mjyounie
Club Champion
At some point or another we have all experienced the scenario where not only is your golf club closed because of the recent weather but also your local practice facility.. How is one to improve if you cannot get out of the house to practice? Well, although your home may not look like much of a practice area to the untrained eye, there are lots of things you could be doing. In the UK the weather has been so unbearable that the majority of courses and practice facilities have closed due to the conditions. Below are a couple of drills you could be doing in your very own home to improve your golf.
The simple drills are the best! Or as Tiger says “keep it simple stupid.â€
This first drill is very straightforward and can be done anywhere, also, without the risk of breaking any of the furniture! Take your golf posture and place a golf club across your shoulders gripping your left shoulder with your right hand and your right shoulder with your left hand. From this position try to keep your right knee as still as possible and rotate around until your left shoulder is directly over your right knee..Or as far round as you can comfortably go!! Then, rotate back through emulating your downswing and into your finish. One of the most common faults in amateur golf is an un-sequenced, unbalanced golf swing. With this drill you will begin to train your brain and body to feel how the body should move throughout the golf swing. If you attend any PGA tour/ European tour events and park yourself at the driving range for the day you will see countless amounts of players performing this drill. Complete this drill for as long as you have. The more you do it, the better your understanding will be.
A second drill and very common amongst tour players is the ‘pump drill’. Nick Faldo is famous for racking up hour after hour of this drill and was notorious for standing on the range all day repeating it.
Take your golf posture and normal set up. From here, cock your wrists and position the club so that it is parallel to the floor and so the club is pointing in the exact direction as your feet with the toe of the clubhead pointing to the sky. You now have your wrists in a great position and can simply focus on turning your body. Keep your arms and wrist at the same angle and simply rotate around your spine using your trunk and upper body to the top of the swing, again, holding your right knee in place. This drill gets you into the ideal position at the top of the swing and also further ensures you are using your body to swing as apposed to just using your arms.
Two very simple drills to try and both will improve your swing and improve your feeling and understanding of the correct movement in the backswing.
*as always, when completing these drills only go as far as you can comfortably
Cheers
Mike
If you wish to follow on twitter my username is @mjyounie
The simple drills are the best! Or as Tiger says “keep it simple stupid.â€
This first drill is very straightforward and can be done anywhere, also, without the risk of breaking any of the furniture! Take your golf posture and place a golf club across your shoulders gripping your left shoulder with your right hand and your right shoulder with your left hand. From this position try to keep your right knee as still as possible and rotate around until your left shoulder is directly over your right knee..Or as far round as you can comfortably go!! Then, rotate back through emulating your downswing and into your finish. One of the most common faults in amateur golf is an un-sequenced, unbalanced golf swing. With this drill you will begin to train your brain and body to feel how the body should move throughout the golf swing. If you attend any PGA tour/ European tour events and park yourself at the driving range for the day you will see countless amounts of players performing this drill. Complete this drill for as long as you have. The more you do it, the better your understanding will be.
A second drill and very common amongst tour players is the ‘pump drill’. Nick Faldo is famous for racking up hour after hour of this drill and was notorious for standing on the range all day repeating it.
Take your golf posture and normal set up. From here, cock your wrists and position the club so that it is parallel to the floor and so the club is pointing in the exact direction as your feet with the toe of the clubhead pointing to the sky. You now have your wrists in a great position and can simply focus on turning your body. Keep your arms and wrist at the same angle and simply rotate around your spine using your trunk and upper body to the top of the swing, again, holding your right knee in place. This drill gets you into the ideal position at the top of the swing and also further ensures you are using your body to swing as apposed to just using your arms.
Two very simple drills to try and both will improve your swing and improve your feeling and understanding of the correct movement in the backswing.
*as always, when completing these drills only go as far as you can comfortably
Cheers
Mike
If you wish to follow on twitter my username is @mjyounie
