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America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Swing Path with the Tissue Box Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to make solid contact with the toe of the club for better ball flight
- Identify and adjust your swing path to avoid an outside-in slice
- Practice at home with minimal equipment while reinforcing proper impact mechanics
In this video, you'll learn how to use a tissue box to enhance your swing path and improve your impact position. This simple drill helps you develop a better feel for hitting with the toe of the club, which can reduce slicing and enhance your overall shot accuracy.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is push the tissue box with the toe. So this is a very similar drill
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.480
to the right path with the impact bag drill. But I know that not everyone has
3
00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:18.440
an impact bag and some people need to feel more the path after impact as far as
4
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.960
where the club is going to go and the impact bag does stop the club so you
5
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.240
can't really keep going past there. So here I have a tissue box and if you're
6
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:29.720
doing it inside you should have no problem. It's a little windy here so
7
00:00:29.720 --> 00:00:35.720
hopefully it doesn't blow away on me. But I've got it set out so if this is my
8
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:42.200
target line I'll put a golf ball inside of it which should keep it weighed down
9
00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:42.360
.
10
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:50.000
So if this is my target line right about here I've got this on about a 20
11
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.120
degree angle or 15 degree angle out to the right. And now what I'm going to try
12
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:02.000
and do is in my mind's eye I'm trying to hit the box with the toe and then I'm
13
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.640
going to push the toe which will flip because there's a golf ball in it but
14
00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:11.440
normally it just slides. So I'm going to push the the tissue box with the toe
15
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:11.600
of
16
00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.440
the club. This is a great combination of getting the face to close by hitting
17
00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:17.520
it
18
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.960
more with the toe and getting the path out to the right which is both helpful
19
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:28.200
for golfers who tend to have a more of an outside-in slice pattern because if
20
00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.640
you tend to have more of an outside-in slice pattern you would either hit the
21
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.040
tissue box but more with the heel or you'd miss the tissue box because the
22
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:45.800
tissue box is out to the right of the golf ball. You could also do this with
23
00:01:45.800 --> 00:01:52.400
the yoga block but if you are practicing at home sometimes the tissue box is a
24
00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:57.520
little bit more forgiving. You can if you're really trying to exaggerate it you
25
00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.760
can actually do the same impact bag drill of basically trying to make
26
00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:10.400
contact and then hit the toe. Now if you are truly hitting the toe you'll see
27
00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.480
that the club is significantly more closed and you can monitor ball flight
28
00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:18.480
to see how much you're actually getting that club face closed but for many golf
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:18.680
ers
30
00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:23.680
especially if you're used to having more of a fade or slice pattern, feeling
31
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:23.840
like
32
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.800
you're hitting that with the toe will produce a straight ball flight not a big
33
00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.760
hook. If you actually did hit it with the toe it would tend to start well to
34
00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:34.840
the
35
00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:41.680
left and then curve off to the left. So as a little nine to three drill I'm
36
00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.600
basically trying to hit the toe to get good arm extension as well as called
37
00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:52.080
face rotation. If I then keep that image of okay right about here is where that
38
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:59.600
tissue box was if I then keep that image you could see that the club face got
39
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:03.320
closed enough to actually hit it straight and or actually have a tiny
40
00:03:03.320 --> 00:03:08.080
little draw to it but because I was going out towards the tissue box the path
41
00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:11.760
was right enough that it got it to start far enough to the right. So if
42
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:14.860
you're working on your path down at the bottom you can use the tissue box to
43
00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:15.160
give
44
00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:18.920
you a little bit better imagery or feedback as far as the ultimate
45
00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:23.640
direction of where you want the club to swing. It's better to exaggerate in
46
00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:23.880
these
47
00:03:23.880 --> 00:03:28.320
drills because what will happen is the second you start to swing hard you will
48
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.440
add body speed which then when I try to extend it out towards the toe towards
49
00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:38.400
that box gets it extending more just slightly right of the target not
50
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:44.760
dramatically right like we're exaggerating in these drills. So that was
51
00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:48.840
at a little bit more normal speed and you'll see trying to hit that box out
52
00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.000
there to the right ultimately gave me a hand path that was going a little bit
53
00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.080
more neutral once I added my body speed.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is push the tissue box with the toe. So this is a very similar drill
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.480
to the right path with the impact bag drill. But I know that not everyone has
3
00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:18.440
an impact bag and some people need to feel more the path after impact as far as
4
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.960
where the club is going to go and the impact bag does stop the club so you
5
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.240
can't really keep going past there. So here I have a tissue box and if you're
6
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:29.720
doing it inside you should have no problem. It's a little windy here so
7
00:00:29.720 --> 00:00:35.720
hopefully it doesn't blow away on me. But I've got it set out so if this is my
8
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:42.200
target line I'll put a golf ball inside of it which should keep it weighed down
9
00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:42.360
.
