| If you have an hour to put towards improving | | | | shot. It's important that you treat each shot as a |
| your golf game here's what I suggest you do to | | | | real one and not some practice shot that doesn't |
| get the most out of this time. | | | | matter. |
| When you arrive at the practice area the very | | | | When practicing you should get yourself into the |
| first thing you should do is a few stretches to | | | | mindset that you have on the golf course. That |
| warm up and you should do this for anything up | | | | way when you get to the course you'll be better |
| to 5 minutes or until you're warm. | | | | prepared. |
| Once you're loosened up the next thing you | | | | So now you've got 10 minutes left to work on |
| should do is to start off hitting a couple of wedge | | | | your putting. And I suggest you practice putts |
| shots and then slowly go through each club in | | | | outside of 10 feet, concentrating on your distance |
| your bag, hitting a few shots with each one until | | | | control and then end the practice session with |
| you reach your driver. This should take about 20 | | | | some short putts (e.g. 2-3 footers). You should do |
| minutes. When hitting these shots you should | | | | this so you leave your practice session on a |
| treat each one as though it's a real shot on the | | | | successful note. Here's a summary of your 1 hour |
| golf course. In other words, choose a precise | | | | practice session... |
| target for each shot and then go through your | | | | 1 Hour Weekly Practice Session |
| normal pre-shot routine. | | | | ==> 5 minutes of stretching to get warm. |
| Once you've finished the 20 minutes of hitting full | | | | ==> 20 minutes of hitting a couple of shots with |
| shots you should now practice pitching for 15 | | | | each club, starting with the wedge and then |
| minutes and you should do this by hitting shots to | | | | progressing through your clubs until reaching the |
| all different distances. | | | | driver. |
| What I mean be hitting shots different distances | | | | ==> 15 minutes hitting pitch shots different |
| is that you should aim to hit one shot 30 yards, | | | | distances i.e. 20 yards, 45 yards, 60 yards, 30 |
| the next one 60 yards, one 75 yards, the next | | | | yards etc. Never attempt to hit a shot the same |
| 40 yards etc, etc. And remember to treat each | | | | distance during this 15 minutes period. |
| shot, as you would on the course i.e. pick a target | | | | ==> 10 minutes of chipping and bunker shots. |
| and do your pre-shot routine. | | | | ==> Final 10 minutes of putting, mainly working on |
| Now practice your chipping and bunker play for | | | | distance control on putts outside of 10 feet and |
| the next 10 minutes and once again pick a target | | | | then finishing off this time with some successful |
| and go through your pre-shot routine for each | | | | short putts. |