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This drill is follow through, touch the net.

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So this drill is a great drill for those of you who have a hitting station at home, where

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you're working on some follow through position training.

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Oftentimes, golfers fall into a pattern where during the follow through or going through

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the release, either their body doesn't turn or their arms tend to bend and you'll get

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into more of a chicken wing, kind of scoop pattern like this.

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What we're going to do is we're going to set up with a fixed reference that allows me to

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know for sure if I did that.

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Because the problem I find is that a lot of golfers are just really unaware of what is

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going on down at that key impact interval or key release phase.

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So when I asked them, hey, did you bend your arms?

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They don't really feel it because what'll end up happening is they'll go like this and

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then straighten in the look, I finished with my arms straight, but it was kind of a fake finish.

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So we're going to use the net to help give us an outside or an external feel.

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So I'm going to get set up and then I'm going to turn my body until I'm close to the

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net.

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So my arms are extended.

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My weight is on that front foot.

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I'm down in my good follow through position and I'm going to get to where I would just

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barely touch the net.

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Now I'm going to adjust my ball position and I'm going to put a reference down.

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Usually on a mat, I'll put a T into the mat so I know where I needed to set up.

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Because what will usually happen is as you do this, subconsciously you'll start getting

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closer and closer to the net.

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So where you're like, hey, I'm touching the net every single time.

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So you want to be aware of where that starting position was.

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And then you can work through mostly nine to three.

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I find that if you start taking fuller swings, you'll kind of pull away from the net because

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it doesn't feel quite as good, making contact with the net and having it kind of grab

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on your club a little bit.

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But I'm going to start with just doing some practice swings, trying to get into a good

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follow through position where I'm just barely touching the net.

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Kind of like this.

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Like I said, it will be much easier to do on mat than grass because as I do this on

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grass, I'm going to build a little divot pattern and so I'm going to have to keep moving

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the net or adjusting it.

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So this is the best drill for when you're working on follow through position at home.

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If your net is kind of not that impact harp but more of the netting like this, then

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I do actually recommend going ahead and try a nine to three.

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And what you'll see is you'll have to hold that follow through position because as the

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ball hits the net, it's going to push the net away from you.

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So you have to wait for the net to reset to see how well you did there.

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What a lot of you are going to feel.

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So you're going to do it more kind of like this where I'm pulling in, hey I hit an

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okay shot, pulled in, got it up high and then tried to correct it.

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So if that's the case, then you want to start trying to go even more slow motion, kind

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of tai chi, where you're really reaching the club, not necessarily my shoulders, but

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you're reaching the club away from your body like so.

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So I'm kind of reaching more towards the bottom of the net, getting this really good

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arm extension through the shot rather than just flinging the club head through.

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So there's a few different problems that you'll see.

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One is if I don't turn my hips, if I just hit with my upper body, it's really hard for

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me to get all the way to the net.

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Two, if I tend to have more of a stand up or pull up, now the club is way away from the

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net.

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So I'm going to have that kind of corrected finish.

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So part number one, I got a turn, part number two, I got to stay down.

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Part number three is my arms have to go with the club as opposed to pulling in.

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So I might have to have some softer arm tension as I'm going through my release movements.

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So again, I don't really do this much bigger than nine to three because as you go through,

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you'll have a harder time feeling it.

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But sometimes I will do more of a breaking movement where I'm going to try a little bit

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bigger swing.

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And you'll see, I kind of pulled away from the net because even if I tell myself that

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I don't want to, it's a little jarring to swing into the net.

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I'd stick with mostly nine to three, but you can do nine to three with a little bit more

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aggression.

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If you're worried that some golfers start avoiding the net when they try to swing harder.

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So if those arms tend to kind of bend into throw the club past your body, then I'm fine

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with doing more of a nine to three where I'm trying to hit it with a little bit of aggression.

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Just focus on getting into that good arm extension position.

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So we want more for you.

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Kind of like that.

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This is a great drill for at home training, working on your follow-through position.