These drills are designed to benefit golf technique and specific golf fitness.

1. Swing feet together  

  • Fitness benefits (stability/timing/posture).

Swinging with your feet together allows you to practice not only timing but also stability which results in more consistent contact with impact and also co-ordination of muscle groups. Start with 9 irons, pitching wedge and practice half swings building up to 5 irons, 6 irons.

2. Swing towel under arms   

  • Fitness benefit (arm and body connection/big muscle control).

The value of doing the swing towel underneath your arms is that is allows co-ordination of not only lower body movement but also upper body which practiced consistently can increase club head speed and ball control. This can be initially started with short irons and progress up to driver.

3. Swing skateboard      

  • Fitness benefits (balance/stability/posture/strength).

This drill using a skateboard at address position is an excellent swing trainer without hitting golf balls. When using the skateboard just practice balancing on it initially and then building up to holding a golf club in an address position and after building confidence with that progress to making half swings maintaining balance and stability using big muscles such as quadriceps and abdominal's.

4. Swing basketball between legs 

  • Fitness benefits (posture/stability/balance).

This drill is aimed at making sure the lower half of your body does not rotate too much on the back swing. If done correctly you will feel the rotation of the top half against the resistance of the lower half. This drill is an excellence source of developing club head speed and stability.

5. Swing Rotations 

  • Fitness benefits (balance/speed/co-ordination).

This device can help make people understand the relevance of acceleration into impact position. Most people try to swing one speed thru the golf swing which can decrease distance and control. Using the wind shutter you will appreciate the value of increasing your down swing speed. This devise is invaluable to beginners and intermediate golfers.

6. One foot behind the other  

  • Fitness benefits (balance/strength/speed).

This drill allows you to keep your levels correct thru the golf swing. Many golfers drop their right shoulder on the down swing making them hit behind the ball or shank the ball. Practicing this drill will make you more aware of a good level down swing as this is very important for consistency of contact and ball control. Also this drill encourages you to keep correct swing path.

7. Four ball drill    

  • Fitness benefit (timing/co-ordination).

This drill is more associated with keeping your pre-shot routine relaxed and allowing natural timing rather than stiff tense muscles. The most important part of this drill is to trust your technique. This means not focusing on swing points before hitting the shot rather than just focusing on target and pull the trigger. This drill does not intentionally mean for you to swing quicker or think quicker rather than to be more automatic with your approach before hitting the shot.

8. Opposite hand swings

  • Fitness benefit (opposite muscle function/co-ordination/balance).

Try to swing opposite to normal meaning right handed golfers swing left and vice-versa. This co-ordination drill encourages both sides of your anatomy to balance and stabilize.
Remember when training for golf the sport is a non symmetrical shape so to have more chance of completing correct technique both sides of the anatomy should be developed and co-coordinated.

9. Ball between the arms (triangle)

  • Fitness benefit (big muscle function/timing).   

This short game drill encourages golfers to create a simplistic approach to chipping by keeping your arms and your shoulders working as one. This will eliminate chance of hitting duff shots and top shots. This will also encourage more consistent impact position and creating possibilities of back spin on the ball.

10. Hit of knees (using driver)

  • Fitness benefit (timing/stability/speed/co-ordination).

This drill used by golf professionals is aimed at establishing stability in the lower half of the body and arm speed on the down swing. This drill can be excellent for beginners and intermediate golfers who start the down swing kicking with their knees which changes their posture which results in inconsistent direction and contact. First time users of this drill are encouraged to swing on their knees without a golf ball and then gradually building up to using a ball on a tee.






 
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