Common Golf Practice Mistakes
Neil Tappin and PGA Pro Alex Elliott talk through the biggest mistakes golfers make when practising their games.
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00:00 (electronic music)
00:02 Hello everyone, Neil Tappan here from Golf Monthly
00:05 and welcome to West Hill and this video
00:08 in which we're looking at the seven
00:09 biggest practice mistakes.
00:11 We're gonna take a look at everything
00:12 from building fundamentals, how you practice under pressure,
00:15 what you do with the final ball of a session,
00:18 look at those mistakes that people regularly make
00:21 and how to avoid them.
00:23 In this video, we are joined by Alex Elliott.
00:25 He's a PGA professional.
00:26 He's gonna provide all the advice you need
00:28 to make sure your valuable time spent on the range
00:30 is spent in the best way possible.
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00:40 But let's head over, meet Alex
00:42 and find out what the seven biggest practice mistakes are.
00:45 (electronic music)
00:47 Okay, so the first one on our list
00:57 relates to the way in which you kind of assess
01:00 how you're practising.
01:01 In particular, Alex, it's about
01:03 where to video your swing from.
01:06 It's one of the points that you came up with.
01:07 Where should you be videoing from
01:09 and where shouldn't you be videoing from?
01:10 - For me, there's, for example,
01:12 if you get an online lesson, it's really important
01:14 that you get the camera angles from the right place.
01:17 For one, coach is probably gonna want it
01:18 from down the line and from face on.
01:20 And even if this is you just videoing your swing
01:23 to do some self-analysis, it's really important
01:25 because getting it from a different perspective
01:27 will make your swing look slightly different.
01:29 So my go-to angles are at 90 degrees, face on.
01:34 - And what do you see from that angle?
01:35 What are the things that people
01:35 should be looking out from that angle?
01:36 - I guess from that angle, the kind of general things
01:38 would be swaying, which is a lot of people
01:40 would be looking at in their swings.
01:42 So swaying off, sliding through, width in the backswing,
01:45 club face through impact, hands ahead of the ball.
01:48 - But if you're slightly off the angle,
01:49 it might look as if your ball position's too far back,
01:51 like you're way ahead of the ball through impact
01:54 when actually you're not, whatever it might be.
01:56 So actually you need to keep an eye on those things.
01:58 - Definitely, and then you could actually start
02:00 critiquing things in your own game
02:01 that don't need critiquing,
02:03 and then you can go off the boil,
02:04 actually think, well, why is it going off the boil?
02:06 And you could actually think,
02:08 because you've got the camera in the wrong angle,
02:10 this is one of the reasons why
02:12 you're going off the boil a little bit.
02:13 - Which you don't need any more help in playing bad golf.
02:16 I certainly don't.
02:16 And then what about down the line?
02:18 - Down the line, for me, this is where everybody
02:20 wants to get the videos from.
02:22 We all look at it from the classic over-the-top move,
02:24 how am I into it, how am I shallowing the club?
02:26 For me, really nice and simple.
02:28 You can get a tripod, very inexpensive,
02:30 get it off most online retail stores,
02:32 and a holder for your iPad, a holder for your camera phone.
02:35 - Okay, so here's sometimes,
02:38 I have been known to do this in the past,
02:41 going to the driving range,
02:42 putting my phone down on the floor,
02:45 sort of propped up against the wall,
02:47 filming myself from ground level, but that's not good.
02:50 - No, just again, from the same point of view,
02:53 from looking at it from face on,
02:54 it's gonna look like a slightly different move.
02:56 If you took it down at ground level,
02:59 I kind of guess you're looking at more
03:00 of what the club's doing at impact,
03:02 'cause you're gonna see a lot more
03:03 of what's happening at ground level.
03:05 - Whereas you're not gonna see necessarily as well
03:06 what's happening at the top of the swing.
03:07 - Exactly, and from that perspective, being down there,
03:10 it could look like the club's coming slightly over the top,
03:12 if you had it a little bit to the right,
03:13 a little bit to the left.
03:15 It's gonna look like two different swings,
03:17 even though it could be the same swing.
03:18 - So where exactly should it be, then, Alex?
03:20 - Really nice and simple.
03:22 A lot of time in a bay, you've kind of got right angles,
03:24 if you're on a driving range.
03:26 I like to have it at hand level,
03:28 so hand level left to right, and hand level up and down,
03:31 'cause that's gonna give you a good perspective
03:33 of what the overall swing is doing.
