Alignment Rod Drill: Add Body Rotation & Hit More Solid Golf Shots
Marc Rosa Golf Performance
7 golfers recommended it · ✓ 3 said it fixed their problem · 2023–2026
Drill · Intermediate
An alignment rod drill that adds body rotation and helps bow the lead wrist for more solid strikes.
Why golfers recommend it
- Drill keeps everything in sync for me
- Two drills that really helped
- Alignment rod hip drill
- Swing with body
- Drill to bow wrists and rotate
- Alignment stick holds off release
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
7 comments from Reddit
u/Jessus_ 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “What's causing my early Extension? ”
I don’t think you really have too much of an issue with early extension. It looks like your arms are getting stuck a bit behind you on the backswing. I really like doing this drill as it seems to help keep everything in sync for me ▶ this video
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u/1200multistrada 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Just started (again), Looking for tips”
No problem. It's one of, if not the, most common swing fault. This is one that helped me: ▶ this video
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u/Zealousideal_Buy5076 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Do I stop chasing “shallow?””
2 drills that really helped me. Take a full backswing and stop at the top. From there let the hands drop to p6. At p6. Everything should be preset and just practice hitting chip shots from there where your body does all the work. Take an alignment stick and put it up the shaft of your club so that half of it sticks out past the grip. At a regular setup the portion of the alignment stick that sticks out should be …
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u/JosephRJennings 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Please save me from 28 handicap purgatory”
Swing is pretty solid. Just releasing too early which makes the ball hook for you. This drill will get you fixed up. Alignment stick is used to force you to hold off on your release. Build that fun muscle memory. ▶ this video
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u/gbaby1074 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Can’t stop coming over the top no matter what?”
▶ this video… even tho on your other post with your distances you said I had no idea what I’m talking about I’ll still help you out. This will teach you how to swing with your body and not just your arms and get you more shallow.
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u/manitoba_guy 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “I’m an 8.5 handicap but I seem to really struggle with bowing the left wrist in the downswing which leads to a”
A great drill to help bow your wrists and force your body to rotate through impact is this ▶ this video. I can see the butt end of club is pointing back at the camera much too soon after impact. having the alignment stick against your body would prevent this. good luck.
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u/naedwards22 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Flip at impact help”
The other option is to do this drill. ▶ this video It'll do the same thing as the punch shot rehearsal on the range, but it hurts like hell to smack yourself in the hip with an alignment rod.
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