How to Practice 101 | Play Better Golf with Jon Sherman | Part 5

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  • @RockOnDad
    @RockOnDad 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I agree with him. I’m a +1 handicap and have practiced my swing at the range less than 20 times in the last 15 years since I graduated from NAIA division 2 college golf. (Subtracting a few sessions for when I purchase new clubs). I’ve gone multiple years at times without a range session. I only spend time practicing short game from 80 yards and in (80%) and putting (20%). And I’ve gone from a 2.5 to +1.1 in those 15 years. And saved a ton of money on no range balls too.

  • @petegalindez9961
    @petegalindez9961 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    All great advice…One thing I’ve incorporated on my home course as I’ve tried to strategize more is once I know what clubs I intend to hit on each hole, I will try to play a few holes while on the range, especially any of the tough holes I’ve had issues with…I will also play each par 3 on the range, but what I do is hit what I expect to be the last iron from the previous hole first, then hit my tee shot…So, if I usually hit a 9 iron into hole 5 and hole 6 is a 180 yard par 3, I’ll hit my 9 iron, then switch to my 180 yard club and hit that…I’ve found it very helpful.

  • @danarcotta1283
    @danarcotta1283 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    When I go to a course, I generally hit a few sand wedges to get my body warmed up, then I begin to play the golf course hole by hole. I found that I'm not tired after a session and more focused. I'm beginning to move into the 80's and knocking on the door to the high 70's with that occasional screw up, but with less screw ups. Also, practice Chipping from several distances and areas. I also usually putt from 3 feet a lot, adding distance gradually. It's a lot of work , but it pays off

    • @AsadKhan-lm6yr
      @AsadKhan-lm6yr วันที่ผ่านมา

      Excellent choice of preparation. I actually now do short game first as I feel its so much more important

    • @danarcotta1283
      @danarcotta1283 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @AsadKhan-lm6yr actually, I do too, but sometimes when I get there, too many are on the chipping greens

  • @SABjork
    @SABjork หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I agree with his philosophy, Practice like you play and play like you practice. On the range, create a situational setting in your mind. Grab a scorecard and play the club and shot sequences on the scorecard. When you are playing a round, address the shots like you practiced on the range. Playing par 3 courses, don't hit off tees, play them like fairway shots, toss your ball into the rough, on a sidehill lie and work on up and downs. this practice changed my whole approach for the better. Practice became more fun and challenging, rounds seemed way more natural and was more calm and composed.

  • @DylanCuthbert
    @DylanCuthbert วันที่ผ่านมา

    A pro golfer here in Japan once told me in an embarrassed fashion that their internal swing "tempo song" was the opening chords to Eye of the Tiger, try it!

  • @AverageTrackRat
    @AverageTrackRat 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I partially ageee with him here, i had the zombie range sessions for years. 1/10 god shots 5/10 shanks. GREAT for builidng muscle and movement workout but 100 balls 3x a week lead to injury, tendinitis, shoudler impingement hitting 50 bad drives and club faces into driving mats - just plain old doing it wrong. Now i spend the money on instructors and mix in FOCUSED range days, gameify each shot and make it fun. Id recommend. I scored 110 for years and i just broke under 90 finally

  • @rubencontreras8985
    @rubencontreras8985 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I used the range to find/adjust my ball positioning and angle of attack. My ball sticking has improved

  • @AsadKhan-lm6yr
    @AsadKhan-lm6yr วันที่ผ่านมา

    You talk like Padraig Harrington which is great to hear!!

  • @CoasterKrazie
    @CoasterKrazie 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I've learned by playing 18 instead of just hitting range has helped my game tremendously. I still practice but I play more often.

  • @FlankerJackChannel
    @FlankerJackChannel หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    A tip I've got, ironically off of TH-cam, is to use a random number generator on my phone from 20 to 200 and then pick the club for that yardage with the appropriate target on the range.

    • @mikeabel7577
      @mikeabel7577 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You hit 3 yard shots at the range?

    • @FlankerJackChannel
      @FlankerJackChannel หลายเดือนก่อน

      @mikeabel7577 whoopsie I meant 20.

    • @chriswarrack1293
      @chriswarrack1293 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Similar. The last 2/3 of every practice session is alternating a drive and an approach shot. Drive I just rotate through driver 3W 2i. Approach I do random number 125-210 which covers most of my home course.

    • @rickhunter6513
      @rickhunter6513 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeabel7577I do 😔

    • @patinthechat6452
      @patinthechat6452 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s a great idea

  • @jordangourley3955
    @jordangourley3955 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I use the range to dial in my hand eye coordination. My swing is my swing, I don’t worry about it that much. I simply practice trying to hit the center of the club face. Whatever the ball flight is that day I go with it.

