Golf Swing Drill, Shorter Swing 2 Strong Front Arm And Front Wrist (Video) - by Pete Styles
Golf Swing Drill, Shorter Swing 2 Strong Front Arm And Front Wrist (Video) - by Pete Styles The drill you're referring to, focusing on a shorter swing with a strong front arm and front wrist, can help improve your golf swing mechanics and increase power and control. Here's how you can practice this drill: Setup: Begin by assuming your normal golf setup position, with the ball in the appropriate position for the club you're using. Shorten your backswing: Instead of taking a full backswing, focus on shortening it by stopping when your front arm is parallel to the ground. This shorter backswing will help you maintain control and improve consistency. Strong front arm: During the backswing and downswing, emphasize keeping your front arm (left arm for right-handed golfers) straight and strong. Avoid collapsing the arm or allowing it to bend excessively. This helps maintain the integrity of your swing and promotes better clubhead speed and accuracy. Firm front wrist: Along with the strong front arm, focus on maintaining a firm front wrist throughout the swing. This prevents any unwanted flipping or excessive wrist movement that can lead to inconsistent strikes. Follow-through: As you swing through the ball, allow your front arm and front wrist to extend fully, maintaining their strength and stability. This helps transfer power into the ball and promotes a balanced finish position. Practice in slow motion: Initially, practice this drill in slow motion to develop a feel for the proper positions and movements. Focus on the sensation of a strong front arm and firm front wrist throughout the swing. Gradually increase speed: Once you feel comfortable with the drill in slow motion, gradually increase your swing speed while maintaining the same emphasis on a shorter backswing, strong front arm, and firm front wrist. Incorporate into full swing: As you become more comfortable with the drill, aim to incorporate these elements into your full swing. Start by hitting shorter shots and gradually work your way up to longer shots. Remember, consistency and improvement in golf take time and practice. By regularly working on this drill and focusing on a shorter swing with a strong front arm and front wrist, you can develop better swing mechanics, improve your ball-striking ability, and gain more control over your shots. One of the most common causes of a longer than normal golf swing is the collapsing action at the top and for a lot of people when they swing the club, when they’re looking in the mirror or making practice swings, they swing the club really nicely and they say, “Yeah, two o’clock there, just like Pete told me to. I've got that club at the two o’clock line there. That was great.” But then when they make the swing at full speed, the left arm and let wrist collapse and they get very long. And if this and this collapsing, it’s going to cause you a lot of problems with your lack of consistency for your downswing. So if you can, when you’re looking ahead on to a mirror, turn to the top and stop and feel how your left arm at the elbow and your left wrist by the back of the left thumb, for a right-handed golfer, need to be very strong. So it’s like turn to the top, I can stop and pull down. And that gives me a consistently short position at the top. It’s particularly relevant if you’re unable to keep the strength there when you hit the golf ball. There’s no point of having a beautiful two o’clock backswings as a practice exercise to only find that when you get the ball, you bend your arm and you get too long again. So work really hard in front of a mirror or even get someone to video you your full swings to see how your left arm is particularly strong and short. And as a drill exercise, I will encourage you to go to the driving range, pick a club in your bag that you know how far it goes and then aim for something that’s about 20 to 30 yards or less than that distance. So you’re not trying to hit the club particularly hard but you’re focusing on getting your left arm and your left wrist right. And I would stress that if done correctly, getting this right and swinging shorter does not mean that you’ll actually hit shorter golf shots, because if done correctly in the right place you can then turn through the ball faster than if you’ve got yourself a long swing. So short doesn’t necessarily equal short shots. Short, swing can give you consistency and your accuracy, but strong left arm, strong left wrist. So as I hit the shot here, I'm going to turn to top, be really firm and come back down again from quite a short backswing position. My left wrist is my focus. My left elbow is my focus. I did a really nice 3-hybrid shot there from quite a short back-swing position but really focusing on a strong and firm left elbow and left wrist, nailed it straight down the middle. 2012-11-29

The drill you're referring to, focusing on a shorter swing with a strong front arm and front wrist, can help improve your golf swing mechanics and increase power and control. Here's how you can practice this drill:

Setup: Begin by assuming your normal golf setup position, with the ball in the appropriate position for the club you're using.

Shorten your backswing: Instead of taking a full backswing, focus on shortening it by stopping when your front arm is parallel to the ground. This shorter backswing will help you maintain control and improve consistency.

Strong front arm: During the backswing and downswing, emphasize keeping your front arm (left arm for right-handed golfers) straight and strong. Avoid collapsing the arm or allowing it to bend excessively. This helps maintain the integrity of your swing and promotes better clubhead speed and accuracy.

Firm front wrist: Along with the strong front arm, focus on maintaining a firm front wrist throughout the swing. This prevents any unwanted flipping or excessive wrist movement that can lead to inconsistent strikes.

Follow-through: As you swing through the ball, allow your front arm and front wrist to extend fully, maintaining their strength and stability. This helps transfer power into the ball and promotes a balanced finish position.

Practice in slow motion: Initially, practice this drill in slow motion to develop a feel for the proper positions and movements. Focus on the sensation of a strong front arm and firm front wrist throughout the swing.

Gradually increase speed: Once you feel comfortable with the drill in slow motion, gradually increase your swing speed while maintaining the same emphasis on a shorter backswing, strong front arm, and firm front wrist.

Incorporate into full swing: As you become more comfortable with the drill, aim to incorporate these elements into your full swing. Start by hitting shorter shots and gradually work your way up to longer shots.

Remember, consistency and improvement in golf take time and practice. By regularly working on this drill and focusing on a shorter swing with a strong front arm and front wrist, you can develop better swing mechanics, improve your ball-striking ability, and gain more control over your shots.

One of the most common causes of a longer than normal golf swing is the collapsing action at the top and for a lot of people when they swing the club, when they’re looking in the mirror or making practice swings, they swing the club really nicely and they say, “Yeah, two o’clock there, just like Pete told me to. I've got that club at the two o’clock line there. That was great.” But then when they make the swing at full speed, the left arm and let wrist collapse and they get very long. And if this and this collapsing, it’s going to cause you a lot of problems with your lack of consistency for your downswing.

So if you can, when you’re looking ahead on to a mirror, turn to the top and stop and feel how your left arm at the elbow and your left wrist by the back of the left thumb, for a right-handed golfer, need to be very strong. So it’s like turn to the top, I can stop and pull down. And that gives me a consistently short position at the top. It’s particularly relevant if you’re unable to keep the strength there when you hit the golf ball. There’s no point of having a beautiful two o’clock backswings as a practice exercise to only find that when you get the ball, you bend your arm and you get too long again. So work really hard in front of a mirror or even get someone to video you your full swings to see how your left arm is particularly strong and short.

And as a drill exercise, I will encourage you to go to the driving range, pick a club in your bag that you know how far it goes and then aim for something that’s about 20 to 30 yards or less than that distance. So you’re not trying to hit the club particularly hard but you’re focusing on getting your left arm and your left wrist right. And I would stress that if done correctly, getting this right and swinging shorter does not mean that you’ll actually hit shorter golf shots, because if done correctly in the right place you can then turn through the ball faster than if you’ve got yourself a long swing. So short doesn’t necessarily equal short shots. Short, swing can give you consistency and your accuracy, but strong left arm, strong left wrist. So as I hit the shot here, I'm going to turn to top, be really firm and come back down again from quite a short backswing position. My left wrist is my focus. My left elbow is my focus.

I did a really nice 3-hybrid shot there from quite a short back-swing position but really focusing on a strong and firm left elbow and left wrist, nailed it straight down the middle.