Flash Cards

I met a guy on a driving range while vacationing in Hawaii who was using flash cards to practice with. I thought he was a bit out there with his practice routine until we spoke about what he was doing. The cards were color coded, and after he had warmed up, he would pick a card and hit the shots as the card directed. Each card discribed a series of shots using different clubs. This meant he was not hitting the same club more than once in a row, just as we all do while playing on the course. The next day we played together (he was on vacation also) and he shot a 73, which made me think about his practice routine. When I returned home, I made up my own set, and I have been able to shoot better scores since going to this routine. Makes practice a bit more interesting also. GJS

Golfjunkie,

A very interesting post and thanks for sharing it.

It is true that at the range you can become engrained with one club, however sometimes you need to hit the same club over and over when making a swing change, on the wall at a driving range in South Africa is a 7 iron with the face worn off, it belongs to Nick Price when he changed his swing over several months.

You new found friend is obviously a good player and practices the one chance technic, on the course you have one chance to hit your target, so does your card trick at the range, a very good idea and practice method.


Ian.

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its a real good idea after your warmed up, it will make you concentrate on good ball contact and not just start banging balls around.ive kinda done the same thing at the range,i would hit a drive and depending on results my next shot would be a mid to long iron or a wedge shot that always misses green so i have to chip or flop one. if i miss hitt any one of the shots bad id work on that club for about ten balls then do the whole sequence over. agood practis routine can do nothing but help.