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10/09/2026

For this one, I’d make the hook about contact / over-the-top / getting stuck, not the drill itself.

Best options:

* THIS CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR DOWNSWING. ⭐
* IF YOU COME OVER THE TOP… TRY THIS.
* THIS IS WHY YOUR CHEST SPINS OUT TOO EARLY.
* WANT TO HIT IT MORE FROM THE INSIDE?
* THIS ONE FEEL CREATES SO MUCH SPACE.
* STOP THROWING YOUR CHEST AT THE BALL.

My pick:

THIS CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR DOWNSWING.

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THIS CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR DOWNSWING.

If you tend to spin your chest open too early and come over the top, this is a great exaggeration drill.

Start with your back physically facing the target.

From there, make the downswing without immediately ripping your chest open.

That gives the arms time to work down and from the inside, while the lower body starts to create some separation underneath you.

The result?

✔ Less spinning from the top
✔ More separation
✔ More space for the arms
✔ A club that can approach from the inside
✔ Better sequencing through impact

A lot of golfers try to fix an over-the-top swing by manipulating the club.

Sometimes the better fix is simply stopping the chest from winning the race.

Let the arms fall. Create separation. Then turn through. 👊🏼

09/09/2026

YOUR HIPS AREN’T THE PROBLEM — YOUR TRAIL LEG IS. 👀

If your trail hip keeps firing towards the ball, you’re giving yourself almost no room to rotate properly through impact.

This simple alignment stick drill gives you instant feedback.

👉 Place the stick just outside your trail knee
👉 Make swings without touching it
👉 Feel the trail hip work BACK rather than towards the ball

Do it properly and you’ll create more space, rotate better and massively improve your chances of consistent contact.

Simple drill. Huge difference.

Save this and try it next time you practise. ⛳️

08/09/2026

THE MOST OVERUSED DRILL IN GOLF.

The towel-under-the-arms drill gets prescribed constantly.

And for some golfers, in the right context, it can have value.

But for a lot of players, I think it gets massively overused.

Why?

Because it encourages the arms to stay too pinned to the body.

That can reduce the natural amount of arm lift you need in the backswing, pull the club too far inside and leave the swing looking flatter than it needs to be.

A good backswing isn’t about gluing the arms to your ribcage.

You need a blend of:

* Body turn
* Arm lift
* Width
* Trail-arm fold
* Wrist set

If you remove too much arm lift, you can create a backswing that gets stuck behind you and makes the downswing harder to organise.

So yes, the towel drill can be useful for certain players and certain patterns.

But it shouldn’t be treated as a universal “connection” drill.

Connection doesn’t mean pinned.

The arms need structure — but they also need freedom to move. 👊🏼

07/09/2026

THE BACKSWING ADVICE I WISH I IGNORED SOONER.

“Don’t roll your forearms.”

Good advice… until you take it too literally.

Yes, excessive forearm rotation early in the takeaway can pull the club too far inside.

But that doesn’t mean the forearms should stay completely passive for the entire backswing.

As the club works up, you need an element of forearm rotation to blend into the motion.

That helps the trail arm fold correctly, gives the club better structure and allows the shaft to organise itself into a position that’s much easier to shallow.

If you resist that rotation completely, you can end up with:

❌ The trail elbow trapped behind you
❌ A club that gets too steep
❌ Poor wrist structure
❌ A downswing that needs rescuing

The key is the timing.

Don’t roll it early.
Let it blend as the club sets.

That gives you:

✔ Better trail-arm structure
✔ Better wrist conditions
✔ A more organised clubface
✔ More width and depth
✔ A club that can shallow naturally in transition

Golf instruction is rarely about removing a movement completely.

It’s about understanding how much, when and why. 👊🏼

06/09/2026

THE TRUTH ABOUT SHALLOWING THE CLUB.

A lot of golfers try to shallow the club by forcing the hands behind them or manipulating the shaft.

But one of the key movements from the top is much simpler.

The trail arm begins to lower and unload.

Think of it almost like a reverse bicep curl.

Instead of keeping the trail arm tightly folded and throwing the elbow forward, feel the arm begin to lengthen as the club starts down.

