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Ball And String - Putting

Simply take crotchet needles from the craft store or long screws with eye hooks from the hardware store and tie a string between them (about 15 feet of string works well). Put both ends of the string in the ground with the string taught. Place a golf ball with directly underneath the string. If you use a line, make sure that it is lined up vertically and practice hitting putts using your connection to see that the ball starts on-line. If you have trouble, review the grip fundamentals and the arm releases which support the connected movement of the body.

If you are practicing with a hole, chose a straight put first and simply put one end of the string on the other side of the hole. If you are using a putt with break, be sure to align the string on the line you intend the ball to start on.

Playlists: Putting

Tags: Putt, Drill, Beginner

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Okay, this next drill for starting the ball online is the simple ball and string.

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So basically you're going to take either 8-inch eye hook screws or you can get some crochet

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needles.

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I've seen those, they work well.

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And tie a piece of string around each of them.

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So what you'll do is this will establish a straight line and it will give you a visual

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on top of the golf ball.

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So here I'm practicing without a hole.

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I recommend that a lot.

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But if you wanted to practice with a hole, you would just align the string on where you

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wanted the ball to start.

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So it can actually be a great tool for helping you learn to read greens because you can

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start varying and get used to seeing the ball curve off of this straight starting line.

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So essentially what you would do with this is you would line up the ball underneath the string

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so that the string is right on top of the line.

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Take your normal setup and then practice hitting puts, trying to get the ball to roll

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straight and over and underneath the string.

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Now it helps to have a perfectly straight put when you're practicing this.

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But it's obviously not necessary.

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You can just gauge the first few feet as a mine stayed right under the line and drifted

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as the brakes look over.

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So this is one of my favorite kind of maintenance drills.

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You'll use this periodically just to double check and make sure that you're starting the

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ball on a pretty straight line.

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Give it a try along with the connection and the wrist releases.

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This should help to establish that you'll be able to start the ball online, which means

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all you got to do is read the green and hit it at the right pace.