If You Don’t Know What to Improve, Practicing Isn’t Going To Help!

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

911: Sarah Stone is a veteran teacher working out of the Washington DC area who publishes great Instagram and golf.com videos, so we thought it would be helpful to hear her break down the common issues that golfers of different skill levels, breaking down the handicaps in groups, encounter . Our focus is learning how to practice correctly to get the most out of your practice sessions without doing a lot of unnecessary work. Her social is @stonegolfsense on Instagram or you take a lesson from her online at onlinecoachnow.com. This week Golf Smarter Mulligans episode #227, Jim Waldron of BalancePointGolf.com joins us for the first of two episodes from 2012. This week we focus on “Make Sure You’re Ready to Take The Next Shot”.Golf Smarter has just been awarded the #1 spot in their list of Top 10 Golf Psychology Podcasts by feedspot.com Check it out at https://blog.feedspot.com/golf_psychology_podcasts/.Golf Smarter has also been named by golfspan.com as one of the 10 Best Golf Podcasts for 2023, including being named the BEST GOLF PODCAST FOR YOUR MENTAL GAME. Check it out at https://www.golfspan.com/best-golf-podcasts.Two ways to become a Golf Smarter Ambassador and receive a choice of one of these great prizes including:• A box of ODIN balls of your choice with the Golf Smarter logo. ODIN Golf is the only golf brand that sponsors and pays everyday golfers! See our custom page at odin-golf.com/pages/golfsmarter.• A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes!• A private link to Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”. To win, either introduce an upcoming episode, or write a review from your podcast source, then send us what you wrote and where! Send your posted review or request to introduce an episode to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nobody has any time. Nobody really likes to practice. Nobody knows what to practice.
0:07.0	And there's a million people online telling people how to practice.
0:10.0	First of all, if you don't know what you're trying to do, practicing it isn't going to work.
0:14.0	So if I said to you, Fred, you're a new golfer, you want to learn golf, and you're like,
0:19.0	you know, I'm just going to try it on my own, I'm going to go to the range for the next month with a seven iron six hours a day. I don't think you're going to get better at golf as fast as you would if you took an hour lesson with two drills that you then did for maybe 10 minutes twice a week. Hi. This is Eric Amel from Traverse City, Michigan.
0:43.4	I play at the Grand Travers Resort, home of the Bear, Wolverine, and Spruce golf courses.
0:47.3	And this is episode number 911.
0:57.5	If you don't know what to improve, practicing isn't going to help with a new guest, Sarah Stone. This is Golf Smarter.
1:04.3	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ. Here's your host, Fred Green. Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Sarah.
1:11.6	Hi, Fred.
1:12.9	How are you?
1:14.0	I'm great, thanks.
1:14.8	Happy to be here.
1:15.4	Excited to get to know you and spend some time with you.
1:18.1	Oh, thank you so much.
1:19.7	I'm excited to be catching you on the end of a vacation time, so you're nice and relaxed.
1:25.3	That's good for you.
1:27.7	I saw a video of you doing a putting drill online, and I'm like, oh, you're a good communicator.
1:35.4	I want to talk to you some more.
1:38.6	Thank you for saying that.
1:39.8	I think that comes from being a teacher for, I think I've done this 22 years now.
1:46.2	You lost track?
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