03:35 - Okay, fine.
03:35 - And if you get a tripod, one, it's steady,
03:37 two, you can get the same height every single time,
03:40 and again, going back to constants, repetitiveness,
03:43 this is all we're searching for in our golf swing,
03:45 so why not do it when we're actually
03:46 analysing our swing as well?
03:48 - Okay, fine, fine, okay, I'll--
03:50 - Right, I've got you on camera here.
03:52 - No pressure.
03:52 - Yeah.
03:53 (laughs)
03:54 I remember where I'm aiming.
03:55 (upbeat music)
04:05 Okay, number six on our list relates
04:08 to not warming up properly.
04:10 Alex, I know this, for everyone watching this,
04:12 it's not the most exciting topic, is it, warming up?
04:14 - No, definitely not.
04:15 - But it is important, isn't it?
04:16 And we're not gonna talk about exactly how to warm up,
04:18 because we've produced video content on that in the past,
04:21 you should be able to find that on the YouTube channel,
04:22 but Alex, talk about what the mistakes are that people make,
04:26 and why you really need to avoid them.
04:28 - I think we're all so self-critical
04:30 about what our ball is doing,
04:31 so if we're working a certain thing,
04:33 and we're, say, for example,
04:34 we're trying to draw it with our coach,
04:35 which is a common thing everybody tries to work on,
04:38 we got on the range and we expect
04:39 the first ball to be a draw,
04:40 and we almost become so self-critical
04:43 and so kind of predetermined about
04:44 what the ball flight's doing at the start,
04:46 that can certainly ruin our range session.
04:48 - Okay, yeah.
04:49 - So even going out there and saying,
04:50 right, the first 10 balls,
04:52 and putting 10 balls to the side,
04:53 and saying, right, this week, on this practice session,
04:56 I'm gonna use my odds, I'm just gonna hit a few away,
04:58 not worry about ball flight,
05:00 and almost kind of detach myself from ball flight,
05:02 and then say, after those 10 balls,
05:04 that's when I start looking at my swing.
05:05 - And are you starting off slowly and building up pace,
05:08 or you've already done your stretching before that,
05:10 so you should be starting at full pace.
05:11 - Exactly. (laughs)
05:12 I mean, I would always start with pitching wedge,
05:14 or kind of one of my wedges,
05:15 build up through to seven iron.
05:17 So, for example, today, I'd start with my pitching wedge,
05:19 then probably go eight iron, six iron, four iron,
05:22 and maybe then one driver,
05:24 and then back down to kind of hitting the lower irons,
05:26 just while I warm up.
05:27 But ultimately, if we can just get tuned in
05:29 to just getting a bit of contact on the ball,
05:32 and the ball going down the range,
05:34 not even specifically towards the target yet,
05:36 we don't attach ourselves to bad images, bad history,
05:39 and then when we get into the session,
05:41 we can set the tone of the session
05:42 when we're actually warmed up
05:43 and working on our specific things.
05:45 - Yeah, so you can end up starting off
05:47 on a fairly negative point,
05:49 which can then affect the whole thing.
05:50 Right, Alex, go and hit one for us,
05:51 so everyone can see how they hit.
05:54 Not hit many, so this is good.
05:55 - (laughs) This is actually a true reflection.
05:57 - We're not worried about where it went.
06:02 It may have gone straight towards the target,
06:04 but Alex, we're not worried about where it went.
06:06 So, there you have it.
06:06 If you are heading to the range any time soon,
06:09 make sure that you do a little bit of warming up
06:10 before you start working on your swing first,
06:12 because if you don't, you could ingrain a few faults
06:15 and a sort of negative attitude towards what's going on.
06:19 That could affect you in the long run.
06:20 Okay, so number five on our list
06:25 is something that we all do from time to time.
06:27 When we go to the range, you hit one shot,
06:30 you look at it, you walk off the mat,
06:31 you come back on, you hit another one,
06:33 and you've not really thought too hard about your alignment.
06:36 Alex, why is that such a big problem?
06:39 - For me, there's really two main reasons.
06:41 Firstly, just a good habit, getting square alignment.
06:44 You get on the golf course
06:45 and you've got your alignment on the range good.
06:47 Hopefully, then you transition that to the course.
06:49 So, for example, if I was aiming
06:51 straight down at this yellow flag here,
06:53 if I didn't have a reference to where I was aiming
06:55 and I built a habit of aiming
06:57 a little bit to the right every time--
06:58 - Which we do, I mean, people do.
