THE WALL DRILL | Shallow Your BACKSWING To Shallow Your DOWNSWING
6 golfers recommended it · ✓ 1 said it fixed their problem · 2022–2024
Drill · Intermediate
A wall drill that shallows the backswing so the downswing can shallow too, helpful for over the top.
Why golfers recommend it
- Wall drill
- Drill helped most with OTT
- Down the wall drill
- Scraping wall feel
- Observations; one-piece takeaway, drills
- Wall drill for early downswing
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6 comments from Reddit
u/just7nj 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “any and all advice to get a little more distance on my irons would be greatly appreciated. still feel like i’m”
I dealt with an OTT move for a bit. The drill that helped me the most was this one: ▶ this video
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u/aloysiusthird 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Iron feedback”
You only provided one view of your swing, but just make sure that as you transition from p4 to P5, your hands come straight down. NOT down and toward your hip. Made that mistake for a while and couldn’t understand why I was still early extending. Try the wall drill to ingrain that move: ▶ this video
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u/Mean_Platform5577 2024 · r/golftips · in “Finishing position”
That makes sense - between P5 and P6, you’re very steep. Face and path are effects not causes. Shot shape will be a pull draw if your right hand bails you out, or a high cut if it doesn’t. A great drill for you would be the “down the wall” drill, to shallow the downswing, which is modeled after Rory’s swing. Notice in the video at P6 the shaft drops to parallel with or even below the right forearm. Hope this helps! …
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u/Darkace36 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Hi guys - don’t know what’s going wrong with my longer clubs?!”
Here’s also Eric Cogorno doing the wall drill. ▶ this video
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u/dlama 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Tips/Drills to not get the shaft so steep”
Basically from there you should feel like the bottom of the club is scraping on a wall behind you. ▶ this video
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u/JaffaCakeScoffer 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips for my swing?”
A few observations: \-Weight at setup looks to be on your toes. Reduce knee flex and set up closer to the ball so the weight is within the laces of your shoes \-At start of the takeaway your arms push out and club swings to the inside, which causes the next paint.. Look up drills for 'one piece takeaway' \-Swing is over the top, fix point number 2 and this will improve itself. Feel like your back is towards the …
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