I am often amazed at how some golfers can practice and practice without ever really improving their level or scores.
But in truth I shouldn’t be because I have seen it all too often, a golfer that has a regimented practice regime with two or three visits to the range, hitting around 75 balls a time, and yet they do not really learn anything new.
With a client like this, I have to break the bad habits of ball beating and replace it with the 6 P’s.
Those P’s have to be the fundamental of any practice routine and without them, you are not really going to achieve the goals that you are striving for.
Purposeful
Practice
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Play
Quite simply if you practice with intent and a direction you will succeed in achieving the goals that you set, whether they be for that practice session, short-term, mid-term or long-term.
But why is practicing purposefully the key?
It is important to head down to the range with a plan in mind, whether it be regarding a lesson that you have just received and you want to try and put into practice what you were taught or whether you are looking to improve a certain aspect of your game, without a plan you are simply heading to the range.
On the note on having a practice plan, each session should be carefully considered, with the following things;
1 – Time
You need to look at how much time you are going to have to dedicate to your practice session.
Let us say that you are going to head to the range for 2 hours.
Your practice should be broken down to the following;
10 minutes – warm up
45 minutes – working on your pre-planned skill
15 minutes – pitching select a distance to work on before arriving
15 minutes – chipping (decide before you arrive whether you will work on chip and runs, floated chips or bunker play)
30 minutes – putting (you should always include putting practice into every single session that you do).
5 minutes – Warm down.
A warm down is just as important as the warm up. A few stretches to relieve some of the tension you have built up (or lactic acid) before you head to the car.
Throughout the practice session you should be taking on water at regular intervals. Just as you do on the course you need to ensure your concentration levels stay high.
Remember the 6 p’s and you will be on your way to better golf.
Don’t be a ball-beater be a better ball striker.
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