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PRACTICE DRILL: FEET TOGETHER SWINGS BY GOLF WORLD

TEACHING PANELLIST
LUTHER BLACKLOCK
This exercise will it works great with a control. Now make falling over or
help you blend wrist driver! Stand with some swings. You’ll losing your balance.
hinge into a full your feet together find that you have Once you’re familiar
shoulder turn while and the ball central to actively hinge with the feeling,
staying in perfect in your stance. and rehinge your introduce that wrist
balance. You can Choke down a little wrists back and action into your real
perform it with an on the grip to give through in order to swing – and watch
iron or a wood, but yourself some extra hit the ball without that ball fly!

LEARN FROM
TIGER

One of the hallmarks of
Tiger Woods’ swing over the
years has been his uninhibited
release through impact. If you
take just one thing away from
this image it’s how Woods’
right forearm is actively
releasing over his left as
he sends the ball powerfully
on its way.
Another key highlight? Check
out how low Tiger’s right
shoulder is as he fires his
upper body through the ball.
On the contrary, most
amateur golfers have their
left shoulder much too high
at impact, which usually leads
k l f i h h

PRACTICE DRILL: THE WIPER

Hold a golf club vertically out in front of you with your arms parallel to the ground at sternum
height. Keeping your hands in exactly the same position throughout, rotate the club 90 degrees
to the right, then smoothly back across to the other side. This promotes forearm strength and
clubhead speed – two invaluable assets for creating that desirable draw spin.

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