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Train Your Leftward Hand Path with a Pool Noodle Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the correct hand path to help reduce hooking the ball.
- Practice your swing path with a physical barrier to reinforce proper technique.
- Feel the difference between an inside-out swing and a more neutral follow-through.
In this video, you'll learn to correct your hand path using a pool noodle as a guide. This drill will help you prevent your club from moving too far to the right, leading to improved shot accuracy and consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.720
This drill is training leftward hand path with a pool noodle. So I've got the
2
00:00:07.720 --> 00:00:12.660
pool noodle attached to a tripod and the purpose of this drill is to help break
3
00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:18.720
the pattern of through the ball having the hands and the club go too much out
4
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:23.960
to the right. So if you if you're slicing the ball this is probably not
5
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.440
your pattern but a lot of golfers who hook the ball will tend to have this
6
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.880
look where the grip and the club goes way out to the right as the club turns
7
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.200
over through the release just like that. So what I've done here is I've set up
8
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:38.200
a
9
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.800
physical barrier with a pool noodle. You just stick it on the little end of the
10
00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:48.920
tripod and that allows you to pretty much create a soft barrier so that your
11
00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:54.960
brain can help calibrate where the club needs to go. What I've done is from the
12
00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:00.600
down the line I've taken so if I saw the club and I put this I gave myself a
13
00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:05.800
bout an inch between where that club would be or that swing plane would be
14
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:12.000
and where this pool noodle is and I put it roughly in line or just in line with
15
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.330
the outside of my foot roughly. Whenever you're doing these trainings with a
16
00:01:18.330 --> 00:01:18.840
pool
17
00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.000
noodle or spatial alignment you can either use a T so that you're always in
18
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.720
the same place or you can just be a little bit more tolerant and understand
19
00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:32.240
that you're gonna have to reset up the station or hit out of divots so you
20
00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:32.400
might
21
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.920
have to move the station around every five to ten balls. So now I can neither
22
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:43.440
do nine to three training which I highly recommend or L to I you know 10 to 2
23
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:48.800
style or full swings but basically what I'm going to do here is I'm going to
24
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:55.360
make some swings and make sure that the club finishes to the left of this pool
25
00:01:55.360 --> 00:02:01.320
noodle or in front of my body instead of coming through like that where it's
26
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:07.040
going too much in doubt. Now if you are a slicer you are probably swinging way
27
00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:11.600
inside of this and this is not the right drill for you. One more of caution you
28
00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:11.720
do
29
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.520
have to have this close enough especially if you're doing like a driver
30
00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.640
because it's possible that you could hit this with more of the club head end as
31
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:26.040
opposed to the grip end of the shaft. So then little nine to three shot shouldn
32
00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:26.320
't
33
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:31.680
be much of a problem again I gave myself a little bit of wiggle room but what
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:37.680
you'll see is if you tend to swing more with an early extension pattern or more
35
00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.560
of a flip pattern I was pretty close there I'll see if I can get it to go
36
00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.080
even more into out so I'll try to get the grip to go more that way and what
37
00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.200
you'll see is that I'll make contact with this as I come through with that
38
00:02:54.200 --> 00:03:01.080
pattern. So you can adjust the difficulty if like right now that inch may be a
39
00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.080
little bit too easy so I'm going to move this a little bit more inside so that
40
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:12.140
hopefully from the down the line now this is pretty close to inline. So that's
41
00:03:12.140 --> 00:03:12.240
a
42
00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.200
little bit tougher and requires that my hand path be even better if I was to
43
00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:23.840
have just a little bit of going out you can see that I would make contact with
44
00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.640
the club from the or the pool noodle from the down the line. Once I've done
45
00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:27.800
this
46
00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:32.520
with some nine to threes I can challenge myself a little bit and go after more
47
00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:32.720
of
48
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:36.520
a full swing so
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.720
This drill is training leftward hand path with a pool noodle. So I've got the
2
00:00:07.720 --> 00:00:12.660
pool noodle attached to a tripod and the purpose of this drill is to help break
3
00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:18.720
the pattern of through the ball having the hands and the club go too much out
4
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:23.960
to the right. So if you if you're slicing the ball this is probably not
5
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.440
your pattern but a lot of golfers who hook the ball will tend to have this
6
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.880
look where the grip and the club goes way out to the right as the club turns
7
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.200
over through the release just like that. So what I've done here is I've set up
8
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:38.200
a
9
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.800
physical barrier with a pool noodle. You just stick it on the little end of the
10
00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:48.920
tripod and that allows you to pretty much create a soft barrier so that your
11
00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:54.960
brain can help calibrate where the club needs to go. What I've done is from the
12
00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:00.600
down the line I've taken so if I saw the club and I put this I gave myself a
13
00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:05.800
bout an inch between where that club would be or that swing plane would be
14
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:12.000
