My Favorite Drill – Variation 2

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   JohnBabb, 5 months ago Log in to Reply

   Paul – It’s fairly straightforward to feel your lower body swinging the club in practice swings but less easy in the actual swing. Even when I end up in the correct follow through position, I’m not sure if my hips led my arms or vice versa. Any thoughts on this?
   Thanks for the great instruction -
   John

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     Paul Wilson, 5 months ago Log in to Reply

     John,

     You can tell if you are using your arms by watching your ball. If you are pulling, pull hooking or pull slicing your arms are starting down ahead of the lower body.

     Watch:

     Flatten Plane 1: http://ignitiongolf.com/downswing-flatten-plane

     Flatten Plane 2: http://ignitiongolf.com/downswing-flatten-plane-2
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   DavidWeinstein, 5 months ago Log in to Reply

   Paul, your “favorite drill” is huge. I have now adopted it as part of the my pre-shot routine, trying to recreate the same feeling during the shot. The result is, indeed, gaining distance and constancy. The down part is, of course, changing distances and over shooting the green when using 7 or 8 irons for approach.

   Question, though, should I apply the same drill or “feeling” to shorter pitches? While to margin for error with long clubs is wide, it is trickier with wedges, which has been causing me to tighten up.

   Thanks

   Davidw

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     Paul Wilson, 5 months ago Log in to Reply

     David,

     Glad you like my favorite drill. Hopefully, everyone else will too. It can do so many things to help the swing.

     The feeling with pitches is to turn our belt buckle left of the target so it is a different thought although it is the same move yet abbreviated.

     Watch:

     How to Pitch: http://ignitiongolf.com/pitch-ball

     This is also explained in my short game video series.
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   WadeThames, 5 months ago Log in to Reply

   Hogan was saying the same thing:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_6M_xZvq0&t=16s

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     Paul Wilson, 5 months ago Log in to Reply

     Wade,

     Funny how people still tell people to pull the arms down to start the downswing. Hopefully, with Hogan and other teachers such as myself focusing on the body we can get everyone using it to hit the ball. I will just keep doing my part.

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