End Zone Training

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So this speed control game is end zone training.

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So what you'll see down there is I have an end zone or I have about a two foot

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target.

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So my goal is to strike putts from I've got this at 10 paces and I've got that

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at 15 paces.

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You can mix up the numbers and you can mix up the scoring but usually what I'll

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do is

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you get a point if you get it in the zone and you lose a point if you are out

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of the zone.

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So your goal, we've got two, four, six golf balls here, I would say from 30

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feet to get

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it inside two feet, my goal would be to finish, let's say at least plus one,

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maybe plus two.

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If I'm going back to 45 feet, I might say my goal is to finish at even because

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two feet

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from 45 feet is a pretty tough target.

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But I like to make it harder in practice than it will be on the course.

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If I can get all my 45 footers inside a two foot zone, then I'm doing great.

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If you have multiple distances that you're using, that can be really helpful

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for calibrating

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the length of the swing.

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So you can combo this with a 30 foot, 40 foot, 50 foot or 30, 35, 40 depending

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on how precise

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you want to get.

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So overall, I usually do this without a hole but you can put this around a hole

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If you're going to do that, I would air on from a longer put, let's say six

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inches short

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to a foot and a half past or something like that.

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The other thing is I would usually use the same end zone from two different

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sides.

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So if I do this uphill downhill, that's a little bit harder than if I'm doing

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left to

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right break versus right to left break.

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But sometimes you will find that you have harder time with speed control on

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left to

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right versus right to left.

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This is one game that can help identify it.

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So I'm going to use my practice swings to kind of calibrate what's my 10 pace

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stroke

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which is about 15 inches or close to outer thigh.

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So let's see how we can do on our first go.

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Oh, they're a little quick today.

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So I'm already one down or minus one.

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So now let's see if we can go just a little bit softer.

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So that gets us one in the zone back to all square.

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So now we're going to try to recreate that and I'm using, oh, that's got to go.

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Got to go.

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I'm using some T clause so I have strings on the ground but you can just put T

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's or clubs

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on the ground that you would have to get it kind of in between creating a gate.

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I'm going to do it where you had to do, you had to roll it over a club or an

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alignment

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stick.

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Strings are great for rolling over and not having it disrupt speed.

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Oh, got lucky off that golf ball.

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So now I'm back to all square.

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I'm going to win this round, have to make this putt.

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Pulled it a little bit and that's going to be too long.

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So we've lost the first set if we're playing kind of keeping the tennis or the

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cricket analogy.

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That was going to be pretty good if it didn't hit that other wall.

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So I finished it even from 30 feet.

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That's not terrible on a two foot zone.

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One rough guide is about 10%.

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So if you're hitting a 60 footer, you could make the zone 6 feet.

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Another guide would be 7%.

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That would be kind of on the really tough upper end.

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So if you're 60 feet, you'd be at about four feet.

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So from 30 feet, and I'm getting it inside two feet, that's well within

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tolerance, I'd

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be pretty happy finishing positive here.

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So this is a great game, very distance, work on stroke length, committing to

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the stroke

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length and tempo to roll at a specific distance and get used to hitting to a

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finishing spot,

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just falling in love with a line and not thinking too much about speed.