06:59 I mean, even the pros do it. - I'm guilty of that.
07:01 Exactly, and then you take that to the course,
07:03 well, then you could start missing it to the right.
07:05 Or vice versa, you could actually make compensations
07:08 in your swing of working a little bit left.
07:11 So, you could adapt to where you're aiming
07:13 and you could swing it to adapt to where you're aiming.
07:15 So, I really think square alignment is, number one,
07:18 important for just general alignment to target.
07:21 But my second biggest point is,
07:23 it's reference to ball flight.
07:25 If you've not kind of got a reference
07:27 to where you're aiming or alignment sticks down on the ground
07:29 and we'll show you that in a second,
07:31 you could start predicting a ball flight
07:32 and actually see a ball flight that travels right to left.
07:35 But that's a ball flight that could start left of target
07:37 and move further left. - It's a pull hook.
07:39 - Exactly, like if we look at the definition of a draw,
07:41 it's a ball that starts to right of target
07:44 and comes onto target.
07:45 So, if we know what target we're aiming at,
07:47 we know what our actual ball flight is.
07:49 So, we got on the course,
07:50 we know what we've got coming out of our locker this week.
07:52 - Okay, well then, that begs the how do you do it.
07:56 Obviously, a lot of you out there,
07:57 I'm sure, will have alignment sticks.
07:58 If you don't, don't worry, use your golf clubs,
08:00 they do exactly the same job.
08:02 So, how would you set up?
08:03 - Really nice and simple.
08:04 I kind of like call it the train tracks.
08:06 I can use two, three alignment sticks.
08:08 Firstly, I would always set my ball to target line out
08:10 and I always like to put this in front.
08:12 So, if we go straight down towards this yellow flag here,
08:15 make sure the ball's on that.
08:19 Secondly, then we're gonna put our feet line
08:21 and for an ideal scenario,
08:23 this is someone who's just aligning to a target.
08:25 If you were drawing it,
08:26 you'd move your feet line slightly to the right,
08:28 slightly to the left,
08:29 but just to have a baseline to what target you're going at,
08:31 I like then to have my feet running parallel to this.
08:34 So, I'd have two parallel lines,
08:36 one for my ball to target line,
08:37 which I like to have in front
08:39 because I really think that gives you a good visual
08:41 and something to take to the course.
08:42 It's almost like a shot tracer
08:44 pointing where you want it to go
08:45 and then get into a good habit
08:47 of having these feet running parallel.
08:48 - Okay, and then the last one as a midpoint reference
08:52 to check that your shoulders are aligned.
08:53 - Shoulders aligned, where are my hands?
08:56 Have I got a reference?
08:57 My hands look too far ahead, too far back?
08:59 And ultimately, I think golf's easier
09:01 if you think of it in straight lines.
09:03 If we write, okay, this is my target,
09:05 I'm trying to aim towards that
09:06 rather than the guesswork of going, where am I?
09:11 - So there you have it.
09:12 If you're going to the range,
09:13 you're probably doing so
09:14 because you want to get better at golf.
09:16 And if you want to get better,
09:17 you have to lay these foundations.
09:19 They will make a big difference
09:20 to the quality of your alignment and your swing as well.
09:23 - Oh, slightly out of the hill, but it'll do.
09:36 Alex, this next one is one I'm definitely guilty of.
09:39 My favourite club in the bag is definitely my driver.
09:41 And when I go to the range,
09:42 I probably hit more shots with this club
09:44 than I do any other club,
09:45 partly because I'm trying to enjoy my range time,
09:47 but maybe that's not the best way to improve.
09:49 - No, I think a lot of people,
09:51 whether that be driver,
09:52 favourite club is seven iron notoriously for some people,
09:55 and you get into a rhythm
09:56 of just searching for your favourite club
09:58 and practising with your favourite club.
09:59 So we get to the course,
10:01 so for example, you like driver,
10:02 you get to say a six iron,
10:04 that you told me you don't like as much,
10:06 you get in a situation where, well,
10:08 oh, I don't know about this one
10:09 because I don't actually hit any shots with it.
10:11 - Practice with it, yeah.
10:12 - Yeah, and I think the best and simplest way to do this,
10:15 with each session, right, okay,
10:16 I'm going to hit my odds this session,
10:17 so my odd irons,
10:18 and then I'm going to go and hit my evens.
10:20 And then ultimately we're spreading our wear,
10:23 one across our club,
10:24 so our equipment lasts a bit longer.
