Putting tempo and how to use it to your advantage
January 8th 2007 03:13
When you putt are you confident or have the pre-shot yips thinking I'll never make this in a million years. One thing for certain, no matter how long you've played you should always think you can make it even if you miss.
How do you gain confidence. No confidence is not natural and if some guy tells you he
never practices and is a great putter and overall golfer,chances are he's lying or just
deluding himself. There's only one way to gain putting confidence--Practice guys and gals.
If you don't practice your putts you'll never gain green confidence and always have those putting yips. Just going out on the course and playing a round or two a week will not give
you more confidence or better putting skills.
Regular practice outside of playing the links at "The Club" is the only way. If you feel you need assistance in your putting, use a golf pro, read Golf Digest and use the services of
Mark Harman from the USA Golf Teacher's Federation,who's my expert and someone I use
for interviews on putting.
Practicing your stroke:
Practicing your stroke is the best way to get started. learning how to get a consistent putting
stroke that is equal in length both back and front will result in a smoother stroke and feel.
Don't worry so much about ball position and perfect mechanics. Just make sure the ball is between your feet. Now,make some passes at the ball and see how far you need to take the
putter back,and then forward based on the distance to the cup.
This will be a painstaking part of you putting stroke progress. Start by doing some short and
tap-in putts. Believe it or not these putts can be tougher to obtain an equal stroke. The simplest putts can be the toughest.Look at how many times pros choke on short putts.
Don't go from practicing three foot putts to thirty foot ones. Not until you've mastered the shorties stroke tempo.
As well, you want to be able to drain at least 3 to 5 in a row before moving back. This is hard work and if you love it enough you'll do what's needed to master putting which is
the ultimate game of control. You have no choice if you want to get better.
By using this simple putting stroke drill, it will assist in not just your confidence, but in being
able to handle breaks in your putts,various distances,angles and slopes. One step at a time
to being one up on your golfing buddies or Pro competitiors.
Mark Grove
How do you gain confidence. No confidence is not natural and if some guy tells you he
never practices and is a great putter and overall golfer,chances are he's lying or just
deluding himself. There's only one way to gain putting confidence--Practice guys and gals.
If you don't practice your putts you'll never gain green confidence and always have those putting yips. Just going out on the course and playing a round or two a week will not give
Regular practice outside of playing the links at "The Club" is the only way. If you feel you need assistance in your putting, use a golf pro, read Golf Digest and use the services of
Mark Harman from the USA Golf Teacher's Federation,who's my expert and someone I use
for interviews on putting.
Practicing your stroke:
Practicing your stroke is the best way to get started. learning how to get a consistent putting
stroke that is equal in length both back and front will result in a smoother stroke and feel.
Don't worry so much about ball position and perfect mechanics. Just make sure the ball is between your feet. Now,make some passes at the ball and see how far you need to take the
putter back,and then forward based on the distance to the cup.
This will be a painstaking part of you putting stroke progress. Start by doing some short and
tap-in putts. Believe it or not these putts can be tougher to obtain an equal stroke. The simplest putts can be the toughest.Look at how many times pros choke on short putts.
As well, you want to be able to drain at least 3 to 5 in a row before moving back. This is hard work and if you love it enough you'll do what's needed to master putting which is
the ultimate game of control. You have no choice if you want to get better.
By using this simple putting stroke drill, it will assist in not just your confidence, but in being
able to handle breaks in your putts,various distances,angles and slopes. One step at a time
to being one up on your golfing buddies or Pro competitiors.
Mark Grove
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