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The other day I was having a stellar practice took a short break 3/4 of the way through my bucket of balls. When I came back I was making some polite conversation with the gentleman who walked up to hit next me. I jokingly said I should stop now because things were going so well. At that point the first ball I hit after the break was a hozel rocket. I hit several more off the hozel until I felt I had figured out what I was suddenly doing wrong. Unfortunately rather than leaving with confidence I left hopping I wasn’t going to be hitting shanks next time out. I have also heard when you are practicing if you are hitting consistently bad shots you should walk away and come back a day or two later so that you aren’t ingraining the wrong thing into your motor memory.

I was wondering if any of you have a key that shows you it is time to stop good or bad.

golf is such a funny and fickle game. i don't have an answer to your question but i have a similar analogy.

it's like when you're finishing up and you birdie the last 2 holes of the round. you think, i'm so hot, maybe i should play another 18. even if you don't, you can't wait to get on the course next time and then you end up starting bogey, bogey.

or on the flip side, you're playing and you're doing just terribly. then you manage to hit a green but still have 35 feet for birdie and manage to sink the improbable putt for birdie.

that's why i love the game of golf. you never know what's going to happen next. at least i don't.

When you start getting tired. At least for me. Practice for me is more about the quality not quantity. I find I can practice longer if I pause between each shot, and go through my whole routine for each shot. Probably only hit half as many as balls as the guy next to me.

My game has gotten better by less full swing practice. As stated earlier on this DB… You have to go thru the entire routine each and every shot. That includes conscientiously checking the grip, alignment, ball-club point of contact, grip pressure, etc. The purpose of practice is to improve your play on the course, not impress the weenies around you.

You should stop (or interupt) practice when you start repeating bad shots and you don't have any good ideas on how to fix it.

I always like to end on a good note. If I am hitting solid shots near the end of a bucket at the range I am almost afraid to hit those last couple.

On the course, if I am driving it good on the last couple holes I will sometimes pull out my 3 wood on the 18th tee just so I don't end it with a huge slice or something. I don't know if it helps but if feels like it does if I can just finish strong.

Well hit the whole bucket it builds character besides you don't play 14 holes and go home
lol.............
Just kidding but I know what you mean. Right now I am also using my practice for conditioning as I have been away from the game for a long time and am trying to get in better golf shape and work on my flexibility. If you start stuggling towards the end grab a wedge and fire em at a flag 50 yards out.

I agree with straightshooter. When you start hitting bad shots they will continue quit and come back later.

when your hands start bleeding........

That might have been a good time to figure out what can go wrong with your swing. I'd try slow motion and swinging half swings while analysing and getting back on track. You can't just walk away when your in the middle of a course when you start mis-hitting the ball...

I did that the other day.

Bought a bucket went through my clubs, hit everything nice and straight and used up about the half the bucket.

The range I have has a nice little area where you can practice chips and some bunker play so went and used the rest of the bucket there.

There is ALWAYS some part of your game that you can work on.

Didn’t you get to finish your bucket after the short game practice? You made it sound like you had to leave the other half of the bucket at the short game practice area?