Drill · At home
Split-Grip Width Backswing
Slide your trail hand several inches down the shaft and make backswings, using the gap to stop your arms folding in.
- Duration
- 6 min
- Reps
- 3 sets of 10
- Equipment
- none
- Level
- Intermediate
How to do it
Take your normal lead-hand grip, then slide your trail hand about four inches down the shaft.
Set up as usual with that split grip.
Make slow backswings to the top, keeping the gap between your hands exactly the same.
Check at the top that both arms are still extended and the hands are away from your head.
Do 3 sets of 10, then make a few normal swings straight after each set.
Goal
Use the split hands as a physical brace that makes a narrow, collapsed top position impossible to reach.
Feel cue
Feel both arms staying long and braced apart, like you are holding a steering wheel at arm's length.
Mistake to avoid
Letting your hands slide back together during the swing — the whole drill depends on the gap staying the same size from address to the top.
Works on
Related drills
Find the drills your swing needs
Record a swing with your phone. You Got Golf checks all ten P-positions and picks drills for what it finds.
Open this drill in the app