RSS FeedIf you want to know how to practice golf then read what I have to say below to find out how you can be more efficient at the driving range and start playing better golf instantly!
Every time I step foot on a driving range I make a point to look up and down at everyone to see what they are doing. Mostly everyone is working on something but it’s the way they go about doing it that is wrong. Too many times I see players just swatting ball after ball into the distance. I call these players rake and hitters. Why? Because they rake a ball over to where they are hitting a take their swing and hit 3 balls in about 1 minute.
I don’t mind seeing people swinging freely and just hitting the ball quickly. This is much better then thinking about 10 different swing thoughts and getting frustrated after a poor shot. Doing this on the driving range though is a big waste of time and not very productive. The reason I don’t believe in this method of hitting range balls is because it allows the golfer to get in a groove whether good or bad due to fact they are hitting ball after ball quickly. I’m sure we have all had the range session where we hit the ball so well but it just didn’t transfer over to the course. This is caused by getting in that groove of hitting ball after ball. You never hit consecutive shots on the course within a minute so why would you do that in your practice session?
While growing up playing high school basketball my coach would make us shot 10 free throws at the end of practice. He simulated a real life game while shooting these free throws by having us run a court length then shoot 2 free throws (just like in a game) and then run another court length and shoot 2 more free throws repeating these steps until we shot 10 free throws. This was a lot different from shooting 10 consecutive free throws. Do you see where I am going with this?
When working on your game at the driving range, try as best as you can to simulate a real life round of golf. How can you do this? The first step is to put your ball where you will hit it then stand behind your golf ball and go through your pre shot routine. If you do not have a pre shot routine yet then check out my post here. After your pre shot routine swing away and watch the ball land. Once the ball has landed, take a few seconds to think about the shot and what went right or wrong. Then start again and go through your pre shot routine and swing away. Aim to hit 1 golf ball every minute.
This type of practice is effective and productive because you’re simulating a real round of golf and practicing like you would play on the course.
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