My typical warm-up usually consists of putting to a very small target, like a tee in the ground. My other favorite for warm-up putting is the putting under the string drill where you stretch a string across the hole and about 3-4' back along the line of the putt. Line up the ball and putter under the string and putt several nice straight putts. This helps both your stroke and your confidence before you hea out.
Practice drills I like are the typical ladder drill both long to short, and short to long for working on distance control (works great for wedges too), and the circle drill at various distance from the hole.
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Last edited by golf2much : 08-18-2006 at 02:18 PM.
my favourite drills when teaching:
1, to place two clubs on ground,parallel to target about 1 metre from hole,set up a string line over the ball to target line(this is on flat ground)place a sponge football between the elbows of pupil and have them putt the ball home.this helps maintain the triangle of shoulders and arms and if you have them lower their left shoulder directly towards their left foot then raise straight back up the blade stays square throughout making ball position less of an issue.
2,find a hole on putting green with considerable slope,pick a position with max right to left or left to right break.place a tee in the ground above the hole as a target point and another in ground as a start point and learn the speed required to roll the ball home.remember,pace dictates line!
these are my own drills,but i learned everything i know about putting from geoff mangum(puttingzone).
hope this helps,
david.
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