Lesson #2

From this angle, you can see uneven length of stroke which reflects on your tempo. Even a slight “yip” at the ball, getting a lot of the body and wrists involved.

I believe this was right after we did a little work with my Gravity T-Fit device which made your arms and torso feel a better structure and form for consistent putting. Having the shoulder blades back allows the Thoracic Spine (muscles under the shoulder blades) to be the motor of the putting stroke while the arm structure and posture is the steering wheel. This helps eliminate the fast twitch muscles from getting in the way when the pressure is high. Big slow muscles prevent “yipping”.

From this view I can see your putter was aimed left of your body lines (feet, shoulders) which will encourage an out-to-in putter path which is no good for reducing side spin on the ball. The goal is to get the ball rolling forward as soon as possible for better speed control and slope resistance. You can see the putter move outside the ball and lift off the ground pretty quickly and then you swipe across the ball with an open face.

Here we worked controlling the length of the stroke in order to encourage an even and consistent tempo. From there we can start to roll the ball much better and improve our speed and line control. Use your stance width as a cheat sheet for the length of your stroke on the course. Otherwise put tees in the ground as references. Test different lengths of the putting stroke with even tempo and measure how far they go to understand different green speeds and develop more touch and feel.