Golf Practice Vocabulary

BLOCK PRACTICE: The repetition of hitting the same club at the same target. What most people do.
RANDOM PRACTICE: What people should do. Selecting a different club or target on a regular basis.
VARIABLE PRACTICE: Hitting different shots/clubs to the same target. Working on “different solutions” to get the ball from point A to point B.
GUIDANCE DEVICES: Any device which may be used during practice to assist with learning. e. alignment sticks. Be careful to not become too dependent, they will not be there when you play.
AIM SMALL, MISS SMALL: When practicing and playing narrow your focus to a very small target. Your body will respond to the small target.
GOLDDILOCKS EFFECT: Your ability to learn how to judge your swing based on, “Not too hard, Not to soft, but Just right”.
LEARNING VELOCITY: The speed at which a person learns how to do something.
CHALLENGE POINTS: Making a lie more difficult, when you practice. Side hill, uphill, downhill, into the wind etc…
PRACTICE CALCULATOR SCORECARD (PCS): The single sheet form I hand out to all of clients which shows commitment to getting better. Practice is “the final frontier” to improvement.
RETENTION TESTING: Arranging test(s) which you can measure your success. Goal is to achieve 70% success rate. Once achieved make the test more difficult. I.e. what percent of 4’ putts do you make.
PRACTICE UNDER PRESSURE: Creating situations when you practice that put a player under pressure. “I have to make 6 4’ putts in a row before I leave the practice green”.
TRANSFERABILITY: Your ability or inability to transfer your successful practice to the course.
UNREALISTIC ENVIRONMENT: Constantly hitting balls from a perfect lie or from a mat. This is not how we play golf.
MUSCLE MEMORY: DOES NOT EXIST! Your muscles do not have memory. You train your brain to “FIRE” your muscles in the proper sequence.
SCHOLLS FOOT POWDER: Spray on clubface and let dry. Hit several shot and see where you are hitting the ball. Centerness of contact is the goal.
REPETITION TRAINING: The complete process. Repetition is the mother of skill as long as you repeat the entire process.
BANDWIDTH: Maximum misses right, left, long, short of target. The higher the skill level the smaller the diameter. Use as a benchmark to show improvement.
LAYERING: No club and no ball. 2. With club and no ball. 3. With club and ball.