That lowering action gives the club more space to work behind you and helps the shaft shallow naturally in transition.

The result?

✔ Better trail-arm movement
✔ A shallower shaft
✔ Less steepening from the top
✔ More room for the arms
✔ A much easier delivery into impact

You don’t need to force the club onto a shallow plane.

Create the arm movement that allows it to get there.

Lower it. Unload it. Then turn through. 👊🏼

05/09/2026

Most golfers think the pressure shift is just “move right, then move left.”

It’s not.

With an iron, pressure starts slightly lead side, moves into the trail side, then re-centres before the backswing is finished.

From there it keeps moving forward into the lead side through impact — without backing up.

That sequence is a huge part of controlling low point, strike and compression.

Use the visual. Don’t just “shift left.” Get the timing right. 👊

Thanks to the guys for the amazing idea and visual.

04/09/2026

Comment “SWING” below and I’ll pick golfers at random for a free swing analysis. 👊🏼

YOU’RE NOT TURNING… YOU’RE JUST GETTING STUCK.

A lot of golfers think they’re creating more turn by pulling the arms further around the body.

But if the lead arm gets dragged too far across the chest and the trail arm disappears behind the shirt seam, that isn’t really more turn.

It’s just more arm travel.

And that’s when you start getting stuck.

A simple way to feel the difference is to hold your arms out in front of you and only allow them to work around your body by roughly 20–30 degrees.

From there, let the body turn create the rest of the depth.

That keeps the arms more in front of the chest, gives the trail arm better structure and makes the club much easier to organise on the way down.

The goal isn’t less depth.

It’s creating depth from the pivot, not by dragging the arms behind you.

03/09/2026

YOUR LOWER BODY COULD BE RUINING YOUR BALL STRIKING.

If your legs collapse in the backswing, the problem may be where your pressure is going.

Try this simple feel:

Curl your toes up inside your shoes.

That helps move pressure away from the toes and more underneath the middle of the foot and heel.

From there, you can keep much better structure in the legs, load the trail hip properly and create more depth as you turn.

The result?

✔ Less knee collapse
✔ Better lower-body structure
✔ Better pressure into the trail side
✔ More hip depth
✔ A more stable backswing

You’re not trying to play every shot with your toes curled up.

It’s an exaggeration to help you feel where the pressure should actually be.

Better pressure creates a better pivot. 👊🏼

02/09/2026

MOST GOLFERS SHIFT THEIR WEIGHT THE WRONG WAY.

A good pressure shift isn’t just about moving left and right.

It’s about when you load, where the pressure goes, and how you use the ground to create rotation.

In this drill, the feel is to load slightly more into the trail side, then transfer pressure into the lead side while staying tall enough through the legs to keep the pelvis moving correctly.

Done well, that allows you to:

✔ Shift pressure without swaying
✔ Create better sequencing
✔ Rotate instead of spin out
✔ Use the ground more effectively
✔ Create more speed through impact

The key is that the pressure shifts first, then the body can rotate and extend through.

Don’t just “move your weight.”

Learn how to load it, shift it and use it. 👊🏼

01/09/2026

POV: YOU FINALLY FIX YOUR BACKSWING.

A lot of golfers think they need to turn more.

But if that turn comes from the lead hip collapsing, the spine over-extending and the upper body moving towards the target, you’ve actually made the downswing much harder.

That’s where this drill comes in.

I place a band against the sternum and have the player push/punch away from the target as they make the backswing.

The resistance encourages them to stay more centred, stops the lead hip collapsing and reduces the excessive rotation and extension that creates the reverse-pivot pattern.

I’ll also place an alignment stick along the spine to give them a reference for turning around their inclination, rather than standing up and moving towards the target.

Why does this matter?

If the lead hip hasn’t collapsed in the backswing, you’ve actually created somewhere for the pelvis to go next.

Now you can:

✔ Shift into the lead side
✔ Rotate through
✔ Extend through the lead leg
✔ Create space for the arms
✔ Deliver the club without backing away from the ball

The downswing gets easier because the backswing finally gave you somewhere to move.

Don’t just turn more. Turn better. 👊🏼

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