10
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:50.000
So if this is my target line right about here I've got this on about a 20
11
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.120
degree angle or 15 degree angle out to the right. And now what I'm going to try
12
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:02.000
and do is in my mind's eye I'm trying to hit the box with the toe and then I'm
13
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.640
going to push the toe which will flip because there's a golf ball in it but
14
00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:11.440
normally it just slides. So I'm going to push the the tissue box with the toe
15
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:11.600
of
16
00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.440
the club. This is a great combination of getting the face to close by hitting
17
00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:17.520
it
18
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.960
more with the toe and getting the path out to the right which is both helpful
19
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:28.200
for golfers who tend to have a more of an outside-in slice pattern because if
20
00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.640
you tend to have more of an outside-in slice pattern you would either hit the
21
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.040
tissue box but more with the heel or you'd miss the tissue box because the
22
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:45.800
tissue box is out to the right of the golf ball. You could also do this with
23
00:01:45.800 --> 00:01:52.400
the yoga block but if you are practicing at home sometimes the tissue box is a
24
00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:57.520
little bit more forgiving. You can if you're really trying to exaggerate it you
25
00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.760
can actually do the same impact bag drill of basically trying to make
26
00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:10.400
contact and then hit the toe. Now if you are truly hitting the toe you'll see
27
00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.480
that the club is significantly more closed and you can monitor ball flight
28
00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:18.480
to see how much you're actually getting that club face closed but for many golf
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:18.680
ers
30
00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:23.680
especially if you're used to having more of a fade or slice pattern, feeling
31
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:23.840
like
32
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.800
you're hitting that with the toe will produce a straight ball flight not a big
33
00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.760
hook. If you actually did hit it with the toe it would tend to start well to
34
00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:34.840
the
35
00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:41.680
left and then curve off to the left. So as a little nine to three drill I'm
36
00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.600
basically trying to hit the toe to get good arm extension as well as called
37
00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:52.080
face rotation. If I then keep that image of okay right about here is where that
38
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:59.600
tissue box was if I then keep that image you could see that the club face got
39
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:03.320
closed enough to actually hit it straight and or actually have a tiny
40
00:03:03.320 --> 00:03:08.080
little draw to it but because I was going out towards the tissue box the path
41
00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:11.760
was right enough that it got it to start far enough to the right. So if
42
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:14.860
you're working on your path down at the bottom you can use the tissue box to
43
00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:15.160
give
44
00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:18.920
you a little bit better imagery or feedback as far as the ultimate
45
00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:23.640
direction of where you want the club to swing. It's better to exaggerate in
46
00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:23.880
these
47
00:03:23.880 --> 00:03:28.320
drills because what will happen is the second you start to swing hard you will
48
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.440
add body speed which then when I try to extend it out towards the toe towards
49
00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:38.400
that box gets it extending more just slightly right of the target not
50
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:44.760
dramatically right like we're exaggerating in these drills. So that was
51
00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:48.840
at a little bit more normal speed and you'll see trying to hit that box out
52
00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.000
there to the right ultimately gave me a hand path that was going a little bit
53
00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.080
more neutral once I added my body speed.
Have questions?
