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Shawn,
Been a while. I’ve been struggling with Right to Left putts and it’s really killing me in Tournaments. Developed a bit of the Yips with Right to Left putts in that I either Hit it too hard and miss it High or quit on the stroke and miss it Low. Been practicing and of course but decently during practice sessions but when the “tournament lights” are on it’s different story – and once I start missing R to L putts it’s corrosive. I then try and hit the ball to the side of the pin that won’t leave me a R to L putt. I’m going to try Charlie Wi’s “3 Ball Drill” to see if that will help me with “Seeing the ball go in the hole” as you describe in this video. Last year I was Looking at the Hole during R to L putts and that helped for a bit then had a couple of rounds where I Miss-Hit some putts and lost confidence with Looking at the Hole. Just purchased an Odyssey Arm Lock putter to see if that will help and still trying to get used to how it feels. IF you have any Good Drills please send them my way. Thanks from Colorado! — Jim
Hey Jim!
If you do not see the ball roll the last 3-4 feet into the hole at the speed to want it to roll in on IN YOUR MIND JUST BEFORE YOU LET THE WEIGHT OF THE ARMS AND PUTTER ROLL IT INTO THAT PICTURE, then you are dead in the water and no drill will help. After you practice this on the putting green, and realize that after you read the putt, set up, see the ball roll in at the right speed, then it is now OUT OF YOUR CONTROL, YOU HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK AND IT IS UP TO GRAVITY AND MOMENTUM BEING ALLOWED TO MOVE THE ARM-PUTTER UNIT IN THE DIRECTION IT ALREADY IS SET TO GO ON.
Hello Shawn,
I find that the weight distribution between my two feet affects the direction the putter travels in. Does this make sense? And any thoughts on how to approach that?
Hmm, had to think about that one; and the answer is WHY IS YOUR FOCUS THERE??
The machine of the brain-central nervous system works at 12 million bits of info per second, and when your conscious mind goes off and focuses on weight distribution, it sabotages the system;
What you got with what you are saying is a glimpse with one of your putts; Johnny Miller describes that as the swing thought of the day; only good for 24 hours…😝
Stay with the picture of the ball rolling into the hole; feel at address how you are in a good posture with nice balance and if you feel that you want to put more weight on one lag, because you feel you can perform the task better that way, then so be it! 👌👍
Shawn
How long should I keep my head down after I putt. I always want too at the ball…..
Thanks
RT
No worries about that; just staynwith the momentum intonthe picture and confirm that you did that; THEN see
Hello Shawn, how are you?
I am having a hard time not manipulating the putting stroke, I just don’t feel the right line of the stroke, I usually feel it is always different and tend to “correct” it in the middle of the stroke, is there a reason? Maybe the putter is not the right for me as it is too light or something?
Also, my putting stance hurts my lower back, what do you recommend for a more relax putting stance?
Thanks,
Elio
Hi Elio!
Posture; of course, stand where you feel in balance and stacked; which will take pressure off the back; play with the posture until you feel it does not affect your back; as long as you can balance the arms under the shoulders! If the arms cannot swing freely with the elbow in front of the body, then you HAVE TO MANIPULATE THE STROKE!
Also, play with different grips until you feel that the arms and putter get to feel like ONE SOLID UNIT UNDER THE SHOULDER SOCKETS.
Was out yesterday and consistently missed 4 ft putts. After watching this I realized I was manipulating my putting stroke and moving my putter but not my body after setup. Will try again today with these tips in mind.
thanks
dp
Yes! Once you are set up; and you have made the prediction that when you LET MOMENTUM ROLL THE BALL TOWARDS THE HOLE, that it will roll in; then it is OUT OF YOUR CONTROL and you just LET IT ROLL. This is how you get to see if it was you (very rare) or YOUR READ (99%) 😝😂😜