Backswing Drills for More Power

A couple drills you don’t see very often to help you load effectively and generate more power in your backswing.

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Left Side Release Drill

HOW TO ROTATE YOUR LEFT SIDE – PGA Professional Robin Symes show a fun drill to help you gain the feeling of rotation your left side in a golf swing.

Here’s a quick tip for anybody who’s struggling to release their left side through the ball. To get their left side out of the way through the impact zone and then to the follow through.

So getting your left side out of the way through the impact zone, it’s a crucial factor in being able to hit good solid contacts. Control the direction of your shots. So if you think you have some fault anywhere within what I’ve talked about. Try to picture yourself throwing a frisbee left-handed, take that feeling into your swing and see what happens.

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Here is the best transition drill you can be doing to get your hips moving in your downswing. This one take a little coordination so be sure to keep practicing it as much as you can. If you get your hips moving in the downswing you will hit the ball so much longer and straighter.

More and more people finding out that you use your legs and hips to hit the ball but few do and hip drills to actually get them moving. For the sake of watching this tip, you can literally be doing this drill at home, at the range and even when you play.

Moving the hips takes understanding and coordination because you’re trying to move your slow moving body ahead of your fast moving arms. This drill separates the hips to they fire first. If they do, you’ll hit it longer and straighter than ever.

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