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Originally Posted by pnearn  Guys
I am giving my new brother in law a few lessons - trying to help him out a little really - he loves the range and drills (hes only been playing 6 months) so i'd like to find a few for him to work on
From what I can see his biggest flaw is the 'fake' shoulder turn on his backswing. He's pusing the club back with his hands arms so halfway back it looks right but his shoulders/hips havent moved at all. He then lifts his arms up to the top and loops it down in an OTT move. It 'looks' OK at the top but theres no pivot hence no power and the OTT
I've had him trying to feel as if its the chest/torso that turns the arms, all the way to the top so he pivots right and gets his left shoulder behind the ball. Keep the left arm straight, elbows close, feel the left arm rotate to a flat left wrist etc. Weve watched a few pro swings so he can see what i mean
When he's got the hang of this he's hit it much more powerfully (if a little scattered but one thing at a time!) but when playing he says himself it only takes him 2 holes to start swinging it back with his hands again
So im after a few drills anyone knows or can think of where he can practice just rotating back on the backswing. No hands, no lifting, no conscious wirst movements - just a level shoulder turn around his spine angle and a decent pivot
These are things he can then work at on the range to try and get the hang of it
Tks ! |
Tell him to step into his right foot to start the backswing. The key is getting him to wind up over the right leg by turning around a point at the base of his neck. If he is wound up properly he should feel stretching in his right hamstring, and he can let his weight come back to center as it should to start his downswing pivot. My pivot feels like it catches my arms and hands at the top of the swing.
Another drill I have used is to setup with no club, hands on hips and simply turn the torso over the right side (no weight on outside of right foot) as if he were looking at someone behind him.