SET UP
Open the 3-tiered trajectory control Bullseye targets (unfold them from the bag) and simply connect all the joints into the base unit so that the red target is on top and the green target is at the bottom as shown here.
Note that the Shortgame Bullseye can be used in 5 different set up areas.
- set up indoors
- backyard set up
- driving range set up
- short-game practice area set up
- bunker set up
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(Most golf courses offer only one practice bunker with one height, the Shortgame Bullseye can be used to simulate bunkers of varying heights).
If using outdoors, please make sure you use the pegs to lock down the base unit into the ground.
If using indoors, it may be necessary to put some weight on the base unit.
TRAINING
 Whether in your home, backyard, range, or short game training area on your home golf course, once the Shortgame Bullseye is standing vertically, simply pick a spot 5 to 25 feet behind the target and teach yourself to hit balls into each color of the 3-tiered Bullseye target.
Generally speaking, you will find that:
- The GREEN target will require you to put the ball back in your stance towards your right foot, for a right-hander, to use a less lofted club (pitching wedge or short irons), and to place your hands ahead of the ball at address and to keep them there through impact.
Practice with different clubs until it works for you.
Try to hit 5 consecutive balls into the green Bullseye.
This shot is typically called the bump-and-run or basic chip shot.
The YELLOW target will require you to put the ball in the middle of your stance, selecting a more lofted club (sand or pitching wedge or short irons), and to align your hands even with the ball at address.
Practice with different clubs until you experience success.
Try to hit 5 consecutive balls into the yellow Bullseye.
This shot is typically called the basic pitch shot.
The RED target will require you to place the ball slightly forward in your stance toward your left foot, for a right-hander, selecting a lofted club (lob or sand wedge).
Try to hit 5 consecutive balls into the red Bullseye.
This shot is typically called the lob shot.
 What you are learning is how to control the height of the ball, the trajectory, by making simple changes with your clubs and address set up.
You are ALSO learning to match a trajectory with a color using a scientifc approach.
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 Inside the Shortgame Bullseye are 3 concentric rings that match the colors of the trajectory – they are the distance-control rings.
Just like with trajectory training, you can use these colored rings in 5 different set up areas–
- set up indoors
- backyard set up
- driving range set up
- short-game practice area set up
- bunker set up.
You may space the colored rings next two each other horizontally or vertically.
TRAINING
 Using the same instructions as before (trajectory training) for set up (address set up and club selection), practice hitting the matching shot into the colored rings.
For example, practice hitting a bump-and-run into the green ring so that the ball lands into the ring.
Practice the basic pitch shot so that the balls lands into the yellow circle and practice a flop shot so that the ball lands into the red ring.
Change the distance of the rings from yourself and practice with different distances.
If you are practicing on a practice green, notice how much the ball releases after it lands in the ring and remember that the ball will do the same thing on the golf course – so carefully observe that generally speaking,
the ball will travel farther after a GREEN trajectory shot landing on a GREEN distance-control ring,
less on a YELLOW trajectory shot landing on a YELLOW distance-control ring
and very minimal on a RED trajectory shot landing on a RED distance-control ring.
Appreciate this when hitting your shot on the golf course and anticipate the roll of the ball after it lands based on the shot you decide to hit.
What you are learning is how to control the distance of the ball by making simple changes with your clubs and address set up.
You are ALSO learning to visualize a LANDING spot and associate that spot with a color.
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