Release Drill to Prevent Slicing
This is a good drill to make sure that you are not holding your club face open at impact. You want to make sure that you release your hands through impact so that you get power through the shot and that your club face is on the right angle on impact. I see a lot of people hit balls at the range and the ball starts out straight but does a banana cut. This is a classic over the top move that is causing the ball to banana cut among other faults.
The basics of the drill is to practice hitting a ball about one foot in front of where your ball would normally be placed at address. This does a couple of things, first if you hit the ball in this position, the expected outcome would be a duck hook or snap hook to the left. But what many slicers end up doing is toping the ball or miss it altogether.
Another great thing about this drill is that helps with the weight shift. Again, if you have a reverse pivot or if your shoulders and arms are way too ahead of your body, you won’t hit the ball properly with this release drill. The weight shift is critical to ensuring your hips are out in front and that your body is in front of your arms and hands. A lot of people don’t fully extend their arms when they swing through as a result. This release drill will help you get the feeling of rolling your arms through impact and hitting through the shot as opposed to chopping at the ball.
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