Windmills
Golf Spine Angle Drill: Try the Windmill
This golf spine angle drill uses a simple windmill motion to help you visualize a better turn. Extend your arms from golf posture, then rotate while keeping your inclination to the ground.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Visualize your swing path by using your arms to create a windmill motion
- Maintain your spine angle effectively while transitioning from backswing to follow-through
- Develop a better understanding of body pivoting to improve overall swing mechanics
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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This drill is called windmills and it's a great drill for visual golfers who
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want
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need to kind of imagine how things are going to look before they're able to do
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the movement.
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So, what you're going to do for this is you're going to push your arms all the
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way out to
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your sides like so, okay?
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In your golf posture, if you were to then make the correct movements where it
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appears
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00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.210
that you're keeping your spine angle, your arms will point roughly at the golf
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ball.
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So, in my backswing, with my arms staying out towards my side, it's going to
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point down
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towards the golf ball.
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I'll even put a golf ball there to make it easier for you to imagine.
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So, I get in my normal setup position and then I'm going to make this so that
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it's pointing
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out towards the golf ball and then as I come through it's pointing out towards
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the golf
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ball.
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What I want to make sure is that we're not a ferris wheel, right?
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And we're not a helicopter.
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We're somewhere in between kind of an angled windmill, okay?
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00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.000
This is really good for beginners to practice because they'll help you learn
25
00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.520
how to pivot
26
00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.920
your body back and forth without losing your so-called spine angle.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.830
This drill is called windmills and it's a great drill for visual golfers who
2
00:00:04.830 --> 00:00:05.200
want
3
00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:09.450
need to kind of imagine how things are going to look before they're able to do
4
00:00:09.450 --> 00:00:10.280
the movement.
5
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:14.270
So, what you're going to do for this is you're going to push your arms all the
6
00:00:14.270 --> 00:00:14.520
way out to
7
00:00:14.520 --> 00:00:16.920
your sides like so, okay?
8
00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:21.750
In your golf posture, if you were to then make the correct movements where it
9
00:00:21.750 --> 00:00:22.320
appears
10
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.210
that you're keeping your spine angle, your arms will point roughly at the golf
11
00:00:26.210 --> 00:00:26.720
ball.
12
00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:30.420
So, in my backswing, with my arms staying out towards my side, it's going to
13
00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:31.080
point down
14
00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:32.040
towards the golf ball.
15
00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:35.880
I'll even put a golf ball there to make it easier for you to imagine.
16
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.990
So, I get in my normal setup position and then I'm going to make this so that
17
00:00:39.990 --> 00:00:40.680
it's pointing
18
00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:44.190
out towards the golf ball and then as I come through it's pointing out towards
19
00:00:44.190 --> 00:00:44.640
the golf
20
00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:45.960
ball.
21
00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.280
What I want to make sure is that we're not a ferris wheel, right?
22
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:51.520
And we're not a helicopter.
23
00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:58.240
We're somewhere in between kind of an angled windmill, okay?
24
00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.000
This is really good for beginners to practice because they'll help you learn
25
00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.520
how to pivot
26
00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.920
your body back and forth without losing your so-called spine angle.
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Windmills
Golf Spine Angle Drill: Try the Windmill
This golf spine angle drill uses a simple windmill motion to help you visualize a better turn. Extend your arms from golf posture, then rotate while keeping your inclination to the ground.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Visualize your swing path by using your arms to create a windmill motion
- Maintain your spine angle effectively while transitioning from backswing to follow-through
- Develop a better understanding of body pivoting to improve overall swing mechanics
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.830
This drill is called windmills and it's a great drill for visual golfers who
2
00:00:04.830 --> 00:00:05.200
want
3
00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:09.450
need to kind of imagine how things are going to look before they're able to do
4
00:00:09.450 --> 00:00:10.280
the movement.
5
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:14.270
So, what you're going to do for this is you're going to push your arms all the
6
00:00:14.270 --> 00:00:14.520
way out to
7
00:00:14.520 --> 00:00:16.920
your sides like so, okay?
8
00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:21.750
In your golf posture, if you were to then make the correct movements where it
9
00:00:21.750 --> 00:00:22.320
appears
10
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.210
that you're keeping your spine angle, your arms will point roughly at the golf
11
00:00:26.210 --> 00:00:26.720
ball.
12
00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:30.420
So, in my backswing, with my arms staying out towards my side, it's going to
13
00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:31.080
point down
14
00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:32.040
towards the golf ball.
15
00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:35.880
I'll even put a golf ball there to make it easier for you to imagine.
16
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.990
So, I get in my normal setup position and then I'm going to make this so that
17
00:00:39.990 --> 00:00:40.680
it's pointing
18
00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:44.190
out towards the golf ball and then as I come through it's pointing out towards
19
00:00:44.190 --> 00:00:44.640
the golf
20
00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:45.960
ball.
21
00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.280
What I want to make sure is that we're not a ferris wheel, right?
22
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:51.520
And we're not a helicopter.
23
00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:58.240
We're somewhere in between kind of an angled windmill, okay?
24
00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.000
This is really good for beginners to practice because they'll help you learn
25
00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.520
how to pivot
26
00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.920
your body back and forth without losing your so-called spine angle.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.830
This drill is called windmills and it's a great drill for visual golfers who
2
00:00:04.830 --> 00:00:05.200
want
3
00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:09.450
need to kind of imagine how things are going to look before they're able to do
4
00:00:09.450 --> 00:00:10.280
the movement.
5
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:14.270
So, what you're going to do for this is you're going to push your arms all the
6
00:00:14.270 --> 00:00:14.520
way out to
7
00:00:14.520 --> 00:00:16.920
your sides like so, okay?
8
00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:21.750
In your golf posture, if you were to then make the correct movements where it
9
00:00:21.750 --> 00:00:22.320
appears
10
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.210
that you're keeping your spine angle, your arms will point roughly at the golf
11
00:00:26.210 --> 00:00:26.720
ball.
12
00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:30.420
So, in my backswing, with my arms staying out towards my side, it's going to
13
00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:31.080
point down
14
00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:32.040
towards the golf ball.
15
00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:35.880
I'll even put a golf ball there to make it easier for you to imagine.
16
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.990
So, I get in my normal setup position and then I'm going to make this so that
17
00:00:39.990 --> 00:00:40.680
it's pointing
18
00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:44.190
out towards the golf ball and then as I come through it's pointing out towards
19
00:00:44.190 --> 00:00:44.640
the golf
20
00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:45.960
ball.
21
00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.280
What I want to make sure is that we're not a ferris wheel, right?
22
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:51.520
And we're not a helicopter.
23
00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:58.240
We're somewhere in between kind of an angled windmill, okay?
24
00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.000
This is really good for beginners to practice because they'll help you learn
25
00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.520
how to pivot
26
00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.920
your body back and forth without losing your so-called spine angle.
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