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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.
Dial in Your Putting Speed for Better Control
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to maintain consistent acceleration in your putting stroke
- Practice a simple drill to improve your speed control on various greens
- Learn to pace your putts based on the specific course conditions
In this video, you'll learn a practical drill to improve your speed control on the greens. By focusing on your stroke mechanics without distractions, you'll develop a consistent feel for distance control.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000
All right, so now I'm going to go through a brief demonstration of how we
2
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.760
control or
3
00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:12.600
learn to dial in your speed.
4
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:15.750
So right now I'm doing the first position which is basically each putting
5
00:00:15.750 --> 00:00:16.280
stroke I'm
6
00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:22.160
taking my hands back to the inside of my right thigh from my perspective.
7
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:26.240
Now you'll notice I am not looking up in between these balls.
8
00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.040
The reason being I don't want to see where they go.
9
00:00:28.040 --> 00:00:30.360
I don't want to let my brain adjust.
10
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:35.520
I took my normal grip, I took the stroke and then I just replaced the ball and
11
00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:35.960
did three
12
00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:36.960
of them.
13
00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.560
Bang, bang, bang trying to have the same amount of acceleration.
14
00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.970
If you remember from the other videos or from the manual I talk about finding
15
00:00:43.970 --> 00:00:44.480
gravity
16
00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:49.960
which is finding your unique acceleration rate which is basically using the
17
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:50.720
best form
18
00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:55.840
you can to create acceleration as aggressively as you can.
19
00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.120
So that was my demonstration there.
20
00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:01.850
And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to pace from where I struck those put
21
00:01:01.850 --> 00:01:02.720
ts to
22
00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:06.640
pretty much the average of where they finished.
23
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:12.960
So two, three, four, inside thigh on this green was about a five pace putt.
24
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:15.750
Now at my home course that's a seven pace putt so I know these greens are going
25
00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:15.920
to be
26
00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.120
playing slow.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.040
And now what you'll see is I'm going to do the exact same thing.
28
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.240
I'm going to go back the other direction.
29
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:27.040
Now I intentionally picked a flat putt to test this on.
30
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.200
But because of things like green it is possible that my readings would be a
31
00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:33.280
little off.
32
00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.280
So I always double check and go one direction of the flat putt and then the
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.400
second direction
34
00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:39.800
of the flat putt.
35
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:41.600
And they should be about the same distance.
36
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:44.560
So we got one, two, three, four and a half.
37
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.810
So four and a half, five, I'm pretty comfortable that those are in the same
38
00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:49.720
ballpark.
39
00:01:49.720 --> 00:01:54.040
So that would be how you would calibrate the distance.
40
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.830
Now you want to do that for if you're using body landmarks you're going to use
41
00:01:57.830 --> 00:01:58.280
inside
42
00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.800
thigh, outside thigh, right pocket.
43
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:06.020
If you're using the putter head you're going to go big toe, pinky toe, six
44
00:02:06.020 --> 00:02:07.280
inches outside
45
00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.480
toe, a foot outside toe somewhere in there.
46
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.190
Or if you're not very spatially aware you can put teas on the ground each one
47
00:02:15.190 --> 00:02:15.720
putter
48
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:19.440
head width back and you can go one putter head back, two putter head back,
49
00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:20.160
three putter
50
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:22.360
head back, four, et cetera.
51
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.210
And that'll help you dial in your distance control so that you have a few stock
52
00:02:27.210 --> 00:02:28.320
distances.
53
00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:31.160
Those are going to be the big green lights when you're walking on the course or
54
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:31.440
when
55
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:36.570
you're on a hole and you know, hey, I've got a five pace putt, I know exactly
56
00:02:36.570 --> 00:02:37.160
how hard
57
00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:38.160
to hit it.
58
00:02:38.160 --> 00:02:40.800
All I have to do is get the read right and it will go in.
59
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.440
So that's how you do the pacing of the distance control.
60
00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:49.460
Just make sure you don't look up in between these shots and check both sides to
61
00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:50.160
make sure
62
00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:52.680
that grain and slope are not affecting your distance.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000
All right, so now I'm going to go through a brief demonstration of how we
2
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.760
control or
3
00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:12.600
learn to dial in your speed.
4
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:15.750
So right now I'm doing the first position which is basically each putting
5
00:00:15.750 --> 00:00:16.280
stroke I'm
6
00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:22.160
taking my hands back to the inside of my right thigh from my perspective.
7
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:26.240
Now you'll notice I am not looking up in between these balls.
8
00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.040
The reason being I don't want to see where they go.
9
00:00:28.040 --> 00:00:30.360
I don't want to let my brain adjust.
10
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:35.520
I took my normal grip, I took the stroke and then I just replaced the ball and
11
00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:35.960
did three
12
00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:36.960
of them.
13
00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.560
Bang, bang, bang trying to have the same amount of acceleration.
14
00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.970
If you remember from the other videos or from the manual I talk about finding
15
00:00:43.970 --> 00:00:44.480
gravity
16
00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:49.960
which is finding your unique acceleration rate which is basically using the
17
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:50.720
best form
18
00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:55.840
you can to create acceleration as aggressively as you can.
