Re: Quitting

[iacas]

I moved this over from another thread because I wanted to comment on it:

Basically all of these problems stem from the fact that I learned to quit half way through the swing. I was stabbing at the ball instead of practicing a full backswing, downswing, and followthrough.

Anyway, one of the drills I've seen to help fix this is to take only half a backswing, then come down and through. Obviously you'll lose distance, but it's more something to do on the range anyway. Just go back until your arms are parallel, pause briefly (don't rush it to try to generate speed), and swing through the ball. You'll almost be forced to make a good, long follow-through if you want to make the ball go anywhere near as far as it normally would.

I've found it can also help fix other things... but I think the main goal of this drill is to fix the whole "stab as a follow-through" thing.

[muskegman]

Thanks for the tip Erik... I'm going to use that drill next time I get to the range, which might end up being next week. Full weekend here.

[xian]

I actually do this (or something very much like it) at all times. When I take a full backswing (i.e., coiling my upper body against my lower body and trying to get the shaft near parallel) I start thinking about power and tend to get way out of control. Taking a more abbreviated backswing prevents all sorts of bad things: focusing on 'killing the ball', swiping at the ball, deceleration, etc. If I'm not good enough to deal with a 'full' swing, I'm ok with that. I would rather give up distance than spray balls all over the place.