I bet many of you have seen the video of Lydia Ko trying to hit baseballs while her coach David Leadbetter watched. (Note that I said she was trying to hit baseballs. Even Lydia Ko can't do everything.) Leadbetter has recommended a baseball swing drill for years as a way to learn how a golf swing should feel.
Here's one of the videos he did that demonstrates that drill. With a club, now not a bat.
The idea is pretty easy. Using a five- or 6-iron, you are making baseball swings which can be degree to the ground, simply as if you were using a bat. You gradually 'tilt the plane' until you may actually hit balls, which he recommends teeing as much as make it easier.
The reason I'm posting this is because of the 8-part Bent Trailing Elbow Drill series I finished last week. I want you to watch how his trailing elbow works during the drill, and how little that changes as the clubhead gets lower to the ground. (As the clubhead gets lower, his elbow moves farther away from his side when his shoulders are fully turned, but returns to his side at the impact position.)
This is not exactly the identical feel as my drill -- the arms work a piece differently, because my drill turned into supposed to teach you clubface control as well -- however that is a superb way that will help you get that trailing elbow right into a similar role the usage of a movement that maximum of you have got probable attempted earlier than. (Even in case you could not hit any higher than Lydia.)
And there's one extra gain to this drill. It's in reality hard to look at it -- or maybe attempt it -- and maintain to accept as true with that the golfing swing should be as difficult as we generally tend to make it. If you could hit balls with this drill, all you need to do is discover ways to control wherein the clubface is pointed and you will have a usable golf swing.
Even in case you do not appear like Rickie or Rory or Jason or Jordan.
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