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Hitting the ding

• RayzorA1971 2 Posts

  Sun, Jun 5 2011 8:40 PM

  My biggest issue i never hit the ding i'm either early or late nothing consistent to use any helpful tips or threads on hitting the ding.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Sun, Jun 5 2011 11:39 PM

  Practice.

• MentalChaos 141 Posts

  Mon, Jun 6 2011 12:03 AM

  I rarely ever hit the ding. I try not to in fact, i usually aim a couple of yards less than what i think the wind will push it, and then purposely miss in that direction on the meter. I find it works better than aiming as far as you think it should go and then dinging it. When i try that, the ball ends up leaving the tee in the direction of the wind anyways and then the shot goes with the wind to far. To each their own though, my way may not work for others.

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Mon, Jun 6 2011 1:05 AM

  RayzorA1971:

  any helpful tips or threads on hitting the ding

  1. Try to develop a rhythm to your shots. What works for me, when I am in the groove, is letting my eye follow the swing indicator about half way across and then shifting my eye over to the ding line to wait for the indicator to come through. There is always some element of (unconscious) anticipation involved, it seems to me. Whatever works for you.

  2. Always take a practice stroke. This re-orients you to the specific speed of the meter. I do this even if the speed of the meter has not changed from the last shot taken, but it is especially important when you move between clubs of different speed (for example, teeing off after hitting the putter and vice versa).

  3. Consider taking 2 practice strokes. This is because after 2 practice strokes the system will remind you where the ding line is by putting an arrow over it. Having that arrow over the ding line may help some players 'see' the line better (somewhat unconsciously).

  4. Once you have planned your shot, focus only on the bar and the ding line, NOT on the course or the avatar.

  5. Similarly, clear your mind of extraneous thoughts and, mostly, "swing thoughts." The only swing thought I allow myself, if I can restrict it, is to make a mental note of which side of the ding line I should miss on if I have to miss.

  6. Except when putting, or perhaps in the short game around the green, always hit full strokes. This helps rhythm tremendously. (At the higher levels of the game you will need to adjust this and hit various partial shots to get close to the hole and set up birdies, but you can worry about that later.)

  7. With the putter, if you have trouble hitting the ding choose a slightly longer range, allowing you to set the distance less than halfway across the bar. However, this will then bring the reduced accuracy of the longer range into play. This should not be an issue for you if you are using the slow starter putter.

  All of the above assumes that you are playing to hit the ding as your primary strategy. There are different approaches to this. 

• Cleworthy 3,468 Posts

  Mon, Jun 6 2011 6:43 AM

  Also, balls with a higher "feel" rating will slow the meter down.

• stevie2017 20 Posts

  Tue, Dec 20 2011 1:22 PM

  yes this really does help

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Tue, Dec 20 2011 8:00 PM

  I'm sure everyone has their own way of doing it. 

   

  Here is one thing that sometimes helps me,   if I find that I am consistently early clicking I just hover my index finger above the mouse button.  I think this gives another split second before my finger makes contact with the button eliminating the early click.   

   

  I do the opposite if I find the hover method is producing late clicks, then I just make sure I keep my booger hook on the button.

   

  Could be all in my head but whatever works 

  If all else fails,          drink more ;-)

  Hp

• borntobesting 9,695 Posts

  Tue, Dec 20 2011 10:44 PM

  hpurey:

  I'm sure everyone has their own way of doing it. 

   

  Here is one thing that sometimes helps me,   if I find that I am consistently early clicking I just hover my index finger above the mouse button.  I think this gives another split second before my finger makes contact with the button eliminating the early click.   

   

  I do the opposite if I find the hover method is producing late clicks, then I just make sure I keep my booger hook on the button.

   

  Could be all in my head but whatever works 

  If all else fails,          drink more ;-)

  Hp

  my strategy is slightly different. If I am clicking early a lot I find it is because I have moved my chair too far to the left and i am looking at the ding bar a very unusual angle and I will move as much as 2 feet to the right. Clicking to late a lot move back to the left a little. You would be surprised what trouble  a little misalignment in regards to the ding bar will cause.

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Tue, Dec 20 2011 11:20 PM

  I totally agree on the position that your are sitting in in relation to were your hand is on the mouse. Example:

  My mouse at home is level with my waist and I almost always hit the ding this way as oppose to the position of my mouse at job ( when It is quite & I can play ha ha) which is above the desk, then it is harder to time the "ding" on the meter. So my guess is to find a relaxed position for your hand to click the mouse in for long periods and not get cramped. I usually just leave my finger lightly on the mouse and watch ONLY the meter bar and ding spot make contact using my peripheral vision; it helps most of the time.

• stevenharkin 1,921 Posts

  Wed, Dec 21 2011 2:42 AM

  totally agree with getting your body shape right...

  i personnaly put every thing at 90 degree angle, reason being i can then extend my legs fully out lol...crazy as it sounds, i believe i am more relaxed when legs are fully extended 

  so my screen, keyboard and body shape is aligned at roughly 90 degree angle...and my computer desk is still set flat against the wall

  my method in hitting the ding itself begins with focusing on the ding line and if full shot i don't even look at meter going back to 100%, still focus on the ding line and at the beginning of my downswing i break it into two sections

  first section i'm looking at speed of meter dropping towards the ding line and 2nd half i'm looking more at the section in full, rather than focusing on 1 particular thing ( meter or ding line )..and then just click when necessary 

  there is a method in the madness as it works most days :)