Trying to improve the swing of your driver but you’re not 100% where to start? You need to learn a few basic drills and exercises to develop the right skills to take your driver golf swing to the next level. While practice isn’t as fun as playing a round of golf, but it’s the where you need to put your time in to play a great game and shave strokes off of your handicap.

What are golf drills?

A golf drill is simply a series of exercises that are isolated to develop one particular attribute to your game. While a drill might feel awkward or out of place it’s only a drill, it’s not how you would play the game, but it is required to perfect particular parts of your technique, and your driver golf swing is a great place to start to improve.

The Easy Driver Drill

This is probably the most enjoyable driver drill. Head out to the driving range, grab a bucket of balls and start swinging with the intention of hitting the 150 yard flag. This drill will help you improve in a short period of time, remember that your driver is about accuracy and quality, while you might be able to drive a ball 200 yards but it slices wouldn’t you be better off with 150 yard drive with 10-20 yards of roll but be in play?

The Hip Turn Drill

This is one drill that more people really should pay attention to. The drill is designed to work on developing hip alignment and body movement through the swing.

Stand above the ball with your body square and swing your driver but with only one hand/arm. This will force you to develop hip rotation and bring more power and weight transfer into your swing which is where the power and distance will come from.

Give no Quarter Drill

The last drill we’ll mention is one that many people think will be simple. It’s goal is to develop balance in the golfer, simply place a quarter on your golf shoe and go trough your swing technique. The goal is to not have the quarter fall off your shoe, if it does you’re experiencing to much foot movement. This is a symptom of bad balance through your driver golf swing if you have trouble keeping the quarter balanced.

For some it will be easier if you already have good balance. If you do have difficult stop and practice this drill until you develop the balance to be able to swing and not have the quarter fall off.

Drills aren’t the same as the game itself but they are a must to drop your handicap and improve your score each round. If you invest the time in drills and practice you’ll be repaid multiple times over as you watch your score drop round after round.

If you are not familiar with training grips they are simply molded rubber golf grips that force you to grip the club correctly. They are not legal to use in tournament or league play, but on the practice range they are invaluable in teaching the correct grip. Furthermore you can hit golf balls while using one so you can feel the way your hands should interact with the club from the start of your golf swing to the finish.

Everything you do in a golf swing is designed to return the club face squarely to the ball. Even though every move, pivot, and shift either contributes to, or detracts from, that objective, the fact of the matter is if your golf grip is not correct you will not consistently hit good golf shots. Your grip is the only link to the golf club, so if it is too tight, to loose, or not aligned properly and applying pressure at the correct points on the club shaft, you can suffer a myriad of problems with the flight of your golf ball.

A good golf swing begins with a good grip. But for people just beginning to learn to play golf, or for others who have struggled with their game for a long time and want to improve their scores, what does a good grip look like? More importantly, what does it feel like? That is where a golf training grip can come in very handy. It leaves nothing to chance and it allows you to feel how a proper golf grip should feel.

At one time you had to purchase a specially molded training grip and then either purchase a used golf club or dig one out of your attic you no longer used, and permanently attach it to the club. That’s OK…if you only want to practice shots with one club and then not even one you actually use on the course. But today you have a choice that will free you to practice with all your clubs without permanently installing a training grip on them. A quick search on the internet for “golf training grip” will yield a number of results for traditional permanent training grips, but also a new temporary grip that can be placed over your existing grip on your clubs, then removed and used on all your other clubs! This allows you to practice with every club in your bag, and practice every shot you want to practice while on the practice range.

By practicing with a golf club training grip you can get the first step of your golf swing started off correctly every time you tee it up. By using one of the new removable training grips you can practice with every club in your bag and know that you are gripping the golf club correctly.