Practicing at Home

hades

I'm just wondering what are peoples experiences of practicing at home. We've all taken a stab at putting on the carpet or on a putting mat, but how about the other stuff?

I was half thinking of getting a driving net for the back. The driving range is a good 30 minute spin for me, so i'm thinking having a net would result in more practice.

I came across this net and package deal http://www.pro-advanced.com/golf-nets/golf_net_package/

What do you guys do?

djr15

Not sure how these things would help improve your game apart from a swing change. Even pitch and putt would be a better option IMO..

alxmorgan

If you are into numbers then pairing it with something like Swingbyte/Skypro etc would be ideal

Ciaranra

Dont like nets at least at the range you can see the ball flight.
With a net your swing might feel right but not getting the ball flight your looking for

Wombatman

I putt and chip at home. Other than that I swing the club but don't hit anything, like practice swings I guess. Use a mirror. Plenty of drills out the where you don't need to be hitting a ball.

Get a strip of carpet and put a foam camping mat under it to create your home mat.

Montgolfier

We got good heavy curtains, so when the wife's gone I tee up. It really helps keeping your driver swing tidy avoiding the light bulb etc.
Flop shots use the stairs see how many steps you can hit from the bottom. Putting don't putt into a glass or a return putter get something you love a trophy or a nice vase leave it standing up. That way when you putt on the course imagine it sitting over hole. You will get much better at reading greens as you will be engaging your imaginary part of your brain.
By the I wasn't serious about the driver swing but the rest is true.

mister gullible

Get 8x4 short pile patio mat from Lidl or similar. Put on levelfloor. Use permanent marker to draw a straight line to target and parallel stance line. Use square (picture frame, whatever) to draw cross lines at 3ft and 6ft. Align putter exactly on cross lines. Position feet carefully and consistently.
Use regularly to get the feel of perfect putting alignment and build confidence.

GreeBo

mister gullible wrote: »

Get 8x4 short pile patio mat from Lidl or similar. Put on levelfloor. Use permanent marker to draw a straight line to target and parallel stance line. Use square (picture frame, whatever) to draw cross lines at 3ft and 6ft. Align putter exactly on cross lines. Position feet carefully and consistently.
Use regularly to get the feel of perfect putting alignment and build confidence.

I find if Im trying to putt along a straight line I will try to steer and also will look up to see if the ball is online.

I think you are better off having a target and if it hits the target its job done, irrelevant how it gets there.

I cut a small hole in the end of a piece of spare carpet, just bigger than the ball. If its in there then I made it. Dont care how it got there.

Sean_pop

Get yourself some of them plastic balls with the holes in them. They don't go as far as a real ball but give you a great idea how your ball flies in the air.

dan_ep82

I think the one thing that the nets would help with is practising the pro's drills and contact.

If you are practising at home mind the pets, I literally took my dogs eye out after he jumped at the clubhead thinking it was a toy

slave1

I got one of these last year, take it out the odd sunny day, piece of carpet down out the back and smack away with real golf balls, everything from driver to sand wedge no problem

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