Confused how to start practice golf?
Regular and focused golf practice sessions are important to become a better golfer and achieve lower scores. However, most golfers do not practice the game in an efficient or focused way and approach their golf practice sessions randomly.
To practice your golf game more effectively, you need to identify your golf improvement goals before you practice. To do this, track key golf shot stats to monitor your golf game improvement and identify improvement areas as you play the game. Key golf shot stats to track includes fairways hit, up and down success, number of greens in regulation and number of putts per round. Try not to analyze your golf shot stats while you are playing the golf game, but do so after your round of golf to help form your goals and golf practice drills for your next golf practice session.
After identifying your golf game improvement areas, develop your golf practice plan and goals. Here is a good example golf practice plan:
1.Begin golf practice session by performing light stretching and warm-up drills.
2.Review the fundamentals of your backswing and downswing. Spend about 10 minutes ingraining the key positions of your full swing in slow motion including takeaway, halfway back, top of backswing, downswing transition (i.e., right elbow “in the slot”), impact position, release and finish position. Start slowly, ingrain the proper positions and movements and increase your golf swing speed until you are swinging your club fluidly.
3.Set up a golf shot alignment station with two clubs, with the far club directed toward your target (“target line”) and the near club directly parallel to your target line (“body line”).
4.To loosen up and establish good tempo, spend 5 minutes and hit a few short chip and pitch shots.
5.Perform a few golf practice drills to practice your full swing mechanics (for example, backswing golf practice drill or release golf practice drill) for 4 shots to help establish the proper golf swing fundamentals.
6.For the next 4 shots, execute your normal golf swing with an emphasis on a fluid swing motion.
7.Very important! Alternate between 4 practice shots (which emphasize proper mechanics) and the fluid swing.
8.For half of your practice session, work on your short game including golf pitching, chipping and putting (and bunker work if possible).
Establishing a consistent golf practice plan and routine will help you to quickly accelerate your golf strengths and understanding of golf improvement areas resulting in lower scores more quickly.
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