Eracer
No more triple bogies!!
- Oct 31, 2005
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I suffer from the exact same problem at times.Spent 90+ minutes with the new pro on Saturday. Current diagnosis is that my dominant (trailing) hand keeps taking over. (If I say left and right, I'll just drive everyone nuts.)
I thought I'd come up with a brilliant training aid here--I put my watch on my dominant hand and stuck an emory board in the band, on the inside of my wrist. Figured that would catch any wrist flipping. But it didn't. Any other brilliant ideas out there? Other than focusing on keeping my leading wrist straight? I've got WAY too many swing thoughts going on, and my poor little brain can't keep up.
Go to the left side of the range (!) and hit 20 yard shots with your pitching wedge - right (leading) hand only. There is no better drill for ingraining the feeling of hitting down and through the ball with the leading hand. Short backswing and a good, full follow-through! Keep your head still!
Don't hit too many in a row. This drill will tire you out and you will get sloppy. Hit some one-handed shots, then take your normal grip and hit some 40 yard pitches, trying to feel that lead hand.
You might also try grabbing the club with a normal grip in your lead hand, but a thumb/index finger only grip with the trailing hand. Hit 40 yard pitches. Feel the shaft against the thumbpad of your trailing hand. You want to feel that the trailing hand is guiding the club, not forcing it.