3 Drills That Can RUIN Your Golf Swing ❌
3 golfers recommended it · 2024–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Warns about three popular drills that can hurt the swing, including the towel drill.
Why golfers recommend it
- Towel drill purpose explained
- Explains hand lift and OTT
- AMG says drill bad for full swings
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
3 comments from Reddit
u/Call-me-Maverick 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Towel Drill”
Athletic Motion Golf, who do consistently excellent analysis, say using this drill on full swings is bad for your swing. You want to have some separation between your trail arm and body at the top. Okay for short chippy swings though ▶ this video
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u/amonchief 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “What's causing my hip thrust forward”
Your hands lift too slow relative to your turn, which sets you up to come over the top because you get all your lift later. The thrust is a reaction to help shallow the shaft from coming over the top. That towel drill is actively working to ingrain those bad backswing tendencies. ▶ this video
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u/loophole64 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips on avoiding left wrist cupping at the top? Cannot for the life of me get comfortable bowing/flattenin”
Sure. The towel drill was conceived as a drill to keep people from pulling the club back in a straight line away from the target and get their arms pulled away from their in the takeaway. Key words, "in the takeaway." ▶ this video ▶ this video People today have confused it to the point that they think their arms aren't supposed to raise up at all in the swing. It ruins far more swings than it helps. ▶ this video OP …
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