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Consistent Contact Through Shaft Lean

Performance Golf

5 golfers recommended it · ✓ 1 said it fixed their problem · 2022–2025

YouTube

Drill · Intermediate

Shows a drill for consistent contact through shaft lean.

Why golfers recommend it

  • Lesson feel helped immensely
  • Shaft lean drill great
  • Recommends video on practice method
  • Video answers question
  • Good explanation of shaft lean

Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.

5 comments from Reddit

u/thethird725 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Follow Through”

Short-right miss sounds like me for most of my life. I got a lesson recently and it helped me immensely. My issue was no weight shift coupled with flipping/no shaft lean. The feel my instructor had me working on was a bit counterintuitive - he wanted me to work on finishing to left field kinda like in this vid: ▶ this video

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u/cbracey4 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “To all our self-appointed pros…”

Usually comes down to open club face and not rotating properly. If your face is open your body has no choice but to compensate and square it up with the cast/flip. I’m currently working through this myself and it’s a bitch and a half to figure out, but it’s worth it. Look up some shaft lean drills on YouTube. The one where you hold an alignment stick along your club and avoid hitting your body is great. It really …

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u/essessemm 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Tips for getting hands forward at impact?”

▶ this video

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u/Golladayholliday 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “1 year in. How is my swing?”

So something that really helps. If you have an alignment stick or just really any long thin stick you can put in the top of your clubs grip. Pretend that stick is a sword and you don’t want to cut yourself in half. You can hit pitch shots with this setup and it will force you to keep your hand in front and will stop both lack of shaft lean and flipping(to a lesser extent), your two major issues. It will feel …

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u/ajibajiba 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How do you “exit left” without coming over the top?”

This video answers your question: ▶ this video

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