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Tennis ball drill for extension and speed

Place a tennis ball about six inches in front of where your golf ball would be, remove the golf ball, and make practice swings that hit the tennis ball. Hitting the ball out in front trains extension through impact, which the coach says builds more speed and better directional control.

Channel: Golf with Aimee

Watch official source at 3:58

Try it

  1. Add a tennis ball about six inches in front of where your golf ball would be.
  2. Remove the golf ball and make practice swings hitting that tennis ball.

Why this context matters

Second step of the two-part fairway-wood routine, following the club-setting drill.