Longer Golf Swing Drill 2 Club over shoulder for full body turn (Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles
Longer Golf Swing Drill 2 Club over shoulder for full body turn (Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles

One of the primary causes of a shorter than ideal backswing position is the fact that the golfer is using their hands and arms too much in their backswing, therefore, not utilizing their body rotation quite enough. So we stand at the golf ball and swing the club back with just the hands and the arms, we end up with a club that can’t really go pass the twelve o’clock position, certainly can’t get anywhere near the two o’clock position. The problem with that is also a golfer who quite often reacts by bending the left arm, sometimes collapsing the left wrist and then says, “Hey, look, Pete. I’ve got the club where you wanted it to. I've got it at the two o’clock line just like you asked.” But if you’re not using your body correctly, you compensate it with something else. You’re causing yourself even more concerns and problems.

So I’d like you to address the golf ball now. Replace the golf club over your shoulders so the shaft to the golf club points at the target. Now, correct shoulder rotation should get as close to 90 degrees shoulder rotation as you can without hitting and moving your legs. So we turn and turn and turn and turn and see if we can get the club to point downwards towards the ball. If I can, I’ll achieve my 90 degrees. I don’t really want to involve too much leg action. That’s a very easy, lazy and incorrect way in creating shoulder rotation. So stabilize the legs as much as you can and turn your shoulders as much as you can.

Now I stress you don’t have to get to 90 degrees. It’s as much as you feel you can physically manage. But it should feel a little bit tight as you turn back. That tension and that winding up feeling is actually creating and storing power ready for your down swing movements. If you’re turning back and you get to hear and it just feels a bit uncomfortable so you stop, you’re not really going to hit the golf ball as far as you’ve probably want.

So let’s try and turn and feel a little bit of tension coming through the voice. Then when I swing that back with my hands, turn my shoulder until it’s a bit tighter, the hands are now lifting the golf club up much more towards the two o’clock line. Again, I would stress, don’t cheat with your legs. This is not creating any tension, you can hear in my voice. I'm doing all the work with my legs. No creation of tension in my body. Therefore, I don’t get the power. I just get loads of inconsistencies. So, yes, we want the longer swing. Yes, we want more shoulder rotation but not by cheating and utilizing the legs too much.

A drill over here looking in to a mirror, point the handle of the golf club at the ball for good 90 degrees shoulder rotation, to point the club head for releasing that 90 degrees shoulder rotation, there’s more power and there’s more distance for you utilizing that drill.

 2012-11-30

One of the primary causes of a shorter than ideal backswing position is the fact that the golfer is using their hands and arms too much in their backswing, therefore, not utilizing their body rotation quite enough. So we stand at the golf ball and swing the club back with just the hands and the arms, we end up with a club that can’t really go pass the twelve o’clock position, certainly can’t get anywhere near the two o’clock position. The problem with that is also a golfer who quite often reacts by bending the left arm, sometimes collapsing the left wrist and then says, “Hey, look, Pete. I’ve got the club where you wanted it to. I've got it at the two o’clock line just like you asked.” But if you’re not using your body correctly, you compensate it with something else. You’re causing yourself even more concerns and problems.

So I’d like you to address the golf ball now. Replace the golf club over your shoulders so the shaft to the golf club points at the target. Now, correct shoulder rotation should get as close to 90 degrees shoulder rotation as you can without hitting and moving your legs. So we turn and turn and turn and turn and see if we can get the club to point downwards towards the ball. If I can, I’ll achieve my 90 degrees. I don’t really want to involve too much leg action. That’s a very easy, lazy and incorrect way in creating shoulder rotation. So stabilize the legs as much as you can and turn your shoulders as much as you can.

Now I stress you don’t have to get to 90 degrees. It’s as much as you feel you can physically manage. But it should feel a little bit tight as you turn back. That tension and that winding up feeling is actually creating and storing power ready for your down swing movements. If you’re turning back and you get to hear and it just feels a bit uncomfortable so you stop, you’re not really going to hit the golf ball as far as you’ve probably want.

So let’s try and turn and feel a little bit of tension coming through the voice. Then when I swing that back with my hands, turn my shoulder until it’s a bit tighter, the hands are now lifting the golf club up much more towards the two o’clock line. Again, I would stress, don’t cheat with your legs. This is not creating any tension, you can hear in my voice. I'm doing all the work with my legs. No creation of tension in my body. Therefore, I don’t get the power. I just get loads of inconsistencies. So, yes, we want the longer swing. Yes, we want more shoulder rotation but not by cheating and utilizing the legs too much.

A drill over here looking in to a mirror, point the handle of the golf club at the ball for good 90 degrees shoulder rotation, to point the club head for releasing that 90 degrees shoulder rotation, there’s more power and there’s more distance for you utilizing that drill.