Drill: Baseball Swing

Drill: Pre-Set Wrists

Drill: Feet Together

Indoor Practice Routine

Golfers understand that they need to practice to get better, but few actually practice with structure and purpose. Here is a quick video on how to spend an hour practicing indoors. These drills will help with the fundamentals of the swing and help the club move correctly through impact.

Fixing The Shanks

Fixing The Shanks

One of the worst feelings on the golf course is hitting a brilliant tee shot then shanking an approach shot with an iron, consequently ruining a good score and breaking confidence.

Many golfers feel frustrated with their irons shots because they make contact with the inside part of the golf club called the hosel (aka The Shank). When this happens the ball will shoot directly to the right or fail to get in the air, make a high pitched sound off the face, feel horrible in the hands and lack any distance. These shots usually tend to happen when a golfer is making less than a full swing and can even show up in chip shots close to the green.

There are various reasons for a shanked shot, but the focus of this video is on the most common tendency: swinging the club flat in the backswing and off plane.

Proper Posture

Standing to the golf ball correctly is so important because it determines solid contact and direction.

5 checkpoints for proper posture

1) Be balanced on your feet
2) Bend from the hip
3) Have the arms hang straight down
4) Hands width space between body and club
5) Club should point toward the belt buckle

The Grip

Gripping the club correctly is so important because it directly controls the clubface and direction. It also helps generate proper speed and distance.

Checkpoints:
1) Left hand on top and hinge
2) Right palm covers left thumb and faces target

Short Game Basics

Being a solid player when you are close to the green is essential to lower golf scores. If you take your game and improvement seriously, then chances are that you have a specific score that you want to shoot. The fastest way to lower your golf scores is to improve your short game. In this video I describe two basic short shots that will need to be used every time you play golf. I recommend hitting these shots with a sand wedge. I want you to think of this club as a tool that can be manipulated to make the ball go low and high.

Low Shot

This shot will stay low in the air and roll once it hits the green. This shot should be used when there is much green to work with. You will be use this shot for the majority of your short short game. The keys to hitting this shot are:

1) Feet together and weight on lead foot
2) Ball back in stance
3) Shaft Leaning Forward
4) Little wrist hinge with low finish.

High Shot

This shot will go higher in the air and land softly. Use this shot when there is less green between you and the hole. This is a high risk shot and should only be used when needed. Here are the keys to hitting this shot:

1) Shoulder width stance
2) Ball will be closer to lead foot
3) Open clubface with vertical shaft
4) Hinge in backswing, keep clubface pointing toward sky in finish

Fixing The Slice

Fixing The Slice: The most common complaint that I hear from new students is having a ball curve severely right with their longer clubs (for a right handed player). In this video I give you three tips to help you hit shots straight or slightly left. Here is a checklist to improve your slice:

1) Grip: Left hand on top
2) Being Tension Free: Have a light grip pressure
3) Make a full turn with in backswing, start the downswing with a passive body