Would like to share with you a good drill for the backswing. Â This uses a medicine ball or weighted object to give you the feeling of what the body should be doing to move the weight or club back and through in a golf swing. Â For the YouTube video link Click Here.
Step 1: Â Put the weighted object in front of you with bent arms. Â 4-8 pounds is all you need. Â The weight is there to give you a sensation not a workout.
Step 2: Â Turn the weight into your backswing. Â As you can see I kept the weight in front of the chest and kept the arms in very similar positions as they were at setup. Â It was moved back with the body.
We do not want to see the hips sliding over the rail foot like below. Â As you can see that just moves the weight side to side instead of in a circle. Â Could do this with the body and pull my right elbow back but remember arms are trying to stay in the same position as setup.
Step 3: From the backswing position rotate onto the lead foot and support the weight out in front of the body. Â You will learn how to push the hips forward and keep the chest back to counter balance the weight as it is out in front of the lead foot. Â Also notice the trail toe is in the ground and you can see the bottom of the shoe from down the line.
This can also be done with a club out in front of you but will not give the weighted feel but can give you the rotation feel. Â Also notice that I kept my right and left hands the same distance away from my shoulders. Â In the backswing the shaft is tilted with the shoulders and the grip is pointing down to the ground.
