SteveW86
Head Pro
Did you pick one up “cheap” or have you paid full whack?
Would be interested to hear how you get on with it.
Winter Practice Plans
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Did you pick one up “cheap” or have you paid full whack?
Would be interested to hear how you get on with it.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
A bit of chipping and/or putting maybe if the weather permits. My days of pounding balls down the range are long gone.
BunkerPlayer
Member
Beat me to it mate… I’ve just gone down a youtube rabbit hole looking at them. Be interested to know how you found it @chrisd.
Definitely a pricey bit of kit for what it is.
chrisd
Major Champion
I bought the original version and it cost £200 including postage on Ebay. but was cheaper than I'd seen before. I've only used it a couple of times yet at the range as I have had covid and wasn't wanting to go to the range so much. No doubt it works well and immediately pinpointed the slight flip at impact which is never had felt without it. I've used it indoors without hitting balls by repeatedly working on the position at set up, which was always ok with a fair amount of forward shaft lean, then to the top which was pretty good tooso just got to improve at the bottom.
Just to say though, it's easy to set up, it recorded every swing on the app and I'm sure it'll be useful during the winter to improve my swing. The app also has lots of tips and advice, I'm sure that the new version has a lot more info but the original version will do me.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Spent about 45mins yesterday doing a bit of chipping practice, focussing on keeping weight on left side and rotating around left leg. It was a good session, never done it before, but really saw the benefit and determined that It’d be worth repeating regularly over winter. However…yesterday evening the left knee grew painful and overnight very painful..disturbing my sleep quite badly, and this morning really stiff and painful.
Ah well. Too much twisting around left side, twisting left knee…and age. Add to that I’ve felt my left knee never fully recovered from a wrenching I gave it nearly 50yrs ago when skiing at Aviemore, it wasn’t bad enough at the time to see my GP though I did go for a consultation about it sometime in the mid-90s but nothing to really worry about - certainly nothing worth doing.
However…I’m going to have to watch what I do practice wise this winter, and avoid too much repetition in any session, so as to not put too much stress on left knee.
Ah well. Too much twisting around left side, twisting left knee…and age. Add to that I’ve felt my left knee never fully recovered from a wrenching I gave it nearly 50yrs ago when skiing at Aviemore, it wasn’t bad enough at the time to see my GP though I did go for a consultation about it sometime in the mid-90s but nothing to really worry about - certainly nothing worth doing.
However…I’m going to have to watch what I do practice wise this winter, and avoid too much repetition in any session, so as to not put too much stress on left knee.
pendodave
Tour Rookie
I'm thinking of really concentrating on the chipping/pitching this winter as well. I feel like it's got a lot better this season thanks to watching Dan Grieve's videos, so stumped up the cash and have got his book.
Our greens lose their roll and get bobbly once they get wet (thankyou, clay), so there's probably more to be gained from this part of "around the green" than putting.
As for knees, mine are also a bit wonky so I keep the left foot quite flared out to mitigate this and to allow me to keep turning through the shot.
SteveW86
Head Pro
This session helped me so much out in the course today, especially on the wedges. A few times I have 90 to the middle and I had the confidence to just hit a full 56.
Definitely recommend a gapping session for anyone who hasn’t done one.
i*windows
Newbie
bought an exputt putting simulator, will work on that over the winter.
BunkerPlayer
Member
Few days away with the family so first bit of practice since Friday.
Started with 30 minutes on the practice range whilst the lad had his lesson and after a little warm up I was really pleased with the strike. I went purely with feel (normally have the swing app recording so I can get instant feedback)
When I got back I jumped in the sim room for about 45 mins checking out my new Hackmotion. First impressions are I really need to try it out tomorrow. It seemed like I was regularly only +1 - +4 degrees out of range at the top and it wasn’t impacting where the ball was going. Today though seemed like a very good ball striking day so it will probably be more beneficial when its not going well as I hope it will help diagnose why?
More of the same tomorrow
Started with 30 minutes on the practice range whilst the lad had his lesson and after a little warm up I was really pleased with the strike. I went purely with feel (normally have the swing app recording so I can get instant feedback)
When I got back I jumped in the sim room for about 45 mins checking out my new Hackmotion. First impressions are I really need to try it out tomorrow. It seemed like I was regularly only +1 - +4 degrees out of range at the top and it wasn’t impacting where the ball was going. Today though seemed like a very good ball striking day so it will probably be more beneficial when its not going well as I hope it will help diagnose why?
More of the same tomorrow
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Just going out and hitting a few balls and using the R10 to help me or make it a little more useful into the net.
Did notice something interesting about club path and how it can vary between brands .. I was out to in with my MP 8 iron, in to out with the G430&i15 irons .. so will check the swing weights and then proceed to completely distract myself by adding lead tape to the MP iron to see if I can change the path..
But main focus should be on ball position and weight transfer..
Did notice something interesting about club path and how it can vary between brands .. I was out to in with my MP 8 iron, in to out with the G430&i15 irons .. so will check the swing weights and then proceed to completely distract myself by adding lead tape to the MP iron to see if I can change the path..
But main focus should be on ball position and weight transfer..