and where this pool noodle is and I put it roughly in line or just in line with
15
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.330
the outside of my foot roughly. Whenever you're doing these trainings with a
16
00:01:18.330 --> 00:01:18.840
pool
17
00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.000
noodle or spatial alignment you can either use a T so that you're always in
18
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.720
the same place or you can just be a little bit more tolerant and understand
19
00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:32.240
that you're gonna have to reset up the station or hit out of divots so you
20
00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:32.400
might
21
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.920
have to move the station around every five to ten balls. So now I can neither
22
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:43.440
do nine to three training which I highly recommend or L to I you know 10 to 2
23
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:48.800
style or full swings but basically what I'm going to do here is I'm going to
24
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:55.360
make some swings and make sure that the club finishes to the left of this pool
25
00:01:55.360 --> 00:02:01.320
noodle or in front of my body instead of coming through like that where it's
26
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:07.040
going too much in doubt. Now if you are a slicer you are probably swinging way
27
00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:11.600
inside of this and this is not the right drill for you. One more of caution you
28
00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:11.720
do
29
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.520
have to have this close enough especially if you're doing like a driver
30
00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.640
because it's possible that you could hit this with more of the club head end as
31
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:26.040
opposed to the grip end of the shaft. So then little nine to three shot shouldn
32
00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:26.320
't
33
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:31.680
be much of a problem again I gave myself a little bit of wiggle room but what
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:37.680
you'll see is if you tend to swing more with an early extension pattern or more
35
00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.560
of a flip pattern I was pretty close there I'll see if I can get it to go
36
00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.080
even more into out so I'll try to get the grip to go more that way and what
37
00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.200
you'll see is that I'll make contact with this as I come through with that
38
00:02:54.200 --> 00:03:01.080
pattern. So you can adjust the difficulty if like right now that inch may be a
39
00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.080
little bit too easy so I'm going to move this a little bit more inside so that
40
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:12.140
hopefully from the down the line now this is pretty close to inline. So that's
41
00:03:12.140 --> 00:03:12.240
a
42
00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.200
little bit tougher and requires that my hand path be even better if I was to
43
00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:23.840
have just a little bit of going out you can see that I would make contact with
44
00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.640
the club from the or the pool noodle from the down the line. Once I've done
45
00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:27.800
this
46
00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:32.520
with some nine to threes I can challenge myself a little bit and go after more
47
00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:32.720
of
48
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:36.520
a full swing so
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Train Your Leftward Hand Path with a Pool Noodle Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the correct hand path to help reduce hooking the ball.
- Practice your swing path with a physical barrier to reinforce proper technique.
- Feel the difference between an inside-out swing and a more neutral follow-through.
In this video, you'll learn to correct your hand path using a pool noodle as a guide. This drill will help you prevent your club from moving too far to the right, leading to improved shot accuracy and consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.720
This drill is training leftward hand path with a pool noodle. So I've got the
2
00:00:07.720 --> 00:00:12.660
pool noodle attached to a tripod and the purpose of this drill is to help break
3
00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:18.720
the pattern of through the ball having the hands and the club go too much out
4
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:23.960
to the right. So if you if you're slicing the ball this is probably not
5
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.440
your pattern but a lot of golfers who hook the ball will tend to have this
6
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.880
look where the grip and the club goes way out to the right as the club turns
7
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.200
over through the release just like that. So what I've done here is I've set up
8
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:38.200
a
9
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.800
physical barrier with a pool noodle. You just stick it on the little end of the
10
00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:48.920
tripod and that allows you to pretty much create a soft barrier so that your
11
00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:54.960
brain can help calibrate where the club needs to go. What I've done is from the
12
00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:00.600
down the line I've taken so if I saw the club and I put this I gave myself a
13
00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:05.800
bout an inch between where that club would be or that swing plane would be
14
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:12.000
and where this pool noodle is and I put it roughly in line or just in line with
15
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.330
the outside of my foot roughly. Whenever you're doing these trainings with a
16
00:01:18.330 --> 00:01:18.840
pool
17
00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.000
noodle or spatial alignment you can either use a T so that you're always in
18
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.720
the same place or you can just be a little bit more tolerant and understand
19
00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:32.240
that you're gonna have to reset up the station or hit out of divots so you
20
00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:32.400
might
21
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.920
have to move the station around every five to ten balls. So now I can neither
22
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:43.440
do nine to three training which I highly recommend or L to I you know 10 to 2
23
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:48.800
style or full swings but basically what I'm going to do here is I'm going to
24
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:55.360
make some swings and make sure that the club finishes to the left of this pool
25
00:01:55.360 --> 00:02:01.320
noodle or in front of my body instead of coming through like that where it's
26
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:07.040
going too much in doubt. Now if you are a slicer you are probably swinging way
27
00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:11.600
inside of this and this is not the right drill for you. One more of caution you
28
00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:11.720
do
29
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.520
