Practice makes Perfect!
By Joel Tadman, Instruction Editor
02 February 2012 16:55
There are two types of practice, both of which are crucial in transferring perfectly executed shots from the range to the golf course more often.
The first involves working on your movements and improving your technique while the other involves simulating game-like conditions and making practice harder than play as much as possible – working on the routines and the thought processes that will help you hit better shots in pressure situations.
These additional golf video tips by TG Elite Pro Adrian Fryer will improve your practice routines even further, helping you shoot your dream round in 2012!
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Combine a picture with a feeling
You can optimise your time working on your movements by better understanding where your body is in space. This also increases the chance of the skill being retained so it’s well worth incorporating this in your future practice sessions.
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Understand parallel alignment
Many amateurs think they’ve got to aim their body and club at the target but in actual fact the shoulders, hips and toes need to be aimed parallel left of the target, the two lines should never converge.
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Feed what you need
It’s important we structure our practice so that it’s weighted towards getting rid of our faulty tendencies. Rehearsing the move that is the opposite of it in your pre-shot routine on the course will certainly help but in practice, it’s important favour the corrective move in terms of the number of balls you hit.
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How to learn golf faster
Research by Dr Gabriele Wulf on attentional focus and motor learning has shown that learning with external cues means skills are learned faster and retained for longer than those that use internal cues. By cue, we mean a focus or stimuli, such as a command or body part
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