Ernie Els Drill - Little triangle, cocking wrist, keep the box into the shot
6 golfers recommended it · 2023–2025
Drill · Intermediate
Ernie Els drill using a little triangle and cocked wrist to keep the box into the shot.
Why golfers recommend it
- Weight shift and hip clear
- Transition and towel feel
- Moving off butt line in backswing
- Hold the box cue
- Delivery and release advice
- Els 90 degree wrist set
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
6 comments from Reddit
u/Long-Assistant-895 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Towel Drill”
Looks good. Here's a couple more that emphasize pulling with the trail elbow and delivering with the core. Then I move on to a lot of 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock and hit hard stop quick drills. Find the George Gankas/Alex Romo 'Full Lesson No. 1' for the deep dive. Golf Pitt: ▶ this video Ernie Els ▶ this video
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u/LordoftheReeee 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips on how to create more lag? Feel like I’m not getting as much distance as I should.”
Hold the box as long as you can ▶ this video
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u/olibadt 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Can you please help me with my golf swing 🙏”
▶ this video Give that a try and also feel your weight shifting onto your left foot and clear your left hip at the start of the downswing.
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u/GrandmaIsHungry 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Can’t create much distance”
Lots of good tips in here. I saw you say it feels awkward getting into the slot - based on the vid I’m thinking it’s because you’re pulling the club from the top instead of letting it transition properly. To feel how it’s supposed to feel, grab a towel and start swinging it. You’ll see if you get to the top of your backswing and immediately try to pull the towel to create force, you end up losing all of your power …
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u/LlamaJacks 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Can’t keep lead arm straight”
Makes sense. I thought of another good video that might help you. Ernie Els talks about having a good 90° angle between the club and your left arm. Kind of creates a box. ▶ this video Setting your wrists correctly like that is the key to that effortless power. And you can see he barely brings the club past parallel.
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u/talonpc 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Anyone see the reason I’m slicing the unholy piss out of my driver”
Wow, there's a ton of different advice here, should be some solid discussion. My 2c from what's visible in the video- 1) If you draw a line right down your butt from where you start at address you can see yourself move off it right during the start of the backswing. It's causing you to move too close to the ball and make compensations to deal with that. I've always had trouble with this as well. Even with all the …
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