DRILL: How to control for better consistency in your shot aim 🎯

Anthony Thomas

18d • Training & Resources 📚

The golf swing can be as complex and complicated as you want to make it.

I'm not a fan of complicating this game any more than it naturally is.

So when I look for drills or ways to train, my aim is always to go with "What is the SIMPLEST way to fix this issue?"

This is a drill that will:

✅ Help narrow down your overall miss

✅ Help with aligning to your intended target consistently

✅ Help with moving your body repeatedly in a groove that makes your start line closer to where you want it

❌ Will NOT fix or solve a slice/fade/hook/draw

Why is that last one important?

Because this drill works on your swing PATH (where the clubhead travels as a whole) and is the thing that makes your ball START in a specific direction;

Side Spin (fade/slice or draw/hook) happens NOT due to the club path but due to the angle the club face is at impact (and this is relative to the swing path). (Explainer images attached from Jon Sherman's "Four Foundations of Golf")

Fixing path first, in my opinion, is the BIG game improver.

The reason:

Whether you hit a fade, a draw, a slice or a hook, if you did it consistently, and you can control your start line (exactly what this drill helps with), then you can hit whatever your natural shot shape is and still land your ball where you want it to land.

Hit a 10 yard fade? Fine, just aim 10 yards left of where you want your ball to end up.

But if you can't control your start line, then good luck having any consistency with or without a natural/consistent shot shape😬

Test this out, let me know how it goes for you and as always, grab a video clip or two if you'd like a bit of corrective guidance so you can improve faster with less headaches 👍 .

P.S. Yes, I broke the alignment stick (Also pictured) 😂 I hit it 3 times in this session, and the 2 iron at ~170mph ball speed is what snapped it

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