10:25 - Yeah, so you don't have that spot in your seven iron
10:27 that gets absolutely battered
10:28 where the rest of the golf clubs are okay.
10:29 - I'm guilty of doing the seven iron too much.
10:33 I just think ultimately,
10:34 the more you can practise like you do on the course,
10:37 you're going to be in a better situation.
10:38 And we know we don't follow a seven iron
10:40 with a seven iron with a seven iron very often.
10:42 We might be a seven iron,
10:43 might be a five iron,
10:45 might be a four iron.
10:45 - Right, so you're mixing up the length of the shaft,
10:48 you're changing ball positions,
10:49 like those subtle changes
10:50 that you're having to make out on the golf course.
10:52 - Definitely.
10:53 - So question then, Alex,
10:54 a lot of people watching this,
10:55 they will have problems specifically with a certain club.
10:58 And I suspect a lot of people will find
11:00 that it will be with their three wood,
11:02 or maybe like their three iron or four iron
11:05 is a club that they,
11:05 whenever they have to pull it out,
11:07 they do so with a bit of dread.
11:08 What's the tactic to improve those areas?
11:11 - For one, pull it out on the range.
11:13 I really think if you were to pull that club out,
11:15 I wouldn't leave it to the end of the session.
11:17 I would use it in the kind of middle
11:18 of your practise session.
11:19 So once you warmed up,
11:20 once you've hit a few shots,
11:21 you've got into a bit of rhythm and say,
11:23 right, for these next 10 shots,
11:25 I'm going to hit my four iron, for example.
11:27 A lot of people don't like long irons.
11:28 They try and get it into the air
11:30 and find a way of hitting it.
11:32 Because on the golf course,
11:33 there's no pictures.
11:34 All we need to have is an ability to, okay,
11:36 with the long irons,
11:37 especially for your club golfer,
11:39 we're not expected to get it that close.
11:41 It's sort of that kind of medium gap where,
11:43 okay, we've got to get it near the green
11:45 and then give us a chance of getting up and down.
11:47 If we hit the green, fantastic.
11:48 'Cause it's a big thing.
11:49 I think if you get into the range
11:51 and you get your seven iron,
11:51 you're always hitting it off for you, Neil,
11:53 who likes the driver,
11:54 and you're seeing the driver go down the range,
11:56 mentally you're like,
11:57 oh yeah, I've seen this one go.
11:59 You get then your six iron out.
12:00 You've not seen that go as much.
12:02 Straight away, mentally, you're on the back foot.
12:04 - Yes.
12:05 - You're better, and naturally,
12:07 you're in a dress position.
12:07 You're kind of ready to hit driver.
12:08 Then you hit a standover, a six iron,
12:10 you just feel, it all feels a bit alien,
12:11 a bit different. - Exactly, right.
12:13 - So there you have it.
12:14 Really simple stuff.
12:14 If you are heading to the range,
12:16 practise with a vast majority of clubs in the bag.
12:19 Don't just stick to your favourite one.
12:21 (upbeat music)
12:23 Okay, so the next one relates to pressure.
12:27 A lot of people out there, Alex,
12:28 will know that they probably should incorporate
12:30 a bit of pressure into their practise.
12:32 Question I've got for you is,
12:33 can you really replicate the pressure
12:35 that you feel on the golf course,
12:37 and can it help?
12:38 - I guess you can never really fully replicate it,
12:42 but you can definitely go a long way
12:43 to making a scenario which replicates it
12:46 as close as you can on the range.
12:47 - Okay.
12:47 - So the best way I do it is,
12:49 if you get your iPhone or your smartphone out,
12:51 and you've got a note speed on your phone,
12:53 and say we're on driver at the end of our session,
12:56 gonna go 10 golf balls, we're gonna set a fairway,
12:59 and we're gonna have 10 shots written down on our phone.
13:02 And I want us to have a tick if we hit the fairway.
13:04 - Okay.
13:04 - Left, right.
13:05 And almost set a benchmark, okay,
13:07 where I am this session, okay,
13:09 now I've gotta beat that every single time.
13:11 - And don't cheat, all right?
13:12 The temptation to cheat will be there,
13:14 but try not to.
13:14 So Alex, in this situation, where are the two,
13:16 what's the fairway?
13:18 - I'm gonna pick, you can see the kind of orangey tree
13:21 on the right, I'm gonna use the left edge of that one.
13:22 - Yeah.
13:23 - And then the same on the left.
