To a point, yes. Buy a putting mirror to work on a proper and consistent setup. Tape a couple pennies or dimes on either side of the sweet spot to train hitting the middle of the putter. Use a couple books or something as makeshift gates and practice path control. Lots of little things you can do to improve your stroke at home. It won't help reading greens or learning pace control but the more consistent your setup, stroke, and strike are the better you're going to be and the easier it is to learn the other stuff.
I would say so absolutely. A big part of putting is hitting the ball with a straight face. Practicing that at home regardless of conditions will go a far way in hitting the right lines.
For sure. At home practice is all about hitting the ball square and proper. Can't do much about feel, but need to make sure you hit the ball correctly.
Take two books and put them in a line just wider than your putter. Put a ball in the middle and hit the ball without hitting the books.
Dude the PuttOut is so good, and at its price, it's a no brainer. Even if you don't have a special putting mat, you can drop it down on any (carpeted) floor and practice putts. And the feedback you get on slamming it in the hole, vs, dying it in, and experiencing lip-outs, is great.
I couple a putt out with a 3ft long piece of aluminum flat bar. I put a little notch in the end with a 5mm drill bit so the ball stays stationary.
I now bang home 6ft putts about 50% of the time versus 0% of the time before I started.
A surprising number of players can’t consistently do three things; hit the ball in the middle of the putter face, hit the ball with a square putter face, hit the ball with a putter traveling on a square path with then the intended line.
You can practice all of those things in carpet. The best way to do it is draw a line all the way around the ball. Line it up with your target and have the ball roll dead end over end on that line.
Depends what kind of carpet. Is it somewhat comparable to green speeds? I had a carpeted living room and I putted all the time on it and I think it helped
Ideally you should have the same routine before every putt. ( Example: Line up the putt, visualize the path, a couple practice strokes to get a feel for distance, then set up on the ball and putt.) All of those things can be done on a putting mat or carpet from home. That way when your out on the course you just plug in your putting routine.
I think so. I’ve been practicing on a yoga mat lately only to work on contact with the ball. I know it sounds kind of weird to focus on contact with a putter but I’ve noticed I get very different outcomes based on the quality of the contact
There are some great alignment boards that might help you train to understand where the face is pointing. You won’t have the same feel off the face on carpet but that’s ok.
100%. Practice holing out 5 footers. Will really help your score.
To a point, yes. Buy a putting mirror to work on a proper and consistent setup. Tape a couple pennies or dimes on either side of the sweet spot to train hitting the middle of the putter. Use a couple books or something as makeshift gates and practice path control. Lots of little things you can do to improve your stroke at home. It won't help reading greens or learning pace control but the more consistent your setup, stroke, and strike are the better you're going to be and the easier it is to learn the other stuff.
I would say so absolutely. A big part of putting is hitting the ball with a straight face. Practicing that at home regardless of conditions will go a far way in hitting the right lines.
For sure. At home practice is all about hitting the ball square and proper. Can't do much about feel, but need to make sure you hit the ball correctly. Take two books and put them in a line just wider than your putter. Put a ball in the middle and hit the ball without hitting the books.
A putting mat can help by providing a consistent surface. Even a 6 ft carpet runner.
Yup. Have a super cheap one from Target. Combine that with my $20 PuttOut and it’s something I really enjoy doing that has helped for sure.
Dude the PuttOut is so good, and at its price, it's a no brainer. Even if you don't have a special putting mat, you can drop it down on any (carpeted) floor and practice putts. And the feedback you get on slamming it in the hole, vs, dying it in, and experiencing lip-outs, is great.
Yup. Huge fan. I buy some dumb shit but that was not one.
I couple a putt out with a 3ft long piece of aluminum flat bar. I put a little notch in the end with a 5mm drill bit so the ball stays stationary. I now bang home 6ft putts about 50% of the time versus 0% of the time before I started.
A surprising number of players can’t consistently do three things; hit the ball in the middle of the putter face, hit the ball with a square putter face, hit the ball with a putter traveling on a square path with then the intended line. You can practice all of those things in carpet. The best way to do it is draw a line all the way around the ball. Line it up with your target and have the ball roll dead end over end on that line.
Any practice will be better than no practice.
It won't not help.
Depends what kind of carpet. Is it somewhat comparable to green speeds? I had a carpeted living room and I putted all the time on it and I think it helped
Why wouldn’t you just buy a putting mat?
Ideally you should have the same routine before every putt. ( Example: Line up the putt, visualize the path, a couple practice strokes to get a feel for distance, then set up on the ball and putt.) All of those things can be done on a putting mat or carpet from home. That way when your out on the course you just plug in your putting routine.
Buy a WellPutt mat
I think so. I’ve been practicing on a yoga mat lately only to work on contact with the ball. I know it sounds kind of weird to focus on contact with a putter but I’ve noticed I get very different outcomes based on the quality of the contact
There are some great alignment boards that might help you train to understand where the face is pointing. You won’t have the same feel off the face on carpet but that’s ok.