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Practice Strategies to Improve All Parts of Your Game with Jim Waldron

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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GSfMO #379 April 9, 2013 Jim Waldron of Balance Point Golf Schools returns for this Members Only Part 2 of our conversation on his "Power of Six" practice strategies. This time we get into more depth on 1-4 and he introduces #5 - The Short Game & #6 - Approach Shots.Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube for daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. We also post articles and video shorts on LinkedIn @FredGreene (from Novato, CA).     This episode is brought to you by HIMS. Start your free online visit today at hims.com/golfsmarter. The products mentioned are chewable compounded products which are not approved by or verified for safety or effectiveness by the FDA. Prescriptions require an online consultation with a healthcare provider who will determine if appropriate. Restrictions apply. See website for details and important safety information. Subscription required. Price varies based on product and subscription plan.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

For members only, Golf Smarter number 379 published on April 9, 2013.

0:07.9

Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.

0:10.6

Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the

0:16.6

Golf Smarter podcast. Great golf instruction never gets old.

0:22.4

Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations like this

0:28.1

that are no longer available in any podcast app.

0:31.4

And finally Zinger said to Vijay, well, Vijay, what are you working on?

0:34.0

He goes, Paul, I've been working on the same three things for the last 10 years.

0:57.5

I'm just now starting to get good at each of them. That's overkill practice. Every day, this happens to me every day on my job. And I say, okay, Tom, I want you to do this drill and only this drill, nothing else for the next six weeks. Every time you go to the range, do some work on at home, you know, slow motion work in the mirror, do some practice swings in your back there, with your eyes closed. Only work on this and nothing else.

1:10.4

And here's the response I typically do. Oh, well, that's a great idea, Jim. I really appreciate that. Now, can I also work on my grip pressure? I go, no, no, I just said, Tom, only work on this. don't work on anything else oh i got i yeah. But sometimes I get bored doing it. Couldn't I work on?

1:11.3

And the answer is no.

1:12.2

You can't.

1:13.4

Well, what do you do?

1:14.4

I mean, like, okay, I would say, I can't do that.

1:17.0

I get bored, and then I lose focus.

1:19.6

And I...

1:19.7

Then stop practicing, but don't practice anything else.

1:22.1

Because the reason why is your fatal flaw is so toxic. You're wasting your time working on anything else. Anything else you

1:28.9

work on is just dithering.

1:36.0

Practice strategies to improve all parts of your game with Jim Waldron. This is Golf Smarter.

1:42.4

Welcome back to Golf Smarter for members only, Jim.

1:45.8

Thank you, Fred.

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