Part I - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part-i.html
Part II - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-search-for-flat-stick-nirvana-part.html
Part III - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part.html
Part IV - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part_9.html
Part V - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part-v.html
Part VI - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part.html
Part VII - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part_12.html
Part VIII - http://3jack.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-search-for-flatstick-nirvana-part_19.html
My setting has extra or less ?Advanced? In place of advanced. I am an awful lot greater adept and now extra assured on putts internal 6 ft. I have created a stable exercise recurring that I think permits me to get the practice I need to get in and parent out what to paintings on. Since the time change, there?S no longer a lot daylight for me to get on the exercise veggies with, so I do the following.
1. I take hold of 10 Titleist Pro V1x balls (my gamer golf balls).
2. I will start out actually via placing 10 balls towards the fringe of the green. I will then putt the ten balls in opposition to in the direction of the other edge of the green. The motive is to simply get ?Warmed up? And get a sense for the stroke, the green and get my eyes adjusted to putting once more in preference to searching at a laptop display screen. I additionally want to work on some key pieces to my putting stroke.
Three. I will then do the clock drill with the ten golfing balls
I usually do it from approximately five feet. Some days I will do it from 8 feet or 10 feet. I never absolutely move beyond 10-ft. This is also a part of the warmup due to the fact now I get the feel of trying to make a putt which also is going into analyzing the putt and running to your pre-shot routine. If I have time, I will do the clock drill, twice.
4. From there I will grab five balls and hit 5 putts from the equal spot on generally a sidehill putt from 10-15 ft. I will hit each putt doing my AimPoint Express examine, then my pre-shot habitual and stroke the putt. I will do five putts on a proper-to-left breaking putt and then 5 putts on a left-to-right breaking putt. Then I will do the identical procedure, again. The idea right here is to no longer only get practice in on leftward and rightward breaking putts, but to emerge as similarly adept at each sorts of putts and if now not, determine what kind of breaking putt is giving me extra troubles and where the common pass over is.
5. If I have time, I will then grab the ten golfing balls and put them in pairs and location them in one-of-a-kind places. So, I may also have 2 balls which might be 30 ft away with an uphill, left-to-proper putt and a pair of balls that are 7-toes away with a downhill directly putt and 2 balls at 15 toes away at a sidehill left-to-proper putt, etc. This is randomizing the exercise which certainly enables stimulate the creativity to your mind which is needed to start incorporating the mechanics I need with the putter. However, it's going to supply me 2 attempts on the shot so I can self-correct a negative putt. I will use the AimPoint Express study and my pre-shot routine on each putt.
6. If I have time (usually best for the weekend), I will use the string drill the usage of yarn and threading needles:
This is useful for starting to better see the line. I actually have also observed that that is beneficial if I start to push (or pull) putts. One of the things David Orr mentioned in a video on his Web website online (FlatstickAcademy) is that relying on how the putter head movements inside the stroke, it's going to make the ball?S preliminary release perspective *appearance* otherwise and creates an phantasm.
For me, the phantasm is that the ball is launching to the proper of wherein I want it to launch. So a ball perfectly released appears almost like a push for me due to my stroke sample. This without a doubt cleared matters up for me because I should see how I changed into adjusting my placing stroke, specifically on breaking putts. Below is a SAM Puttlab file that I did with John Graham returned in January. The first pictures is my aim at deal with (Aiming Report) and my face perspective at effect (direction). This is on STRAIGHT PUTT.
The second photo indicates the identical element (cope with versus effect), however this time on a LEFT-TO-RIGHT putt.
Here?S more evidence of the ball release misperception. Take a have a look at my putter route on the instantly putts (2.1* left) versus left to right putts (7.Five* left)
You can see those variations and the war with the launch course misperception at some stage in both SAM Puttlab reviews.
I plan on getting at the SAM Puttlab once more, possibly in December. I could be interested by seeing what the outcomes appear like, specially my acceleration profiles. One of the matters I have been doing is measuring my face impact spot and I?M nevertheless too much toward the heel. I simply use Dr. Scholl?S foot electricity spray after which hit some putts. I then get a few warm water and use a toothbrush to get rid of the spray from the face. I generally tend to assume that with my placing stroke fashion, I virtually must try to avoid heel moves, even supposing they're mild. I don?T think it?S pretty like minded with my placing stroke and I marvel if I actually have a setting stroke problem or a putter fitting issue or each. I nevertheless sense like I?M on the proper music with the Edel Torque Balanced putter, but the little things like lie, loft, duration and grip need to be tweaked.
3JACK
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