Get in-sync

Get your arms and body working together with this simple drill
By Cennydd Mills

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lot of amateur golfers struggle to get the most out of their body turn when hitting shots. Once your arms start moving independently from your body, it becomes difficult to strike the ball consistently. Here’s a drill to help if you tend to suffer from this swing trait.

Grab a golf towel and hold it under both arms before setting up to the ball (as shown in these images). You’re going to hit shots ensuring that you keep the towel held in place, but here’s the thing – it’s very important that you don’t try to make your full swing. What you’re looking to feel is how your arms and body should work together through the hitting area. So you only want to make a half backswing. Once your hands get past hip height and the club hinges up, go ahead and hit the ball. This drill forces you to use a lot more rotational energy to strike the ball. Golfers who struggle to rotate and get onto their front foot through impact can really benefit, but most importantly, your sequencing is going to improve.

Getting your arms and body to work together is vital for good sequencing.

It’s very difficult to get your downswing sequnce right if your arms have separated from your body turn on the backswing. So by syncing this up going back, you’ll start to see a much more solid strike on the ball, and a little more compression too.

Cennydd Mills is a PGA Teaching Professional at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. For more information, visit dubaigolf.com

Photograph by Farooq Salik

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