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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.
Improve Your Swing Path with the Tissue Box Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to make solid contact with the toe of the club for better ball flight
- Identify and adjust your swing path to avoid an outside-in slice
- Practice at home with minimal equipment while reinforcing proper impact mechanics
In this video, you'll learn how to use a tissue box to enhance your swing path and improve your impact position. This simple drill helps you develop a better feel for hitting with the toe of the club, which can reduce slicing and enhance your overall shot accuracy.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is push the tissue box with the toe. So this is a very similar drill
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.480
to the right path with the impact bag drill. But I know that not everyone has
3
00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:18.440
an impact bag and some people need to feel more the path after impact as far as
4
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.960
where the club is going to go and the impact bag does stop the club so you
5
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.240
can't really keep going past there. So here I have a tissue box and if you're
6
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:29.720
doing it inside you should have no problem. It's a little windy here so
7
00:00:29.720 --> 00:00:35.720
hopefully it doesn't blow away on me. But I've got it set out so if this is my
8
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:42.200
target line I'll put a golf ball inside of it which should keep it weighed down
9
00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:42.360
.
10
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:50.000
So if this is my target line right about here I've got this on about a 20
11
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.120
degree angle or 15 degree angle out to the right. And now what I'm going to try
12
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:02.000
and do is in my mind's eye I'm trying to hit the box with the toe and then I'm
13
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.640
going to push the toe which will flip because there's a golf ball in it but
14
00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:11.440
normally it just slides. So I'm going to push the the tissue box with the toe
15
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:11.600
of
16
00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.440
the club. This is a great combination of getting the face to close by hitting
17
00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:17.520
it
18
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.960
more with the toe and getting the path out to the right which is both helpful
19
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:28.200
for golfers who tend to have a more of an outside-in slice pattern because if
20
00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.640
you tend to have more of an outside-in slice pattern you would either hit the
21
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.040
tissue box but more with the heel or you'd miss the tissue box because the
22
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:45.800
tissue box is out to the right of the golf ball. You could also do this with
23
00:01:45.800 --> 00:01:52.400
the yoga block but if you are practicing at home sometimes the tissue box is a
24
00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:57.520
little bit more forgiving. You can if you're really trying to exaggerate it you
25
00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.760
can actually do the same impact bag drill of basically trying to make
26
00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:10.400
contact and then hit the toe. Now if you are truly hitting the toe you'll see
27
00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.480
that the club is significantly more closed and you can monitor ball flight
28
00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:18.480
to see how much you're actually getting that club face closed but for many golf
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:18.680
ers
30
00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:23.680
especially if you're used to having more of a fade or slice pattern, feeling
31
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:23.840
like
32
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.800
you're hitting that with the toe will produce a straight ball flight not a big
33
00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.760
hook. If you actually did hit it with the toe it would tend to start well to
34
00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:34.840
the
35
00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:41.680
left and then curve off to the left. So as a little nine to three drill I'm
36
00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.600
basically trying to hit the toe to get good arm extension as well as called
37
00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:52.080
face rotation. If I then keep that image of okay right about here is where that
38
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:59.600
tissue box was if I then keep that image you could see that the club face got
39
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:03.320
closed enough to actually hit it straight and or actually have a tiny
40
00:03:03.320 --> 00:03:08.080
little draw to it but because I was going out towards the tissue box the path
41
00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:11.760
was right enough that it got it to start far enough to the right. So if
42
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:14.860
you're working on your path down at the bottom you can use the tissue box to
43
00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:15.160
give
44
00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:18.920
you a little bit better imagery or feedback as far as the ultimate
45
00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:23.640
direction of where you want the club to swing. It's better to exaggerate in
46
00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:23.880
these
47
00:03:23.880 --> 00:03:28.320
drills because what will happen is the second you start to swing hard you will
48
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.440
add body speed which then when I try to extend it out towards the toe towards
49
00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:38.400
that box gets it extending more just slightly right of the target not
50
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:44.760
dramatically right like we're exaggerating in these drills. So that was
51
00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:48.840
at a little bit more normal speed and you'll see trying to hit that box out
52
00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.000
there to the right ultimately gave me a hand path that was going a little bit
53
00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.080
more neutral once I added my body speed.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is push the tissue box with the toe. So this is a very similar drill
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.480
to the right path with the impact bag drill. But I know that not everyone has
3
00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:18.440
an impact bag and some people need to feel more the path after impact as far as
4
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.960
where the club is going to go and the impact bag does stop the club so you
5
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.240
can't really keep going past there. So here I have a tissue box and if you're
6
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:29.720
doing it inside you should have no problem. It's a little windy here so
7
00:00:29.720 --> 00:00:35.720
hopefully it doesn't blow away on me. But I've got it set out so if this is my
8
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:42.200
target line I'll put a golf ball inside of it which should keep it weighed down
9
00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:42.360
.
