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Simply take crotchet needles from the craft store or long screws with eye hooks from the hardware store and tie a string between them (about 15 feet of string works well). Put both ends of the string in the ground with the string taught. Place a golf ball with directly underneath the string. If you use a line, make sure that it is lined up vertically and practice hitting putts using your connection to see that the ball starts on-line. If you have trouble, review the grip fundamentals and the arm releases which support the connected movement of the body.
If you are practicing with a hole, chose a straight put first and simply put one end of the string on the other side of the hole. If you are using a putt with break, be sure to align the string on the line you intend the ball to start on.
Playlists: Putting
Tags: Putt, Drill, Beginner
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Okay, this next drill for starting the ball online is the simple ball and string.
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So basically you're going to take either 8-inch eye hook screws or you can get some crochet
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needles.
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I've seen those, they work well.
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And tie a piece of string around each of them.
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So what you'll do is this will establish a straight line and it will give you a visual
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on top of the golf ball.
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So here I'm practicing without a hole.
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I recommend that a lot.
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But if you wanted to practice with a hole, you would just align the string on where you
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wanted the ball to start.
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So it can actually be a great tool for helping you learn to read greens because you can
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start varying and get used to seeing the ball curve off of this straight starting line.
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So essentially what you would do with this is you would line up the ball underneath the string
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so that the string is right on top of the line.
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Take your normal setup and then practice hitting puts, trying to get the ball to roll
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straight and over and underneath the string.
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Now it helps to have a perfectly straight put when you're practicing this.
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But it's obviously not necessary.
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You can just gauge the first few feet as a mine stayed right under the line and drifted
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as the brakes look over.
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So this is one of my favorite kind of maintenance drills.
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You'll use this periodically just to double check and make sure that you're starting the
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ball on a pretty straight line.
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Give it a try along with the connection and the wrist releases.
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This should help to establish that you'll be able to start the ball online, which means
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all you got to do is read the green and hit it at the right pace.
