Drill · Feel
Butt-to-Ball Pump Drill
From the top, pump the club halfway down three times, checking each time that your trail elbow has reached your side.
- Duration
- 8 min
- Reps
- 3 sets of 6
- Equipment
- none
- Level
- Advanced
How to do it
Swing to the top and stop.
Pump the club down until your hands reach waist height, then back up to the top.
On each pump, feel for your trail elbow arriving in contact with your side.
Check the butt of the grip is pointing down at the ground near the ball, not out at the ball.
On the third pump, swing all the way through to a finish.
Goal
Groove a first move down where the club falls toward the ball line instead of lifting up and out.
Feel cue
Feel the butt of the grip pointing down at the ground just behind the ball as you pump.
Mistake to avoid
Pumping with the hands while the body does nothing — the pump should come from the lower body starting down, otherwise you are just rehearsing an arm swing.
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