The coach of Brooks Koepka to practice as the pros

Of course, touring players spend a lot of time training, whether in tournament or at home outside of the week. But there is nothing foolish about these sessions. The guys I work with, like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, are not there to hit balls without a goal – and that should be your passion. Even if you do not have much time to work your game …which does?– you can improve if you improve the efficiency of your practice. I will show you how to target the important things. If you do, you will probably find that you are actually spending Less work time on your game, but shooting lower scores. That's good? – With Matthew Rudy

STARTS AT THE BEGINNING
You must absolutely use some kind of golf analysis application or statistics tracking to identify weaknesses in your game. This will tell you immediately where to focus the essentials of your practice. Unfortunately, many players are the most anxious by their driver. So they spend almost the entire workout breaking balls with this club. This is an error for two reasons. First, getting away with a driver without a plan to establish a solid contact will not make you better at first. It's stupid. Secondly, it does not help you with other parts of the game – probably the ones where you could really use work. What do touring players usually do instead? They start training by hitting soft shots in a narrow position, approaching the ball slightly back from the center (below). They are looking for a uniform background for the swing and a clean and pure touch. Start your session in the same way. Once you have made a few precise throws, move on to a longer club and start again with fluid and almost idle swings. By the time you head to the driver, your body is hot and you have made a lot of good swings. If you can repeat this same controlled action while you are on the course, you will see an improvement in the overall bag.

BRING THE COURSE TO THE RANGE
The best practice zones have objectives that allow you to visualize the shots you are going to make on the course. But you can give yourself even more help with three alignment sticks. Do 10 more steps down and stab a stick into the ground directly along your target line. Next, place a stick three large steps to the left of the first and three other large steps to the right. Whether you practice your most common shot shape or try to bend the ball in different ways, you now have guides and grids for better feedback (below). If you like to hit a fade, work by starting your shots in the middle of the left door and finishing them on or near the center line. For prints, do the opposite. Doors will help you learn to control the flight of the ball much better than simply picking distant targets and shooting.

ATTACH YOUR SHOE
Watching a relatively small player like Justin Thomas almost jump out of his skin by the impact – and breaking the ball at 325 yards – probably gives you the urge to give the pulse to the bottom of your body to hit it further . The truth? Unless you are a world-class talent with an already integrated 180km / hour ball speed, you need to get the most interaction possible with the ground to get more speed. It means keeping your left heel more stable. As soon as you let your weight down on the left foot, your right heel gets up too early (below). You lose the ability to correctly pivot to the target and catch the ball in the center of the face. Bubba Watson can rinse it no matter what his feet are doing. You have to give yourself a better chance by keeping the left heel off when you swing.

CHASE THE GOOD ANSWERS
With launch monitors, it's easy to get diagnostic data on any swing – and one of the central points seems to be the correlation between the speed of the clubhead and the distance. Such data certainly have their place in golf, but if you focus your attention on increasing the speed of your swing, you largely ignore how to maximize the starting distance. Guys like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson move very fast, but they also hit the ball in the center of the club face – relentlessly. The next time you train, forget the high-tech launch monitor and go back to the old one. Coat the face of your pilot (or any other club) with a foot spray and improve your contact. To hit center, you will probably have to put in some effort and speed, but the result may surprise you. Hitting the ideal zone and throwing the ball at the ideal angle will give you more distance and consistency than those three or four extra miles of clubhead speed have ever done. The golf Sweet-spot is a professional golf.

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