![]() Set up in one spot, and try to chip or putt to various targets without repeating them. This goes for chipping and putting as well. You never get the same shot twice in a row on the course, so I think your practice sessions should mirror that. Once you have gained some proficiency, then you should be changing your distances with each swing. Get enough repetition at each distance so that you can start to dial in your technique. For example, when you are practicing your pitch shots (hopefully you are doing this!) I would focus first on working on your different lengths: 30, 40, 50 yards etc. My biggest piece of advice for gaining feel is that you need to be practicing a wide range of distances in succession. I do know two things though:Ģ) Working hard through experimentation will help you get it I don’t have any magic solution to help you get your feel. The first thing you should work on in your short game is relaxing your body, and keeping those hands as lightly on the club as possible. ![]() You will never be able to execute these kind of shots with those bigger muscles activated. ![]() When a golfer grips the club with intense pressure, they are activating way too many muscles that should not be involved. If your body is loose, it will be easier to pull off the shots that will require a precise feel. You will never establish great feel if you are tense with your body, and gripping the club too tightly. The point is that feel is not a given in any golfer’s game, it has to be earned.īefore you do anything, you need to understand one REALLY important concept. The years where I would play and practice more, it would come back. This ebb and flow was directly proportional to my practice time. Over the years I have lost my feel, regained it, and lost it again. I could walk up to a target and know the exact length of swing it would require to hit the ball. When I read Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible when I was older, it reinforced this belief, and I adopted his clock system for wedge distances. Through all of this repetition my mind and body started to understand what each distance felt like. Each time I would be aiming for a different target to see how close I could get the ball. I made it a game. It drove my father crazy, but it sure helped my game. I used to throw 5 or 6 balls on the grass, and randomly pitched them to various spots. I developed my feel by tearing up my parents’ lawn when I was a kid. It’s punching your ball from deep in the trees and running it onto the fairway without advancing it too far.įeel is a golfer’s best friend, and can get him or her out of almost any situation. It’s being able to walk up to a 50 foot putt and lag it within 3 feet. The golf swing is nothing like throwing a ball, which is why I think so many golfers have a hard time developing feel, and even understanding it.įeel on the golf course is being able to clear the bunker with your wedge from 10 feet away, and keep it on the green. ![]() In golf we are using the club to advance the ball, and it’s much harder to develop this necessary skill. This is mainly because you don’t have the ball in your hands, and the familiar throwing motion is not being used. Any athlete can translate the feel from their throwing motion to different sports because they have used it all of their lives. I find that developing feel in golf is harder than other sports. It has to be achieved through repetition and experimentation. No instructor in the world can properly teach feel to a player in my opinion, but you can point them in the right direction on how to develop it. ![]() What do I mean by feel? It’s somewhat of an intangible concept that you just can’t put your finger on.įeel is throwing a football the right trajectory to hit your receiver in stride.įeel is hitting the perfect drop shot in tennis that your opponent can’t run down.įeel is playing a game of corn hole in your backyard and being able to toss the bag the right distance. ![]()
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