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I get a lot of questions about things like the putting arc and training aids for putting.

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And as you've noticed, most of these drills, I'm not very, I'm not very fond of

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training aids in general.

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And the reason is it's kind of like having the answer sheet sitting next to you while you're

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taking a test.

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It can be good in the very early stages of learning, but I've seen way too many players,

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especially juniors, get obsessed with being good on a training aid and not developing a proper

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feel or using it correctly.

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So training aids should be used as a feedback tool potentially after the fact.

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So here I've got a, I'll show you what I mean by after the fact.

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Here I've got the learning curve, which is similar to the putting arc, it's stand at least

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training device.

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I like it, I think it's a pretty good, pretty good little tool.

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So if I was having trouble making a good arcing motion with my body connection and

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stuff, I would, I would take some strokes just letting the heel of the putter kind of

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slide along this arc or on this incline plane.

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And because it's on incline plane, the putter moves in along the arc just like the putting

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arc.

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But I prefer this the putting arc because the putting arc is straight up and down where

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this one is on the actual swing plane.

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So I would then use this as a feedback tool.

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So I might step away from the object and hit a few puts and then step over to the object

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and say, okay, that felt about the same.

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Rather than setting up the ball on the actual learning curve and hitting puts with it

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forcing me to do it correctly, if you have an object that's forcing you to do it correctly,

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I can guarantee you that it's not going to transfer onto the course.

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There's a lot of research and motor learning that says that that does not transfer very well.

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But this one's fun because I like it both as the incline plane and actually more specifically,

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I like the arc on the inside.

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So you can take a look here and basically there are lines that show the angle that the

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putter face would be if it is square to this normal curve for, I believe it's a 68 degree

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putter, it could be very wrong on that though.

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But basically, if you were to set up to this like so and make a proper stroke on the way

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through, this would show you the angle that the putter face should be at.

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So again, I'm not a big fan of hitting a ton of puts on it, but if I was to hit some

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puts over here and then come forward and just use it as a check, well it'll be a very

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good tool for helping you fine tune if your putter face and putter path are correct.

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But I don't think it's a great tool for learning them, I think it's a great tool for fine

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tuning them once you kind of have a good idea of what you should be doing.

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So use the drills that I showed you in order to build your repeatable putter face and putter

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path, but then you can use objects like the learning curve or the puttingter arc if you

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really want to confirm that what you're doing is specific and as detailed as you need

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it to me.

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So that's my take on the putting training aids, not a huge fan, but if you're going to use

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them, that's how I would use them.