Stop straightening your trail arm before impact for better contact

No what what club you’re swinging, a move to avoid is letting your trail arm straighten prior to impact. It’s a tough pattern for a lot of players to get away from, but here’s a drill that can definitely help.

Grab one of your lower lofted wedges and set up to the ball. As you take the club back, make a wide turn and avoid hinging your wrists. Pause slightly at chest height, then swing forward using only your legs and core. Similar to your backswing, finish below chest height.

This load through drill is a dramatic version of a real swing, but, by overdoing these feels, you’ll find a happy medium when you’re on the course making full and partial swings. Among many things, it helps you keep your trail arm loaded on top of the club longer.

That’s when you get that smash. 

Jerry King is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher and is the director of instruction at El Dorado Golf & Beach Club in Los Cabos, Mexico, and Gozzer Ranch Golf & Lake Club in Harrison, Idaho.