Blast Connect | Training Drills

Training Drills

Blast Levels - Welcome Video

The next generation Blast Golf app features Blast Levels, which will guide you on your journey for improvement. Watch this video to learn more about how the Blast Levels will benefit you.

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Blast Level 1: Drill 1 - Backstroke Time

Blast Level 1, Drill 1 focuses solely on backstroke time. Backstroke time is the single most important metric for your stroke, and it lays the foundation for efficiency and distance control.

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Blast Level 1: Drill 2 - Forward Stroke Time

Blast Level 1, Drill 2 focuses on forward stroke time and will help you enhance stroke efficiency and distance control. The key to this step is repeating your forward stroke time. The ideal time for forward stroke is .30 seconds, and the challenge is repeating this for every putt on the green.

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Blast Level 1: Drill 3 - Timing and Tempo

Blast Level 1, Drill 3 focus on time and tempo. Stroke tempo is the relationship between your backstroke and forward stroke times. The best putters in the world not only have a 2:1 Tempo Ratio with the putter, but they also repeat their back and forward stroke times to within .02 seconds on every putt. In the Blast Golf app, challenge yourself to reach your backstroke, forward stroke, and tempo goals consistently using the circle graph layout on this level.

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Back Stroke Timing

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Forward Stroke Timing

Make putts at various distances (e.g., 3 feet, 10 feet, and 30 feet), then review your Back Stroke Time and analyze your results. The Back Stroke Time should remain the same, even though the distances change. Once you find your signature number, which is generally close to 0.60 seconds, make putts at various distances, attempting to match your ideal Back Stroke Time within 0.05 seconds. Then divide your Back Stroke Time by two to find your ideal Forward Stroke Time. Once you find your signature number, which is generally close to 0.30 seconds, make putts at various distances (e.g., 3 feet, 10 feet, and 30 feet). Review your Forward Stroke Time and analyze your results, attempting to match your ideal Forward Stroke Time within 0.05 seconds. The Forward Stroke Time should remain the same, even though the distances change. Perform this drill for 10-15 minutes during every training session.

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Brad Faxon: Consistency

Brad Faxon explains a game he plays to achieve consistent Back Stroke Time and Forward Stroke Time on short putts.

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Brad Faxon: Tempo

Brad Faxon explains a game he plays to achieve consistent stroke timing and Tempo regardless of the pressure of a situation or length of the putt.

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Brad Faxon: Timing Consistency

Brad Faxon discusses the importance of timing consistency from different distances.

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Brad Faxon: Timing & Speed

Brad Faxon discusses the importance of timing and speed consistency.

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Brad Faxon: Timing - Stroke

Brad Faxon discusses the importance of consistent back stroke and forward stroke timing from different distances.

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Total Stroke Time

The goal of this drill is to train your body to create a consistent and repetitive timing pattern in order to consistently and efficiently transfer energy from the putter head to the ball.

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Consistent Tempo

The goal of this drill is to train your body to create a consistent and repetitive timing pattern in order to consistently and efficiently transfer energy from the putter head to the ball.

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Back Stroke Length

Granger Beaton describes the how the back stroke length progression drill can help you with your backstroke length.

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Blast Level 2: Putting Time and Speed

Developing consistent speed is much easier after you have mastered consistent timing. Blast Level 2 challenges you to find out the perfect Impact Stroke Speed for the putt you are faced with, while maintaining the same stroke timing.

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Impact Stroke Speed

Mike Duhamel explains the golf impact stroke speed progression drill.

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Blast Level 3: Putting Direction

Directional control is maximized by repeatable putter rotation. Blast Level 3 challenges you to have equal amounts of face rotation in the backstroke and forward stroke. Chances are, if you have dialed in your timing and speed, you have already cleaned up a lot of your direction.

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Blast Level 4: Putting Impact Angles

Blast Level 4 focuses on impact angles and challenges you to achieve a 0.0-degree change with all of your impact angles. Remember, Time controls speed, and Speed controls direction. By keeping your timing and speed dialed in, you will have already cleaned up a lot of your impact angles.

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Brad Faxon: Rotation

Brad Faxon discusses face rotation and the importance of minimizing the difference between back stroke and forward stroke rotation for good putting.

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Rotation – Heavy Bucket Strokes

The goal of this drill is to develop separation between the lower body and upper body during the putting motion, and limit excessive putter face/hand/forearm rotation.

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Lie – Reverse Preacher With Pedypods

The goal of this drill is to train your body to use the torso to dominate the movement in the putting stroke (rotating the ribcage like a wheel spinning around the axle), develop proper pressure in the feet, and eliminate a change in arm and hand angles which will keep the lie angle from changing throughout the stroke.

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Loft – Torso Twist

The goal of this drill is to develop separation between the lower body and upper body during the putting motion, rotation around your spine, and to avoid tilting/rocking of shoulders which can adversely affect Loft angle.

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