Getting better doesn’t have to be about making wholesale changes or implementing technical rebuilds that take months and usually send our scores backwards before we see any of the benefits.
Steady improvements while you still enjoy good golf through the playing season can come from a commitment to doing the simple things right – and ‘maintenance aids’ are designed to help you do exactly that.
There are loads of great products out there that enable you to maintain and hone your game, without making massive changes – and every player would benefit from finding and using one or more that keeps their set-up and technique on track and encourages good habits.
Joe and Dan extolled the virtues of these ‘maintenance aids’ in a recent episode of Kick Point: The Golf Gear Show, which you can watch above (from 33.49). They’ve seen and experienced the benefits first-hand, and they want you to join the revolution so you can too.
Joe was keen to highlight two that he’s particularly loving at the moment. The first one is the Visio Golf T-Line putting aid, which he tried after seeing Tommy Fleetwood using it in his preparation – and if the reigning FedEx Cup champion utilises it during tournament weeks, then that’s a pretty strong argument for giving it a go. It’s designed to improve your aim and start line by rolling the ball along a narrow piece of metal that’s 19.75 inches long.
Joe loves it: “I practise this at five to six feet. The benefits are two-fold. Obviously, you’re nailing your start line. If you can start the ball where you want to start the ball, then you’ve completed one of the components of being a good putter. The next two components are being able to read the green and hitting it at the pace you want to hit it at.
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“You’re also training your eyes to what perfectly square alignment is, because the extended piece is pointing exactly where it’s supposed to be, and I can see perpendicular to that my clubface is exactly where I need it to be.
“People massively complicate putting but if you can just get the clubface pointing in the right place and get your start line sorted, then wow, you’ve got a headstart there.”
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