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Full Swing · Practice Method

Swing slow before fast to groove contact

To learn quality of contact, swing slow before you swing fast. Make smooth 30-mph swings and sacrifice distance so your body learns the striking motion, then step it up to 50 and find your workable speed for the day to take to the course. Peter Costas' image: if you can't keep the car on the motorway at 30, you won't hold it at 90.

Channel: Danny Maude

Watch official source at 7:09

Try it

  1. Swing at 30 miles an hour, sacrifice distance, and learn the quality of your contact
  2. Then push it to 50 miles an hour
  3. Find your speed for that day and take that to the golf course

Why this context matters

Pillar four; the car/motorway analogy is credited to Peter Costas.