Remember, stretch before every workout.
Stance
If you are having trouble with your aim, the ladder drill may help. To perform the drill, drop a ball in front of you and address it as if you
are lining up to take a swing with a mid-iron so your feet are neither open nor
closed to the target.
Drop the club at your feet so the shaft runs from foot to foot. Look down and examine where the club is pointing and make adjustments. Imagine the club making a line to out to the target. If that line is to the left of the target, during a real golf shot, your ball will end up to the left. If the club's line is to the right of the target, then your ball will fly to the right of the target.
To correct, aim slightly left or right of your starting point, depending on the direction of the error. For example, if the club line is pointing to the left, adjust your stance slightly to the right and repeat the drill.
Do this drill regularly and you will see a noticeable difference in how you address the ball.
Drop the club at your feet so the shaft runs from foot to foot. Look down and examine where the club is pointing and make adjustments. Imagine the club making a line to out to the target. If that line is to the left of the target, during a real golf shot, your ball will end up to the left. If the club's line is to the right of the target, then your ball will fly to the right of the target.
To correct, aim slightly left or right of your starting point, depending on the direction of the error. For example, if the club line is pointing to the left, adjust your stance slightly to the right and repeat the drill.
Do this drill regularly and you will see a noticeable difference in how you address the ball.
Follow-through Drill
The release is one of the keys to a solid golf swing, in which
the wrists become un-cocked and turn at impact with the ball. If that does not
occur correctly, the club head will strike the ball at an angle, resulting in a
ball flight to the right or left.
To perform this drill, take a club and swing about half your typical speed. Stop when your arms make a L during the backswing and check where your wrists are. Swing through and release, turning your wrists through the ball and finish by creating the reverse L as you follow through.
Continue swinging in this manner, but increase the speed. You will become more cognizant of these two important points in the golf swing while noticing increased power.
If the desired ball flight is not occurring while you're doing this drill, adjust your grip and arm angle. These should be slight adjustments that the individual golfer will need to experiment with, because it depends somewhat on the strength of the grip and velocity of the swing.
During the adjustments, continue to do the drill and test different arm angles and grips. This will help the golfer understand the relationship between club head, wrist motion, arm angle and grip in his own swing.
To perform this drill, take a club and swing about half your typical speed. Stop when your arms make a L during the backswing and check where your wrists are. Swing through and release, turning your wrists through the ball and finish by creating the reverse L as you follow through.
Continue swinging in this manner, but increase the speed. You will become more cognizant of these two important points in the golf swing while noticing increased power.
If the desired ball flight is not occurring while you're doing this drill, adjust your grip and arm angle. These should be slight adjustments that the individual golfer will need to experiment with, because it depends somewhat on the strength of the grip and velocity of the swing.
During the adjustments, continue to do the drill and test different arm angles and grips. This will help the golfer understand the relationship between club head, wrist motion, arm angle and grip in his own swing.
Putting Drill
One of the least-practiced skills of golf is putting even though it is a huge part of the game. While being able to read greens is an
important element to being a good putter, the most critical part is
understanding pace. To perform this drill, place three balls at 5-feet intervals
away from the hole on
the putting green. Attempt to hit each ball into the hole,
concentrating only on the length of your putting stroke. Every putt, no matter
the distance, should be struck with the same speed of the putter. The only
element that changes is the length of the backstroke. Continue to vary distances
while keeping the same pace, but altering the length of the backswing. The final
step is to do this drill with several balls and various distances with your eyes
closed. This will allow you to feel the clubhead move back and forth through the
ball.
Counting Drill
Is a hook or slice killing your golf game?
Try this drill on for size. Take a normal backswing. At the top of the
backswing, stop. Count to 2 before proceeding back to the ball. This will
decrease the speed of your lower body and help you think of your swing in
sequential parts, exposing issues with your downswing and giving you the ability
to see, feel and correct them.
This drill will help the golfer expose an inconsistent velocity issue with his/her swing and body. If the body is slightly ahead or behind the golf swing, then the ball will be sliced or hooked. This drill will break this timing issue by making the golfer's body move at the same time as the club.
This drill will help the golfer expose an inconsistent velocity issue with his/her swing and body. If the body is slightly ahead or behind the golf swing, then the ball will be sliced or hooked. This drill will break this timing issue by making the golfer's body move at the same time as the club.
Penny Drill
This simple but extremely effective drill will help a golfer
get the ball off the ground quickly. Take a penny and place it on a practice
mat. Hit a penny off a mat. Try to hit the penny off the mat with different
clubs. See how high you can get it to fly. This will help you stop topping the
ball. Now try to hit the penny when a ball is on top of it. This will continue
to train you not to top the ball.
Well time to go. Keep practicing and the game will get easier.
bye for now.....
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