Here we go with Day 4 installment,
We began today normally with my double checking the KURE for alignment. It did not disappoint. 4 full days and nothing has drifted or changed with the original setup. I did not get a chance to move outdoors as I originally planned so back to the hallway carpet. I have been playing with the KURE making full putts since day one but I have only been measuring how well I aimed the putter. Everyone does measure their practice sessions don’t they? If not just ask the GURU what he thinks about measuring practice and play as well. Well starting today I am going to add taking my stance AND making the stroke to the list of scores I am tracking. So the complete drill will go something like this “Rock in” and aim the putter. Was it good (yellow light on) or bad. Take my stance. Was it good (light still on?) or bad. Make the stroke. Was it good (green light on) or bad. Just for warm-up I started with the aim drill and it seems that I have peaked at about 70% for now. I was 7,6,7 out of 10 today. Now on to the full routine. I went through this routine with 10 balls tonight and stopped there because it identified a couple of additional areas to work on as you will see from my score. I was actually 8 out of 10 on my initial aim but I was 0 out of 10 after taking my stance and I got 5 green lights.
We began today normally with my double checking the KURE for alignment. It did not disappoint. 4 full days and nothing has drifted or changed with the original setup. I did not get a chance to move outdoors as I originally planned so back to the hallway carpet. I have been playing with the KURE making full putts since day one but I have only been measuring how well I aimed the putter. Everyone does measure their practice sessions don’t they? If not just ask the GURU what he thinks about measuring practice and play as well. Well starting today I am going to add taking my stance AND making the stroke to the list of scores I am tracking. So the complete drill will go something like this “Rock in” and aim the putter. Was it good (yellow light on) or bad. Take my stance. Was it good (light still on?) or bad. Make the stroke. Was it good (green light on) or bad. Just for warm-up I started with the aim drill and it seems that I have peaked at about 70% for now. I was 7,6,7 out of 10 today. Now on to the full routine. I went through this routine with 10 balls tonight and stopped there because it identified a couple of additional areas to work on as you will see from my score. I was actually 8 out of 10 on my initial aim but I was 0 out of 10 after taking my stance and I got 5 green lights.
- Aiming the putter correctly is just the beginning. Keeping it on target while you take your stance is just as hard as the initial aim. I was surprised at how far the putter face moved while I was assuming my stance. I would not have realized this had it not been for the KURE. To me this was one of those surprises that lead to an “Ah Ha” moment. It doesn’t matter how well you aim the putter if you cant keep it there while taking your stance.
- Using the forward press. I use a slight forward press when I putt. Have you ever thought about what your putter face is doing while you forward press? Me either. That is until tonight. So I finally aimed the putter correctly, got into my stance while keeping the yellow light on, and when I made my forward press guess what happened,,,,the light went out. What just happened? I thought it might have been a glitch. I tried again, same results. The light went out when I forward pressed the putter. Again I had moved into a position where the club was not in the proper alignment.
- Too Much Information/Feedback? After today’s session with the KURE I went into the “Valley of Despair”. I caught myself thinking these little yellow and green lights are going to drive me crazy. This is too much information. Lets just roll the ball. Then I thought,,,,,Heck Phil, Ernie or Tiger would want to know if they were aiming the putter correctly wouldn’t they. They would also want to know that their putter was still on line after taking their stance wouldn’t they. And yes they would also probably want to know if they were opening up the putter blade on the forward press. So as I climb back up from the valley of despair I will accept the information for what it is and try to use it to improve.
Later ,
Alan
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