How to gain extra distance with Xander Schauffele. The European Tour and Callaway presents Callaway Tour Tips an all-new series of golf instructional videos.
In this video Xander Schauffele shows a simple drill to gain more distance when you need it.
Maintaining height throughout the golf swing
A classic mistake that a lot of golfers will make is to try and turn the left shoulder underneath the chin too much on the backswing, this in turn will cause their posture angles to drop and will result in either a fat or a thin shot. The ideal way to turn in a golf swing is to maintain your original posture angles and simply rotate around a fixed axis as you perform the golfing backswing.
A great drill to help you to maintain your height is to look forwards and fix your eye line to something on the horizon and then swing back. This will then give you the feeling that your upper body is staying up instead of dropping down on the back swing. Once you have that feeling you can then perform the swing with the eyes down at the ground but take the feeling of the posture angles staying up and not dropping.
It is also good to do a swing where you let your posture angles drop just so that you can feel the difference between the two positions.
Throw vs. Pull Golf Drill
From the top of your golf swing do you pull the club or throw the club?
In this video Aimee will answer this question for you whilst explaining what causes each of those movements, how they relate to the shape of your golf swing and more importantly how to move towards the one that will drastically improve your game as this is a key transition move.
So, want to play better golf, don’t pull the club, throw the club!
Retaining Power in the Golf Swing
With all this talk about shallowing the downswing and stop coming over the top and early extending in the downswing. This Retaining Power in the Golf Swing drill will help you by shallowing the downswing.
Dropping the club into the slot will create pain-free power and accuracy while also eliminating your over the top swing and slicing issues in your golf swing.
Wrist Hinge Drill
Setting the wrists is a very important part of the backswing, in this video Rick talks through one of his favorite wrist hinge drills to help you to get the perfect wrist set..
Drill to STOP CASTING the GOLF CLUB
Find out exactly what casting is, how it works and how to stop casting in your golf swing. Take advantage of this move and try to practice the drill in your backyard.
Don’t forget to start with slow swings and focus on the feels received by the drill.
Simple drill for starting your golf swing takeaway correctly!
If you initially move well to start your golf swing, then you will set yourself up to get into a great position to hit the ball well from. Starting your swing with both your arms and body acting as one connected unit will help you achieve a backswing with the correct balance of arm and body use, which is vital for striking your best golf shots.
Here’s a great and really simple drill to get you moving the club away from the ball with the perfect balance of both your body and arms.
Golf Tips: What the Pros Do that You Don’t!
If you want to hit your irons with the same authority as the players we marvel at on Tour, you have to understand how they are moving their bodies and sequencing their swings – and how it differs in some fundamental ways from the way that you’re doing it.
As we all know, this is no small feat, trying to copy what Tour players do, but fortunately, we have Titleist staff member Jonathan Yarwood to help us out. As Jonathan explains in the video above, a better understanding of where to move pressure, when to move that pressure and how to make room for the swing through impact can result in those pure, piercing iron shots you’ve always wanted.
Pro Keys to Hitting Iron Shots
1. The pros don’t shift their pressure and weight too far away from the ball and they don’t turn too much or too early in the backswing. Amateurs typically do. The pros resist the turn of their body against the trail side and a braced trail leg, so their arm swing never gets too long. For pros, the shaft of the club rarely reaches parallel on iron shots.
2. As they go back, pros are shifting their pressure earlier, changing direction towards the target. When the left arm reaches parallel to the ground, the pros already have more than 70% of their weight into their lead foot.
3. As the club approaches the ball the pros are opening their bodies, spinning, extending and rotating out of the way of the shot. Not only does this aggressive move help accelerate the club head, it helps the pros manage the club face and the swing path.
