PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!!!
So the saying goes. However this is true if you practice properly. There are so many times when i go to the driving range, chipping green or putting green when i just see golfers hitting golf balls with no purpose. It is as if they feel that the more golf balls they hit the better impact their practice session has. This is not how practicing works. You can not think that you need an hour and a half to practice and so devote half an hour to long game, half and hour to chipping and the last half an hour to putting and then just hit as many shots as possible in each area with out a purpose and just trying a bunch of different feelings or swing thoughts untill you get a few good results.
Practicing like this is dangerous and inconsistent for your game. I recommend that every player who does not have much knowledge on the golf swing see a golf instructor at least once in every four practice sessions and those who know and understand the swing should see an instructor at least once in every ten sessions just to get an outsiders point of view. I understand that most time people leave an instructor, they have no idea what they are doing and can not trust their game at all.
It feels completely alien to you and always feels that it would be easier/comfortable to go back to the old you.
This is an absolute waist of time, energy and most of all, PURPOSE. If you just stick to the drills and exercises your instructor gave you then you will have a purpose with which to practice as well as having improved results in a shorter time frame. You might also find that when doing these drills something just clicks and your practice time is even shortened.
For me the most beneficial practice you can do if you have a limited amount of practice time is to practice with visualization. I mentioned in a previous blog how visualization is best achieved. When you are practicing you should use this visualization and take a look at yourself in the third person before you hit each shot. This will mean you hit fewer balls but it guarantees that you make each stroke with a committed purpose.
If you change your practicing strategy a little from quantity to quality it will help in reaching your expectations of your ability much faster. So go out there and practice less to play more!!
So the saying goes. However this is true if you practice properly. There are so many times when i go to the driving range, chipping green or putting green when i just see golfers hitting golf balls with no purpose. It is as if they feel that the more golf balls they hit the better impact their practice session has. This is not how practicing works. You can not think that you need an hour and a half to practice and so devote half an hour to long game, half and hour to chipping and the last half an hour to putting and then just hit as many shots as possible in each area with out a purpose and just trying a bunch of different feelings or swing thoughts untill you get a few good results.
Practicing like this is dangerous and inconsistent for your game. I recommend that every player who does not have much knowledge on the golf swing see a golf instructor at least once in every four practice sessions and those who know and understand the swing should see an instructor at least once in every ten sessions just to get an outsiders point of view. I understand that most time people leave an instructor, they have no idea what they are doing and can not trust their game at all.
It feels completely alien to you and always feels that it would be easier/comfortable to go back to the old you.
This is an absolute waist of time, energy and most of all, PURPOSE. If you just stick to the drills and exercises your instructor gave you then you will have a purpose with which to practice as well as having improved results in a shorter time frame. You might also find that when doing these drills something just clicks and your practice time is even shortened.
For me the most beneficial practice you can do if you have a limited amount of practice time is to practice with visualization. I mentioned in a previous blog how visualization is best achieved. When you are practicing you should use this visualization and take a look at yourself in the third person before you hit each shot. This will mean you hit fewer balls but it guarantees that you make each stroke with a committed purpose.
If you change your practicing strategy a little from quantity to quality it will help in reaching your expectations of your ability much faster. So go out there and practice less to play more!!
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