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This speed control game is 30 40 50. So 30 40 50 is one of my favorite speed

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control

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games. It creates a little bit of random practice for controlling speed. I've

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got a target

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down there. You can use a hole. I have an end zone set up that's about a three

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foot target.

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So if you're using a hole, I'll usually say you get a point if you get it

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inside of the

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club length. When you get to the 50 foot or sometimes I'll do this 30 40 50.

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Sometimes

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I'll do it 40 50 60. But I find that if you can two putt consistently from 40

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feet 50

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feet up to 60 feet, it makes two putting inside of 30 feet more of a breeze. So

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the only rule

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here is you're not allowed to hit the same putt twice and you have to take a

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practice

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stroke to commit to the length of backswing you're going to take. So your goal

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is to keep

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your tempo the same and focus on the length of backswing to get the ball to

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finish in

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the end zone. If you're like most golfers, then from each stage, it's probably

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going

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to be about two or three inches of additional backswing length in order to hit

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it. At least

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that's my kind of teaching experience. The other real quick setup thing you'll

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notice

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that I have these balls not directly in line with the target, but on a little

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bit of an

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angle that way I don't have to hit around the golf balls. I can aim at the

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target on all

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of them. So again, I'll usually do this in multiples of three. So right now I

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have six

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golf balls, but many times I'll do this with 15 golf balls or nine golf balls.

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If I do

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it with 15 golf balls, I'll vary how I go through. So the first time we'll do

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30 40 50.

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But then we might do 40 50 30 or something like that. So we'll jump around a

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little bit

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more. Okay, so the first putt should be pretty close to one of my stock putt.

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So for 30 feet,

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I'm going to rehearse my backswing. That's going to be how long I'm going to

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take. And

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then if I keep my good tempo, hopefully that all that looks a little fast, they

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might

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be quick today. Oh, just a little strong. So now I'm trying to factor that in.

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Normally

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I would do about a three inch longer backswing, but instead I'm probably going

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to try for

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about two. Hold that a little bit, but this is not a direction game as long as

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that finishes

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in the zone. I'll count it good. Now, if you are using a hole, then it does, it

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, it forces

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you to be a little bit more. You have to factor in direction, but I'm just

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using an end zone.

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So now I'm going to try to do about two inches bigger backswing compared to

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that last stroke.

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That's going to come up short. So now we'll go back to the middle putt. So here

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we've

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got the 40 footer. I think that was pretty good. So that's if I'm keeping score

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of one

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point in and one point out, now I'm at even anytime I can finish this one up in

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the positive

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zone. I'm not happy, but with this one, if I can get these last two points and

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finish

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plus two, I would be pretty happy. Depends how many golf balls and how much

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slope I've

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picked. Got a chance to stop, stop, stop. Oh, just squeak by. Now I've got the

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long one

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just to break even. Looks like we got to do a little speed control practice

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today after

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work. Now, while I was taking that stroke, I realized

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that I didn't take a practice stroke. I was trying to speed it up for the

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camera, but

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remember, part of this game is committing to a length of stroke every single

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time you

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take it. That will help you with your speed control. By working on your speed

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control,

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you'll help minimize your three putts while you improve your ball striking and

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starting

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the ball closer. That's going to have a big impact on your ability to lower

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your scores

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by avoiding some of those stupid bogeys when you hit the green and then three

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putts.