Practice drills
Common Mistakes in Practice Drills
The habits that make practice drills feel productive while leaving your scores unchanged.
Busy is not the same as useful
Many golfers practice enough to improve but organize it poorly. They hit the same club to the same target, rake another ball over after a miss, and leave with no record of what happened. That feels like work, but it rarely changes the scorecard.
Drill sessions usually go wrong here:
- Changing three swing thoughts in one session.
- Practicing only from perfect lies.
- Quitting a drill as soon as it gets uncomfortable.
- Measuring success by the best shot instead of the pattern.
Make every miss useful
When a ball finishes offline or short, pause. Was it contact, aim, speed, read, or commitment? One honest answer is worth more than five rushed swings.
Keep the promise small
A strong session often improves one narrow thing. That is plenty for one focused block. Stack enough small wins and the course starts to feel less random.