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Tom's Featured Tip: 2018 - Formula For Improvement
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
The new year will be here soon, and many of you will make New Year resolutions. Add these to the list to help your game take a step forward.
2018 - Formula For Improvement
- Track Your Stats
It's hard to hit a target if you don't have one, so define what you need to improve on by tracking your stats. Make notes on your scorecard, then keep a file for reference. When I was more competitive, I would keep mine on an Excel spreadsheet. Sure, it's work, but what in life that is worthwhile is accomplished without work?
Here's what you should track:- Fairways hit (F)
- Greens hit in regulaton (GIR)
- Three putts (3P)
- Par 5 Birdies (P5B)
- Up and Down saves (U&D)
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Here are what your headings should be on your spreadsheet (numbers in parenthesis are goals):
Date Course Score Fair (80%) GIR 12 (65%) Putts (29) 3 Putts (1) U&D (60%) Par (12) Birdies (Par 5) Notes
After you've made 30 or 40 entries, you'll see trends that will give you all the information you need to know to figure out where you need to improve. It will be very enlightening.
- Keep Notes
Ben Hogan kept a notebook, so should you. After I finish a lesson, I email notes and drills to my students. I expect the student to keep them on file in their computer or phone, and to use them as a template for improvement. Regardless of whether you take lessons or not, keep notes on your efforts to improve and use them as a guide for improvement. A small written notebook will suffice, so just do it.
- Use Good Self Talk - Ask Yourself Good Questions
If you miss a putt and mumble to yourself "Why Do I stink at putting", you haven't helped yourself much. On the other hand, if you say "Why did I miss that putt to the left (right, short etc.)" you are putting your mind on track to solve the problem.
Stay positive. Make your self talk productive, not destructive.
- Set up a Plan of Action For Improvement
Analyze all of your information and decide to improve your game AND knowledge through books, DVD's, online information, or formal instruction. Then make a practice schedule and stick to it. Don't make it overwhelming, keep it short and simple and there's a good chance that you'll actually stick to it.
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Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,
Tom
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All the best,
Tom Tucker
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