100 Swings A Day

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Twice now I've seen video clips of Hank Haney recommending making 100 swings every day (any club, no balls).

He says it helps ingrain the action in to memory, and help learn balance, and all sorts of other good stuff.

It sounds quite, well, sound to me, but what about if there's a significant flaw in one's swing? After all, practice doesn't make perfect, but rather practice makes permanent. In other words, practice is only any good if you're practising the correct thing.

Have any of you tried Hank's tip?
 
Swinger said:
Still about Gordon! I even have a new(er) (and working) car and have actually hit a couple of golf balls recently!

I hope you are good mate. Been awhile.
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When is your Salisbury meet with Nick and Rich likely to happen? I'm gagging for a curry!!
 
jpjeffery said:
It sounds quite, well, sound to me, but what about if there's a significant flaw in one's swing? After all, practice doesn't make perfect, but rather practice makes permanent. In other words, practice is only any good if you're practising the correct thing.
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I (kind of) tried it last some time ago. Not 100 swings a day, but tried to make at least a couple of practice swings every day.

Let's just say I didn't necessarily improve my ball striking...

First of all, you need to have enough space to make full practice swings, ideally outdoors on grass.

I used my hallway and one of the problems was I always tried not to hit the ground and shatter the tiles of the floor...

Then I tried not to smash the club into the wall behind me on my backswing, which meant my swing also got a little steeper for a while...

Even if you have enough space and don't face any of these (or similar) problems, the ultimate test for your swing is always the ball flight.

Ingraining a motion with several hundred repetitions without the ability to check the effectiveness of what you're doing by seeing the actual ball flight is a big no-no for me...
 
I think it can make sense if you have a certain drill or a specific aspect you are working on to repeat that motion 100 times a day. But just swinging a club without any kind of feedback or guidance, either through the ballflight or on video or form a pro or whatever, does not seem very useful to me, either. Maybe it works for a better player who can judge just from the swing itself if it was good or not.

That said I did hit a hundred putts every day for most of the winter on my putting mat and that really seems to have helped my putting enormously.
 
Yeah I've seen him explain this.

His theory is that most amateur golfers do not have the skill\talent\flexibility\time or whatever to ingrain a perfect swing. So the 100 swings a day is aimed at getting a repeatable swing, even though it might not be perfect.

It's not a 100 full routine swings it's just swinging backwards and forwards a 100 times and should take about 5-10 mins.

It kind of makes sense, but I've never tried it.
 
Capella said:
I think it can make sense if you have a certain drill or a specific aspect you are working on to repeat that motion 100 times a day. But just swinging a club without any kind of feedback or guidance, either through the ballflight or on video or form a pro or whatever, does not seem very useful to me, either. Maybe it works for a better player who can judge just from the swing itself if it was good or not.

That said I did hit a hundred putts every day for most of the winter on my putting mat and that really seems to have helped my putting enormously.
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Here's his explanation of the aim and benefits: http://www.golfdigest.com/story/hank-haney-practice-swings

Ooh! And a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzpeyX357I
 
Get the concept, but haven't actually tried it myself.

As someone mentioned, would be perfect for putting, as you can see where the ball is actually going. You can also never have enough putting practice!
 
Her indoors has already given me the hairdryer treatment for a few scrapes for swinging the club indoors - I stick to putting and that does help both my scores and my earhole.
 
I hit at least 100 full shots every day, seven days a week. I guess I have been doing so for four or five years. It does not help my handicap but I enjoy it. Perhaps any benefit it gives I took advantage of years ago.

I am happy to remove the ball for a few weeks and just try the practice swings as an experiment.
 
Got a momentus training aid thingy, keep meaning to do that, about 50 a day, but as usual can't get in to it, my game will never get better!! 🙄
 
HomerJSimpson said:
I can see the thinking from the video clips but is it just me, and wouldn't it still be more beneficial to actually get some direct feedback from hitting balls?
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Yes, and I don't think he denies that. But his point is that not everyone (almost no-one) can get to the range to hit 100 balls everyday, whereas swinging a club in the back garden (or warehouse, or...) is much more easily achievable for many people.
 
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