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The drill is the practice swing sandwich.

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So the practice swing sandwich is one of my favorite ways to make it so that you're not so

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ball-focused.

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I frequently have students who say that I can do it in a practice swing, look at it on

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video, it looks great, and then when I get a ball there, everything breaks down, I go

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into my old kind of ingrained pattern.

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So if that's you doing the practice swing sandwich can potentially help you overcome that

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barrier.

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The practice swing sandwich allows you to kind of focus more on a comedy or a collection

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of movements instead of one individual swing.

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So the practice swing sandwich is relatively easy to do.

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Basically I'm going to do a practice swing before, then I'm going to hit a ball and I'm

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going to do a practice swing afterward.

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And I'm going to compare that to what it would feel like to do three practice swings.

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So the one that gets in the middle where I'm hitting the ball now becomes more just a piece

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of this bigger practice pattern as opposed to the event that I'm trying to train.

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So I use this mostly for release training, working from delivery position to follow through,

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but you can do it in full swings.

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You just have to kind of be a little bit more patient with yourself because oftentimes when

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you finish hitting that middle ball, you're going to lose your balance or be out of position

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to be able to jump back into making another practice swing.

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But you can do practice swing, hit a ball, and then finish with another practice swing and

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kind of compare what the middle swing, the last swing, how those felt or what it felt

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like going from three practice swings to two practice swings with the ball in the middle.

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But the way I like to do it with the release is let's say I'm working on the wife.

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So I'm working on my elbow, work a little bit more just across my body before my arms

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extend out.

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So I'm trying to figure out low point and face contact and all that stuff.

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So I do a few little rhythmic swings.

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I get kind of a feeling of it.

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Got kind of that feeling of what I want my right elbow to do.

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Then I'm going to do one little pump practice swing.

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I'm going to make this swing and then I'm immediately going to go back into the pattern

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of making those practice swings.

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So I'll demonstrate one more time.

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So get into your golf posture, set up a little bit away, get a good feeling as far

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as what movement you're trying to create.

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So this time I'll focus a little bit more on what the left arm is doing.

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Good.

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Then you're going to set up.

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I'm going to make that little practice swing.

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Okay, got that little feel.

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Now swing.

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And usually the ball won't come back to the hitting area.

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So you'll have no problem making your practice swing afterward.

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But when you're hitting into a net, that was a little clip.

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So if you're struggling with taking some of the movements from your release, from your

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practice swings to actually hitting a ball, you have to trick your brain into being less

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ball focused.

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One of the best ways that you can do that is by taking the practice swing after you hit

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a golf ball.

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I call it the practice swing sandwich and it can really help you overcome some of the barriers

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that you may be feeling when you get to ball focused.