Staying on the Circle
Can you recommend an alignment stick drill to avoid coming over-the-top and keeping on (or under) plane coming down?
— Andrew, Australia
Put the alignment stick in the ground — behind the ball, on the target line, parallel to the plane of the club shaft you are hitting. This should discourage an over-the-top motion.
Here’s an example:
My Favorite Tips And Drills
Just because the golf season is near a close, there’s still plenty of work to do if you want to keep your swing fresh and up to par for the next golf season. That doesn’t necessarily mean you have to grind out in the cold all winter (Arizona and Palm Springs are great places to be in January, by the way), but with a handful of quick tips and drills that I show here, staying in top form this off-season ought to be a lot easier and more fun. And for those of you blessed with the time and resources to play golf all year long, let these next few pages serve as a blueprint for playing your best golf now, and into the next playing season.
CLAP YOUR HANDS
One of my favorite drills for perfecting the impact position is to do what I call the “clap your hands” drill. What this drill does is help you get a sense of what it means to stack your left side at impact and make solid contact into the golf ball. [Read more…]
