on-your-own+practice

 During the season, I want you to complete each of these practice sessions X times.  Please write down your statistics on a sheet of paper and turn them in to me on a weekly basis.
 * Golf Practice On Your Own 2009 **

Putting: ·  Make 10 three footers in a row (from different spots).  When you miss, start over until you make ten.  Write down how many times it took you to accomplish the task. ·  Putt 20 five footers from different spots and on different holes.  Write down how many you make, and if you don’t make at least 12, do it again. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Putt 20 putts of at least 35 feet (vary the length to include very long putts as well). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write down how many of them end up “tap in” distance.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chipping and Sand: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Throw 20 balls into the rough in random places…don’t improve the lie! Aim for varying holes of varying difficulty, and write down how many shots it takes you to hole 2 chips. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Repeat the above drill from the sand. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Drop 20 balls on or near the fringe. Pick two different clubs and practice hitting chip and run shots to different locations. Write down how many shots it takes you to hole 2 chips.

Pitching: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pick your two favorite pitching clubs and hit 25 pitches to different flags or locations, switching flags on every shot and varying the club you are using at random intervals (this is to simulate playing conditions where you don’t have the luxury of hitting the same shot 20 times in a row). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write down how many land within 10 feet of your target (I know this will be only an estimate since you can’t measure).

Long Game: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Go through your bag and hit one shot with each club, aiming at different flags and visualizing different holes/shots. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Go through your entire pre-shot routine before each shot, and pretend that you are trying to win your favorite major with this particular shot. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write down how many shots you would rate as perfect, how many you would rate as very good, how many you would rate as usable but not great, and how many you would like to do over if you could. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Do this exercise three times, and take your time. It should take you at least 7 or 8 minutes to do one rotation of this exercise.