Indoor Practice Putting Greens
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Home Putting Greens
When it comes to the most effective golf exercises, it always helps to go back to basics - and absolutely nothing gives you the practice you require such as a home putting green. Even the very best golfing professionals require help with their fundamentals; and there’s no question that when you perfect a fundamental, your golfing technique will improve substantially.
Cancel your mid-day meetings and setup on one of these indoor synthetic practice putting greens - here are a few practice exercises and golfing gadgets that can produce substantial benefits:
Have you got ample space for one of these indoor practice putting greens? Then you’re lucky: this golfing routine will assist you to master the basic technique that creates incredible benefits.
Try this technique out on your own indoor practice putting green. Using a constant back and thru’ motion (similar to a brushing motion) applying more speed and acceleration as you swing through beyond the ball.You’ll recognize you’re doing this exercise the right way when you feel like the putter head is speeding up to the fastest spot just after making contact with the ball.
Here’s another one that PGA professionals swear by and you could do it on your own home putting green. Every golf enthusiast is aware of the frustration of a poor chipping stroke; nevertheless, this technique may help enhance your chipping skills. Grab your favourite chipping club and settle into your usual putting stance. Adopting a stiff-wristed position and taking your favourite putting hold on the club, gently rock the shoulders up and down to guage the correct distance you need to get the ball to the intended target. Once you’ve perfected this drill, try adding a ball into the routine.
If your indoor practice putting green is positioned outside the house, then follow up the drill with this move continuing to release the golf club as you hit the ball. If the ball routinely lands relatively straight in front of you, then you’ve mastered the chipping stroke. If you don’t have the room or space for practice, there are various other methods you can practice this particular routine.
Finally, if you’re having trouble gauging the distance between you and the flagstick, try a couple of practice swings with your eyes fixed only on the spot where you want the ball to land. This could feel strange at first, but it’s really worth the effort. First, settle into your regular putting/chipping stance and line up for the stroke. However, instead of looking down at the ball, or the ground in front of it, focus your eyes solely on the landing spot you’ve picked out on the practice putting green in front of you.
Once you’ve applied this a number of times proceed to swing through to your selected landing spot but this time keeping your eyes above the ball right up until it’s well on the way to the mark. It may feel awkward to begin with, but you’ll soon recognize that keeping your eye on the target rather than the flagstick whilst practice swinging gives you a surprising amount of accuracy and control once you take this technique out of your home putting green out to the golf course.
These drills are fantastic for beginners and professionals alike, as they all focus on building up basic fundamentals for an exceptional over-all golf game. So no matter whether you want to master the basic principles or you’re a pro who would like to get back to the basic principles, try out all these exercises on your home putting green.
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