Putting and Chipping

[d1217]

After saying that i am out for up to 5 months, and after reading mono's post about practice time, in about 4 weeks time i should be able to start putting and chipping, can anyone help with a plan to make this practice useful, as i find practicing putting and chipping for long times boring and tedious. i am going to get a v-easy to help too.

any tips would be appreciated,
thanks

 

[kid2]

D,
Check out the GM main page for instruction.....Theres heaps of drills for each in it....It should help you....Best of luck with it.

 

[Pants]

Whether it's gym work to get back to fitness, chipping or putting, set your self achieveable targets.

Set yourself a points system for chips from various distances to within 1, 2, 4 yds etc. Ditto for putts to 1, 2, 4 ft etc. If you have access to a chipping/putting green, chip 3 or 4 balls to a pin and then try to sink the putts.

 

[Tiger]

To make chipping more fun you might want to try a SKLZ Fly Trap which has different sized scoring holes and is set up like an umbrella so easy to take down and move around. Cheapest place to get one online is improvemygolf.co.uk

best way to practice is to make it competitive against yourself. My favourite putting drill is measuring a blades length from the hole, marking it with a coin, putt five balls, measuring another blades length, mark it, putt five more balls, rinse and repeat till you miss one. Your score is number of putts before you missed. I can do that one for ages as I'm desperate to break three figures but can't get past the high 60's

you might also want to try the putting and chipping tests of the Pelz Short Game test. They're quite fun as well. Hope this is useful and happy practicing. T

 

[macsport1]

Setting goals makes the most sense if you want to improve your skills. Goal setting works because it helps to maintain focus and motivation on the task at hand. When you set a challenging goal that is SMART (Specific, Measurable, Adjustable, Realistic, Time-tabled), you can see how you improve over time, which becomes intrinsically motivating and you'll enjoy practicing. Recording the details of your practice sessions is essential to change your current practice behaviour and become more functional over time. It is motivating to write out your plan before you head to the range so you are ready to go when you get there. Set up mini-competitions against yourself. For example, how many chips from 8 feet off the green can I land within 3 feet of the cup.

All the best with your short game

www.managingminds.com

 

[painterboy]

After saying that i am out for up to 5 months, as i find practicing putting and chipping for long times boring and tedious.

any tips would be appreciated,
thanks

Have left the most telling part of your post from your quote.

No matter what you do or practice, if your mind set finds it boring and tedious you will fail.

No doubt you find the shift key tedious,as well