Feet-Together Center Swings
A narrow stance exposes head and body drift, so the swing has to turn around a center.
Head StabilitySmoothness
Use this if
Your head drifts or bobs; works under a covered bay.
The fault
The head drifts back with a sway, or dips and lifts coming down.
Steps
- Stand with your feet together, ball centered, short iron
- Make half swings at about 60%, staying balanced
- Keep your head inside its starting zone until after contact
- Then let it turn with your chest to the finish
- Build to three-quarter swings, then hit 5 normal swings
Turn around a quiet head
Reps
10 half swings feet together, 5 three-quarter, then 5 normal-stance swings
Why it works
With the feet together any slide or lunge throws you off balance, so the body has to rotate around a steady center with the head quiet. Works under a covered bay, indoors or on a gray day.
You need
Club, ball
At home
No-ball rehearsals work anywhere. Sunny-day variant: put a spare ball on your head's shadow and keep the shadow near it.
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