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In this content video, I'm going to discuss the high level of structuring a

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practice session.

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So I often like to work backwards from the end goal, and the end goal of

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training your

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golf game is to score as well as you can.

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For most good players, that's going to be trying to make as many birdies as I

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can, followed

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by trying to avoid as many bogeys as I can.

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So there are two different paths.

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How do I make a birdie?

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How do I avoid making a bogey?

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How do I save my score?

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So if I'm working on making more birdies, then I need to work on hitting the

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driver far

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and in play so that I can have short irons, then I need to work on capitalizing

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on my short

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irons, and then I need to work on my medium range putts, matching line and

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speed on putts

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from 10 to 30 feet somewhere in there.

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And I need to be able to do that in succession.

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I need to be able to hit a good drive, hit a good iron shot, hit a good putt.

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That's one of my favorite ways to practice, somewhere to like a four club

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challenge is

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I'm going to try to hit a driver, and then I'm going to try to hit a good short

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iron based

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on that.

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I'm going to go give myself a putt and try to make that one putt.

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I want to practice being able to convert these birdies as frequently as I can.

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Now if I struggle with that, then I need to look at, am I struggling at it

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because of

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just my technique, or is it because of my skill set, or because I have a hard

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time handling

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the pressure and working on performance.

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So on this whiteboard, I kind of have a few different components outlined.

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So I frequently talk, when you play golf, there are four big skills.

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You've got your driver, your irons or hybrids, like when the ball is sitting on

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the ground.

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You've got your wedge play, which is finesse distance wedge bunker.

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And then you've got your putting.

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So these are the big broad categories.

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When you're working on each of those categories, you can either work on

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mechanics, which is

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the geometry, the sequencing, like your technique.

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You can work on skills, which is how do I adjust my mechanics that either shape

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the

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ball one way or the other, handle it on different lies, handle it working

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different distances

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or trajectories.

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So working on my ability to refine the mechanics.

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And then performance is skills plus pressure, or skills plus consequences.

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So having some type of scoring.

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So for example, if I played that game of driver, iron, putt, can I get three

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birdies in a row?

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How many, if I give myself 15 minutes, can I get three birdies in a row where I

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hit a

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good drive, a good iron shot, followed by a good putt in sequence?

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But if I'm struggling with that, and I'm not getting any of them, then I

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probably need

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to look at either of my mechanics or skills.

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But the goal is to train as much performance as I can.

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And part of the reason I give it more as these broad categories is some people,

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they ask

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me for more of a practice plan.

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They say, you know, how many balls should I work on mechanics?

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How many balls should I work on skills?

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And ultimately I say it's more of these levels of progression rather than

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individual balls.

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It's not like a workout where if you do, you know, 20 reps, you're going to

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cross a threshold

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and you're going to get the muscle to grow.

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This is more, do you feel, are you able to perform?

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And if not, is that just because of your process?

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Or is that because of the actual mechanics are just unreliable in terms of the

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amount

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of consistency you want?

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So practicing birdies, driver, second shot putting, practicing avoiding bogeys

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is typically

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working on your recovery shots with your irons, your distance wedges, your

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finesse wedges,

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your bunker.

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So all of your wedge play, I say having good wedge play is like having a good

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defense.

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You're always in it.

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You can always give yourself a good chance at saving par.

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And then working on putting, especially working on the 10 feet and in.

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So that can be ways to avoid bogeys.

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The last category here is I frequently talk about there's three ways to improve

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your score.

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You can either improve your technique.

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So you improve your shot possibilities and your level of consistency.

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You could improve your strategy.

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So you give yourself more margin of error.

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So you don't have to execute a perfect shot in order to score well.

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Or you can improve your process.

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So you can improve your decision making, how you walk up in the ball, getting

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into the

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right state of mind, pre shot routine execution, and then post shot routine to

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help you reinforce

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it.

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So if you're struggling with designing a practice plan, start with a game, see

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if you can pass

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the game, if you can't, then we want to take a step back and look at is it just

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the mechanics

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or do we need to practice more skills?

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Ultimately, this will give you kind of a hierarchy as far as how to structure

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your practice

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plan and the ultimate goal of your practice.

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