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School of Golf: Drill of the year (2:44)
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'School of Golf' host Martin Hall teaches you how to face it and trace it to get your shots headed at the target, his favorite drill from the past season.
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-I'm Martin Hall. You're watching School of Golf Extra Credit.
I get a lot of questions as to what has
been my favorite drill on this year's School of Golf.
Well, here it is, is to do a swing plan
and it's what I called face and trace. Now, I'm
going to do this with a laser. You could equally
do it with a [unk] and just a couple of
flashlight points on the end, and I put this plastic
tee here to represent my target line. I put my
club down for a moment. I think every swing you
take, you should be facing and tracing a line. Now,
right here, I set up here to straight and what
I had called laser wand here is going to trace
my target line as I go back. It's not pointing
at ball. Sometimes people did anything but pointing at the
ball and as I come down laser 2, it's going
to pass through the ball. It's tracing my target line.
As I come down, laser 2 is tracing my target
line at the moment, and then lase 1 comes through.
I believe, every shot you have you should always trace
and you should always face this line. Here's watch my
favorite tip. This line doesn't always point to the target.
If I want to hit a fade, I'm going to
move that line over there. Again, like the top 6
shooters here, I'm going to face this line, which would
now be to the lift of my target. I think
you can see that, but again, I'm going to face
and trace that line. The very act that aimed my
plastic to the left means we'll then facing and tracing.
Now, I'm swinging across the ball to the left. If
I want to hit a drill, I'm going the other
way. I'm facing, I'm tracing, and now the swing will
be more into it, but here's the thing and here's
what's been so valuable for my students. When you do
this, your hand cuff. The way the hands move around
the body never changes. Whether I'm thing a drill or
whether I'm trying to hit fade or whether I'm trying
to hit a straight shot, my hand cuff never changes.
So my favorite drill, the one I feel to have
to the most success with my tee at [unk] West
Palm Beach. I want you to face, I want you
to trace, and I always want you to swing on
plane because that's gonna give best changes of all going
to the target. Thanks for joining us on golfchannel.com for
the best in golf instruction. I'm Martin Hall. You've been
watching School of Golf Extra Credit. For more tips like
this, tune to school of golf Tuesday 7 p.m. Eastern.
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