7 MISTAKES TO AVOID AT THE RANGE

If you want to make your range time more effective, don't fall into these all-too-common traps

- Ben Emerson

Club golfers typically don't spend enough time at the driving range, but on the occasions that they do visit I will often observe a similar pattern of poor decision-making that wastes their precious time.

If you are serious about making improvements to your golf game, it's crucially important to avoid these seven common habits that stifle your progress and leave you feeling less confident than when you arrived...

ARRIVING WITHOUT A PLAN

Too often, club golfers come to the range with no real plan and just hit balls without any thought or care. What's the typical tactic? Heading straight into the bag for the driver, banging balls away and hoping they're going to get better.

I want you to go to the range with a plan. You need to have a good idea of what you're doing that day. Are you actually 'playing golf' by going through different shots, or working on technical aspects of your swing? Whatever your goal, make a plan and stick to it.

THE 'MACHINEGUNNING 50 BALLS' APPROACH

Can you get better at golf by smashing 50 balls down the driving range in ten minutes? No, absolutely not. But, sadly, so many golfers adopt this machine-gun approach in their practice sessions.

Instead, I want you to 'play golf' as much as you can on the range. Less is actually more. I like to take a lot of time when practising, methodically going through what I call the 'three-ball' drill.