1. Start with a warm-up – how many of you reach straight for your driver and start banging out your shots as quickly as they appear on the PowerTee! A warm-up doesn’t need to (and shouldn’t) take too long, just a few minutes with some gentle swings with a selection of clubs, working down from your wedge to a wood or driver. 2. Once warmed up, you can structure a perfect practice session – this should be broken up into 20-minute intervals. This is because it’s hard to concentrate for periods longer than this. The first 20-minute interval should consist of block practice then ideally followed by some ‘random’ practice and final pressured practice. 3. Block practice should be technique based, taking your time with your chosen club to exaggerate the movements you need to work on to improve your swing. If necessary, break down your swing into phases before building it back up. This will help to develop muscle memory. 4. Random or varied practice is where you aim at different targets practising a full routine as if you were on the course. By this I mean to go through the same number of practice swings and treat every shot as you would if you were playing a big tournament. This helps you to create a solid pre-shot routine which you can then take out onto the course with you. 5. The last 20-minute interval of the session should be a skills test under pressure. For example, hit ten drives between a 20-yard fairway on the range (select a target on Toptracer to help you) and aim for 8/10 success rate – don’t move on until the task is complete. This kind of task will mimic the same feelings as those on the course. |