GOLF: The Best Drill I've Ever Seen To Shallow Your Downswing

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I put an alignment rod in the ground so that the only way for you to miss the stick is if the club head is approaching the ball from the inside. If you're someone who comes too far over the top, you're going to run into the stick. I've also got it setup in a position where it doesn't allow me to come into the ball very vertically. That works the angle of attack and widens out the bottom of your arc – you won’t come into the ball so super narrow. It’s a common fundamental of really good ball striking. So, this drill is a two-for-one.

To set this station up, I take my club and measure roughly two grip lengths behind the golf ball. This is where I’ll position the stick. I have the stick angled in the ground about a grip and a half in the air. From the down the line perspective, I'm setting up the edge of the stick about halfway between the golf ball and my foot or about equal distance between my ball target line and my foot.

When doing this drill, I feel distinctly - and I want you to feel – club head and shaft. You're not so much feeling body motions. I feel like the club head is working on a wider circle so my arms or hands are staying away from my body and not getting real narrow. I really feel the club head working low to the ground and I also have a sense that the club head is more inside my hands and normal.

You are not setting this up, putting a golf ball in and swinging at 100% speed right away. You’re probably swinging at a tee. I'll put a tee in the ground and I'm going to clip the tee with a swing that's super short and slow. Your only intention and priority is missing the stick during the downswing.

From there, I'm probably going to hit short chip shots like a hundred yards at most just to feel the club head working underneath and shallow. I might hit balls like that for like a week before I'm going into half three quarter full swings. The point of this is supposed to be overly shallow. You don't need to hit these perfectly.

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[wallstreetoneil]

Best drill in golf period. I've mentioned this before when you did your Draw video, but I now use this drill at the range and you could fix 90% of all range golf swings with this one drill. I've helped a few players at the range with this by placing one of their clubs through the holes of the ball basket and they stand there with their brain hurting trying to figure out how to now hit the ball - they're dumbfounded that it is possible. It forces their brain to almost have a seizure because their old swing won't work - but since they have a brain that does a trillion calcs per second, they know it must be possible but they are in shock that they simply no longer can do everything they have been doing for 30 years. I should have filmed a few of these because it is truly shocking the disbelief that happens to someone's brain when a simple stick is put in the way - like watching someone re-learn how to walk.

[GregJC]

Just want to say that I’ve watched nearly every instructor on YouTube and I came straight to your channel when I needed this fix

[sarniasurfer]

Your attention to detail is appreciated. Setting this up with the info you provided is easier because camera angles alone can be deceiving. Looking forward to setting this up. Thank you.

[whoman]

I've been struggling with shallowing for a long time and this drill did the trick. Being somewhat impatient to achieve some level of improvement I put my own little twist on it. I started out with the set up in my garage but then took a few swings imagining there was a stick. It worked. Right away you could feel the hands getting ahead of the clubhead with the irons and it promotes a turn on the downswing to square the clubface. With the driver I was getting a bit of an overdraw as the clubhead is coming in a bit closed relative to my path. Going to play around with swing a bit to see if swinging out a bit more is a better solution than trying to lay off closing the face a bit. Solution will likely be a bit of both! Thanks a million....you get 10% of all future career winnings...LOL

[joaquinguibert]

Eric. I am living in a little village in Segovia (Middle Spain). And I do not have words enough to thank you for that drill you gave us. You said: " this is the best drill I've ever seen to shallow your downswing". I agree with you. I am absolutely enthusiastic with it. Thank you. Great teacher !!!!

[glenm]

Unbelievable drill. First thing to actually shallow my swing. I tried everything before this. This did it for me in five swings. Thanks Eric.

[randyrodiek]

Eric. You so good at giving the details of how to set up station. So many are way to vague. You’ve helped my game a lot.
Thanks
Randy
Chicago area

[_ben]

great detail on set up !!! thank you for taking the time, i love to play and fight a slice with my driver with this, ,, maybe i can get better

[joaquinguibert]

I built the station and was fantastic how the balls went all of them in the same direction with a completely new feeling of coming from inside to reach the ball. I am just in the begining of this drill. But Is brighting my future a lot. Than you again Eric

[nev]

Brilliantly explained with respect to setting up the station, theory and explanation of the drill. Great that you reinforce the concept of small steps first and be prepared to work at it. I look forward to practising this as my 'project' for the coming season. I always seem to drift back to the out to in swing path.

[ScottKinkoph]

Thank you for showing how to set up the sticks and the drill. The directions were easy to follow, and practiced with the setup this evening. I've been working on shallowing my downswing and this drill confirmed I'm making right progress.

[josemanuelmorales]

I ' ve tried many drills and for me this is the best one. New swing, new sensations, just great. Congratulations.

[ticarot]

This is one of your best vids. The road to improvement is paved with good drills and lots of reps.

[brandanbutchart]

Btw this has been huge for me. I found the video again just to leave a message. Thank you for this amazing drill. I started further away and worked closer. Amazing!

[randyrodiek]

Agree with blackjack 100%. Very descriptive and since I watched your forearm rotation supination video my ball striking and flight is better and I’m getting comments from my buddies. Love that. Scoring better and drives are HONESTLY 10, 20 & even 30 yards longer at times. I’m on a private course so I know it like the back of my hand and I’m hitting shorter clubs in to greens now. Thanks Eric

[MarkSmith-lzrk]

I did this drill for a long time consistently and now ive gotten steep again, did the drill today, fixed it right up

[markprescott]

Thanks again for your teaching. Exactly what I need

[Norvy_T]

This... this is it. I did this drill for the first time about 2 months ago. This changed my swing for the better. Much more crisp range sessions and rounds cause of this drill. THANK YOU!

[janakpatel]

Your teaching methods are great and simple thanks

[bronxbomber]

Tried so many different drills I saw on YouTube, but this by far has made a drastic change. The improvement of my swing in the last 3 days is awesome, thanks so much! I have been using this drill with all of my irons, and I want to hit my driver next. My question is, can you use this drill for a driver and hybrids? Thanks.