Sweep
Journeyman Pro
I am sure some of the experts and pro’s on here will be familiar with the feet together drill. Often hailed as the best golf drill ever. It’s worth a google.
Having had lessons last season the pro had me hitting halfway back, halfway through shots with a 7 iron which was OK but TBH I wasn’t really getting it. I found the feet together drill online and asked the pro if this would help in the same way. He said it would, that it was just like railing back the half shot and it would groove the feel I needed to hit good iron shots.
I ingrained the feet together drill into my practice routine and after a lot of practice got quite good at it. When using this drill I, like most, find that the ball goes maybe 80% to 90% of the distance but much, much straighter. To the point that I was considering sacrificing distance and using it on the course.
The problem I have is that when I progress to what I consider a full swing, my distance goes up but dispersion also rockets and my strike quality decreases badly.
So I return to the drill to try to find some quality and indeed solace.
Just recently instead of using the drill to warm up and then move straight to full shots, I started to slowly progress from feet together to moving my feet apart in increments until my accuracy begins to sufferer at which point I go back. Using this, I have found, in practice at least, that I can get my regular 7 iron distance but with the straightness of the drill if I have my feet say 12†apart. I find this allows me to add in a little leg action, gaining distance without loss of accuracy.
What’s not to like? Well, the swing doesn’t look like a full swing and it feels overly compact. The finish is very much cut off, punchy, like Tommy Fleetwood (no bad thing).
Like most of us, I have had a lot of false dawns trying all kinds of different moves, but with this at least I know the various aspects are correct. The ball is in the middle of my stance - which solves my eternal problem of the ball creeping forward, the drill makes you turn which we know is right, my strike quality is hugely improved.
I apologise for the long post but my question is, would I be right to continue to develop this as my swing? Would I be right to abandon my “full swing†and put my time and effort into grooving this as an iron swing? Will it work in reality, out on the course, on real grass off poor lies? Or is it really just a drill that I should use to groove a feel that I should somehow incorporate into what I would consider a full, proper swing with a wider stance?
Having had lessons last season the pro had me hitting halfway back, halfway through shots with a 7 iron which was OK but TBH I wasn’t really getting it. I found the feet together drill online and asked the pro if this would help in the same way. He said it would, that it was just like railing back the half shot and it would groove the feel I needed to hit good iron shots.
I ingrained the feet together drill into my practice routine and after a lot of practice got quite good at it. When using this drill I, like most, find that the ball goes maybe 80% to 90% of the distance but much, much straighter. To the point that I was considering sacrificing distance and using it on the course.
The problem I have is that when I progress to what I consider a full swing, my distance goes up but dispersion also rockets and my strike quality decreases badly.
So I return to the drill to try to find some quality and indeed solace.
Just recently instead of using the drill to warm up and then move straight to full shots, I started to slowly progress from feet together to moving my feet apart in increments until my accuracy begins to sufferer at which point I go back. Using this, I have found, in practice at least, that I can get my regular 7 iron distance but with the straightness of the drill if I have my feet say 12†apart. I find this allows me to add in a little leg action, gaining distance without loss of accuracy.
What’s not to like? Well, the swing doesn’t look like a full swing and it feels overly compact. The finish is very much cut off, punchy, like Tommy Fleetwood (no bad thing).
Like most of us, I have had a lot of false dawns trying all kinds of different moves, but with this at least I know the various aspects are correct. The ball is in the middle of my stance - which solves my eternal problem of the ball creeping forward, the drill makes you turn which we know is right, my strike quality is hugely improved.
I apologise for the long post but my question is, would I be right to continue to develop this as my swing? Would I be right to abandon my “full swing†and put my time and effort into grooving this as an iron swing? Will it work in reality, out on the course, on real grass off poor lies? Or is it really just a drill that I should use to groove a feel that I should somehow incorporate into what I would consider a full, proper swing with a wider stance?
