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Downswing: Heel plant drill (1:35)
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Jim Williams gives you a great tip to help keep you from standing up as you approach the ball on your downswing.
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Hi, Jim Williams here. I've got a great drill for
those of you that struggle with standing up on the
downswing or moving into the golf ball. We call this
early extension. What that means is, is that when you
start in posture and you stand up or move into
the golf ball on the downswing, a lot of things
bad can happen. You can get over the top. You
can scoop, cast at impact. There's so many things that
go wrong. So it looks something like this. You stand
like this and you stand up and the ball stays
on the ground. You might scoop it and hit a
grounder. Alright, this is a real problem for most of
you. So here's the drill and this is what's gonna
help you. When you take your stance, what I want
you to do is raise your foot heel like this,
maybe raise it about a ball off the ground. Take
your stance and do your backswing. Now I've got a
little lob wedge here. Just start with a half shot
so you can feel this. Don't try this drill with
a driver right away. Take a short club. Take it
to the top and now the first move you wanna
make is to plant your heel down on the ground.
And when you do that, your hips are gonna start
to rotate and your chest is gonna stay down. This
is gonna help you hit the ball first and stay
down properly. So it's gonna look something like this. The
heels are gonna start up and we'll go up, plant
the heel and go forward. Now if you look, I've
still got some side bend and some angle and my
weight is on my heel. That's what I'm looking for.
I don't wanna finish standing up like this. So if
you feel like you stand up and you can't stay
over the ball, try this little drill. Plant your heel
to start the downswing. It'll help you stay down and
through the shot and should make you a lot more
consistent. Good luck.
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