19
00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.120
So that was my demonstration there.
20
00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:01.850
And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to pace from where I struck those put
21
00:01:01.850 --> 00:01:02.720
ts to
22
00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:06.640
pretty much the average of where they finished.
23
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:12.960
So two, three, four, inside thigh on this green was about a five pace putt.
24
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:15.750
Now at my home course that's a seven pace putt so I know these greens are going
25
00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:15.920
to be
26
00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.120
playing slow.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.040
And now what you'll see is I'm going to do the exact same thing.
28
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.240
I'm going to go back the other direction.
29
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:27.040
Now I intentionally picked a flat putt to test this on.
30
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.200
But because of things like green it is possible that my readings would be a
31
00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:33.280
little off.
32
00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.280
So I always double check and go one direction of the flat putt and then the
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.400
second direction
34
00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:39.800
of the flat putt.
35
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:41.600
And they should be about the same distance.
36
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:44.560
So we got one, two, three, four and a half.
37
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.810
So four and a half, five, I'm pretty comfortable that those are in the same
38
00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:49.720
ballpark.
39
00:01:49.720 --> 00:01:54.040
So that would be how you would calibrate the distance.
40
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.830
Now you want to do that for if you're using body landmarks you're going to use
41
00:01:57.830 --> 00:01:58.280
inside
42
00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.800
thigh, outside thigh, right pocket.
43
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:06.020
If you're using the putter head you're going to go big toe, pinky toe, six
44
00:02:06.020 --> 00:02:07.280
inches outside
45
00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.480
toe, a foot outside toe somewhere in there.
46
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.190
Or if you're not very spatially aware you can put teas on the ground each one
47
00:02:15.190 --> 00:02:15.720
putter
48
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:19.440
head width back and you can go one putter head back, two putter head back,
49
00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:20.160
three putter
50
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:22.360
head back, four, et cetera.
51
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.210
And that'll help you dial in your distance control so that you have a few stock
52
00:02:27.210 --> 00:02:28.320
distances.
53
00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:31.160
Those are going to be the big green lights when you're walking on the course or
54
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:31.440
when
55
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:36.570
you're on a hole and you know, hey, I've got a five pace putt, I know exactly
56
00:02:36.570 --> 00:02:37.160
how hard
57
00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:38.160
to hit it.
58
00:02:38.160 --> 00:02:40.800
All I have to do is get the read right and it will go in.
59
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.440
So that's how you do the pacing of the distance control.
60
00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:49.460
Just make sure you don't look up in between these shots and check both sides to
61
00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:50.160
make sure
62
00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:52.680
that grain and slope are not affecting your distance.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Dial in Your Putting Speed for Better Control
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to maintain consistent acceleration in your putting stroke
- Practice a simple drill to improve your speed control on various greens
- Learn to pace your putts based on the specific course conditions
In this video, you'll learn a practical drill to improve your speed control on the greens. By focusing on your stroke mechanics without distractions, you'll develop a consistent feel for distance control.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000
All right, so now I'm going to go through a brief demonstration of how we
2
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.760
control or
3
00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:12.600
learn to dial in your speed.
4
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:15.750
So right now I'm doing the first position which is basically each putting
5
00:00:15.750 --> 00:00:16.280
stroke I'm
6
00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:22.160
taking my hands back to the inside of my right thigh from my perspective.
7
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:26.240
Now you'll notice I am not looking up in between these balls.
8
00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.040
The reason being I don't want to see where they go.
9
00:00:28.040 --> 00:00:30.360
I don't want to let my brain adjust.
10
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:35.520
I took my normal grip, I took the stroke and then I just replaced the ball and
11
00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:35.960
did three
12
00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:36.960
of them.
13
00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.560
Bang, bang, bang trying to have the same amount of acceleration.
14
00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.970
If you remember from the other videos or from the manual I talk about finding
15
00:00:43.970 --> 00:00:44.480
gravity
16
00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:49.960
which is finding your unique acceleration rate which is basically using the
17
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:50.720
best form
18
00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:55.840
you can to create acceleration as aggressively as you can.
19
00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.120
So that was my demonstration there.
20
00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:01.850
And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to pace from where I struck those put
21
00:01:01.850 --> 00:01:02.720
ts to
22
00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:06.640
pretty much the average of where they finished.
23
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:12.960
So two, three, four, inside thigh on this green was about a five pace putt.
24
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:15.750
Now at my home course that's a seven pace putt so I know these greens are going
25
00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:15.920
to be
26
00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.120
playing slow.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.040
And now what you'll see is I'm going to do the exact same thing.
28
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.240
I'm going to go back the other direction.
29
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:27.040
Now I intentionally picked a flat putt to test this on.
30
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.200
But because of things like green it is possible that my readings would be a
31
00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:33.280
little off.
32
00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.280
So I always double check and go one direction of the flat putt and then the
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.400
second direction
34
00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:39.800
of the flat putt.
35
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:41.600
And they should be about the same distance.
36
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:44.560
So we got one, two, three, four and a half.
37
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.810
So four and a half, five, I'm pretty comfortable that those are in the same
38
00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:49.720
ballpark.
