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Keep the lead side high with a throw-the-ball drill

A separation drill for keeping the lead side high in the downswing: take your normal stance, pop the club out in front with the lead arm extended straight while staying in posture, then make a motion like throwing a golf ball so the arm moves underneath — Hanson says this keeps the left side up extremely high. As an alternative version, get the knee to the shaft line or ball line before the hand does.

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Try it

  1. take our stance where we normally would stand
  2. get the pop the club out in front of you
  3. get your arm sort of extended out so it's nice and straight so you're remaining in posture
  4. when you're going to throw a golf ball or get your arm to move underneath it really keeps this left side up extremely high
  5. get this knee to the shaft line or to the ball line before the hand does