Effective Practice
Many people at the driving range simply reach for their driver and see if they can belt it over the fence. The only good this will do is to speed up your swing and add some tension to your game. I’d like to suggest a way of practising that I know will improve your golf score.
It is called shot linkage and is a technique that links your playing to your practice.
Imagine a Golf Course
What you do is imagine particular holes on your course and hit the clubs that you would use on the course when you are on the practice range. So, if you would normally hit a driver off the first tee and then a 5 iron to the green, this is what you would do on the range.
You would employ whatever pre-shot routine you usually use before each shot. So you end up using a different club for each shot rather than sticking with one.
Backed by Research
A sports psychologist I met used two groups of golfers over a year in his study, one group using one club to practise and the other using the technique I have described above.
The golfers that used one club did not improve. However, the group that used shot linkage had a vast improvement in their scores. This is a very good way to improve your game without having to think of anything technical.
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