Hone your speed control
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This ladder drill is a fantastic way to improve your pace putting indoors. You can refine your speed control even if you only have six to ten feet to work in. You can do this on a putting mat or just on the carpet if you have one that runs at a reasonably similar speed to a green. Set up a box with a stick, golf club or a wall as the back edge and mark out the front of the box with a couple of tees about three feet short of that.
Hit your first putt to get as close to the far stick as possible and then each one after that should go a little shorter, but stay within the box. Try and get as many balls in the box in a row as you can. You can alter the length of the putt and depth of the box based on how easy or difficult you want to make the drill. Keep a score of how many balls you can hit gradually shorter but in the box in a row at each length or box size, and try to beat it next time. This enables you to monitor your progress and creates some pressure and consequence to replicate the feeling of putting on the course.
Box yourself in
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People often neglect to think about speed on shorter putts, but entry speed to the hole is really important. Even on a four-foot putt, you want to visualise the speed you want the ball going into the hole, as well as the line. You want enough momentum that your ball will hold its line and definitely get past the hole if it doesn’t go in, but not so much speed that it could lip out. If your ball hits the back edge of the hole, it’s got a little too much speed.
You can practise this at home by putting to a ghost hole cut out of paper, with a box behind it that starts six inches after the hole and is about the depth of your foot.