Something clicked tonight, I dont know what, but it did. I started the evening at the gym, maybe that is the secret (warm up before). I took my faithful 4 clubs the driver, hybrid, 4 iron and 9 iron to the range, the floodlights were on full on tonight, as there was instruction going on at the top end of the range so the range was well lit.
It didn't start to well, the driver was still only going about 150 yards and flying quite low through the air, after a change of clubs the swing started to come and besides the ball drifting heavily to the left i was getting some distance.
I made a bit more of an effort into getting the grip right and hit the ball of the blue tee, and was now getting the loft and distance with the 4 iron.
Time to go back the driver, with more emphasis on the grip it paid off and the driver was hitting the ball with loft and going at least 175 yards. I still had half a bucket of balls and seemed with the better grip that i was hitting the ball straightish and getting some distance and loft too. Hopefully on the next session things will start to improve.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Monday, 16 November 2009
Bad day on the range
Well I started to write this blog, then didn't get anything down. I treated myself to a driver on saturday nothing special in fact it only cost a fiver. Tonight was the first night I have had to try it out and what a disaster it was, I seem to have this problem that i hit the ball pretty much the same distance whether i'm using a driver, a hybrid or a 4 iron. Besides hitting the ball approx 150 yards, it more often than not goes off at an angle or skirts the surface and gets no loft at all.
I wasnt really feeling 100% tonight, and i suppose my performance on the range reflected that, It's dark and very windy at 1830 in Devon and the range was quite quiet. I realised soon enough that it was not going to be a good night so i only hit 50 balls. It wasn't worth hitting any more and getting the stroke all wrong.
One positive thing I have tried is to download some Golf podcasts on to my Iphone, 2 have videos and 1 is to do with the mind set of Golf. I will post on here when i decide which works the best.
I wasnt really feeling 100% tonight, and i suppose my performance on the range reflected that, It's dark and very windy at 1830 in Devon and the range was quite quiet. I realised soon enough that it was not going to be a good night so i only hit 50 balls. It wasn't worth hitting any more and getting the stroke all wrong.
One positive thing I have tried is to download some Golf podcasts on to my Iphone, 2 have videos and 1 is to do with the mind set of Golf. I will post on here when i decide which works the best.
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