So I got my Sockibomb Tour Series Aviar. First feeling them, they feel really good
in the hand. Super stiff. It's right between almost an Aviar, KC Aviar and
a Whale was my first impression. So it's not quite as deep rimmed as a Whale
but not quite as thin profile as a regular KC. The wider rim definitely fits
really good in my hand. I think the bigger the disc is the more surface area
I can grab and I think it really allows me to feel comfortable. I mean that's
obviously the most important thing when you're putting. The Sockibomb. It's kind
of a signature as far as a lot of my logos go. So it's really fitting to work
with Innova on the Bomb logo. A putter like this really doesn't change
that much. It's gonna get a little bit softer but it's just gonna be stiff all
around even if you leave it out in the sun. Where the bead places on this
is a little bit down further. So when I put my finger out so I feel like I
actually have a lot more control as opposed to having a little bit more up
top with the regular KC because the regular KC is not quite as deep, so
your finger may be up top whereas it's more on the bottom with this because of
how deep it is. So I think that actually has, plays a big role in getting
that nice, consistent release point. My first putting style. I remember I had these
black JK Pro Aviars and I would just that was back in like 2010, 2011. I
remember I was really cool back then cause I had black Shark stamp JK Pro Aviars so
that was that was my first experience with with changing my style. I remember
using those and I was doing this sling putt without basically like turning the
basket throwing it a hundred miles an hour at the basket. And I was an amateur
and I would three putt all the time in my local C-Tiers and I got
frustrated with that. I'm like, "Alright. How can I try and make every single putt?
No matter where I'm at. Whether I'm 80 feet, 20 feet, 100 feet. At the time I was
staying with Feldberg and he kind of told me, "Hey you
probably need to change your putt if you want to have any success in
this sport." And so he actually, he actually told me. He goes, "Alright
envision that you've got to go under. Under a board right in front of you but
yet over the next board that's that's right in front of you." So I'd be like
there's a board here and a board maybe just in front of it. You got to go under
this one and back over that. It's a go out then nose down. It's not like a nose
down the entire way. It doesn't matter where I'm at. I can try and make it and I can
tell myself, "Alright. I'm gonna make this putt." And yeah of course I know I'm not going to
every time but if I, even if I don't I'm still 15, 10, 15 feet away because I'm
coming in high to low. Whereas if I'm doing you know like I used to, if I
miss the basket, I'm flying 25, 30 feet. Percentages aren't gonna be with you to
make that putt every time and not three putt. I have a really high release
so it's like if I'm 60 feet away, I got to putt higher. Know that my gravity in the
nose-down angle is gonna come in towards the basket and drop. For me it's all just
developing muscle memory and hitting that spot in the air knowing that when,
by the time I get to the basket, it's falling into the pocket. And there's a
lot of things that I do that no matter what your
putting style is, you can implement it. It doesn't have to be the exact way I do it.
But there's a lot of momentum a lot of with the wrist pop and the fingers. I
basically hold my wrist angle whatever it is. Some people putt anhyzer.
Some people putt hyzer. Whatever your preferred angle is, hold your angle from
start to finish. Lock your wrist in place. If you notice
my elbow may move a little bit. It's not gonna move a ridiculous amount. But it's
gonna, it's more of this and that way my wrist and my angle never moves on my
putter. A lot of people want to like extend their arm way up in the air but
actually a follow through with a putt is more of extending forward not up like you
would with a drive and follow-through around. So that's a big thing I
see with amateurs. When they make mistakes putting is they're actually
over emphasizing the follow through as opposed to trying to focus on the
follow through of their arm and extending their wrist. So it's basically
wrist and arm extending together at the same time. You notice my arm's a little
bit bent and my wrist is in place and then it's more when I'm ready to go
forward, it's bam. I'm stopping my wrist. I'm not opening my wrist like that it's
more of a pop instead of a spin. So that's the difference between when I
first started is I would do this and open my wrist and then I have so many
more. I can miss early, right. There's so many more variables. To where if I hold it
like I talked about. Hold it in place the entire way and then pop forward I know
my putter is gonna come out on that angle every time. So I'm just coming
straight back and extending forward and now the only variable it has to come
into play is that wrist. And that wrist isn't over snapping. It's just popping
and stopping. Pop and stop basically.