10
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:50.000
So if this is my target line right about here I've got this on about a 20
11
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.120
degree angle or 15 degree angle out to the right. And now what I'm going to try
12
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:02.000
and do is in my mind's eye I'm trying to hit the box with the toe and then I'm
13
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.640
going to push the toe which will flip because there's a golf ball in it but
14
00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:11.440
normally it just slides. So I'm going to push the the tissue box with the toe
15
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:11.600
of
16
00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.440
the club. This is a great combination of getting the face to close by hitting
17
00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:17.520
it
18
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.960
more with the toe and getting the path out to the right which is both helpful
19
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:28.200
for golfers who tend to have a more of an outside-in slice pattern because if
20
00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.640
you tend to have more of an outside-in slice pattern you would either hit the
21
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.040
tissue box but more with the heel or you'd miss the tissue box because the
22
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:45.800
tissue box is out to the right of the golf ball. You could also do this with
23
00:01:45.800 --> 00:01:52.400
the yoga block but if you are practicing at home sometimes the tissue box is a
24
00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:57.520
little bit more forgiving. You can if you're really trying to exaggerate it you
25
00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.760
can actually do the same impact bag drill of basically trying to make
26
00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:10.400
contact and then hit the toe. Now if you are truly hitting the toe you'll see
27
00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.480
that the club is significantly more closed and you can monitor ball flight
28
00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:18.480
to see how much you're actually getting that club face closed but for many golf
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:18.680
ers
30
00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:23.680
especially if you're used to having more of a fade or slice pattern, feeling
31
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:23.840
like
32
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.800
you're hitting that with the toe will produce a straight ball flight not a big
33
00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.760
hook. If you actually did hit it with the toe it would tend to start well to
34
00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:34.840
the
35
00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:41.680
left and then curve off to the left. So as a little nine to three drill I'm
36
00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.600
basically trying to hit the toe to get good arm extension as well as called
37
00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:52.080
face rotation. If I then keep that image of okay right about here is where that
38
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:59.600
tissue box was if I then keep that image you could see that the club face got
39
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:03.320
closed enough to actually hit it straight and or actually have a tiny
40
00:03:03.320 --> 00:03:08.080
little draw to it but because I was going out towards the tissue box the path
41
00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:11.760
was right enough that it got it to start far enough to the right. So if
42
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:14.860
you're working on your path down at the bottom you can use the tissue box to
43
00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:15.160
give
44
00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:18.920
you a little bit better imagery or feedback as far as the ultimate
45
00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:23.640
direction of where you want the club to swing. It's better to exaggerate in
46
00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:23.880
these
47
00:03:23.880 --> 00:03:28.320
drills because what will happen is the second you start to swing hard you will
48
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.440
add body speed which then when I try to extend it out towards the toe towards
49
00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:38.400
that box gets it extending more just slightly right of the target not
50
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:44.760
dramatically right like we're exaggerating in these drills. So that was
51
00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:48.840
at a little bit more normal speed and you'll see trying to hit that box out
52
00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.000
there to the right ultimately gave me a hand path that was going a little bit
53
00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.080
more neutral once I added my body speed.
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