00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000
The drill is start line focus. So when you're taking your stocks wing that you're working on

00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,000
and trying to take it to playing to the course, it's always good to do something to make it

00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:18,000
more target oriented. So I got three different versions laid out for you and I'll talk you through

00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,000
the set of each of them and you can use them depending on your situation and your driving range.

00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:30,000
I'll go from the one that I think is the best for if you're struggling with path issues to the

00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:36,000
one that I think is the best if you're really getting ready for tournaments. So the three different

00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:45,000
scenarios I've got my alleyway. So this is just if I put a golf ball in the middle, I've got two alignment

00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:50,000
rods and I've got them a good distance away from the golf ball. So I'm not trying to be really

00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:57,000
picky here. It's mostly for the visual of where is this path of the club and where is this ball

00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,000
starting. So if I have these roughly aimed at my target, then what I can start to see is,

00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:09,000
well, compared to the orange lines on the ground, where is that blur of the club going and it

00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,000
helps me get a little bit more path focused down between here and here because it gives me these

00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:21,000
spatial relationships for my eyes to orient it around. So I can use this for helping with my path

00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,000
but I'm also going to be focused on where the faces which is going to help me figure out where the

00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:32,000
starting line is going to be. The second option is I can take these two away and I've got a

00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,000
alignment rod which you can put just kind of at the edge of the driving range mat or about a club

00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,000
length in front of you. So now I can kind of see it out of my peripheral but I'm not super focused

00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,000
on it. What I'll be able to do is as I'm taking my swings, I'll be able to see out of the corner

00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:56,000
of my eye where the blur of the ball is starting compared to that. And if I'm trying to hit a draw,

00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,000
I want it to be starting just off to the right of it and then obviously it will be curving back.

00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:07,000
Oftentimes, I hear players tell me that they're trying to hit a draw but then when I do something like this,

00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000
they tell me they're trying to hit it straight at the target. So then I'll say, well, does that mean you're trying to miss it left?

00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:19,000
Because the draw is going to curve for a right hand to go for a right to left. So this gets you a little bit more focused on the

00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:27,000
angle of how you're shaping your shot, how you're seeing your shot. And most importantly, looking at where the start line is.

00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:35,000
That was one of Jack Nicholas's keys and I used it a lot in my playing days focusing on where is the ball starting.

00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:44,000
And then trying to my best to control the curve, but I knew that controlling the curve was a little bit harder than controlling a start line.

00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:51,000
So I put more of my focus there. Now the last one, which is actually my favorite, it really depends on your driving range situation.

00:02:51,000 --> 00:03:00,000
If you're practicing there during peak hours and there's 150 people on the range, you're probably not going to be able to go out there and stick a target in the ground.

00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:09,000
But if you're practicing in the middle of the day and there's only a handful of people, find one of the ends of the range where there's not going to be a lot of potential to get hit.

00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:17,000
And then walk a stick out there 10 even 20 yards and put the stick in the ground and then take all this away.

00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:24,000
So I've got a stick lined up pretty much right there. And what I would practice doing is practice getting the ball.

00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:32,000
So I'd aim like that was my intermediate target. And I'd practice taking swings trying to get the ball to start right of it and draw.

00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:38,000
Or when I was working on the nine shot drill, I would try to get it to start left and then fade.

00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000
But this would help give me a visual references far as where am I getting the ball to start.

00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000
So again, it's a great setup.

00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,000
Three different versions you can use for when you're taking your stock full swing and you've been doing some of this mechanical practice.

00:03:52,000 --> 00:04:01,000
How can you make it a little bit more target focus than less mechanical and start bridging that gap on how to take your range swing to the course.