Towell Connection Drill - Finesse Wedge

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This drill is the finesse wedge towel drill, so this is to help you coast

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through the ball better.

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If you have a tendency to really stop the body and let the hands pass through,

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you may hit some

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occasional good shots here and there, but oftentimes if you have more of that

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stall body, like that

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one was okay, but I will tend to have a lot more chunk or bladed shots, and

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worst case scenario is

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I actually get some of the double hit shots because the club has so much

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acceleration from the arms

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very late. So one of the classic drills for working on keeping your chest

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moving on the way through

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is the good old towel drill. So we're going to take the towel and place it high

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up in your armpits.

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You don't want to, I see a lot of golfers anchor their elbows on this, and the

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problem is if you

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anchor your elbows, then your forearms will typically be a little bit too steep

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. So even though I have

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my arms anchored up near the armpit, I can still have the right arm slightly

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underneath or slightly

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more shallow than the left arm, so kind of like this. And then this will force

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me to keep my chest

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moving on the way through.

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So having a feel and having a look like that, but my wrists are free. So if I

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decide I want

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to have a little bit more of a feeling of throwing the club like I did on that

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one,

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this is a great way for you to feel what it's like to throw and then reconnect

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or continue with your

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chest late. So I'm going to let the club drop from my arms, and then I'm going

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to keep my chest

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turning on the way through, which I have to do in order to keep my arms

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connected for the towel.

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So like I said, a couple places where I see golfers go poor with this,

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would be in an effort to keep the club or to keep the towel connected, they'll

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dive down,

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and that's going to, that's one of the number one causes of chunking the ball

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and getting

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low point problems is coming down with the upper body. You can see when it does

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that,

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obviously exaggerated, but when it does that, the leading edge hits. If I then

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were to have

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more of a stand up, even if I'm really trying to hit the ground, the bounce

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side of the club

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is going to hit the ground and the club will tend to slide. One other place

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where I see golfers

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getting trouble is when you get your body slightly open at set up, you don't

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want your shoulders to

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follow it too much. If this left shoulder gets lower than the right, that can

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cause the leading

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edge contact as well. And so some golfers, when they do this at first, when you

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put the towel in

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place, when they're trying to stay more centered, then when they rotate, that

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left shoulder will get

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really low. So just focus on keeping the arms a little bit more shallow or the

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shoulder slightly

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closed and holding the towel up high in the armpits, that will help to get the

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club to or

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get your body to continue turning on the way through or coasting, which will

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bring the club

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through with a lot less hand action than you're used to.