Putting help

Ruder · Post by **Ruder** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:38 pm

Mine hasn't felt this good since the Star City way back. Only other time close was in Herrington.

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:09 pm

There's always the Norby-tizer putt.

TanK · Post by **TanK** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:44 am

Putting threads are my favorite. Allow me to share so of my knowledge. I hope ya'll will find it resourceful.

I consider myself a good putter because I have developed a routine that works for me. I do it everytime, same routine

routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine, routine,...

Find a routine..

It truely doesn't matter what putter you use, just use the same mold,

Remember, It's the Archer, not the arrow.

Dave Feldberg gave me a putting lesson a year and a half ago and I watched myself go from 938 to 992 and climbing. Its not my driving that's for sure.

He pointed out a few issues I had ( ie, balance, holding the disc, etc...) and he corrected it all and told me " Practice, Practice, Practice to improve your luck" In which I did, do, and the results will be blatant.

When you putt, or any shot for that matter, you want to develop a easily, repeatable movement or throw. That where practicing and routine come into play.

Good Putting practice:
You will need 3 putters the same and a mini:

- Take 3 putters and disperse them in differnet areas of your putting green within 25-30 feet of the Unit. DO NOT putt from the same spot consecutively.

Address each lie as if you were in a tournament:

Mark your lie, Take your time, focus and visualize the line your putt will take into the chains and release. After you sink that putt move to the next putter. Putt all three, than disperse again.

Real life putting situations:

I like to put each putt in a REAL situations. For instance, I might walk up there and ask if I'm out or say nice drive to the ghost players. I may ask a person to move from behind the basket or to move back. I will address my lie get ready to putt and step away because of a fake car horn or someone shouting of in the distance. Put yourself in real life situations.

My nieghbors probably think i'm crazy cause I'm talking to noone, but I don't care. I'm out living my dream and not trapped behind my TV.

Now after 30 minutes or however long you can remain focused, I take 10 putters from 25 feet from the same spot and make all 10 or I can't go inside until I do. You can maybe start at 15 or 20 feet.

Now, I absolutely LOVE to putt. Well, I always have, but now more find the bottom of the Unit.

I hope you find this resourceful and appliable...

Now go practice!

TanK

McCabe · Post by **McCabe** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:44 am

TanK has Imaginary Friends.

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:55 pm

Tank now has imaginary friends

I guess I didn't know what I was getting into when I said I would sponsor this guy

Keep up the good work Tank! I'll give it a try and let you know if finding the "inner, imaginary me" will help the putting game! Most people just call you a SKITZO for something like this

TanK · Post by **TanK** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:24 am

The problem is, all my "imaginary friends" throw Gateway.

Thanks for the Sponsorship Rusco, I aim to please....

Leo D. · Post by **Leo D.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:29 am

McCabe wrote:TanK has Imaginary Friends.

Tank, I took your advice and practiced with imaginery friends, it really helped, now I know what to say when things happen. Oh, btw, one of the imaginery players knew you, his name is Tony Dutiel, and he told me to tell you "he misses you"

TanK · Post by **TanK** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:24 am

Glad that helped you out Leo. Keep practicing, It'll eventually come natural.

"If I can only help one person in life, thats more than can be said for the general masses"

What's funny is, EVERYONE knows how to spell Tony's name correctly.

Tell him I miss him too...

Leo D. · Post by **Leo D.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:55 pm

No, whats funny is, I had to search through alot of tourny scores to find his name.

superq · Post by **superq** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:10 pm

Leo D. wrote:

No, whats funny is, I had to search through alot of tourny scores to find his name.

And it would seem to me you could have said "the chess master" and everyone would have known who you meant.

Classic moment:

sitting at BV talking with Laron and Emac and "the chess master" pulls in Sprout lowers his head and says great my partner is here. 20 minutes later when we flipped up he was right.

Leo D. · Post by **Leo D.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:16 pm

superq wrote:And it would seem to me you could have said "the chess master" and everyone would have known who you meant.

Didn't know he played "chess", we not tight like that I guess.

superq · Post by **superq** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:41 pm

I guess you just have to play in his group. I have never played on a card with him where he didnt rant on and on about his chess prowess...

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:30 pm

I took the mighty Tony Dutiel down over the chessboard at Str8's house. One game out of two anyway. A victory for me though, he is very good. Used to be in NE's top 10 players in the state or thereabouts.

ronconversjr · Post by **ronconversjr** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:56 pm

O.K. So Tank talks to himself,try this;find an easy putt ,say 25ft. normally simple if not try 20ft .Now do a visualization exercise, all you have to do to win -----------(insert the important to YOU tournament) is to sink this putt .With a good imagination the putt could even be worth oh,5500$.( My personal favorite is at about 45ft.),See if it makes a difference.If it does continue this exercise until it does`nt

Ruder · Post by **Ruder** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:11 pm

What helped me a lot was not necessarily learning how to make putts, it was more learning how to not MISS putts.

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