Putting
Recommended Skill Analysis Tasks
Written Analysis: Analyze the following
- Stage: Identify the stage of the skill that is exhibited (e.g. beginner, intermediate, expert).
- Stage Characteristics: Describe 2-3 features of the movement on the video that is characteristic of the stage identified.
- What to Change: Identify and describe the most important aspect of the skill that will need to be changed for the subject to improve.
- Cue: Write the single most important verbal instructional cue to help the performer improve.
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Comments
Stage: Intermediate Stage
Stage: Intermediate
Stage Characteristics: The putter’s grip looks firm with good pressure. He keeps his eyes down on the ball and moves his shoulders.
What to Change: The putter should try to putt through the ball. He swings only partially and then brings the putter back before he fully swung. He also obviously hit the ball too hard on this particular putt.
Cue: Putt through the ball.
PES 494
Stage: intermediate
Stage Characteristics: the athlete sets his feet, has a firm grip, makes eye contact with the hole and then back to the ball, gets set, the athlete putts the ball moving with his shoulders, and then misses the hole.
What to Change: the athlete mainly needs to work on putting through the ball. The athlete putts the ball a little too hard. The athlete also swings the club too far back when he putts.
Cue: push through it!!!
Sather, Brian. unicommons.com.Golf Skills and Practice. May 2, 2010