The second step in eliminating the slice is to swing the club on an inside path. Most slicers have a tendency to swing the club on an outside to inside swing path. To counter balance this tendency, we are going to swing the club extremely inside to out.
The one step in learning to square the clubface at impact is to swing the hands and arms in the correct manner. This aspect is often overlooked in today’s teachings. Too often the rotation portion of the swing is over emphasized. Today’s drill looks at swing the arms in the correct manner after impact.
Extension Drill
Set up in your address position. Push the club parallel to the ground with the toe up on the target side. Hold this position (your extension) for a two count and swing to the top of the backswing and swing through to a balanced finish. While swing through to the finish let the club pass through the point where you held your extension position. This drill works on keeping your posture through impact.
Whoosh Drill
For this drill we are going to turn the club upside down and grip the club just below the clubhead, with only the target hand. Set up in your address position and swing the club. During the swing motion, listen for a ‘whoosh’ sound going through the impact zone. A loud whoosh is a result of greater clubhead speed. The primary goal of the drill is to gradually increase the volume of the whoosh with each swing. As a secondary goal, get the ‘whoosh’ sound to occur the loudest as the club passes your target leg. Having the loudest part of the whoosh sound after impact ensures that the golfer’s swing is accelerating through the impact zone. Clubhead speed should not be created by hitting at the golf ball or using brute force. The ultimate goal of the drill is to create clubhead speed from swinging the club.
Club Across Shoulders
Get into your address position. Now place the club across your shoulders and onto each end, maintain your address position’s posture. Turn your shoulders like you would taking the club away. Once your shoulders have turned 90° or as far as they will turn, take notice where on the ground the end of the shaft is pointing. Now rotate your body through to the so your shoulders have turned 90° past your address position. Where does the other end of the shaft point? Ideally the end of the shaft at this point of the drill should point at the same spot at the first checkpoint. If you have done this correctly then your posture is great. If the ends of the shaft weren’t pointing at the same spot then practice this drill. For best results reset yourself after each swing motion. Keep your feet solidly on the ground to minimize leg movement. Perform this drill slowly, the slower the better, remember speed kills.
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