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Full Swing · Drill

Feel the throw angle with an alignment-stick whoosh

To feel the throw angle, the coach suggests taking an alignment stick and making a 'bounce pass' out toward the target from the top of the backswing. As you accelerate the shoulders you should hear the whoosh out after where the ball would be; if the whoosh is behind the ball, you are throwing at too steep an angle.

Channel: SagutoGolf

Watch official source at 1:47

Try it

  1. Take an alignment stick
  2. Bounce pass, hit out toward the target
  3. Go to the top of the backswing
  4. As you accelerate your shoulders, you should hear a whoosh out after where the golf ball would be
  5. If you're throwing your whoosh behind the ball, you're throwing at too steep of an angle

Why this context matters

Demonstrated with an alignment stick and no ball; the feedback is the sound and location of the whoosh.