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Adjust Your Distances with the Coin Flip Ladder Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Use a coin to create random distance challenges for each club.
  • Practice making precise yardage adjustments for better distance control.
  • Develop consistency in partial shots by varying swing length and tempo.

Learn how to use the Coin Flip Ladder drill to adjust your shot distances and improve your control with every club in your bag. This fun practice method will help you dial in yardages and enhance your distance management skills.

Video Transcript
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This game is coin flip ladder, so we're going to use the coin to apply a little

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bit of

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randomness to our practice.

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We're going to use the coin to adjust distances, so here I've got my 7 iron,

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let's say that

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my stock 7 iron goes about 165.

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Now I'm going to use the coin to adjust how far I'm going to hit the next one,

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or how

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far I'm going to try.

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So let's say because 165 is my kind of full, I'm going to dial it back to 155

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as kind of

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the midpoint for this game.

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I'm going to flip a coin, if it ends up heads, I'm going to add yardage, if it

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ends up tails

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I'm going to subtract yardage, and I'm just going to repeat this 5 to 10 times

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for each

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club.

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Now the more experience the golfer you are, the more advanced golfer you are,

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the smaller

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you want to make the yardages.

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So if let's say I'm starting at 155, maybe a heads is only going to be worth 2

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yards.

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So I've got to get really good at making small adjustments by either choking up

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a little,

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dialing in my tempo, dialing in the distance of my swing, any of the above.

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If I'm more of a novice golfer, that's going to be a little bit too challenging

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.

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So I want to make larger gaps like 5 or even 10 yard gaps, where if I get heads

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I add 10,

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if I get heads again I add 10 until I get to the point where I'm not going to

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be able

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to hit it that far, so hopefully I get a tails, otherwise I'm just going to

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stand there swinging

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as hard as I can.

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So this is a great way to add some partial shots, this is a great way to work

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on dialing

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in your distance and making small adjustments to your stock's full swing to

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control distance

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with each club through your bag.
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Adjust Your Distances with the Coin Flip Ladder Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Use a coin to create random distance challenges for each club.
  • Practice making precise yardage adjustments for better distance control.
  • Develop consistency in partial shots by varying swing length and tempo.

Learn how to use the Coin Flip Ladder drill to adjust your shot distances and improve your control with every club in your bag. This fun practice method will help you dial in yardages and enhance your distance management skills.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120
This game is coin flip ladder, so we're going to use the coin to apply a little

2
00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:05.340
bit of

3
00:00:05.340 --> 00:00:07.540
randomness to our practice.

4
00:00:07.540 --> 00:00:10.820
We're going to use the coin to adjust distances, so here I've got my 7 iron,

5
00:00:10.820 --> 00:00:11.560
let's say that

6
00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:14.360
my stock 7 iron goes about 165.

7
00:00:14.360 --> 00:00:17.860
Now I'm going to use the coin to adjust how far I'm going to hit the next one,

8
00:00:17.860 --> 00:00:18.240
or how

9
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:19.560
far I'm going to try.

10
00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:26.990
So let's say because 165 is my kind of full, I'm going to dial it back to 155

11
00:00:26.990 --> 00:00:27.800
as kind of

12
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:29.680
the midpoint for this game.

13
00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:34.290
I'm going to flip a coin, if it ends up heads, I'm going to add yardage, if it

14
00:00:34.290 --> 00:00:35.280
ends up tails

15
00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:39.280
I'm going to subtract yardage, and I'm just going to repeat this 5 to 10 times

16
00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:39.840
for each

17
00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:41.000
club.

18
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:45.390
Now the more experience the golfer you are, the more advanced golfer you are,

19
00:00:45.390 --> 00:00:46.080
the smaller

20
00:00:46.080 --> 00:00:47.680
you want to make the yardages.

21
00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:53.370
So if let's say I'm starting at 155, maybe a heads is only going to be worth 2

22
00:00:53.370 --> 00:00:54.160
yards.

23
00:00:54.160 --> 00:00:57.800
So I've got to get really good at making small adjustments by either choking up

24
00:00:57.800 --> 00:00:58.680
a little,

25
00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:02.960
dialing in my tempo, dialing in the distance of my swing, any of the above.

26
00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:06.520
If I'm more of a novice golfer, that's going to be a little bit too challenging

27
00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:06.800
.

28
00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:11.930
So I want to make larger gaps like 5 or even 10 yard gaps, where if I get heads

29
00:01:11.930 --> 00:01:12.760
I add 10,

30
00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:16.760
if I get heads again I add 10 until I get to the point where I'm not going to

31
00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:17.240
be able

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00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:21.040
to hit it that far, so hopefully I get a tails, otherwise I'm just going to

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00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:21.840
stand there swinging

34
00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.520
as hard as I can.

35
00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:28.000
So this is a great way to add some partial shots, this is a great way to work

36
00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:28.760
on dialing

37
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:34.100
in your distance and making small adjustments to your stock's full swing to

38
00:01:34.100 --> 00:01:35.440
control distance

39
00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:36.400
with each club through your bag.
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