Best anti-flip drills?

[MonteScheinblum]

24 minutes ago, Silveird said:

 

This is not only the best anti-flip drill, it's the best drill for 95 percent of the things that can go wrong when you don't fundamentally understand the way the club passes in front of the body on the downswing. If you are a beginner and an instructor doesn't show you some form of the above drill within 2-3 lessons, you should question your instructor's motives.

No

[Silveird]

1 hour ago, MonteScheinblum said:

No

No to which part?

 

I'm just an idiot with an internet connection and happy to stay in my lane. But I think there is space for people like me to speak up. I've consumed tons of golf lessons over the years. I may not be an expert in giving golf instruction but damned if I'm not an expert in receiving it. I have also watched other people transform their golf games via instruction. And what my experience as a student tells me is with enough practice there are a million ways to hit the ball consistently but there is only one way to build a fundamentally sound swing similar to what the pros have...and that is by starting with the idea that butt end of grip has to point left of body as it comes down into impact. Once you have that, you build the shallowing, wrist hinge, and lower body turn around it. At that point I think the swing falls into place pretty quickly because there are only so many things you can do to square the club if you're not willing to compromise the shaft angle...although I sometimes hear 'drag the handle' which *in my experience* is a terrible way to convey this concept because 'dragging' is done via upper body and you really want to shut off the upper body and square the club via combination of shallowing and lower body turn. Again, this is in my vast experience as student, not a teacher 🙂

 

 

[MonteScheinblum]

19 minutes ago, Silveird said:

No to which part?

 

I'm just an idiot with an internet connection and happy to stay in my lane. But I think there is space for people like me to speak up. I've consumed tons of golf lessons over the years. I may not be an expert in giving golf instruction but damned if I'm not an expert in receiving it. I have also watched other people transform their golf games via instruction. And what my experience as a student tells me is with enough practice there are a million ways to hit the ball consistently but there is only one way to build a fundamentally sound swing similar to what the pros have...and that is by starting with the idea that butt end of grip has to point left of body as it comes down into impact. Once you have that, you build the shallowing, wrist hinge, and lower body turn around it. At that point I think the swing falls into place pretty quickly because there are only so many things you can do to square the club if you're not willing to compromise the shaft angle...although I sometimes hear 'drag the handle' which *in my experience* is a terrible way to convey this concept because 'dragging' is done via upper body and you really want to shut off the upper body and square the club via combination of shallowing and lower body turn. Again, this is in my vast experience as student, not a teacher 🙂

 

 

I disagree with everything you said in your original post and that’s ok. 

Edited January 26, 2023 by MonteScheinblum

[Silveird]

On 1/26/2023 at 2:48 PM, MonteScheinblum said:

I disagree with everything you said in your original post and that’s ok. 

Speaking of anti-flip drills, I have had a lot of success with your cast drill. I come from a baseball background but never spent a moment of my life thinking about how I throw until someone told me to swing like I'm skimming a stone. After playing with that idea, I realized when I'm throwing a baseball side-armed there is a moment at the 'top' of the throw where i automatically turn my wrist to prepare for the position I want to be in when I release the ball. I'm not turning my wrist into its release position. It's just a position that my body tells is optimal considering all the other stuff that's going to happen before release. The reason I bring this up is because I have a weird feeling that your 'cast' drill motion is the same thing as that automatic wrist adjustment my right hand makes an instant before starting to move down and across my body on a side-armed throw. Have you ever thought about it that way? 

[RoyalMustang]

I answered my own question in a lesson. Keep torso turning, hold club down the line with a bit of bow, almost like a punch. This really increased my consistency!