Best Rotation Drill to Get Open at Impact

One of the essential components of an efficient golf swing is rotating optimally through the golf ball. It enables a stable clubface, a better start line, curvature control, and more speed. 

The problem 
The average recreational golfers struggle at the moment of impact: their bodies stall out at impact, causing a chain reaction where the arms bunch up, the player runs out of enough room, and the club doesn’t make proper contact with the ball.  

To create the most speed, power, and efficiency in golf, we need to allow our bodies to rotate towards our target.  

The drill
Instead of getting frozen and running out of room, you need to rotate your hips and shoulders so that the shoulders are slightly behind the hips as they turn towards the target. 

To practice it, do the following drills: 

Drill 1

1. Place an alignment stick across your shoulders in a setup without holding a golf club.

2. Go for a backswing, and as you come down, your hips should be rotating down, and your shoulders should be 10 degrees open as you reach the point of impact.

3. You must ensure that your hips should be ahead of your shoulders, making a 30-degree rotation towards the target. 

Drill 2 

1. Attach an alignment stick to your belt through belt buckles.

2. As you backswing and come down to hit the target, the position of the alignment stick will confirm how much rotation your hips have had. 

3. Your right hip must come down earlier than your right shoulder, and the position of the alignment stick at the impact will also confirm its angle. If your shoulders and hips come down together, your body would lunge forward.   

Drill with the golf club 
After rehearsing swings with the stick, go ahead with the golf club. Enter your setup and place the ball in a usual place. As you get to the top of the swing, imagine your right hip is in a race with the right shoulder to approach the ball. As it happens, the process will trigger two primary things; 

1. An overall rotation

2. It will help the hips rotate more than the shoulders and establish better contact through the ball. It will also avoid lunging forward. 

I suggest you practice as much as possible and start slow until you make it a habit. Before hitting the ball, do some practice with the club and brush the ground as you reach the point of impact. 

After you practice this drill successfully, you will notice the following improvements in your game.

1. More freedom in your body

2. Extra room for your hit

3. A squarer clubface and consistent delivery 

Summary
Place an alignment stick across your shoulder, and without holding a golf club, practice backswings and downswings and rotate hips and shoulders in a way your right hip moves faster towards the ball than the right shoulder. 

Secondly, attach the alignment stick through belt buckles and perform a similar exercise to ensure your right hip approaches the ball faster than your right shoulder. Thirdly, repeat a similar process with the club and hit the ball.

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