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Practice & Training · Practice Method

Teach the divot before building the swing

The speaker proposes teaching a new golfer how to create the intended divot before building the rest of the swing. He says working backward from that end position helps the golfer understand the pressures and choose a backswing that leads there.

Channel: stayhandsy

Watch official source at 29:32

Try it

  1. Teach them how to take a perfect divot first.
  2. Work the swing off of that.

Why this context matters

This is proposed as a test for someone who has barely played.