If your weight shifts to the outside of your foot on either the backswing or downswing, you’ll sway and slide and never fully use the power of your lower body. Practicing rotating your upper body as you keep the weight on the inside of the back foot to get fully wound. Here is a drill to help eliminate the sway.
It’s Good to Have Lag
If you have been losing distance or hitting inconsistent shots, you may be releasing the club early, losing valuable lag in your golf swing. Lag is the angle that is created between your wrists and the club shaft that stores energy to release on the golf ball. This drill will help you learn how to create lag in your golf … Read More
Learn to Coil and Uncoil
If you were to ask me to recommend one golf-specific exercise to all my students, it would be the Pivot Drill. The Pivot Drill helps you learn correct body motion and helps to synchronize the weight shift and arm swing. This exercise is a great way to warm up before play and practice and can help you stretch your shoulders … Read More
Check Your Shoulder Turn at the Top of Your Swing
Your body ultimately influences the path of your club at impact, which can affects the initial flight of the ball. If you want to become a more consistent ball striker, you had better learn to move your body correctly. Your shoulders should move perpendicular to your spine angle and turn 90-degrees to your target line. If you lack flexibility in … Read More
Get Your Front Shoulder Under Your Chin
One of the biggest differences between high-handicappers and better players is the way the shoulders rotate. Poorer players tend to rotate their shoulders back and through level with the ground. They never get behind the ball at the top of the swing. This leads to a host of problems with the golf swing—most notably poor contact and sliced or pulled … Read More
Get Your Swing Back on Track
If you are practicing or playing and you are not hitting good shots, then stop what you are doing and try this simple drill to get you back on track.
Simple Drill for Beginner Golfers
If you are jut starting the game, it can frustration when you don’t strike the ball solid every time. Here is a simple drill that you can practice to help you get some confidence in your swing.
Avoid the Pop-Up Drive
If you have ever hit a drive that popped up in the air, your tendency may have been to tee the ball lower. That is exactly the opposite of what you want to do. The more you tee the ball low, the more you will have to hit down, causing you to hit the ball on top of the driver … Read More
Help for Your Driver
For the majority of high-handicap golfers the driver is the most difficult club in the bag to hit because it is the longest club and it has the least amount of loft. It will slice more often than not. Pros set up with their spine tilted away from target at address, which helps them give the ball a more sweeping … Read More
Do You Have the Correct Ball Position for the Driver in Your Hand?
Ball position and weight distribution are closely, related. The ball position determines how much weight you place forwards and backwards in your stance. The distribution of your weight at address can affect your swing significantly. In fact, weight distribution should change to match your ball position.