Practice
Practice Makes Perfect.
That’s what PGA Tour golfers would say. And it is true. While the golf swing may seem very mundane to watch (after all, how hard is it to swing a ball anyway?), to master it in any way that it produces consistent swings and yield consistent results require a bit of familiar action. The only problem is that in practicing golf, either you do it on a practice range where you need to spend some bucks per hour or you do it at home for free while risking damages on properties including those not yours.
That’s the main problem of golf. Practicing your swings require a huge open land where falling golf balls won’t do damages: won’t shatter anyone’s windows or anyone’s heads. But in the absence of such options, e.g. like if your living in a highly suburban area where the only open space you could see is on a yacht, that’s where practice golf balls comes in.
But first, since this treads the same lines: do you really need to practice?
Yes you do. A golf swing is really very hard to master, however routine the activity seems to be. Even professional golfers did substantial grindings on this, even Tiger Woods who purportedly trained tirelessly with his swing coach Butch Harmon even after becoming a Tour master. The problem with the golf swing is that you need to see the results to know what you are doing wrong. So that means to say, crap those golf swing machines aimed to “better” golf swings, because they can damaging more than they are beneficial. Worse, they can get you used to one sort of swing, not necessarily right which you might have some hard time shrugging off.
There are several types of practice golf balls, with each type aimed to serve the same purpose: practice. Here are some of them examples.
Almost Golf Practice Ball
The Almost Golf Practice Ball is a fine example foam practice golf balls. It has solid core so that means it performs similar to regular golf balls. The only difference, being made of compressed foam, is its not having enough propellant to multiply force into distance. It travels 1/3rd of the distance if it’s a regular golf ball.
So how does Almost Golf Practice Ball aid you in your quest to better your golf swing? It allows visual interpretation of what you do. If you’re hitting poorly, this practice golf ball will tell you that. Did you just hit a straight, or was that a draw, a shape or a fade? Trust this Almost Golf Practice Ball to show you that, it was engineered to duplicate the exact workings if it were a regular ball.
The Almost Golf Practice Ball is usually sold in a pack of 36 for $29.95. Compare it to an average hour’s fee on most golf practice range at $50. You can save bit, plus you can do it often, as long as you collect those balls you shoot away.
Plastic Practice Golf Balls
Another option (and the cheapest) is to have plastic practice golf balls. Some of these designs are definitely lighter than foam balls, that you can even practice swings inside your office without the fear of breakage. Plastic practice golf balls are usually hollowed, some even having holes to facilitate aerodynamics better. Of course, these balls are poor receptors to nuances in straight, draws, shapes or fades because even a slight whiff of air can carry them away. But still they are definitely neighborhood (and budget) friendly.
How about if you go into a regular course to practice? Here, you’d have to use regular golf balls or it defeats the purpose. But please, don’t open that Titleist box yet. There are used golf balls intended to be nothing but practice golf balls. These golf balls, usually sold in a bag of 100, are those used golf balls collected and resold. They could either be from a pond dredging or golf course cleaning operation. They may be off color, with a number of them having abrasions, but still they can be used as regular golf balls as any other. So why use that sexy Titleist when nobody can notice?