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Making Practice Pay Off

No matter how much athletic ability or natural talent you have, you still have to practice to become good. Practicing fine-tunes your skills, develops consistency, and builds confidence. It also improves your balance, rhythm, and timing. Look at VJ Singh. One of the world’s best golfers, he practices tirelessly. Many on the tour consider him its iron- man. If you’re serious about reducing your golf handicap, you’ll practice hard, too.

But practicing has its challenges. Time is one. Productivity is another. Boredom is a third. Then there’s the challenge of taking what you practice to the course. It’s not uncommon to hear students taking golf lessons complain of being unable to transfer what they do in practice to the course. That’s a major challenge. You must overcome its challenges to make practice pay off. Below are some golf tips on how to do that.

Planning Is A Key

Most of us are extremely busy. Between our jobs and our families, there’s not much time to practice. To make practice pay off big time, we must get the most from each session. The best way of doing that is to plan your practices. Planning focuses your efforts and directs your activities. Both are key when time is a factor. Your plan doesn’t have to be elaborate. In fact, it can be quite simple. Just make sure you have one.

Also, make sure plan should include objectives for each session. Quantifiable objectives work best. Try to make them course related as well, like cutting down putts per round. And make sure your plan addresses your weaknesses. We all like hitting bombs in practice. But if you hit your irons poorly, you must spend time practicing them, too. Finally, balance your sessions as much as you can, but plan to spend more time on your short game than anything else. Improving it drives down golf handicaps quickly.

Make Practice Fun

Overcoming boredom is among the biggest challenges in practice. It’s a drag doing the same drills over and over again, no matter how effective they are. Vary your practice sessions as much as you possible. Have three or four drills to improve putting and switch off between them every couple of sessions. Also, try working on different aspects of your game at different sessions. Work one session on your short game. Work the next session on your iron play. Change it up. Keep your mind engaged.

Another way to alleviate boredom is by playing games with yourself or with someone else. Use your imagination to invent games. Challenge your foursome your foursome for a drink or just for bragging rights to a putting contest. Better yet, challenge yourself to beat yourself. Tell yourself you’re going to hit five shots to the red flag. Then see how many you hit. Keep track of how many times you do it. Do this over a few months, and then see what your average is.

Work on Realistic Situations

One of the biggest challenges in practicing is translating what you work on to the course. Many golfers complain that they do well in practice, but when it comes to real-life, they fail to make the transition. One way to do that is to practice on grass whenever you can. It’s nice to hit off the mats at the practice range, but it’s not the same as hitting on grass. Hitting on grass also lets you check your divots, which can tell you a lot about how you’re hitting the ball. And practice the way you play. Practice a wedge shot, and then follow it up with a putt, just like you’d do on the course.

Also, work in some realistic game situations in practice sessions. Try chipping over a wading pool in your bag to practice hitting over an obstacle on the course. Vijay Singh hits half his practice shots under game conditions. First, he hits a couple of balls with each club. Then he places himself in a key situation and practices executing the right shot. The more of “realistic” drills you program into your practice sessions, the easier it is to make the transition to the course.

You have to practice to improve your game and develop consistency. But practicing has its challenges—like boredom and time limitations. Learn to dispel these challenges and you’ll make your practice sessions really pay off. That in turn will help you cut your golf handicap down to single digits.

Jack Moorehouse
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/making-practice-pay-off-1017537.html

Hardcover, Why Bad Golf Happens to Good People!: it’

Every golfer has left the course thinking about the short putt they missed or trying to justify their poor performance by declaring that their head wasn t in the game. Anyone who plays golf recognizes the importance of the mental game. Mastering the skills involved in the mental game is not difficult. Golfers just need to practice as much mentally as they do physically. In an easy-to-understand format, Why Bad Golf Happens to Good People provides golfers a practical means to develop an effective mental game. Any golfer-professional or amateur-who is serious about improving their golf game will benefit from psychologist and avid golfer Dr. Kessler s unique advice. You ll improve your golf game by following a set of mental skills, including: Awareness Arousal control Relaxation Imagery Confidence Self-talk Concentration and focus Distraction control Address your own challenges on the course, and take your game to the next level with Why Bad Golf Happens to Good People !

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Power Putt Mini Golf – Factory Pedestal Showpiece Model Video Arcade Game

From skilled pros to average joes, PowerPutt challenges players of all types – young, old, male, female and couples too! Whether putting through the flaming skulls of the Freaky Tiki or playing the angles on Dusty Trail, PowerPutt’s “easy to learn, hard to master” play mechanic keeps players engaged the first – and every – time they play.

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Power Putt Mini Golf – LCD Cabinet Video Arcade Game

From skilled pros to average joes, PowerPutt challenges players of all types – young, old, male, female and couples too! Whether putting through the flaming skulls of the Freaky Tiki or playing the angles on Dusty Trail, PowerPutt’s “easy to learn, hard to master” play mechanic keeps players engaged the first – and every – time they play.

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Swing Zone Sports Motion Game

Flat Rate Shipping! Use this set of wireless motion-controlled accessories to swing, roll, putt, serve, and pass your way through five all-star sports challenges. Sports include bowling, tennis, baseball, golf, and football, and each game is…

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Swing Zone Sports Ultimotion Gaming System

Use the Swing Zone sports motion controller to swing, roll, putt, serve and pass your way through five all-star sports challenges. Sports include bowling, tennis, baseball, golf and football, and each game is accompanied by its corresponding sports accessory. This TV game includes the following motion controllers: bowling ball, tennis racket, baseball bat, golf club and football. Requires 2 “AAA” batteries and 4 “AA” batteries (not included).

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Poll: How difficult is it to play mini putt-putt golf when you are under the influence?

"up in here tryin to get a motha ****** scholarship!"

I play putt putt better when drunk & playing left handed, than I do sover and right handed…it's weird…my buddy (who is left handed) challenges me every year, we bet a 12 pack on left handed putt putt and he has yet to win.