Golf practice in the garden with wiffle-balls
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- a Chip shot and a 7-iron with wiffle golf balls, and a comparison with chipping a real golf ball.
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Hi - I’m Gregor Heinrich. Welcome to my "Golf & Tesla" channel. This CZcams channel is designed to give you an overview of golf courses I have played on, occasional equipment reviews or "how to" clips.
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Even after the lockdown and golf courses open, I occasionally practice with such balls - good to practice posture and swing. If you are new to this channel and like the video, I would appreciate if you could subscribe... Thanks
I am really greatful for your useful youtubes about practising golf in the time of corona virus. Help us doing exercises to keep good health
The birds make me feel like I’m watching the masters!
Thanks - indeed : i was surprised as well how much the mic picked up the birds (i guess the audio comptession in post production enhanced that sound
Wow great swings. Thank for sharing your instruction in detail, Mr. Gregor
You are very welcome
Been wondering how the wiffle balls compared to golf balls on my chip shots. Nice to know they’re similar distance!
do you have a possibility to try it out for yourself? The "feel" is different with wiffle balls, though, as they are much lighter..
@@GolfTesla the swing is the same it just doesn’t feel as heavy on the hands if that makes sense. They’re also a little more forgiving if you top it a little cause they’ll still catch air. Been fun so far
Great swing 👍
Thanks 👍
California closing again - was wondering if whiffle balls would make sense. Now i know they do. Cheers!
Thanks. Nice to see that such a clip is actually helpful for some.. (what I like in particular with wiffle balls is that they take on mistakes as well. For istance: you slice and the ball flies accordingly.
Really great thanks a lot
thanks
hit your 7-iron straighter, I dare ya!
:) - usually straight - but on the real course, as we have been able to play normally again for quite a while now..
Nice video!!
thanks..
great vid(:
Thanks
sick!
Hi Alexander, thanks for your comment. When you say "sick!" you mean that in the new sense of "cool, nice", or in the old sense that there is something you don't like about the video? I would be interested in knowing.
very good video. keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
Hi do those plastic balls still react the same as a real ball left and right so you have an idea if its drawing/fading?
Yes, and that is the cool thing. The wiffle balls react to slicing or drawing the ball, in fact, almost exaggerate it so it is a good practice. One disadvantage: they do not last forever, and especially if hit at much higher speeds, eg with a 5-wood, hybrid etc they sometimes break or tear at the seams (they are made of two half-cups that are then sealed together). On the other hand, they don't cost much.. And: as I mention in the video: if you hit a soft chip shot, they will fly like a regular ball, almost, and if whacked at full speed will only go 20 yards max.
Some people however don''t like the "light" feel - so you will never get the weight-feedback on your club-head as you would with a real ball. -- See also: czcams.com/video/_0AnWzac824/video.html
@@GolfTesla Oh thats awesome, ive just ordered some now and can't wait to give them a try. Thanks for making the video and replying to me with the extra information.
Hallo Gregor!
Absolut empfehlen für das Training im Garten kann ich „birdieballs“! Auch wenn sie mit ihrer Zylinderform komisch aussehen mögen,ist es das beste Produkt für Heimtraining (meine Meinung) Sie fliegen nur 40 yards (≈36m) weit, geben jedoch ein Gefühl wie echte Golfbälle zurück und fliegen auch stabiler als Whiffle-Balls! Man kann sogar shotshapen (Draw, Fade, etc.) Hier gibt kann man sie relativ günstig kaufen: homegolf.ch/produkte/birdieball-dozen-box-ein-dutzend/
Danke fuer den Tipp (schreibe von meinem anderen Kanal), probiere ich gerne mal aus. Draw/Fade/Slice gehen auch mit wiffle Bällen, aber weil sie so leicht sind, ist das Gefühl beim Ballkontakt natürlich anders. Aber da hier ab Sommer die Plätze wieder aufwaren, habe ich meinen Garten gar nicht mehr zum Training nutzen brauchen, aber der Frühling kommt ja bald.
habe bisher noch keine "Birdieballs" gefunden.. suche weiter
Do whiffle balls fly on a lower trajectory? I use to scoop my shots a lot when I started, and now I changed my swing to hit down on the ball. Noticed the whiffle balls don't fly as high in the air with my new swing, which makes sense.. but wondering if you have the same experience.
Thanks for your question. In my experience, wiffle balls fly (for a while at least) almost like a normal ball. But then, I don't compact the ball a lot and am more of a "picker". Perhaps others have more detailed views. As to scooping: it has less to do with the kind of ball or whether you hit down on the ball or not, but whether you keep the hands/wrists ahead and don't let the clubface overtake the hands in the impact zone. (but then I am not a pro, so my views here don't really "count"; as many do: taking a few lessons with a pro is the better alternative.