In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, finding the time to improve our golf game can be tricky.
I’d love to commit to a regular cycle of the 10 best golf drills, but life often gets in the way and limits me to the occasional 30 minute range session whenever I can squeeze it in.
The same can be said for the 10 best golf exercises, so I decided to be pro-active and seek some expert advice to utilise the time I do have to spare.
To my surprise, PGA Advanced Professional Katie Dawkins was able to offer a time-saving five minute solution that helps to power up your golf swing from the comfort of your own home – and she has kindly shared how in the article below…
This Simple Drill Can Power Up Your Swing In Just 5 Minutes
Katie Dawkins
Katie is an Advanced PGA professional with over 20 years of coaching experience. She helps golfers of every age and ability to be the best versions of themselves. Katie coaches the individual and uses her vast experience in technique, psychology and golf fitness to fix problems in a logical manner that is effective.
This simple drill helps you to separate your upper half from your lower half to create lots of torque and power.
Many golfers just turn everything together – which isn’t particularly efficient.
What this drill encourages is a good shoulder turn. It can also help stop your arms from collapsing and prevent casting in the golf swing.
Make a habit of doing this and you will improve your ball striking without even touching a golf club.
Start in this setup position, with your left arm outstretched in front of you
(Image credit: Olly Curtis)
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with an even weight distribution, and point your fingers out like a gun, with one arm down by your side.
Make sure you keep your feet nice and grounded, then turn your upper body as far round as possible.
Follow your fingers (your gun) with your eyes and your head, and make a note of the furthest point you can get to – maybe a point on the horizon.
Next, put your left hand on your head as below. Keeping your head pointing forwards, take your arm back as far as you can. Follow your ‘gun’ with your eyes until it goes out of your peripheral vision.
As you rotate, follow your fingers with your…
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