39
00:01:49.720 --> 00:01:54.040
So that would be how you would calibrate the distance.
40
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.830
Now you want to do that for if you're using body landmarks you're going to use
41
00:01:57.830 --> 00:01:58.280
inside
42
00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.800
thigh, outside thigh, right pocket.
43
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:06.020
If you're using the putter head you're going to go big toe, pinky toe, six
44
00:02:06.020 --> 00:02:07.280
inches outside
45
00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.480
toe, a foot outside toe somewhere in there.
46
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.190
Or if you're not very spatially aware you can put teas on the ground each one
47
00:02:15.190 --> 00:02:15.720
putter
48
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:19.440
head width back and you can go one putter head back, two putter head back,
49
00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:20.160
three putter
50
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:22.360
head back, four, et cetera.
51
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.210
And that'll help you dial in your distance control so that you have a few stock
52
00:02:27.210 --> 00:02:28.320
distances.
53
00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:31.160
Those are going to be the big green lights when you're walking on the course or
54
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:31.440
when
55
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:36.570
you're on a hole and you know, hey, I've got a five pace putt, I know exactly
56
00:02:36.570 --> 00:02:37.160
how hard
57
00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:38.160
to hit it.
58
00:02:38.160 --> 00:02:40.800
All I have to do is get the read right and it will go in.
59
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.440
So that's how you do the pacing of the distance control.
60
00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:49.460
Just make sure you don't look up in between these shots and check both sides to
61
00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:50.160
make sure
62
00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:52.680
that grain and slope are not affecting your distance.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000
All right, so now I'm going to go through a brief demonstration of how we
2
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.760
control or
3
00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:12.600
learn to dial in your speed.
4
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:15.750
So right now I'm doing the first position which is basically each putting
5
00:00:15.750 --> 00:00:16.280
stroke I'm
6
00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:22.160
taking my hands back to the inside of my right thigh from my perspective.
7
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:26.240
Now you'll notice I am not looking up in between these balls.
8
00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.040
The reason being I don't want to see where they go.
9
00:00:28.040 --> 00:00:30.360
I don't want to let my brain adjust.
10
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:35.520
I took my normal grip, I took the stroke and then I just replaced the ball and
11
00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:35.960
did three
12
00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:36.960
of them.
13
00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.560
Bang, bang, bang trying to have the same amount of acceleration.
14
00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.970
If you remember from the other videos or from the manual I talk about finding
15
00:00:43.970 --> 00:00:44.480
gravity
16
00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:49.960
which is finding your unique acceleration rate which is basically using the
17
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:50.720
best form
18
00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:55.840
you can to create acceleration as aggressively as you can.
19
00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.120
So that was my demonstration there.
20
00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:01.850
And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to pace from where I struck those put
21
00:01:01.850 --> 00:01:02.720
ts to
22
00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:06.640
pretty much the average of where they finished.
23
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:12.960
So two, three, four, inside thigh on this green was about a five pace putt.
24
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:15.750
Now at my home course that's a seven pace putt so I know these greens are going
25
00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:15.920
to be
26
00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.120
playing slow.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.040
And now what you'll see is I'm going to do the exact same thing.
28
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.240
I'm going to go back the other direction.
29
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:27.040
Now I intentionally picked a flat putt to test this on.
30
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.200
But because of things like green it is possible that my readings would be a
31
00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:33.280
little off.
32
00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.280
So I always double check and go one direction of the flat putt and then the
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.400
second direction
34
00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:39.800
of the flat putt.
35
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:41.600
And they should be about the same distance.
36
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:44.560
So we got one, two, three, four and a half.
37
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.810
So four and a half, five, I'm pretty comfortable that those are in the same
38
00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:49.720
ballpark.
39
00:01:49.720 --> 00:01:54.040
So that would be how you would calibrate the distance.
40
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.830
Now you want to do that for if you're using body landmarks you're going to use
41
00:01:57.830 --> 00:01:58.280
inside
42
00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.800
thigh, outside thigh, right pocket.
43
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:06.020
If you're using the putter head you're going to go big toe, pinky toe, six
44
00:02:06.020 --> 00:02:07.280
inches outside
45
00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.480
toe, a foot outside toe somewhere in there.
46
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.190
Or if you're not very spatially aware you can put teas on the ground each one
47
00:02:15.190 --> 00:02:15.720
putter
48
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:19.440
head width back and you can go one putter head back, two putter head back,
49
00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:20.160
three putter
50
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:22.360
head back, four, et cetera.
51
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.210
And that'll help you dial in your distance control so that you have a few stock
52
00:02:27.210 --> 00:02:28.320
distances.
53
00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:31.160
Those are going to be the big green lights when you're walking on the course or
54
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:31.440
when
55
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:36.570
you're on a hole and you know, hey, I've got a five pace putt, I know exactly
56
00:02:36.570 --> 00:02:37.160
how hard
57
00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:38.160
to hit it.
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All I have to do is get the read right and it will go in.
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So that's how you do the pacing of the distance control.
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Just make sure you don't look up in between these shots and check both sides to
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make sure
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that grain and slope are not affecting your distance.
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