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Split-hands drill for the up-down trail arm

A home drill: hold the club with the hands split apart, trail hand on the side of the shaft, and with the trail arm in front of the body, make a swing letting the arm fold upwards, then fire the club straight down in front of the trail leg in an up-and-down motion. From there you simply rotate onto the shot to get compression.

Channel: Danny Maude

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Try it

  1. Hold the club and split the hands, trail hand on the side of the shaft
  2. With the trail arm in front of the body, make a swing and allow the arm to simply fold upwards
  3. Fire that club straight down, back in front of your trail leg, so it's basically up, down
  4. Then simply rotate onto the shot and you've got compression