Can TOO much practice be actually be bad for you?

Question

By too much I mean... 3+ rounds a week, everyweek.

Why/Why not?

Answer 1

Carpo Tunnel syndrome is a diblitating ailment caused by doing the same movement too often.

There are also psycological issues, best judged by the coach.

Will the club tense up, "choke", and fail due to injuries not having a chance to heal, or from not being prepared enough???

Some times practice makes one person more nervous, yet relaxes a worry-wort players who can't stand to be idle. Different strokes for diferent folks.

Allen Iverson is right. "Practice? You're just talking about practice? Practice?? Practice???? Practice. You're just talking about practice!?! Practice?? Practice!?!"

Words to live by. '-)

"Go A.I."!!!

Answer 2

Practicing right versus practicing wrong is the real question. For example, if you don't receive any instruction and have a big banana-slice, all you're doing in your practice is reinforcing your slice rather than fixing it.

Playing 3 rounds a week is not overdoing it by any means, but if you actually want to get better, you need to add in lessons and effective practice on the driving range, putting green, and chipping area. If you had exactly 3 days a week to dedicate to golf, I'd suggest taking a lesson one day a week, spending your next free day in the practice area, and playing one actual round of golf. After you get to a point where you're confident with your game, spending a half hour before each round on the practice area and sprinkling in the occasional refresher lesson (a few times a year) should be plenty. Then even 5 or 6 rounds a week is not too much.

Answer 3

I am assuming that by practice you mean real course play. Not range whacking. I think 3+ rounds per week is not much, of course if you have the time that is. If you are like me, hold a full time job, I can only squeeze in 1 round a week on the weekend. However if you have family, kids, and a job, one round would be plenty good. However if you are a retiree, you can play 5 days a week if you wanted, what else are you gonna do? :-)

Answer 4

By practice do you mean range time or actually playing on the golf course. I personally feel you can spend to much time on the range. As much as you try, you can loose the sense of focus. It is very easy to sit there and hit balls out into the range with no consequinces. If range time is all you have, then take a buddy with you and play games of closet to the pin at several different yardages to work on the concentration. Also, if your swinging the club bad, then you can ingrain the bad swing. I personally do not feel you can spend to much time on the course unless your hitting the ball really bad and have no focus. One of the true arts of golf is scoring. Everyone can score when the hit the ball well but the best players in the world learn how to score when they don't have their "A" game. At one point, I played 6-8 rounds a week for several years. I am not retired but actually in my mid 30's and carry a +1 handicap. You must practice wisely to make improvements in your golf game and only you can know how it is the best to use your time.

Answer 5

Your pactice should also include driving range for all kinds of shots. Don't just play at golf courses. For example, if you want to improve your skills on sand wedge, you have to play sand wedge shots again and again. Playing at golf course will not help you on that regard. If you swing sequence is correct, the more practice the better because it can train your muscle memory. If your swing sequence has flaw in it, you may build up a bad habit by practicing too much. Continuing on bad swing sequence is not a good idea. Playing at golf courses only is not going to improve your game too much either.

Answer 6

im 14 and i play about 90 holes a week during the summer and spend 2 hours a day on the range and 2 more on the outting green...prbly too much bc i could get burned out but like alot of ppl have been saying too much time on the range can be bad

Answer 7

Only if you're practicing poor fundamentals. I wish I could play 3 rounds a week. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Answer 8

I agree with Zach. If you're playing well get in as much time as you can because you're doing the right things. Ride the wave as long as you can!

If you're playing poorly I'd say take a break or back off the practice time. Maybe spend more time analyzing your swing and figure out how to get it back on track. I guess you can call that practicing, but maybe it's more like swing maintenance. Like getting your car serviced.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

That's not that much practice... I play every day in summer... The only thing that can be bad is that you can burn yourself out if you practice too much, but other than that you really can't practice too much