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Practice Swing Drill – Fix your Pop-Up and Skies!

November 28, 2024May 6, 2008 by SirShanksAlot

Practice Swing Drill ~ Fix your Pop-Up and Skies! Problem: The player’s weight tends to remain on the front foot into the downswing. Result: The swing becomes extremely steep, and tends to travel out to in. Especially with woods, this problem tends to lead to a shot that goes extremely high, and doesn’t travel very … Read more

Ball Sweep Drill – Cure your Pull and Pop-Ups

November 28, 2024June 2, 2006 by SirShanksAlot

There is one major difference between the proper swing for a driver, and for an iron. That difference is the angle of attack. The angle of attack refers to the angle at which the club is coming at the ball into impact. For irons this angle should be steeper, as to help get the ball into the air with lots of spin. With the driver however, the angle of attack should be very shallow, as the club is designed to sweep the ball off a tee.

A Simple Drill An Over-The-Top Steep Swing Path

November 27, 2024October 16, 2012 by SirShanksAlot

If anyone has ever given you hard time after skying a tee-shot with a comment like ‘I hope you brought your defroster’ then you’ll enjoy this next drill. Skied tee shots and chunks are often caused by the same swing fault — and over-the-top, steep downswing. Since a large majority of the golfing population suffers … Read more

The Importance of the Spine Angle

November 25, 2024April 10, 2008 by SirShanksAlot

When you watch golf professionals live or on TV, what’s one thing you notice more than anything?… They’re incredibly consistent. The key to consistency is creating a repeatable and dependable golf swing.

Top 5 Most Common Faults Causing You To Come Over-The-Top

November 21, 2024May 14, 2008 by SirShanksAlot

The hack shot, coming over the top, rushing the downswing… all of these sayings are used to describe the same out to in downswing path that affects millions of golfers. This dreaded fault has many causes, which makes curing it difficult as drills will help some players but not others. I highly recommend video taping and analyzing your swing on a weekly basis. Most faults even beginners can spot. Here are the top 5 causes of the over-the-top move… each is coupled with an appropriate drill. Let’s get to it…

Improve your Ball Contact with Lie Board Drill

November 20, 2024April 29, 2009 by SirShanksAlot

Do you suffer from fat or thin shots on those tight fairway lies? Do you dread those 50 yard shots to the green off a wet lie? Do you suffer from inconsistent ball contact? If so, this drill is for you…

45º Ball Drill – Stop Coming Over-The-Top

November 20, 2024January 27, 2009 by SirShanksAlot

Your over-the-top move can have many causes – most commonly though, it stems from poor fundamentals. Regardless your over-the-top move travels on an out to in swing path and to help fix this, we need to get you swinging the opposite direction – in to out. The in to out swing path will help you get into the slot, fight against your slice and help you create more lag and power on your downswing. By practicing the drill below you can get away from your over-the-top move and over time transition into the ideal in to in swing path.

Fix The Double Cross

November 20, 2024October 2, 2008 by SirShanksAlot

Picture this…You’re sitting on the right hand side of the fairway, of a dog-leg right hole and the pin is just hiding behind the trees. You have 160 yards to the pin and will need to hit a 10-15 yards fade to avoid the trees on the right. You’re a little worried because if you hit the shot straight, you’ll surely be in the trees to the left of the green.

Feet Together Push Drill

November 20, 2024February 5, 2011 by SirShanksAlot

Players who tend to push the ball likely have an in to out swing path into impact. This is usually created by an over-active lower body, and a slower moving upper body. A great drill to help reduce your lower body movement is the leg together drill:

With a 7 iron on the driving range, place your feet together as shown in the picture and set up to the ball in the middle of your stance. Make full swings, while focusing on trying to keep your balance and turning your hips through impact. I cannot stress this enough, focus on the turning of your upper body… and the turning of your hips. If you can make solid swings, while turning your hips – you’ll help reduce your lower body movement, and start hitting straighter shots.

Also keep in mind the timing of your hips and your arm swing through impact. This drill helps with your swing tempo, balance, and upper body rotation. Give it a try!

Figure 8 – Fix Your Pull Drill

November 19, 2024October 5, 2010 by SirShanksAlot

One of the best ways to fix an over-the-top swing is to exaggerate the exact opposite move. This drill is designed to do exactly that and force an in to out swing path. It’s a very effective drill – have a look at the video and description below on how to perform it.