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The amount of spine angle away from the ball is referred to as "axis tilt". In order to get the right amount of axis tilt, the lower body will shift closer to the target during the downswing than the upper body will. Use an object like a wall to make sure the upper body isn't sliding with the lower body will help you develop a good feel and visual of where the spine should be at impact and into the follow through position.
Tags: Follow Through, Drill, Intermediate
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This drill is the head on the wall for transition drill and this is to help with early extension
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or with the lateral movement and not losing your posture as you shift from the back swing to the
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downswing.
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So you're going to get into your setup posture with your the crown of your head just up against
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the golf or up against the wall so not your forehead but the crown of the head so that
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you'd be looking down at the golf wall.
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You're going to go to the top of your backswing and you're going to focus on the spatial
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awareness between your upper body and the wall.
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What you'll see is if you shift into your left heel, your upper body or your head is basically
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going to slide slightly down the wall as I do that Jackson 5 move.
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If I were to early extend and let my lower body or my lower body go forward or my upper body
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go backward you can see how I'm now standing up and matching the basically the wall.
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That's really critical in this is when your upper body stays down you're going to have
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to flatten the club with your arm movement that we've talked about in the transitions
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setups for what the arms do.
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Because if you imagine this wall right here, so I got this wall up against my head you
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can see the space here.
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If I was to go here and I was to stand up now you can see that my hands would roughly
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be pointing at the golf wall or if I had a golf club it would be pointing at the golf
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wall.
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So what often happens is if you've been early extending and now you're working on
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staying down this arm path will get the club very very steep.
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So what you have to work on is that flattening delivery move with the head staying up against
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the wall still getting the butt of the club to point up against the golf wall.
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Now it can either happen from the arms working in front or more on the side but the arms
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do have to shallow it out if you're going to maintain your posture during the downswing.
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So use the wall for feedback to make sure that your transition is not getting you out of
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position for release.
