Do you feel comfortable at the top of your backswing? If you don’t, it’s probably affecting your ball-striking.
One reason you’re not comfortable maybe that you’re either lifting the club up or whipping it way to the inside on your backswing. Either error throws your swing off.
If you’re making these mistakes, you’re may be fighting your natural backswing position. This makes it hard to get your body in a balanced position to support the club at the top. The exercise describe below helps you find your natural back-swing.
Below are the steps to finding your natural backswing position:
• Grip your club upside-down with your left hand
• Swing your left arm back while turning your shoulder
• Set your right hand on the club for perfect position
Step 1: Take your 6-iron out of your bag. Reverse it so that you’re holding it by the clubface instead of the handle. Address the ball. Then take your right hand off the club so you’re holding it with your left hand only.
Step 2: Swing the club back while turning your shoulder. This move gets you away from assuming a position you think you should be taking—the single biggest cause for not feeling comfortable at the top of your swing.
Step 3: Keeping the club in the top position, place your right hand on the club. This is your natural backswing position.
Do the exercise a few times to ingrain the feel. Once it’s ingrained, you’ll do it without even noticing it. At that point you just need to trust it and use it.
This exercise can boost your ballstriking significantly. And that can help you chop strokes off your golf handicap.