  • @DD-pz3kf
    @DD-pz3kf 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you. Good info. Repition is the mother of skill

  • @willuexwilluex6241
    @willuexwilluex6241 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best advice to kill my range anxiety was..." don't use the range to determine distance. Use the range to work on shot shape."
    The 2pc range balls have been hit 1000s of times. Using the distance at the range will grossly throw your numbers off.
    Unless you practice at a country club with practice prov1s

  • @DrPatenaude
    @DrPatenaude หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yep practiced for hours 4-5 times a week never got any better. New feel every session. Helps marginally for a weird shot on course. Now practice hopefully an hour or two a week but have very dedicated target of each session. Big changes way less time

  • @GolFlashTraining
    @GolFlashTraining หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great tips, I will try then along with my Golf fitness routine, thank you for sharing

  • @zazhou
    @zazhou หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The range is the place to work on those aspects of your swing that are hurting you. Meaning the fat shot (bad low point control), the heavy slice, the pull hook, etc. Then one should spend as much time on the short game (forty yards in) at the chipping green as you spend on the full shots at the range.

    • @williamkang1481
      @williamkang1481 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Love this. I spent 2 years trying to fix my swing. Now just gotta get out there and do short game work.
      You a fan of short game chef?

    • @paulrodgers811
      @paulrodgers811 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I like the chef, but fine Dan Grieve's work to be more structured and easier to adopt.

  • @vicpnut1
    @vicpnut1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah i get this in Theory ,for a decent ball striker.. but for me being so streaky im trying to find ANY consistency with certain clubs (im talking to you D /woods/ long irons )…ive always struggled with long clubs ,assumingely im more over the top than i should be …but flattening usually gives me hard left hook ball(guess after 30 yrs i should take a lesson lol)….i do like the find the feel of toe , heel etc with the foot powder cause im never sure where in the face my misses are on….and yeah purposefully making shot shapes no matter how badly i do it does help some 👍🏼👍🏼✌️

  • @toddburdon9246
    @toddburdon9246 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I really dislike when pros come on here and tell people not to scrape and hit at the range. If you are working on technical movements, and fundamentals, you need to hit thousands of balls. We have followed the best of the best and they always say how they spent hours and days and weeks working on drills hitting balls, working on rehearsing movements. He can’t tell us that he didn’t hit thousands of balls mindlessly on the range as a junior to become great. Everyone has to put in the hours. I’m a 0.2 handicap.

  • @ohsballer
    @ohsballer หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    For randomization I just pretend to play my local course I’m very familiar with. No mulligans. So hole 1, if I slice the driver into the hypothetical woods I play my next shot like I’m trying to recover from that.

  • @Dswag650
    @Dswag650 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video and needed to hear this. I’m a 12 handicap and my goal next year is to get to single digits.

  • @mikram2613
    @mikram2613 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The first club to hit is driver at the range, never started a round of golf on a par 3, once you can just hit a stock shot in the fairway the first time, it is a big confidence booster.

    • @Ceasariscoming1776
      @Ceasariscoming1776 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      First? Don’t you mean last? You warm up with smaller, slower swings but finish your warmup on the exact shot you need on the first tee. If you’re able to jump straight out of the car and hit full speed drivers, I really want to know your stretching techniques because there’s no way I’m that limber that fast.

  • @Syrin23
    @Syrin23 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Genuinely good tips

  • @davidjeffrey2515
    @davidjeffrey2515 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I thought start line was due to club path not face angle??? Am I missing something?

  • @arymniak1
    @arymniak1 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Play a 9 hole round, no putting of course, at the range. Drive, approach shot, chip or pitch if needed. 25 to 35 shots max.

  • @Trumph8ter
    @Trumph8ter 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Practic with purpose, the Range is the perfect place to work on improvement ….. But one should never practice bad habits

  • @Dietz18
    @Dietz18 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My problem with the range was alignment. The curve of the tee area always throws off my perception. Even with an alignment stick.

  • @bwmillworkinc.9496
    @bwmillworkinc.9496 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Tour Tempo app isn't just good for swing practice, the putting tones really have helped my putting too.

    • @Ceasariscoming1776
      @Ceasariscoming1776 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1000% this. If you keep the same tempo you’ll automatically adjust the speed for your needed stroke length. It takes half the variation in putting speed control out of the equation.

  • @rogerpollard5464
    @rogerpollard5464 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If I know my home course by heart, is it a good session to play the course mentally and use the club if normally hit on each hole and move to approach shots, etc?

