IDEAS FOR WINTER PRACTICE AND MENTAL PREPARATION
PAR 18
‘Think about this’ on the short game area we have lots of golf balls to practice our chipping technique but when we get to the course we only have ONE! This courses some problems we get nervous on short chips we have only got one chance this tends to breed anxiety.
Par 18 encourages you to simulate course conditions whilst you practice so that when you reach the course you are less anxious about your shots because they are second nature to you and don’t fill your mind with negative thoughts.
- You need 9 match balls
- Scatter the 9 balls around a green all chipping distances ( when you become confident at your chipping and are scoring low place the balls further away and in hazards)
- Play each of the 9 balls in turn putting each one out one at a time with the correct club and putt out as though in a medal round (With winter greens, Under 1 putter length is 1 putt over is 2 putts, off the green is 3 putts)
- Keep your score as you play your round around the green
- Record your score in a diary
- Goal- to get up & down from off of the green and create course conditions
- Scoring Goal 18
- Remember the worst ball drill! Once you become established at the par 18 drill, why not try hitting 2 balls from the same place, nine times and pick the worst ball from each one to play out your par 18 score.
Sarah's Secrets
Spend an hour practising these drills and I promise you'll reap
the benefits. They'll help you judge weight better when putting
from distance and they'll help you hole out from short range. Confidence
is critical to putting and apart from teaching muscle memory, you'll
also feel stronger mentally after watching the ball go into the
hole time after time.
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