurg said:

If there is something wrong with your swing....repeating it 100 times a day will only make it harder to fix. Without seeing the results of ball flight, they may be the worst swings you would fix immediately on the course.  Hard pass for me.

It is not much of something wrong, is more that Ive been feeling tight overall, and I'm trying to get to loosen up a bit, as well as working on developing a consistent delivery. 

But I get what you mean, practicing bad habits can actually get them to become worse. 

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

On 7/31/2020 at 12:25 PM, DaveP043 said:

This was my thought as well.  Practice swings may be exercise, but without knowing that you're doing things the way you want to do them, it seems like it could be counterproductive.  You'd be better off with 30 or 40 practice shots, with feedback of some kind (launch monitor, video, ball flight).  You might be better off with 15 or 20 minutes of no-ball slow-motion drills in front of a mirror, rehearsing specific changes, combined with occasional live practice on a range.  I don't like the idea of practice swings as a swing improvement method.

I appreciate the feedback, eventually I want to get it to a point where I can hit a bunch of practice balls on a Net at the very least, right now is not something my practice set up allows me to do. 

I'm going to look into the slow motion drills with the mirror in mean time. 

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

23 hours ago, HardcoreLooper said:

It'll be interesting to see how it goes.  I used to take tons of no-ball practice swings growing up, working on what my teacher was teaching me.  

I'll probably hit birdieballs for at least some of these practice swings.

 

Unfortunately, the area I have to practice right now, would not be suitable even with the birdie balls. 

But as soon as I can I'm setting up a better practice area, with a net and hopefully something that can allow me to get some feedback of each shot. 

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

2 hours ago, toehold57 said:

I thought this would be referring to *hitting* 100 shots a day.  That would make a big difference.

100 swings only sounds like a good way to ingrain bad swings.  I agree with those above.

I would love to hit 100 balls a day, with different clubs, I'm working on getting the appropriate set up for it. 

[TBT 2,688]

I remember watching the old Haney Project on the Golf Channel, I’m pretty sure he had Rush Limbaugh and Michael Phelps do the 100 swings a day drill. I think he had Rush do them with his Plane Finder teaching aid


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[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

10 hours ago, TBT said:

I remember watching the old Haney Project on the Golf Channel, I’m pretty sure he had Rush Limbaugh and Michael Phelps do the 100 swings a day drill. I think he had Rush do them with his Plane Finder teaching aid


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I'm switching between clubs and the skilz gold flex, making sure that I'm hitting each club in my bag at least a few times per session. 

[HardcoreLooper 5,322]

Progress report:

August 1 - Taught all morning at First Tee and hit about 30 balls after teaching.  -70 swings for the day; -70 swings total
August 2 - Played with my daughter.  -65 swings for the day; -135 swings total
August 3 - 55 no-club swings in the house (outer bands of Isaias arriving in central VA); -45 swings for the day; -180 swings total

 

[xOldBenKenobiX 4,067]

11 hours ago, HardcoreLooper said:

Progress report:

August 1 - Taught all morning at First Tee and hit about 30 balls after teaching.  -70 swings for the day; -70 swings total
August 2 - Played with my daughter.  -65 swings for the day; -135 swings total
August 3 - 55 no-club swings in the house (outer bands of Isaias arriving in central VA); -45 swings for the day; -180 swings total

 

1st of august,  I did 50 swings in the morning, 25 with different clubs and 25 with the Skiz gold flex.Played 18, shot an 86, it was a par 60 course, so it does not count on the breaking 90 category. Did another 50 practice swings in the afternoon, 20 with the gold flex, 30 with different irons and wedges.

2nd of august - 50 swings with the gold flex in the morning. 25 with the heavy 8 iron and 25 with the wedges in the afternoon.

3rd of August - 10 driver swings,  10 4 iron swings, 10 5 iron swings, 10 6 iron swings and 10 gold flex in the morning. 20 gold flex, 10 7 iron, 10 8 iron and 10 9 iron in the afternoon.

Today 4th of August, 25 gold flex and 25 heavy 8 iron swings this morning.

[HardcoreLooper 5,322]

Progress report:

August 1 - Taught all morning at First Tee and hit about 30 balls after teaching.  -70 swings for the day; -70 swings total
August 2 - Played with my daughter.  -65 swings for the day; -135 swings total
August 3 - 55 no-club swings in the house (outer bands of Isaias arriving in central VA); -45 swings for the day; -180 swings total
August 4 - 55 weighted ball swings; 55 no-club swings; +10 swings for the day; -170 swings total

[HardcoreLooper 5,322]

Progress report:

August 1 - Taught all morning at First Tee and hit about 30 balls after teaching.  -70 swings for the day; -70 swings total
August 2 - Played with my daughter.  -65 swings for the day; -135 swings total
August 3 - 55 no-club swings in the house (outer bands of Isaias arriving in central VA); -45 swings for the day; -180 swings total
August 4 - 55 weighted ball swings; 55 no-club swings; +10 swings for the day; -170 swings total
August 5 - 15 weighted ball swings; 15 no-ball swings; 30 shots hit; -40 swings for the day; -210 swings total