SHALLOW YOUR DOWNSWING – THE RIGHT WAY
The way to create the correct in-to- out path for a draw is to shallow your
downswing, but there are misconceptions on social media about how to do it, so let me teach you the right way. Once you have made a nice, big turn on the backswing, start down feeling as if your back is facing your target for a beat as you drop your hands towards your right pocket ( photos, left ). This shallows your swing path and slots the club perfectly on that in-to- out path you need to draw it. For a slicer, this move will probably feel radically different than what you’re used to. In fact, it could even be scary because your instinct might be that swinging the club to the right of your target will make your slice even worse. Actually, the opposite is true. A good feel is that your right elbow drops from the top and bumps your right hip. Once it’s there, turn your arms aggressively through. (Better players should try to keep that left-arm stability I talked about earlier.)
POWER TIP FOR BETTER PLAYERS
it’s about five degrees to the right). Point is, they’re working together. This allows me to deliver the mass of my body and club into the golf ball with maximum efficiency. The reason I’m suggesting this tip is for better players is because slicers tend to swing with their weight out in their toes, so emphasising this move in the downswing could lead them to drift with their whole body towards the ball, something called early extension, which leads to an even worse slice. They need to learn how to pivot around the lead leg more and improve their balance and stability.
The science of a draw is simple: The clubface must point to the left or be closed in relation to your swing direction. To turn a simple draw into a power draw , you need to use your body efficiently and effectively. A power move for me is shifting the mass of my body in the same direction that the club is moving. On the backswing that means shifting my weight into the middle of my right foot. Then, on the downswing, I feel like I’m free-falling into my left foot ( above ). As I approach the ball, my club and body are moving out towards the right of my target (I’d say
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