• it interrupts the tempo and natural acceleration of your putting stroke,
  
  
• and the feel for distance in your stroke diminishes rapidly after your last look at the hole.

• Go through your normal putting pre-shot routine, which at some point should include a final glance at the hole before you start your backswing.
  
  
• Then, as your eyes are returning to the ball after your last glance at the hole, simultaneously start your backswing.

• to develop a square strike at impact,
• it helps develop overall putting accuracy,
• it helps develop a "core" putting stroke,
• it helps you visualize a square putteface at setup and impact,
• it helps you groove an effective swing path with your putter,
• and it helps you develop deadly accuracy with short putts.

I think it's pretty cool, but I'll admit to bias :-)
I have a friend locally who's an avid golfer and excellent craftsman. He's is doing some of the production on this training aid, and part of the process was taking him through the drills on a prototype so that he thoroughly understood the functions of the components.

So we did the drills a few times in my basement and he was on his way to begin his part of the production process.

He's been practicing as well as producing. When we met to discuss some design tweaks the other day he was very excited about how the training aid - and an unusual change he made to his putting routine - has improved his putting.

One of the problems we identified in his putting stroke was a very shaky takeaway. His putter head was moving quite a bit during his takeaway, and here's how he resolved the issue after he had practiced and grooved a consistent swing path with the training aid.

He told me that he watches the putter head during his takeaway and downswing into the ball.

I immediately told him that's it's not a good idea to move his head at all during the putting stroke, but he said that he keeps his head still but moves his eyes. He said it helps him to stabilize the putterhead during his backswing and forward swing into the ball, and to make sure that he puts a square strike on the ball.

I don't necessarily advocate this cure for everyone because personally I think that eye movement normally leads to head movement, which is a death move in putting. But if your putter head shakes, rattles, and rolls in your takeaway and your forward stroke, it may be worth a try.

By the way, the name of the training aid is the SquareStrike putting training aid. I'll announce details on it's availability after I complete the drills video that goes along with the product.

Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com

Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,

Tom

• 19 degree = 3 iron
• 22 degree = 4 iron
• 25 degree = 5 to 6 iron
• and there are higher degree hybrids for as deep into your bag as your 7 or 8 irons from some manufacturers.