I always say to myself "when I'm on the range, I need to mimic real game scenarios. When I'm playing in a round, I want to feel like I'm just out on the range." Then I hear Adam say in this video, "practice as intensely as you play, so you can play as casually as you practice." I love confirmation that I'm already doing something right.
The Ping Anser has been around for decades and is a proven winner. Where do you think Scottie putter got their design? If you can read a green and align the ball you need look no further than your current putter.
I improved my green reading with this little trick. When standing over your putt and deciding on the line and speed, envision the ball popping out of the hole and rolling to where it now rests. What route would it have had to take to wind up where it is at. What speed would it have rolled at to get there. See that line and putt the ball back to where it came from.
You should do this with every shot. Jack Nicklaus in his smash hit book Golf My Way called it going to the movies. It's basically the entire skill of golf.
Putting education is so far behind what the best players know. Not saying this is wrong, but you can do it a different way and be three shots better a round putting. Even DeChambeau will improve once he figures out a better sight picture. There was a lot of attention this year on Olympic shooting and the biggest thing to take from the meme is that knowing how dominant one eye is over the other is the first test before even picking a style of putting. This determines the stance and stroke you use. In shooting you need to make the focal length nearly infinite with a small aperture so you can see the sights and the target in focus. This is why some people wear an eye piece and other people stand open with regular glasses (like the Turkish guy who stands open because of his eye dominance ratio as well as body type). It's absolutely huge, and far too many people teach eyes over the ball, which reduces parallax and makes setup much more challenging, especially on a slope. The first thing I would do before a putting lesson is make sure the student brings a current eye test which checks dominance, and have a current prescription. Just today Trevor May, a former baseball player, on his youtube talks about the movie Major League and how accurate it is that guys in the MLB play poorly because of needing glasses or having a stale prescription.
I always say to myself "when I'm on the range, I need to mimic real game scenarios. When I'm playing in a round, I want to feel like I'm just out on the range." Then I hear Adam say in this video, "practice as intensely as you play, so you can play as casually as you practice." I love confirmation that I'm already doing something right.
Great Vid!
You are an amazing coach.
I would love for my son to get lessons from you! We watch all your videos..
Solid content/presentation. Would you please provide link for that ruler training aid used early in the vid?
Awesome coaching … as always!!!
Very insightful, thanks!!!
Is there a tool to mark the back of the ball like your student has or was it drawn freehand? If no tool what was used to assist in making clean lines?
You should do a giveaway to one of your subscribers to get a free golf lesson
Thats a good idea!
Hey Adam, do you have any issues with a mid handicap playing a Ping Anser with no alignment aids? Or should I take all the help I can get? 🙏 😂
The Ping Anser has been around for decades and is a proven winner. Where do you think Scottie putter got their design? If you can read a green and align the ball you need look no further than your current putter.
What is the formula for side hill putts? Is is the same as downhill putts? Cheers
Downhill apex. Uphill intended break at hole. Simple 👍🏻
That young man is going to succeed in life. Maybe even in golf. Sometimes, you can just tell.
I improved my green reading with this little trick. When standing over your putt and deciding on the line and speed, envision the ball popping out of the hole and rolling to where it now rests. What route would it have had to take to wind up where it is at. What speed would it have rolled at to get there. See that line and putt the ball back to where it came from.
You should do this with every shot. Jack Nicklaus in his smash hit book Golf My Way called it going to the movies. It's basically the entire skill of golf.
Putting education is so far behind what the best players know. Not saying this is wrong, but you can do it a different way and be three shots better a round putting.
Even DeChambeau will improve once he figures out a better sight picture. There was a lot of attention this year on Olympic shooting and the biggest thing to take from the meme is that knowing how dominant one eye is over the other is the first test before even picking a style of putting. This determines the stance and stroke you use.
In shooting you need to make the focal length nearly infinite with a small aperture so you can see the sights and the target in focus. This is why some people wear an eye piece and other people stand open with regular glasses (like the Turkish guy who stands open because of his eye dominance ratio as well as body type). It's absolutely huge, and far too many people teach eyes over the ball, which reduces parallax and makes setup much more challenging, especially on a slope.
The first thing I would do before a putting lesson is make sure the student brings a current eye test which checks dominance, and have a current prescription.
Just today Trevor May, a former baseball player, on his youtube talks about the movie Major League and how accurate it is that guys in the MLB play poorly because of needing glasses or having a stale prescription.