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As important as our head is to playing golf, we are often unaware of where it is in space. Putting an object on your head, or your head on an object, will help make you more aware. Be sure not to apply so much pressure that it restricts your movement.
Tags: Transition, Drill, Intermediate
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The drill is the head on the wall drill for practicing impact.
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So while you're working on your impact positions,
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one thing that you can kind of pay attention to is where your head is in space.
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And what you'll see is if you were to start with your head or your hair or if you
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actually like doing it with the brim of your cap, but I didn't wear a hat today,
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just touching the wall, then when you go to impact position,
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the only thing that's going to change is your head is actually going to drop down maybe in
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inter 2, but it's going to stay relatively in the same place as opposed to
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backing up going this way. So you can work on that impact
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position of getting that weight into the left side, that right shoulder down,
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hands ahead, all those good things while your head stays up against the wall.
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The other thing, the other way you can use the wall while you're doing it,
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is to make sure that your head is not drifting forward, which is a very common
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problem, especially if you accompany it with a little bit of a scoop.
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So the way that you would set up for that is if you position the head
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off to your left ear. So I'm going to turn this way.
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And now if I got into my setup posture so that the wall is just off my head here,
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then when I shift my weight onto my left and get my hands in their good position,
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I'm doing so making sure that my head has not drifted forward.
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So if you can see this line on the screen, when I get into that impact position,
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my head is not drifted forward. So these are two key ways that you can use a
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wall when you're practicing some of these body movement drills at home,
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which will make the transfer over onto the range and onto the course that much easier.
