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Golf Drills to get Your Swing In Sync

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Jay.

I’ve been swinging pretty well this year. Unfortunately, my back
is keeping me from practicing very much. But when I can, I do
these two drills to warm up and get my swing in sync

1) To emphasize your arms and body working together – try this

Set up to a shot as normal and then place a towel across
your chest and underneath both armpits, and hold it securely.
- Now swing the club back and through at about half swings.
This drill will get your arms and body to work together,
if they aren’t your towel will drop.

Keep doing this half-swings focusing on the connection
between your body and arms, making sure the towel stays
in place under your arm pits.

after hitting 30 or-so shots this way, hit some full shots
without the towel and you should feel very in sync with
your arms and body.

2) Here’s Another Golf Drill To help Get Your Arms and Body in Sync
(I first learned the one handed drill From David Lee and
have seen it many places since including Annika’s Book.

Hit Balls with your right arm only (left arm for lefties)
Take your two handed grip and then remove your top hand
placing it on your sternum.

Now swing as you normally would and you’ll get immediate feedback
(it’s not as hard as you might think – you’ll get the hang of it quickly)

Once you get the hang of it pay attention to your results:

If your body is moving too fast for your hands the resulting shot will be
a weak and soft shot to the right.

If your body is moving too slow then your hands and arms will shut down
the club face too early resulting in the shot going left.

Pay attention to your results and if most of your shots go one way then you
know what you need to do.

One of my weaknesses is a slow body in approach shots and hitting the ball
to the left – these two drills help me to sync up and hit more greens.

If you’re feeling froggy – I’d love you to jump in with some comments….
good golfing , jay

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