Putting Merry Go Round

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This drill is the putting merry-go-round.

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So we use the merry-go-round to work on the shoulder plane, that component of

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the pivot.

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So that has a big impact on low point and the shape of your overall swing.

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With putting, this is going to help us feel more of a rocking motion or more of

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a vertical

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motion of the shoulders rather than a horizontal movement of the shoulders.

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These were so close to the golf ball, somewhere around two putter heads, maybe

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eight inches

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away from the golf ball.

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If my shoulders are going to turn at the golf ball, then they're going to work

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much more

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vertically compared to the driver where I'm standing much further away.

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So one common problem that I see with a lot of putters is that they turn their

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shoulders

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more this way.

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When you do that, it's very hard to prevent the putter face from rotating a lot

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.

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The putter path tends to move on too big of an arc.

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The arc in the putting stroke happens because the putter head is coming up a

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straight line,

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not because I'm consciously rotating the club around me on an arc.

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If I was to move the grip along a straight line, then the putter head will come

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in and

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up as the putter shaft travels the straight line, and then as I go through, it

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will come

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in and up as it travels the straight line.

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So in order for me to get the putter shaft to travel on more of a straight line

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, I'm going

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to do more of this vertical or rocking shoulder action.

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So I'm going to get into the merry-go-round position.

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So my normal kind of setup where shoulders are kind of over the balls of my

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feet.

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And now from here, I'm going to try and point the butt end of the club at the

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ball and then

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the putter head at the ball.

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And this will feel very much like I'm doing more of a vertical movement like

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this rather

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than a horizontal movement like that.

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This can be a good pattern to combo with the chopsticks because then you can

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kind of take

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the arm out of it, especially if you're doing the version where you're holding

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on to the

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club.

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So now I'm going to basically hold my wrist in a pretty consistent position.

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I'm going to have a little bit of shoulder blade complementary movement.

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And I'm just going to rock the shoulders and I just didn't quite hit that hard

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enough.

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So the goal of the feel here is that I have very little turn and I'm getting

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into this

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follow through position here rather than that follow through position there.

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So we'll do one more.

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Hold the wrist in that position and then go ahead and rock the shoulders.

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That hit something.

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It's going to slow up and I need to work on my speed control.

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But both of those had pretty good start line.

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So if you're struggling with your start line, double check your shoulder plane

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and if you're

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not having a very good shoulder plane, you can always do this merry-go-round

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drill.

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If you're practicing at home, I like to do this right up against a doorway so

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that I

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can get really quick feedback if I'm turning level, I would hit the door where

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if I'm up

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against the corner of the wall or the doorway, if I'm moving more vertically

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than the door

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was right here, I wouldn't hit it.

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So train smart in putting.

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That means training more of a vertical or tilting shoulder action.