acatalano32 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 So I was just thinking on my way to work, there are so many training aids in the world, but there are also so many things we use that aren’t “training aids”. • what are things you guys use to keep your swing on track? Hoping we can all learn some new secrets! • For me, I like using a tee gate for putting, and full swing using a towel under my arms to stay connected GolfSpy MPR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom the Golf Nut Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Take a 2 liter soda bottle and cut the top and bottom off. You want to leave a cylinder. Slide this over your lead arm with your elbow centered (make sure you have no sharp edges). Swing away. This will teach you not to bend your lead arm. Put a small soda bottle in the cup when putting. Putting at something will train you to putt firmer than putting at nothing. Less short putts this way. Pool noodles. Lay one on the ground on your target line. Practice swinging down the side of the noodle without hitting it. If your using a net place the ball centered on the inside edge of the noodle leave enough space to have the ball centered on the clubface and 1/4 inch clearance between the toe of the club and the noodle. Swing away. This will prevent you from an outside in swing. If you mess up you won't get hurt. Newkirk502, The tank golfer, acatalano32 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Driver, TSi 1 S Flex 3 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 5 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 7 Wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 5 Hybrid King Tec MMT R Flex Irons, Tour UST Recoil 95 R Flex (6 - Gap) Wedges, Snakebite KBS Hi- Rev2.0 54* & 60* Agera 35" Ultralight 14-way Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acatalano32 Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 Pool noodle is definitely one of my favorites! And it’s only a dollar or so Tom the Golf Nut and sirchunksalot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Dime placed on the ground and putt over it to help practice start line tee or any object to indicate target line for full swing shots driveway markers for alignment rods alignment rods to help control wedge launch angle PVC pipe to setup rails for putting. credit card/popsicle stick/tee in then back of your glove to help keep lead wrist flat sirchunksalot and GolfSpy MPR 2 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: Paradym AI Smoke Max HL 16.5* w/MCA TENSEI AV Series Blue Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Two long spikes/nails with 10' string tied to the tops. Takes up very little room in your bag. Place one end 15 inches behind hole on a straight putt... or place it on the target line on a breaking putt so with your perfect speed the ball will roll into the hole. acatalano32, sirchunksalot and nupezb 3 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy MPR Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 13 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said: Take a 2 liter soda bottle and cut the top and bottom off. You want to leave a cylinder. Slide this over your lead... Somehow on first glance, I read the last part of this as "Slide this over your head." And while I have certainly have had practice sessions that might push me to measures this extreme, I was still startled to read it here sirchunksalot, richk9holes, cnosil and 1 other 4 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX E722 16.5°, Tensei AV RAW Blue 65 S Epic Super Hybrid 19°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 22°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 Epic Forged 7 27° 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 7–PW Diamond Tour Inazone 3.0 50°, 54°, 58°, Aldila NV 95 Graphite DF3, Counterbalanced 37", TPT shaft, Garsen Quad Tour 17" Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bag Ratt Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Hire a caddy.. they read greens better then you and you have some one to blame when the putt doesn’t go in.. nupezb, sirchunksalot and acatalano32 3 Quote New PXG Xcore ..irons and 0311 XF driver… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacTourney Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) It's the training aid that can't be purchased, can't be seen, can't be borrowed, only experienced- true gravity will set you free! Edited March 28, 2023 by MacTourney Kenny B 1 Quote Good hand action comes from good body action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbern Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I use those freebie wooden yard sticks for a bunch of different things. I have one marked up for foot and ball position for D, FW metals, hybrids, irons, and wedges. I drilled holes every 2 inches in another so I could use it to put tees in to practice putter backstroke vs follow through distances indoors. Then another couple for alignment aids. acatalano32 1 Quote WITB (link to detailed post here): Driver: LTDx 9* (ProjectX BlueSmoke Stiff) Fairway metals: 3W TSR2 14.25* (ProjectX BlueSmoke Stiff) | 5W Gen4 0341XF (Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 75 S) Hybrid: 4H Gen4 0317XF (Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 75HY S) Irons: 659 CB 5-AW (Project X Rifle 6.0) Wedges: 286 54* & 58* (KBS Tour 120 S) Putter: DF3 OFFICIAL MEMBER REVIEW HERE ‘24 Ball: pro drip: red & blue | Tour S Pushcart: 4.0 | '23 MGS Clicgear 4.0 Pushcart Tester | Link here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acatalano32 Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 8 hours ago, Kenny B said: Two long spikes/nails with 10' string tied to the tops. Takes up very little room in your bag. Place one end 15 inches behind hole on a straight putt... or place it on the target line on a breaking putt so with your perfect speed the ball will roll into the hole. This is very under rated for sure sirchunksalot and Kenny B 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfhandds Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I especially like a bubble level. It is a round level that you place on your line and it gives you the degree of slope and therefore break. Obviously not legal but I read the green and then place it to verify my conclusions. The trouble with using it on the practice green is you tend to get familiar with the breaks on your practice green and can get lazy. What I have found is I am not a poor putter, I am a poor green reader. I am constantly surprised by how wrong I can be about breaks. This is helping me see subtle things I couldn't and I am learning to pay attention to some minutia that eluded me before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick82 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 A yard stick for putting start line and face impact direction training Quote Tour Edge Exotics C721 Driver and 3wood Srixon Z H85 3 Hydrid Callaway Apex 21 4-7 irons Callaway Apex Pro 21 8-P Vokey SM8 50 and 54 Callaway Jaws 58 2016 Scotty Cameron Select Newport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySP Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 A few feet of 1 inch rope for tempo and swing plane is a great tool. Quote g430 lst TS2 20* hybrid, New Level PF-2: P-7; 902: 6-5 hi-toe 51* and 57* M Craft IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Buy a bag of plastic ball markers on Amazon. You can get 100 for around $7 or $8. Cut the prongs off some of them. Hit them off a mat. Quote My favorite thing about golf is that you score on every play. PXG 0811X Gen 4 Driver PXG 0311XF Gen 5 Fairway 4 Wood Wishon EQ1-NX Hybrids Takomo 101 Irons and wedges L.A.B. MEZZ.1 Putter (2022 tester) MaxFli Tour X ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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