So the range near my house here in Minnesota just opened today and I had one of my best practice sessions ever. Not because I hit it great, but because I was engaged on every shot! Here’s what I did,
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Reference Crossfield video below, I did the 2nd drill (weight shift fall back, weight shift step through, and in normal) with lw, 7i, 3w, and D. And I observed the contact and ball flight with each weight shift feel.
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Reference Crossfield video, I did the 3rd drill with random clubs throughout my bag. 1st, a full wrist bow swing to try and hook the crap out of it. 2nd, a full wrist cup swing to hit the biggest, highest cut I could. 3rd, a neutral feel to observe the ball flight.
Doing these drills are tons of fun because it really highlights the feel vs. real. I hit a bunch of sweet shots with the different wrist positions and it gives me a great idea of how to calibrate of I’m seeing a particular shape or need a 3W to fly high and soft into a green.
Lastly, I practiced some chipping. Not your typical way though. In the photo, you can see I have a station pointed at the alignment rod. I set up square for all shots but manipulated the face and selwing to go through the sequence of hitting a chip right, left, over top of the stick then low right, low left, and low hit the stick. I could really feel my chipping control developing as I experimented with achieving the task vs. focusing on the technique. To finish off chipping, I set a ball on a tee about 5 paces away and practiced hitting chip shots to knock the ball off the tee. Really helped dial in my landing area.
Give it a shot and good luck!
