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Reverse Walking Drill

The "Reverse Walking Drill" is inspired by Andreas Ali. While I usually do this drill while walking forward, I've found it beneficial to walk backward.

Walking backward forces me to engage my lead leg and distribute my weight differently, helping me maintain a more stable lead side and improve core engagement. I typically do four swings in this drill, and I find it useful for breaking the arm-throw pattern in my golf release. If you haven't tried a constant motion drill like this, I highly recommend it for improving your core and promoting a more body-centered golf swing.

Tags: Poor Contact, Early Extension, Drill

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This is the reverse walking drill. Um, so first I want to give credit to, uh,

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Andreas Ali. Uh, I think that, um, I,

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I was listening to a presentation and he was talking about,

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I don't know if he came up with it, but, um, it makes a lot of sense. So, um,

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as you know, I love, uh, the four ball rhythm drill for getting, um,

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the core to feel like it's moving. Um, got a video below of, of,

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uh, um, Lee Trevino demonstrating this drill.

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He describes it as a way to kind of hit it with your chest turn and not with

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your arms. 'cause it doesn't require, if you hit with your arms,

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it's going to require a reset, but if you hit with your body, um,

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it won't require a reset. You can stay in constant motion. Now,

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I've traditionally done this drill walking forward. Um,

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so basically getting the club swinging like this

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and then walking forward into each shot, kind of like that.

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Now, um,

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the advantage of walking backwards is I think you train the lead leg

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working against the ground more accurately for how it's gonna work in the golf

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swing. Um, so I'm just gonna push that a little bit out of the way.

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Um,

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and the only difference here is I'm still gonna do the four ball rhythm drill,

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but I'm gonna walk backwards. And so in walking backwards,

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what I feel personally is, um, you're gonna have to post up a little bit better,

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uh, in this lead leg. And you're gonna feel like your weight is moving, um,

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more towards the back half of the foot. Um, where when you're walking forward,

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it's very easy to move into the toes and kind of slide forward and kind

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of cut the follow through or cut the, uh,

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bracing movement in that lead hip a little bit short.

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So we're just gonna get that same Now, it,

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it might take a little bit of, uh,

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getting used to where you need to look in order to, um, strike the golf ball.

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'cause we're used to, um, moving that way or kind of focusing that,

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uh, further away from us. Um, but starting further away,

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get its swinging back and forth, got the rhythm,

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and now kind of honing in on the golf balls

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each time. And as I go through there, I'm gonna feel a little bit more,

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um, bracing or posting up or, uh,

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kind of a more stable lead foot, more stable lead side. Um,

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and I usually do four, but you can, you can vary it, uh,

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depending on if you're practicing off mats. Um,

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if you're paying for your range balls, uh,

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you can take more practice swings in between. Um,

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but I'm a fan of kind of four. I think it challenges you, uh,

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to kind of keep the focus long enough

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just like that. Those were getting pretty good. Um, and in doing so, again,

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I feel a little bit more of this, uh,

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turtle shell or bracing or moving away from the golf ball.

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Some of this anti early extension things that ultimately lead to a little bit

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better core action during your relief. So if you're,

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if you've tried the other one, give this, uh, reverse walking a go.

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And if you've never tried one of these drills where you're, uh,

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forced to maintain constant motion,

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it's a really good way for waking up the core, um,

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and swinging a little bit more body.

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So I highly recommend it for getting out of an arm throw pattern during the

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release.

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I.

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