[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":18},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-green-reading-how-to-practice-green-reading-under-pressure":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"how-to-practice-green-reading-under-pressure","How to Practice Green Reading Under Pressure","How to make green reading hold up when there’s water right, a card in your pocket, or a match on the line.","\u002Fimg\u002Fgreen-reading\u002Fhow-to-practice-green-reading-under-pressure_practice-green-reading.png","How to Practice Green Reading Under Pressure illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"green-reading","Green reading","\u003Ch3>Practice with consequences\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Pressure practice for green reading should feel a little uncomfortable. Place a gate or a coin at the target end, choose a line, and putt to it with a real consequence for missing. Every made putt under that pressure teaches more than ten casual makes in a relaxed putting contest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Try this mini-test:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>Choose five putts of different lengths and directions on the practice green.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Read each fully before stepping in, using the fall-line process.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Score one point for the correct line and one for the right speed on each putt.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Repeat the sequence until you score at least seven out of ten over two consecutive sets.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Ch3>Why it works\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Read practice with stakes trains the commitment sequence: read, decide, accept, stroke — without the hesitation that lives between deciding and doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",136,{"slug":15,"title":16},"beginner-vs-advanced-approaches-to-green-reading","Beginner vs Advanced Approaches to Green Reading",null,1782812355084]