Direction control in putting is essential for a low score, but distance control is the keyword for an even better result on the greens: A putt can only drop if the ball rolls at least to the hole. But if it rolls far past the hole, it often only drops after 2 more strokes. And the hoped-for birdie turns into a bogey.
It is crucial at what speed the ball is played. If I miss the hole, the ball must come to rest close enough to the hole so that a tap-in is sufficient to get it into the hole. My goal is to play the ball at most 50cm past the hole to be on the safe side for the next shot.
How do I achieve this and does the Birdie Pod help me?
To put it upfront: "Yes"!
Because the Birdie Pod is not a mechanical device. It doesn't guide your putter, clamped to some rail, or dictate a "mechanical" grip, or tighten your wrists like in a vice, or, or... - none of that: the Birdie Pod is a device that fosters and challenges your feel. Feel for rhythm, tempo, and speed is crucial for the outcome of your putting.
The adjustable stroke length restrictors promote a feel for rhythmic pendulum movement and prevent a robotic and overly mechanical swing.
If this is also your problem, as it is for many other golfers, you usually putt without the necessary feel for the right tempo and without the necessary "aggressiveness" to give the ball the required speed with conviction.
If this is also your problem, as it is for many other golfers, you usually putt without the necessary feel for the right tempo and without the necessary "aggressiveness" to give the ball the required speed with conviction.
Swing the putter gently to the right until it reaches the back restrictor and then gently, but with the necessary emphasis, through the ball to the left until it reaches the front restrictor. You will quickly develop a feel for the correct putting sensation. Always pay attention to rhythm and tempo.
A great exercise for home: swing back and forth, back and forth, back and ... within the stroke length restrictors without a ball, rhythmically and with feel, but without swaying - the pendulum movement comes solely from the shoulders.
Very concentrated, about 10 repetitions and 3 times a day - this will help you sharpen your feel for the movement in just 2-3 weeks.
Very concentrated, about 10 repetitions and 3 times a day - this will help you sharpen your feel for the movement in just 2-3 weeks.
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