  • @GolftribeacademyIreland
    @GolftribeacademyIreland หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice helpful video Jon👍

  • @arisoreilly7699
    @arisoreilly7699 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tour Tempo?! Wow… I can’t believe you brought that up. I read the book about 20 years + ago. It took my golf game to the next level. 👍

  • @toku_gawa
    @toku_gawa หลายเดือนก่อน

    I developed injuries at the range. The mat was too hard and transferred too much shock into my elbows and wrist

  • @jayafow84
    @jayafow84 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When i go to the range i spend 75% of my time chipping and putting. Then i hit driver then my second shot like an iron then my third shot is a chip or pitch cause 90% of the time I'll miss the green. Rinse and repeat until the bucket is gone. Never waste your time hitting the same club over and over unless you're working on a particular shot.

  • @SteveScheidig
    @SteveScheidig หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Jon:
    “I’m not a big fan of going on TH-cam and looking for 50 different swing tips … they go to the range with a new idea every week of something they’ve heard on TH-cam”
    Moments later:
    “So I wanna introduce some other methods that you probably have not tried that I think will increase your ball striking skills.”
    😂
    Now that has been brought to light, I do agree with what he said previous to this. Get an instructor and stop watching TH-cam golf tips.

  • @SinzuSage
    @SinzuSage หลายเดือนก่อน

    The hardest thing to recreate in practice is the pressure of only having one shot.

  • @JD-ev1uj
    @JD-ev1uj หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Range was never a thing for the public course people. Just the country club elite I guess. And I was able to come very close to scratch. This is what I did. My wife gave me a membership to a local public course. I got up everyday and played 18 before work in the afternoon. I practiced the fundamentals while I played. After about a year I was hitting consistent shots more often. Then I was able to fine tune it. My secret? Stance, ball position, posture, and the takeaway. When I found my takeaway I played very good.

    • @kiddytube3915
      @kiddytube3915 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      The range accelerates the learning process. But once you start hitting consistently, the range is no longer required.
      I use the range to practice hitting targets and switching my clubs out and acting like I’m on the course, aiming for distance and accuracy.

    • @JD-ev1uj
      @JD-ev1uj หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kiddytube3915 Nothing against the range of course. It just wasn't available at many courses. I built a sim in my garage about 2 and half years ago. I'm 67 now. And still hit the ball very well. I started playing well in the early nineties.

    • @shawnmichaud6315
      @shawnmichaud6315 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did something similar. I lived in a real rural place. 9 hole 65-year-old executive course in town $105 for the month all I could play. I could go out around 4pm. And just walk out to a hole where I d be a coule holes behind or in front of a group play 2 balls off the tee no score just making golf shots . Mon. & Tues. I'd play 18 and keep score I got pretty good fast. Went from never playing to a 17 handicap in like 5 months, but more importantly, I learned how to be really relaxed on the course and trust my swing and the grass interaction with the club is so different then mats.

    • @texomajohn2916
      @texomajohn2916 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The range is for warming up, no more

    • @JD-ev1uj
      @JD-ev1uj หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@texomajohn2916 Yeah the ones that have them.

  • @michaelscales5996
    @michaelscales5996 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On the range you have a flat lie with the ball sitting up nicely,and no pressure.On the course,apart from the tee shot,how many flat lies do you get ?
    Practice does not make perfect it makes permanent,so if you have a slice,practicing will leave you with a perfect slice.

  • @MSDOGS1976
    @MSDOGS1976 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So last video I saw here he said don’t watch pro golf. Hurts your game. Now the range hurts your game. Next time he will say just quit the game. 😏

  • @pibadar
    @pibadar หลายเดือนก่อน

    Range has helped me break 80 . Depends on how you practice.

  • @zareh805
    @zareh805 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The range is an evil cursed place.

  • @wills2552
    @wills2552 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every shot has to have intent and you have to give each shot your full attention as you would on the course, but for those of us looking to really improve you have to take regular lessons from a pro otherwise practice makes permanent not perfect.

  • @teressaabbott855
    @teressaabbott855 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a six handicap and never ever go to the range

  • @bronnismofo
    @bronnismofo หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im trying to just practice out my god Damned early extension thats dogging me.

  • @boboman-98
    @boboman-98 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No one should initially learn the golf swing from TH-cam. That said, social media can be a great place to get quick tips to potentially address swing faults. I’ve personally used social media to help lower my handicap over 10 pts by virtue of trial and error. It can work but I wouldn’t recommend that method for someone just starting.

  • @sheelmirji5494
    @sheelmirji5494 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Book name ?

