Start at 50. Then 60. Then 70. Then 80.
Every ball gives you a little help with the next one. You just hit 60, so 70 does not feel like a completely new problem. You saw the flight. You felt the strike. You know roughly how much farther the next ball needs to go.
By the time you get to the top of the ladder, it can look like you have the whole thing figured out. Then I ask you to come back down or I call 60 yards right after the 90-yard shot.
Now that is a different story.
I have seen this in my own practice enough times that I stopped treating the clean ladder as proof that I owned the distances. Sometimes I owned the ladder but that is not quite the same thing.
The order helped me.
There is nothing wrong with that. An ordered ladder is an effective way to build a picture. But eventually we need to find out whether the picture survives without the buildup.
That is what this session is for.
If I were standing beside you at the back of the range, I would start with three carry windows:
Play them upward in order with one ball each.
Then turn around and come straight back down.
Do not hit rehearsal balls between numbers.
Do not fix anything after the first miss.
Just notice whether the two directions feel the same.
What I want you to see is simple.
Can you find the number, or do you need the previous ball to lead you into it?
That is a different question than whether you can hit a nice wedge.
And for a seasoned player, it is a useful one.
