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**spiveker** · 11-15-2010, 01:35 AM

So here is one thing I discovered about the current state of my game as the year has wound down here in the Northeast. Having come back just this year, once I started playing rounds I still had the benefit of being able to mix in significant practice sessions with rounds. As the weather has gotten colder, there are now fewer daylight hours and fewer facilities that have remained open. As a result I cannot get in the same amount of practice between rounds. As the conditions continue to change with the weather, I simply do not have a consistent enough game yet to go round to round without some practice in between and my scoring falls apart even if I am playing a fair amount of golf. I still need something in between rounds to keep my confidence in my swing high. If there are a number of variables for me to deal with and no time to practice in between rounds I lose the feel for my swing and have a great deal of difficulty getting it back during a round.

I hit the ball better totally drenched about one week ago than I did the last round because I had been able to get in some practice the day before I went out and played in the rain.

I don’t think there is any other solution to this dilemma other than more practice and more play to the point where my game is not so vulnerable. I went out today to get in some practice and had my swing back and was feeling good about it within a fairly short period of time. However I think if I went out to play another round before getting this practice session in I would not have done any better than I did during my last round which was pretty bad. Amazing how knowing what you should be doing still does not translate into doing it if your confidence is really shaken. Mine was totally gone as I hit some shots during my last round that I have never hit before even at my worse many many years ago. I hit a 9 iron that went perpendicular to the intended line of flight, obviously a hosel shot and something I cannot remember ever doing before.

I am curious though. Is it that way for you guys that have played consistently over a number of years? Do you guys need to keep the number of practice sessions in relative balance to the rounds that you play or can you go out and play round after round without the need for much in the way of practice between rounds?

11-15-2010, 01:35 AM	#1
spiveker Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 397 Senior Member	Question about practice sessions vs rounds as the weather has turned So here is one thing I discovered about the current state of my game as the year has wound down here in the Northeast. Having come back just this year, once I started playing rounds I still had the benefit of being able to mix in significant practice sessions with rounds. As the weather has gotten colder, there are now fewer daylight hours and fewer facilities that have remained open. As a result I cannot get in the same amount of practice between rounds. As the conditions continue to change with the weather, I simply do not have a consistent enough game yet to go round to round without some practice in between and my scoring falls apart even if I am playing a fair amount of golf. I still need something in between rounds to keep my confidence in my swing high. If there are a number of variables for me to deal with and no time to practice in between rounds I lose the feel for my swing and have a great deal of difficulty getting it back during a round. I hit the ball better totally drenched about one week ago than I did the last round because I had been able to get in some practice the day before I went out and played in the rain. I don’t think there is any other solution to this dilemma other than more practice and more play to the point where my game is not so vulnerable. I went out today to get in some practice and had my swing back and was feeling good about it within a fairly short period of time. However I think if I went out to play another round before getting this practice session in I would not have done any better than I did during my last round which was pretty bad. Amazing how knowing what you should be doing still does not translate into doing it if your confidence is really shaken. Mine was totally gone as I hit some shots during my last round that I have never hit before even at my worse many many years ago. I hit a 9 iron that went perpendicular to the intended line of flight, obviously a hosel shot and something I cannot remember ever doing before. I am curious though. Is it that way for you guys that have played consistently over a number of years? Do you guys need to keep the number of practice sessions in relative balance to the rounds that you play or can you go out and play round after round without the need for much in the way of practice between rounds?
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