    • @DevinGustinGolf
      @DevinGustinGolf หลายเดือนก่อน

      The four foundations of golf

  • @mesillahills
    @mesillahills หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a life long golfer I have discovered two things about practicing for both the full game and short putting. Timing creeps in and it is your enemy. The good shots are all a result of good timing. But with proper swings this is not the case. In the full swing, staying "connected" (no arms) eliminates timing. For short putting "releasing" (swinging) the club eliminates timing. Both of these are why people cannot bring their practice game to the golf course. Timing NEVER holds up. Most people arrive with a timing game. It stinks. This is why with short putt practice you start out missing everything and after a while you make everything. You have to get that club released to start out making them all.

  • @shrimboi8909
    @shrimboi8909 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I stop going to range after year 4. LOL... It does nothing for u. Better off setting up a net in the backyard and just hit for 20 mins every few days just to keep the muscles warm. The more u go to range the worst u play. Pros have hitting coach standing next to them to make corrections. We don' have that priviledge. Just go play and use the course as the range.

    • @outlander234
      @outlander234 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. I have luxury of little short game area nobody uses there I can practice everything 100yards in... Absolute bliss. And nobody goes there but me. Thats what every pro says. 85% of their practice is short game.

    • @williamhermann6635
      @williamhermann6635 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      More golf is better than less golf.

  • @Vnam72
    @Vnam72 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beware - depending on what you're working on, all this good advice still may not help. I have good practice sessions, intent, target, blocked, mixed etc. But if you can't improve the thing you need to improve (for me distance) then it's pointless.

  • @mikehardwicke23
    @mikehardwicke23 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I play actual golf courses at the range.

  • @JeremiahAlphonsus
    @JeremiahAlphonsus หลายเดือนก่อน

    Strange. Was this filmed in a basement at Treblinka? There are several editing gaffes as well. It’s time to step up your game, TGJ.

  • @ghrohrs2025
    @ghrohrs2025 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is BS info. If the range was detrimental in any way, pros wouldn't do it. But, they use the range as much or more than amateurs. They hit the same wedge 30 times in a row.
    I despise irrelevant bums who try so desperately to gain traction and develop followers with nothing but sensational, unproven, unorthodox theories they pulled out of their backside to appear creative or revolutionary. They're just pushing nonsense that has been rejected as wisdom. What they advertise has been tried and failed. They resurrect it as their own, as if it's new and unique. These are pathetic hacks and do many people a disservice.
    Greatness comes from passion and educated practice. Listen to bums who retread failed technique and knowledge is a recipe for frustration and failure.
    The Internet is full of losers and failures.
    Listen to winners and champions.

  • @jcmoye1
    @jcmoye1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The range is a waste of time, you will never improve your game at the range. Just need to play and have a good time.

    • @kennethwarren6447
      @kennethwarren6447 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mat range is a waste of time. Grass ranges do help

  • @fatsiddog
    @fatsiddog วันที่ผ่านมา

    The range is a tool. You either use it properly or you just fumble about foolishly.

  • @dallasball6624
    @dallasball6624 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That’s why pros never practice. They just tee off and wing it

    • @Spencer-v7b
      @Spencer-v7b หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Couldn’t be further from the truth

    • @swirle13
      @swirle13 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@Spencer-v7bso then you've misunderstood his sarcasm. He's pointing out that pros go to the range and the notion that even average golfers shouldn't use the range is silly

  • @DoubleBogeyBaker
    @DoubleBogeyBaker 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That “you can’t hit 37 irons in a row” statement is false. When you suck with a driver like me, you have no choice but to hit 37 irons within the first 4 holes 😂

  • @Greg-zu4jh
    @Greg-zu4jh หลายเดือนก่อน

    Practicing your bad habits just makes things worse. Unless you truly focus on distance control and specifics of your swing, the range is killing you.

    • @gregoryderwin3152
      @gregoryderwin3152 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The crux of it is knowing what’s creating the bad habits- any insight here?

  • @Golfin.d
    @Golfin.d หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I couldn’t disagree more. I’ve hit 45000 golf balls at the range in 9 months and he said the keyword himself. Intent. 200 shots with intentionality in 2 hours or 60 shots in up to 5 hours so increase that to 400 shots in 4 hours or 120 shots in up to 2 rounds of 11 hours. Bryson Dechambeau does it

    • @andrewjohngibbs
      @andrewjohngibbs หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Not even close to understanding the point your trying to make

    • @Den0317
      @Den0317 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Um.. what?

    • @Golfin.d
      @Golfin.d 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@andrewjohngibbs It’s basically taking analytics to increase getting better in less time and figuring out inconsistency much faster. The amount of shots in 18 holes compared to the amount of shots in that same amount of time.