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Firm Left Side - Putting

In order to keep the lower body relatively motionless, often players will have to feel like their lower body has more tension in it or feels "firmer". Try keeping your front him, left for right handed golfers, firm until you finish the putting stroke.

Tags: Putt, Impact, Transition, Release, Drill, Beginner

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Okay, this next drill is more of a concept than it is a drill.

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And this is addressing what I call the firm left side, which basically means I want my

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right side to provide a lot of the force and the left side is actually going to serve

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as a little bit of a resistance that I'm going to hit through.

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It kind of seems weird in putting to think of having resistance, but it's one of the best

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ways to establish that lower body stability.

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And it's more common in other sports like hockey or lacrosse or baseball.

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So if you're fighting in those sports, this may feel somewhat familiar.

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What I mean by this lower left side stability is basically or the firm left side.

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Is basically this left side is not going to continue to chase after the stroke, right?

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It is going to be a little bit more firm.

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But you'll tend to see, and we'll get into this more when we go over stroke distance,

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is that I tend to see amateurs who have the putter kind of chased towards the whole, have

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a really long follow through.

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They tend to leave a lot of putt short because you're not applying energy consistency

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or consistently.

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So the way that you do this drill is you basically stagger your stance so that your left

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foot is way forward and you're just going to practice hitting puts, not letting that side

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open up.

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And you'll feel that you can't really keep that putter moving because the body is not

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going to let it.

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So really it's more of a concept.

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I just want you to make sure that that left side is a little bit more firm.

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It will help with where you're creating your speed from.

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So give it a try.

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That with some of the arm and the hand things and using your big muscles will help you develop

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your proper putter face control and putter path control.

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So make sure you have a firm left side or else you're going to leave a lot of putt short.