Split hands drill to increase shoulder turn

If you are making a long swing with a small shoulder turn, there are only 2 possible outcomes in the downswing.

1) Start your downswing with the lower body as you should.  The problem is, because you had a long arm swing in the backswing, your arms will now be well behind you body, making it difficult to hit consistent shots.

2) Start your downswing with the club and your arms.  This will match your arms with your body, but will normally result in an early release or scooping.

Watch the video to learn how to rotate your shoulders in the backswing, keeping your arm swing short.

It can help with:

– Early Release, Scooping, and Over the Top swing faults.  These can cause Loss of Power, Thin and Heavy shots, and Slicing.

– An improved sequence to your downswing and an increase in accuracy.

– An increase in Distance.

Transcript

Hi, Robin here, with a drill for anybody struggling with turning shoulders correctly into the back swing. If you’re the player who’s making a … a long golf swing, with a small shoulder turn, you’ve really only got one of two choices, in the down swing. Accelerate your body from the ground up, hips first, shoulders second. Like it should be, and as a result your arms will always be staying too far behind your body. Depending on how you release the club, you might get push shots or hip shots, probably not hitting the ball a lot solid as well. Number two from this back swing, you’re going to release the club first, accelerate the club head before your shoulders and your hips.
And if you do this, yes you might be able to get your arms and your body matched up once again, but by the time you get the impact, you’ll probably find the club head has passed your hands, you’re scooping it. Heavy shots, thin shots. A loss of par. So, if you’re this player, try this drill. Separate your hands on the club, like so. Try to stretch the club shaft of the address, and throw out the back swing. If you do this, you will get a feeling of your chest controlling your arms more where your arms are staying connected to that turn.
You’ll be making a bigger shoulder turn, with a shorter arm swing. Once you have a feeling, slide your right arm down the club and get a feeling for what it will feel like in the swing. Again, once you have the feeling you can take your address as normal and try to repeat that same movement. You see from here, it’s going to be a lot easier to start the swing from the ground up. Accelerating correctly. Your arms and the club will be matched up. You will decompress the ball with good club head speed. So, give that drill a try if you’re simply struggling to turn your shoulders correctly in the back swing, keeping your arms connected to that turn.