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Originally Posted by AvidGolfer  I know you directed your question toward Cliff, but here is my thoughts.
Have him flare out his left foot at setup. Flaring the left foot will automatically reduce the turning of the left hip and movement of the left leg (and knee). If that doesn't reduce it enough you could suggest to him to feel like he is maintaining his knee flex during the swing. Nick Faldo was a big believer that the legs job is to support the swing, not direct the motion. |
We did this for a little while today and he thought it helped him. We are gardually taking his hands out of the swing and he now has a decent pivot going back. His grip, alignment, etc all look good.
We touched a little today on him hitting the ball with the pivot (right hip) in the downswing and holding the wrist angle (passive hands) to turn the hands through impact and retain lag- he struggled with this to start with (going at with his hands from the top and casting/OTT etc) but when he started 'getting it ' he hit a couple of half swings really nicely
Cliff, my BIL is an info junkie - an analyst and is turning into a range rat! - hence why he wanted some drills. If I tell him something he wants to know why and will go look it up on the internet! We are only hitting half swings right now to grain some feelings in and I can see already he's on the right path. He's also booked in for a few lessons from a pro as I think he's best off checking what im showing him isnt poppycock
Good thing is were enjoying it and he does seem to be improving