have to have this close enough especially if you're doing like a driver
30
00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.640
because it's possible that you could hit this with more of the club head end as
31
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:26.040
opposed to the grip end of the shaft. So then little nine to three shot shouldn
32
00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:26.320
't
33
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:31.680
be much of a problem again I gave myself a little bit of wiggle room but what
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:37.680
you'll see is if you tend to swing more with an early extension pattern or more
35
00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.560
of a flip pattern I was pretty close there I'll see if I can get it to go
36
00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.080
even more into out so I'll try to get the grip to go more that way and what
37
00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.200
you'll see is that I'll make contact with this as I come through with that
38
00:02:54.200 --> 00:03:01.080
pattern. So you can adjust the difficulty if like right now that inch may be a
39
00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.080
little bit too easy so I'm going to move this a little bit more inside so that
40
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:12.140
hopefully from the down the line now this is pretty close to inline. So that's
41
00:03:12.140 --> 00:03:12.240
a
42
00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.200
little bit tougher and requires that my hand path be even better if I was to
43
00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:23.840
have just a little bit of going out you can see that I would make contact with
44
00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.640
the club from the or the pool noodle from the down the line. Once I've done
45
00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:27.800
this
46
00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:32.520
with some nine to threes I can challenge myself a little bit and go after more
47
00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:32.720
of
48
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:36.520
a full swing so
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.720
This drill is training leftward hand path with a pool noodle. So I've got the
2
00:00:07.720 --> 00:00:12.660
pool noodle attached to a tripod and the purpose of this drill is to help break
3
00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:18.720
the pattern of through the ball having the hands and the club go too much out
4
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:23.960
to the right. So if you if you're slicing the ball this is probably not
5
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.440
your pattern but a lot of golfers who hook the ball will tend to have this
6
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.880
look where the grip and the club goes way out to the right as the club turns
7
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.200
over through the release just like that. So what I've done here is I've set up
8
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:38.200
a
9
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.800
physical barrier with a pool noodle. You just stick it on the little end of the
10
00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:48.920
tripod and that allows you to pretty much create a soft barrier so that your
11
00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:54.960
brain can help calibrate where the club needs to go. What I've done is from the
12
00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:00.600
down the line I've taken so if I saw the club and I put this I gave myself a
13
00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:05.800
bout an inch between where that club would be or that swing plane would be
14
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:12.000
and where this pool noodle is and I put it roughly in line or just in line with
15
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.330
the outside of my foot roughly. Whenever you're doing these trainings with a
16
00:01:18.330 --> 00:01:18.840
pool
17
00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.000
noodle or spatial alignment you can either use a T so that you're always in
18
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.720
the same place or you can just be a little bit more tolerant and understand
19
00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:32.240
that you're gonna have to reset up the station or hit out of divots so you
20
00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:32.400
might
21
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.920
have to move the station around every five to ten balls. So now I can neither
22
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:43.440
do nine to three training which I highly recommend or L to I you know 10 to 2
23
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:48.800
style or full swings but basically what I'm going to do here is I'm going to
24
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:55.360
make some swings and make sure that the club finishes to the left of this pool
25
00:01:55.360 --> 00:02:01.320
noodle or in front of my body instead of coming through like that where it's
26
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:07.040
going too much in doubt. Now if you are a slicer you are probably swinging way
27
00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:11.600
inside of this and this is not the right drill for you. One more of caution you
28
00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:11.720
do
29
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.520
have to have this close enough especially if you're doing like a driver
30
00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.640
because it's possible that you could hit this with more of the club head end as
31
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:26.040
opposed to the grip end of the shaft. So then little nine to three shot shouldn
32
00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:26.320
't
33
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:31.680
be much of a problem again I gave myself a little bit of wiggle room but what
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:37.680
you'll see is if you tend to swing more with an early extension pattern or more
35
00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.560
of a flip pattern I was pretty close there I'll see if I can get it to go
36
00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.080
even more into out so I'll try to get the grip to go more that way and what
37
00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.200
you'll see is that I'll make contact with this as I come through with that
38
00:02:54.200 --> 00:03:01.080
pattern. So you can adjust the difficulty if like right now that inch may be a
39
00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.080
little bit too easy so I'm going to move this a little bit more inside so that
40
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:12.140
hopefully from the down the line now this is pretty close to inline. So that's
41
00:03:12.140 --> 00:03:12.240
a
42
00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.200
little bit tougher and requires that my hand path be even better if I was to
43
00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:23.840
have just a little bit of going out you can see that I would make contact with
44
00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.640
the club from the or the pool noodle from the down the line. Once I've done
45
00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:27.800
this
46
00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:32.520
with some nine to threes I can challenge myself a little bit and go after more
47
00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:32.720
of
48
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:36.520
a full swing so
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