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This drill is heel side toe side face training.

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So there are three primary skills that I talk about all the time.

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One is sequencing or how you create power.

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Two is controlling the path both low point and swing direction.

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And three is controlling the face to path relationship.

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So when I'm working on a golfer trying to train the face to path relationship, the first

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drill that I always go to is this heel side toe side discussion.

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So basically what most golfer's will feel is the way to the club compared to the path,

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not necessarily the target.

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We can adapt this to training it to the target, but this is really about training it to the

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path.

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So when I start this, I basically ask the golfer if you were to hit a fade, then assuming

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you make center contact, which part of the club would lead into the golf ball.

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So I'll give them the options would it be the heel, would they come together, or would

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it be the toe.

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And everybody always says heel, which is correct.

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So I want to practice taking some swings and feeling like the heel leads the toe into

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the golf ball.

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And then I'm going to take some swings where the toe leads the heel into the golf

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ball.

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So I usually hold up the yoga block and do it up at about belly button height first, which

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is where you should probably start.

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But I'll do it down here with the impact bag to help stop it.

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So if the heel leads the toe, it would come into the yoga block like this.

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And if the toe leads the heel, it would come into the yoga block like that.

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And then I would try to get a photo finish.

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So I would basically try to get the heel and the toe to make contact together.

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And what I'll say is, if the heel beats the toe, then your face is probably open to the

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path and the ball will curve to the right.

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If the toe beats the heel, then the face will be closed to the path and the ball will

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curve to the left.

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And if they're pretty much a photo finish, then the ball is going to go pretty straight.

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So once they can do this, just in space without the ball either eyes open or eyes closed,

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just kind of feeling where the club faces, then we'll introduce the golf ball and try

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to get deliberate curves.

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So now what we'll try to do is whether we're doing nine to three or whether we're doing

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full swings.

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We'll do some swings where we'll say, okay, I want the heel to beat the toe and it should

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have a subtle curve off to the right, depending on how much I let the heel beat the toe.

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Then we'll say, I want the toe to beat the heel.

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And we're not really worried about start line right now.

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We're just trying to refine the amount of curve.

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Next little exercise is you're trying to get the heel and the toe to get back to the ball

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together.

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Now some golfers when they start going through this feel like they're doing it all down

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at the bottom and then it's totally risky.

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So we might play around with some different timings of it.

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So I'll say, can you get the heel leading right here and keep it leading all the way until

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there in the follow-through?

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Or vice versa.

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Can we get the toe leading at waist height and can we keep that toe leading all the way

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into the follow-through?

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Or the toughest one is the straight shot.

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But if we can get the toe in the heel to come through, photo finish.

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I use that phrase a lot.

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Photo finish if you want to hit it straight.

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So if you set up on a hole and you know that you want to hit a draw, then you can throw

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out some of the mechanics and just focus on the feeling of the club phase being close

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to the path to make sure that it's going to draw.

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And the amount that it's closed helps you predict or dictate how much it's going to

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curve.

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So if I set up on a hole and I say, this absolutely has to draw.

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I'm going to make sure toe is winning here and toe is winning there.

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And if I do that, it's probably going to feel like the toe is leading all the way down.

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So I got that that was more of a pull draw because I didn't really adjust my path.

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But all I'm focused on right now is getting the face awareness and controlling the curve.

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If I decide that I want the ball to curve one direction, let's say I want to hit a

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fade.

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Then now I can start to play with, can I get the heel to lead the toe and can I get

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different path.

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So that might be the heel leading the toe with more of a kind of inside out path.

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And then I might try to do the heel leading the toe with more of an outside in path.

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And now I'm getting a ball flight that starts just left of my target and then curves

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back to the flag.

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If you're struggling with controlling that key skill of club face control and thinking

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about the motorcycle, isn't really having a big impact on your ball flight, then sometimes

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just training the skill of club face awareness is what it will take for help you to master

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that club face control.

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You should always understand what your technique is trying to do.

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So if you're working on something to help you with the club face control, you should

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understand how it will relate to this skill, which is ultimately all it takes to control

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curve.

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The thing that controls curve is the face to path relationship and this is one of my

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go-to drills for training it.

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Now if you find that when you swing hard, you're not able to control the face to path

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relationship, it might indicate that you have a club face control issue that's tied to how

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you're creating speed.

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And ultimately it's your choice to prioritize on the course which is more important for you.

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Face control and hitting it straight, or feeling powerful and hitting it as far as you can.

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But ultimately the better you get it controlling the face, the more comfortably you'll

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be able to swing hard on the course.