13:24 We've got kind of two trees here.
13:25 - That's quite a tight fairway.
13:27 - Practise hard.
13:28 - Is that not tight?
13:29 Oh, I've been giving myself much more leeway
13:30 for room than that.
13:31 - Come on then, Alex, hit one for us
13:32 and then tell us what you'd then be writing down.
13:34 - Yeah, another point though,
13:35 if you set a smaller fairway,
13:37 then we get on the golf course,
13:39 it's then gonna feel a little bit easier as well.
13:40 - Well, that's true, but my worry would be
13:41 that I would have no confidence when I got to the golf course
13:43 'cause I'd feel like I'd missed all the fairways
13:45 before going out to play.
13:46 - Positivity here, that's what we want.
13:47 - Yeah, that's what I'm lacking.
13:49 - So I'll go through my full routine as well,
13:51 with each shot.
13:52 All right, shot number one.
13:57 (sighing)
13:59 - Oh, depressingly straight down the middle there, Alex.
14:09 What are you writing down there in your notepad?
14:11 You just put a big tick next to it.
14:12 - Big tick.
14:13 And we've got the emojis on our phone
14:15 and I think it's good, you put the big green tick,
14:17 put whatever you've got on your phone
14:18 because going forward mentally,
14:20 if you can start seeing repetitiveness,
14:22 okay, well, I've hit that fairway, I've hit that fairway,
14:24 you'll not only build confidence,
14:25 but you'll probably also develop a stock shot as well.
14:27 - Yes.
14:28 - And having a stock shot is so powerful.
14:29 - You know, a move that you can make
14:31 that you know you can get the ball.
14:32 - Exactly.
14:33 - Now, question for you then, Alex.
14:34 I know this is something that a lot of
14:35 mental game coaches sort of talk about.
14:38 Are you, when you're out on the golf course
14:39 and you're under pressure, are you kind of,
14:42 is there any part of you that's sort of picturing
14:43 this sort of scenario on the range?
14:45 - Definitely, definitely.
14:47 I think whatever you can do,
14:48 if, for example, you're coming down the last
14:50 and you're on to beat your handicap by two shots,
14:54 we all get a little bit nervous,
14:55 we know we're gonna lower our handicap now.
14:57 You can go back to scenarios and actually know,
14:59 I had a tight affair on that range, I hit it.
15:02 So you've got that belief that you can go forward
15:04 and carry that to the course.
15:05 - So there you have it.
15:06 I mean, golf without question is one of the most
15:08 mentally demanding sports you can play.
15:10 You can prepare for it on the range
15:12 if you put a little bit of this into play.
15:14 (upbeat music)
15:16 Okay, Alex, next one, machine gun practice.
15:20 Something that I've definitely been guilty of in my time.
15:25 What's the thought?
15:26 What do you see people doing?
15:27 - If you were to walk down the range
15:29 now at your local driving range,
15:30 you'd see someone hit it, pull another ball,
15:32 hit it, pull another ball.
15:33 And especially if they're struggling with their game
15:36 and on a club that they don't like,
15:38 pull, hit, pull, hit.
15:40 - Where's that gone?
15:41 Disgusted, pull another one in, have another go.
15:43 - Exactly, and you don't really take into account
15:45 what you're doing in your swing.
15:46 You're searching for a different feeling every single time.
15:49 And I think it then almost becomes a little bit
15:51 of guesswork to actually,
15:53 how do I get the ball for me to be the best possible way?
15:56 So if we're someone who takes lessons
15:58 or even if we're not someone who takes lessons,
15:59 just taking a little bit of time in between each shot,
16:02 one, it replicates what happens on the course.
16:04 We've sometimes got five, 10 minute break on a par five,
16:07 waiting on the tee.
16:08 We haven't got that ability to go,
16:10 oh, I've got another one to go here.
16:11 Oh, okay, that wasn't good.
16:12 Right, okay, reload.
16:14 I got a second go here.
16:15 We know we only have one go on the course.
16:17 - Yes, of course, yeah.
16:18 - So I kind of come up with a thing,
16:20 and this is something that I do a lot of people
16:21 that come for a lesson is a five ball set, I call it.
16:24 Three balls, which could be something
16:26 what you've decided with your coach you want to work on.
16:29 So say, for example, you were working on
16:31 a little bit of club face control in a certain drill.
16:33 You'd spend these three golf balls
16:34 working on that area of the game.
16:37 And then not really worrying about ball flight too much,
16:39 still having a target to go to.
