How do you like to practice????

[percy_layer]

Apologies if this has already been asked.

I'm very curious how people like to practice their golf. I find it very difficult to go more than 10 shots without getting the urge to see how high i can hit it or how far i can turn it in the air with a particular club. The only time i can comfortably practice the same shots over and over again is putting from inside 10 feet.
How do you like to practice??? and how long do you practice for???

 

[Imurg]

What's practice??

To be fair I'm doing a bit at the moment trying to get used to my new irons.
But no more than 6 or 7 with a club - then I move onto another. Long club to short/medium club to keep it mixed up.

 

[Swinger]

If you can get me down there I'll plug my headphones in and be down there for hours on end. Easily three hours plus before I would even think about finishing.

Really enjoy trying to hit smooth swing after smooth swing with some tunes playing.

It is just very hard to get me down there and away from the bar.

Very hard.

 

[USER1999]

Try just taking a 6i. You can hit high, low, left, right and it is all useful stuff.

 

[thecraw]

Same as the OP, I can hit 50 balls then start to get bored and want to do stupid shots as well. I would still rather be on the course and play a few balls than stand their endlessly hitting balls on the practice area or the range.

 

[Doh]

Love to chip and putt around the practice area and will then play the course rather than going to the range I get much more out of it.

 

[Robobum]

Hit about 10 balls to warm up then decide that I am bored out of my mind and go play instead.

99% of any practice I do is out on the course on late summer evenings as a single. Unless something is seriously wrong with the long game all the pratice will be with my wedges.

Drop 3 or 4 balls at varying distances. Aim to miss greens and try to get up & down. Throw a few balls down around the green and get each one up & down.

 

[viscount17]

I'm with many here, I can go to the range with the intention of working on something but am easily distracted/bored. I also want my own space - if I'm on the chipping green, go somewhere else.

Now I know subconsciously that if I want to improve I need to practise but try telling that to my conscious. I'd far rather be out playing.

I think how, as well as what, to practise has to be learnt in the same way as any other skill; trouble is, it's not taught.

 

[Parmo]

Usually start with a PW and work my way down with club gaps, then hybrid, fairway and driver for ages and then short game. Once I drag myself there the time goes nowhere. Friday I went and before I knew it I had been there for 3 and a half hours without practising my short game or putting due to the rain.

 

[jammydodger]

Most of my practice is done with no more than 9 iron and I will do about an hour or so with all the wedges to different distances. I try to cut high shots and play low chubbys and get a feel for distance control.

I'll also do about an hour around the chipping green going through all sorts of scenarios. I may do a few minutes on holing putts from inside 3/4 feet but i'm not one for doing much putting practice.

I also like to nip out on the course and do what Robobum does , throw down a few around the green/bunkers etc

 

[pokerjoke]

I practice regulary on my short game,chipping,chip and runs and 60 degree wedge,2 hours at a time never get bored,i would do this on my course range.Then i will go up the range and hit all my clubs trying fades and draws.The great thing is i know that the players i play with regulary dont practice that motivates me knowing im going to be taking their money.

 

[Fyldewhite]

My course is half way between work and home and I like nothing better than a nice cold pint of lager on the practice putting green in the early evening sunshine. Just 30-40 mins a couple of times a week doing a bit of chipping and various putting drills. Don't really practice other parts of my game, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad but the short game is what counts.

 

[Society_Fan]

At the moment, I've got one of the kids distracting me whilst I shank ball after ball. I've tried to get them on the little putting green but the liitle lad has hit one a wee bit hard and caught a big fella on the ankle (Sorry about that!)

I'd love to go and hit balls for hours!!! practicing the pre shot routine

 

[TRS30]

I plan out my practice time before i go and also set out targets to try and keep myself motivated.

I actually enjoy practicing so dont get bored really.

 

[Toad]

I just can't get into practising have tried on numerous occasions but get so bored hitting balls at the range.

I have tried to visualise shots I would play on the course but as said before after 20-30 balls I start trying to hit it out of the range.

Prefer to just get on the course and play, as the course is quiet I can usually muck around as much as I wish trying different things.

 

[EaseNgrace]

I go to the range usually once a week, I hit around 100 balls and try to hit a wide range of shots.
I also have a pitch and putt course just over the road. It is closed at this time of year so I go over with a wedge and a mid iron and practice chipping and pitching, bunker shots and some longer shots. If I had the time I would always be practicing, I never get bored and sometimes suprise myself by showing what im capable of, by hitting like a pro, and yes sometimes like a right twonk.

 

[didsbury_duffer]

Usually hit a few drives and long irons in the net, then go straight to the short game - pitching and sand wedges, in around and over bunkers. Then finish off with some putting. However, on a Saturday before a comp, just the net and putting green.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It depends. If I've had a lesson and making a swing change then I'll work through the drills and spend ages making slow motion swings to get the feel etc and will probably hit 100 or so balls usually with a 7 iron to start with and then maybe a 5 once I've got the hang of it.

If I'm just practicing at a range then I do get bored and so usally work through my bags (odds) up to driver and then back down (evens) and finish with some wedges again. However if I'm at the practice ground at my club I tend to be a bit more regimented and try and hit at particular targets and look at things like my divot to get feedback on how I'm hitting.

I am trying to work 70/30 on short game vs long swing this year and so a lot of my time will be around the practice bunker and playing shots to the 50 and 100 yard flags (and some inbetween targets) and chipping and putting on the putting green. I have got myself some targets http://www.perfectmygolf.co.uk/acatalog/Target_Circles.html
so I can set myself some challenges from a variety of lies etc. I'm alos going to look at the Dave Pelz short game handicap tests

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

I HATE practicing as i find it boring. When im at the range ill play stupid shots like a high draw with driver of the deck , massive cuts that barely get off the ground etc. This makes me concentrate more on control than smashing balls everywhere.

 

[bobmac]

How do I like to practice?

In shorts, tee shirt with the warm sun on my back, so August 2002 for me.