Pocketshots Putting Lesson
VideoJug user Loto123 shows us how. Top European Coach Dennis Pugh takes us through the basic techniques.
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Step 1:
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Ways of putting:
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Well there seems to be no end to the number of ways in which you can go about the job of putting. How do I get the right stance? Should I have a wide stance? Should I be bent over it? Should I be tall? Should I be narrow? Should I have a short swing? Long swing? Different grips. Well all those choices fall down to two basic styles.
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Step 2:
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The first style:
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The first style is to understand if you prefer to stand tall, there is this whole complement of basics that you need to fit in with that. And it starts with the putter. A toe balance putter is ideal for those that like to stand tall. And here the Mizuno Bettinardi series Co4 is the putter of choice. What happens now is I can stand up to the ball and make a flowing stroke. But not everyone likes to go with that style, and there is another option.
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Step 3:
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The second style
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You can choose a face balance putter. Here the putter faces up to the sky. It's actually a Mizuno Bettinardi series Co5. And that's ideal for somebody who likes to take a different style to the ball, sets up more crouched over the ball like this, elbows a little bit more apart, more bent arms, a different type of stroke, and have a shorter back swing and a longer follow through.
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Step 4:
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Perfecting the stroke
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It really doesn't matter which choice you make. Whether you are more comfortable being taller or more comfortable being over the ball. But once you've made that choice, then you have to go with the correct selection of putter and then build from that the correct fundamentals within the stroke. So that when you get over a ball you have the building blocks for the perfect stroke already set for you. You've done that on the practice green, and you've done that with your putting practice. So the style you choose and the putter you choose is the first step in the process.