To learn, develop and ingrain a solid swing that repeats on a consistent basis you need to practice hitting an ocean of golf balls but that's not all there is to it. To get the best result you need to do it in an efficient fashion. Here are seven excellent practice tips that can help you improve and groove a swing that will work even when the pressure is on.
1. Keep a coin between your thumbs.
For a solid impact your hands need to stay unified during the entire swing. To better unify your hands, hold the club properly with your left hand, then place a coin on top of your left thumb. Place the thumb pad of your right hand over the coin, gripping the club with your right hand.
Swinging the club, keep the coin in place. Allowing the coin to drop out of your hands means your hands have come apart and your swing was ruined.
2. Take your right hand off after impact.
To hit the ball firmly it's essential to promote the speed of your left arm and the extension through impact; a good method for attaining this is to make a normal swing and take your right hand off just after impact.
This practice enables you to feel a sense of your left arm pacing the right, improving your takeaway as a side effect. Realizing how much you need to use your left hand and left arm on the forward swing makes it easier to subconsciously use them properly on the backswing.
Be sure that you take your right hand off the club just after impact, not at or before it. Slipping your right hand off the club at impact or before does more harm than good.
3. Swing with your heels off the ground.
To improve your swing you need to learn to stay in balance with your bodyweight properly placed on the balls of your feet throughout the swing; a good way to attain this is to keep your heels half an inch or so off the ground at address and during the backswing. Undoubtedly, as you start down, you need to allow your left heel to come back to the ground in normal fashion.
That encourages you to maintain both your spine angle and the flex on your knees steady during the swing, promoting a more solid impact.
4. Swing with your feet together.
Place your feet a few inches apart and set up normally. Then, make a normal swing. That allows you to understand the correct relations between arm swing and body turn.
Importantly, that reduces tension in your arms and upper body, promoting better balance.
5. Swing with your left arm alone.
To feel how your left arm and hand control the right, make a normal swing using your left hand and arm only. That helps build up the strength of your left hand and arm, allowing your hands to reach the correct height at the top of the backswing.
6. Swing with your right arm alone.
To get the correct feel of what your right arm and hand should do in the swing, make a normal swing with your right arm and hand only.
That enables you to feel the clubhead correctly lagging behind and catching up with the hands through impact, promoting proper wrist hinging and elbow folding.
Be careful not to pick up the club abruptly when you do this drill. It's essential to swing your right arm straight back and around the body.
7. Extend your left arm and then rotate it back and forth.
A good way of developing strength in your left arm and hand is to extend your left arm and rotate it repeatedly back and forth.
Hold a club with your left hand the way you would do when playing. Extend it in front of you at approximately shoulder level with the club shaft horizontal to the ground and at right angles to your left arm. The clubface points downward.
Now, rotate your left arm clockwise so the shaft travels 180 degrees and the face is pointing skyward. Repeat rotating your forearm back and forth.
Do this slowly. Your muscles may strain. By this token, you need to start with a light-weight iron, holding it down with a few inches of the butt of the handle visible.
Stay with a sand or pitching wedge for about a month or so, and avoid doing more than ten rotations each time without stopping to rest. To prevent injury you'd better avoid increasing the length of the club suddenly and the number of rotations until sufficient strength is developed.
This is a particularly good drill for female golfers and the elderly who lack strength.
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