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Use as many balls as practical, I normally use three. Play them from about 6 feet (1.5 meter) from the hole. Address the ball, aim at hole by first looking at it once, strike the ball intending it to go in the hole. Repeat.
The specifics. Do not waste your time adjusting your stance or posture, just address the ball as you would normally but do it deliberately without undue delay. Do not waste your time thinking about technique, this is not a drill to teach technique. Do not waste your time reading the green, you'll learn that naturally with experience anyway even with this drill. Do not waste your time aligning the putter head. Do not waste your time figuring out the distance from which to play them, just dump the balls on the green from approximately the distance you want and hit them from there.
It is important to play many balls and for a reasonably long period of time (30 to 60 minutes non stop) when practicing this drill because that's the only way you'll learn anything with it. It's an empirical study of sorts. The more balls you play, the more you'll learn about the results you produce and the better you'll become. That's precisely what this drill teaches and if there's one thing we're certain of is that we can never be good enough with the putter.
There's one thing about drills, most of them have only one purpose and when that purpose has been fulfilled, the drill becomes almost useless. Not so for this drill. Every green is different from the last, every position on the green is different from the last. Whatever you learn from any green and from any position on any green is knowledge you can use.
In short, address ball, aim, shoot. Repeat.
Have fun
Use as many balls as practical, I normally use three. Play them from about 6 feet (1.5 meter) from the hole. Address the ball, aim at hole by first looking at it once, strike the ball intending it to go in the hole. Repeat.
The specifics. Do not waste your time adjusting your stance or posture, just address the ball as you would normally but do it deliberately without undue delay. Do not waste your time thinking about technique, this is not a drill to teach technique. Do not waste your time reading the green, you'll learn that naturally with experience anyway even with this drill. Do not waste your time aligning the putter head. Do not waste your time figuring out the distance from which to play them, just dump the balls on the green from approximately the distance you want and hit them from there.
It is important to play many balls and for a reasonably long period of time (30 to 60 minutes non stop) when practicing this drill because that's the only way you'll learn anything with it. It's an empirical study of sorts. The more balls you play, the more you'll learn about the results you produce and the better you'll become. That's precisely what this drill teaches and if there's one thing we're certain of is that we can never be good enough with the putter.
There's one thing about drills, most of them have only one purpose and when that purpose has been fulfilled, the drill becomes almost useless. Not so for this drill. Every green is different from the last, every position on the green is different from the last. Whatever you learn from any green and from any position on any green is knowledge you can use.
In short, address ball, aim, shoot. Repeat.
Have fun
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