| To make solid contact with the golf ball you need to | | | | pressed up against that imaginary wall. |
| shift your weight away from the target, then back | | | | If you try this drill and you find that you likely would |
| to the target. Correctly shifting your weight should | | | | have hit the wall it's probably because you are not |
| not result in your hips "sliding" away or toward the | | | | rotating correctly when you transfer your weight |
| target. Many new golfers make this mistake and it | | | | from your right side to your left (for right handed |
| results in shots missing to both the right and the left | | | | golfers) as you complete your downswing. Once you |
| sides of the target. | | | | begin to "firm up" your leading side you will find you |
| Many golf instructors teach some variation of what I | | | | can rotate your body over your leading leg, and finish |
| call the wall drill. Simply put, imagine a wall just a inch | | | | with your weight mostly on the outside of your lead |
| or so to the left of your left foot (for a right handed | | | | foot and your body will be against the wall when you |
| golfer). Now when you swing, try to imagine your | | | | hold your finish position. This may result is a more |
| upper body being flush against that wall in your finish | | | | compact swing, but the improvement in your |
| position. From your left knee, to your belt buckle, to | | | | accuracy will be well worth any marginal drop in the |
| your chest, you want your entire body to be | | | | distance you may lose on your shots. |