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After you read the break of the green, find your target line, choose a spot, and get your eyes over the line, you need to concentrate on swinging the putter back and forward along the line, always keeping the following three fundamentals in the back of your mind:

1) Throughout its entire movement, keep the putterhead exactly on the target line. The putter needs to travel straight back on the target line and then straight forward on the target line, never going off the mark.

Note: To help your stroke stay on the line, keep your head, shoulders and legs as still as possible. This will help you swing the putter with mostly your arms and hands.

2) The putterhead must be kept square and aimed directly at the target. The face of the blade should be kept perpendicular to the target and stay that way throughout the entire stroke.

Note: The blade face should not wobble. It should remain true to the arc of the putterhead. (You can help maintain the direction of the putterhead by keeping your wrists solid).

3) During the swing, never decelerate the putter. As you often hear in golf: “Deceleration kills”. Doing so will kill your putting stroke and ultimately your score. Keep the same acceleration as you use on the backswing.

Are you seeing too many angles when you stand over a putt? Have you checked to see if you may be lined up incorrectly? Your conscious alignment may be at war with your subconscious sense of straightness, and your putting stroke is caught in the middle as your body tries to issue a correction.

Pick a hole on a flat spot on the practice green and drop your ball the few feet from the hole. Stand behind the ball and line up the putt. Be sure to use the printed brand name on the ball as a helper. Position the ball so that the name points straight at the hole. When you get over the ball with your putter, match the aiming line on top of your putter to the line of the logo on the ball.

Put the putterhead flush behind the ball on this line. Now take notice of your feet. Are they perpendicular to the line created by the logo? How about your shoulders? Finally, are you taking the putter head straight back and straight through during the stroke?

Looking up or peeking to see if the ball goes into the hole is a sure way to miss a putt. Resist the temptation to watch the ball. Keep your head still over the ball and stare down at the empty spot the ball he used to occupy long before you hit the putt.

Listen to hear if the putt falls. You may also catch yourself, one afflicted with the yips, watching your putterhead go back away from the ball and come back through contact. Don’t allow your eyes to follow the putterhead during the stroke. To help focus on the ball, pick a small, noticeable mark on the ball to look at. Keep your eyes fixed on the brand name, printed logo, a simple dimple, or an identification mark throughout your stroke.

Maybe the best way to steady your eyes and to play in the subconscious is to stand over the putt, put your putterhead on the ball, stare at a spot on the ball, and then stand perfectly still for five seconds. During these five seconds of still and calm, let the gaze of your eyes go out of focus. Your eyes still focus on the spot of the ball you were staring at, but everything else becomes fuzzy and soft. Go ahead and stroke the putt with your eyes and mind this blurry, meditative state. You may be surprised by the results!

Hit ‘em straight

Ben

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Because the major contributors to the yips are tension, anxiety, and ack of confidence, one way to help rid yourself of the yips is to empty your mind. Play in the subconscious - forget about the stroke, forget about the results, and forget about the circumstances. Just play, in the literal sense of the word.

If you step inside your local pub to play darts or shoot some pool, you probably do not get all bogged down in your technique when you toss the darts or set up for your corner shot. You may want to win the pool game, but you probably do not hang the balance of the world on your shot on the 8-ball, right? You just play casually, sipping a beer, and enjoying yourself, even when you miss.

Try to put yourself into the same mindset when you putt. Just play and let it happen. Let your athletic instincts take over. Trust the practice and effort you have put toward your game thus far. Just step up to your position and make the shot, putting in the subconscious.

Hit ‘em straight

Ben

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Hundreds of golf books and articles have been written entirely about putting. The variety of information that can be found on this simple little shot involves different putting styles, strategies, types of putters, philosophies, and individual techniques. There are even pieces of information that include scientific theories and research tests about putting.

Is Putting Really That Important To Study?

Beginner golfers, amateurs, and even some players at the professional level all tend to
overlook just how integral putting is to the game of golf. I know it sounds strange that so many golfers do not consider their putting skills to be paramount to every other type of golf shot, but you have to understand that many people have a fascination with sending the ball skyrocketing through the air from the tee and images of professional golfers sending the ball through great distances with the swing of ultimate grace, not the “boring” putt shot.

The truth is that putting is the culmination of every shot you made on each hole. Each shot you take leads up to that one defining moment when you must make the ball in the hole. 

Think about it, you already got your tee shot straight and flying as far as you can. You’ve taken the approach shot(s) without sending the ball into the rough or other disaster hazards, and now it is on the green waiting to shine as it sinks smoothly into the hole without a glitch.

The Importance Of Sharpening Up Your Putting Skills

When it comes to scoring, putting is the most important part of golf. This final shot takes the perfect amount of speed, confidence, coordination, and precision. You need to adjust your body and swing type so that just enough strength is used to tap the ball, while holding back the excitement you feel to be making the last shot.

And above all, what if you miss? That in itself takes great character to not “blow your top”, so to speak, out of sheer frustration.

You should take the putt shot as serious as you do with every other shot, regardless of the short distance it needs to travel. Consider a long drive that you just hit from the tee which traveled 200 to 300 yards. This giant shot counts the same as a putt: 1 stroke.

The scorecard doesn’t care what type of shot you have to make. So it goes without saying that if you are going to put so much practice into your golf game, especially on the driving range, it is equally important to devote practice and skill to your putting shots.

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Hit ‘em straight

Ben