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 Posted - 01/20/2006 : 15:14:48
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ROD AND CLAW DRILL
1. Hold the lead arm out in front of you as if you are holding a club. Make a fist with the hand.
2. Grab the lead arm wrist with the trail arm hand, thumb down and palm of that hand against the wrist of the lead arm.
3. Push the lead arm back, keeping the trail arm close to the side.
You will see how the lead arm rotates and the trail arm position during the backswing.
FOLD / FOLD DRILL
This drill is basically the grass cutting drill,but a little slower and you can do with or without a ball. It is basically what it states. Set up, keep feet on ground and knees flexed, take a backswing FOLDING your trail arm and then a throughswing and release FOLDING your lead arm. Keep the feet down and knees flexed the entire swing (do easy). Work on the fold in the backswing and throughswing. Most are good on the backswing fold, many have problems with throughswing fold (release positions).
ARMPIT DRILL:
Place a headcover or small towel under the trail arm (in the armpit). Take a backswing and make sure the headcover/towel does not fall out (at least until the top of the swing). If it falls out during the
backswing, the trail arm is not folding properly during the backswing.
KNEE FLEXED AT IMPACT DRILL aka (Stagger the feet drill):
Not being able to keep the lead knee flexed is typically indicative of some other swing fault (not being on plane/coming across the ball, etc..). It is very difficult to keep the lead knee flexed if the fault(s) still exist in the swing and the body is compensating for the swing "issue".
Drill: Take your normal stance with a mid to long iron, then drop the trail foot straight back from the ball (like a very closed stance - at least 45* closed). Flex the forward knee (more than normal) to get to the ball. Swing EASY from this position. DO NOT OVER SWING. The only way to make contact is to keep the lead knee flexed through impact.. this will also help in feeling what facing ball at impact is.
DRILL TO SLOW DOWN SWING -
The best way to slow down the swing is to come up with a swing thought that promotes a good swing tempo. I used low and slow for my takeaway and definitely focused on the slow part to keep in good tempo/rhythm.
In your practice swing routine, before each shot, make sure to keep it very slow, both feet on the ground, facing the ball, etc.. exaggerate this to get good feeling of slow tempo.
Drill to Improve Making Solid Impact:
The best drill to work on solid impact is you are casting is to actually go and chip. A chip (keeping the lead wrist firm) is the position of the golf swing at impact. Chip balls keeping the lead wrist firm and work on acquiring solid impact. Slowly increase the length of the chips until it is a mini type punch shot still trying to keep the lead wrist firm. This will help you get the feel of good solid impact.
Impact Bag Drills:
1. It is not necessary to make a full swing. Take the club to the top, create the leverage angles with the hands and arms, then strike the bag stopping at the bag with head still and both feet on the ground (knees will be flexed). You will notice the shoulders, knees and feet are square when you are at impact. (Check Position).
2. Make sure when you hit the club head on the bag, the club head is square. You will feel the difference. The club will try and twist to square if you are not hitting the bag square club head.
3. Make sure you use your hands and arms to hit the bag. This is what is important in leverage development.
4. Listen to sound when you hit the bag. Take 1/4 to 1/2 length swings and try and "pop" the bag. As the sound increases, so does holding the leverage angles through impact. This becomes another way to monitor holding the leverage angle until the last second which is where many golfers loose distance as the release the leverage angle prior to impact (aka, "casting, etc..).
Good work out with bag - perform a couple pump drills, hit the bag a couple of times, then step back and swing a couple of times. In this process you are working on holding leverage angles, then listening to how well you hold leverage angles and face ball at impact, and then you are swinging a couple to make sure and maintain proper release.
Bunker Line Drill
For most that have problems with bunker shots, they have difficulty knowing where the bottom of their swing is. Meaning, it does require to be fairly accurate on where you hit behind the ball when in a bunker. If you are off by just a few inches or less, you can have bad results.
Test: Draw a line in the bunker, walk the line (between legs) and try to make a divot in the sand with the back of the divot starting on the line. The divot will go forward of the line with the back edge starting on the line. If you hit behind the line, will lead to a fat shot, if you hit ahead of the line will lead to a thin/skool shot. This is a good drill to figure out where the "bottom" of your swing is. A must to hit good bunker shots, even with using either conventional style or Moe History Stick Style wedges.
Drill for a tension free swing
If you want to feel for yourself, here is a good drill - simple, but very good and to the point.
1. Set up like your going to hit a shot with club (no ball).
2. Tense the arms (tighten your grip) as tight as you can.
3. Swing the club (full swing).
4. Feel what it feels like (smoothness of swing, etc..)
5. Now set up again and hold the club as loose as you can (almost like you are going to throw the club out of your hands on the through swing).
6. Swing the club (full swing).
7. Feel the difference.
You will see it is much easier to fold your arms properly in the swing (backswing, through swing), get angles (leverage angles), move arms and shoulders properly, etc.. with the loose type grip.
You should hold your club when hitting the ball with a grip that is tight enough to control the club (even when hitting out of rough) but not too tight to inhibit the swing.
I do believe Moe's description of drawing blood with his lead hand has caused problems with some individual's perception of grip, setup, etc.. I believe this is Moe's description of his hand feeling on the downswing toward the ball... and if you swing correct, for most it does feel like there is more pressure on that lead hand in the downswing, especially to simulate the vertical type drop Moe produced from the top of his swing. For most, they must feel like they are pulling with the lead, as pushing with the trail will cause to come over the top of the ball.
Good Luck,
Definitely experiment and feel the difference when hitting shots to get the arms and hands working correct in the swing,
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Todd Graves, Tim Graves, Scott Renfrow, Brent Reid |
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