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Tom's Featured Tip: Why/How To Practice Putting One Handed PLUS: Motivational Quotes
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
Every now and then you'll see some tour pro's practicing their putting stroke one handed on the practice green. If you feel like your tempo is getting a little raggedy, this type of practice will probably help you.
Here's WHY you should try this type of practice.
- It helps you create and feel a natural pendulum motion and great rhythm in your stroke.
- Choose an arm.
- Start with short putts in the 3' to 5' range , then practice longer strokes, then finish with the short putts again. Two thirds of your one arm practice should be kept at the short putt range. 5 minutes short swings, 5 minutes longer swings, 5 minutes short swings.
- Concentrate on feeling the heft of the putter . You will be amazed at how much you can feel the weight of the putter head as it swings back and forth when you do it one handed. It really builds more feel into your stroke. Keep your grip pressure light and let the putter hang down from your arm naturally.
- Accelerate through the ball . This is challenging with only one hand on the putter, but therein lies the benefit. Try to feel your pendulum motion accelerating through the ball on your downswing.
Your putting method - which dictates whether you allow momentum to release the clubface (square the face) at impact or not - matters for how you practice this drill.
If your putting stroke is straight back - straight through with the putterface held square to the path all the way, practice one handed putts with your left arm and a flat left wrist.
If you take your putting stroke back in a slight arcing motion, the face should release slightly as you bring the putter back to square at impact. Practice one handed putting with your right arm.
You'll be amazed at the improvement in your tempo, and also how you'll actually feel each putt. Both of those factors will also boost your confidence, all of which add up to becoming a better putter.
Try it, I guarantee that you'll like it.
Motivational Quotes
Here are some motivational quotes to help motivate all of you that are in the hunker down mode due to the weather. Get up and get at it - enjoy!
Find Inner Strength
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
Hippocrates
It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
Socrates
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi
There Are No Limits
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus; and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Bruce Lee
Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. It’s the ache in your legs and the voice inside that yells can’t, but don’t listen. You just push harder and then you hear the voice whisper can and you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the person you really are.
Unknown
I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.
Art Williams
Never Give Up
Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up.
George Sheehan
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
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Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,
Tom
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