16:41 And then the final two,
16:43 this is where ultimately I'm a big believer in these two.
16:46 We're not tuned in enough when we practice,
16:49 especially if we're someone who pulls a ball, hits,
16:51 pulls a ball, hits, into actually performance on the course.
16:54 So these two would be change of club, change of target,
16:57 and trying to replicate going through your full routine
17:01 of what happens on the course on the range.
17:03 - Are you trying to then, with those two balls,
17:05 trying to lose all kind of technical thoughts
17:07 of what you've been working on?
17:08 - Exactly.
17:09 - Or are you still thinking about that stuff?
17:10 - I guess that's a person to person basis.
17:13 Personally, I try to get people to have one,
17:15 possibly two swing thoughts, absolute max.
17:18 Definitely going more towards losing the swing thoughts
17:20 than to having them and almost trying to get,
17:23 right, okay, this is the swing thought I had.
17:25 I'm now going to try and hit a draw shot.
17:27 I'm now going to try and hit a fade shot.
17:28 Being definitely more tuned into the ball flight.
17:30 So in sense of a shot I'm going to try and hit
17:32 instead of a Pacific swing thought,
17:34 which would be the other three.
17:35 And I always say to everybody as well,
17:37 machine gun practice,
17:38 you could get a hundred balls and do them in 20 minutes.
17:41 - Yes.
17:42 - I say to all the people that I kind of help out,
17:45 I say, well, go and get 50 and spend the same time
17:47 you're hitting 50 as you were a hundred or even longer,
17:50 just by setting them out in five ball sets.
17:52 - Yes.
17:53 - You take your time, you know what you're working on
17:55 and you're actually getting some real time feedback
17:57 that's going to be help you out on the course.
17:59 - And you can pay attention to things like your alignment
18:01 and your posture and all of those good things
18:03 that make a big difference to your game.
18:05 So if you are heading to the range,
18:06 avoid the temptation of pulling a ball,
18:08 hitting it, pulling another one, hitting it.
18:10 It can actually do more harm than good.
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18:22 - Ah, well, that's my last ball of the session, Alex.
18:27 And I've hit a bit of a slice there.
18:29 What's the mistake?
18:32 What you sent to me,
18:33 you said people have a last ball syndrome
18:36 when they practice.
18:37 What is it?
18:38 And what's the mistake?
18:39 - We've only got one ball now,
18:40 one chance to take a good shot.
18:41 And say, for example,
18:42 we had 75 balls in our practice session.
18:44 We're now on the 75th.
18:46 I really believe that people determine their practice session
18:49 on what that golf ball does.
18:50 So if we had 74 good shots
18:52 and we hit one bad one to finish,
18:54 they remember that one.
18:55 - Well, that's true,
18:56 but we're often told when it comes to practice
18:59 that your last ball needs to be,
19:01 you're replicating the first tee shot.
19:03 So if you're warming up to go out and play,
19:05 often the tour players will say,
19:06 the last shot I hit
19:07 will be the first shot I hit on the golf course.
19:09 Is that not a good theory to have?
19:11 Does that put too much pressure on that final ball?
19:13 - I guess if you perform well and it goes on the range,
19:16 it's a good thing to do,
19:17 but I don't want you to feel
19:19 that that's going to determine how good your practice was.
19:21 I think if we look at it realistically,
19:23 a lot of people have probably one practice session a week
19:25 and then go and play at the weekend.
19:27 And they always lose thought of the 74 good shots
19:30 or the 50 good shots and go,
19:32 bloomin' heck,
19:33 my last shot on Wednesday was,
19:35 I think, slice off to the right.
19:37 And all the picture now on the first tee
19:38 is the ball doing this.
19:40 So again, this is kind of a double-edged sword.
19:42 If it goes well,
19:43 it's great. - It's fantastic.
19:44 But what I would say is,
19:45 don't put yourself in a situation
19:47 where it's the be all and end all.
19:48 - Okay, well, so if you are heading to the range,
19:51 try not to put too much of an emphasis
19:53 on what happens with your final shot.
19:56 So there you have it.
19:57 Those were the seven biggest practice mistakes.
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20:05 Was there anything that we were missing from our list?
20:08 Things that you see when you head to the driving range?
20:10 We'd be really interested to hear your thoughts.
20:12 Well, get Alex on
20:13 if there's any questions you have to answer them
20:15 to make sure that you do get the most
20:17 from your valuable practice time.
20:18 Guys, thank you for watching.
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