The drill library

Three-beat count

Give the backswing time to finish before the downswing starts.

1. Set a swing metronome to a steady beat, or count out loud.
2. Take the club away on one, reach the top on three.
3. Start down on the next beat — never before it.
4. Begin at half speed and build up while the count holds.

Dosage: 3 x 10 swings, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film five swings: tempo ratio at or above 2.4:1 on at least four of them, trending toward the 3.0:1 benchmark.

A clip-on swing metronome keeps the count honest; counting out loud works without one.

Late whoosh

Move the swing's speed to the bottom of the arc instead of the top.

1. Swing a weighted tempo wand and listen for where the whoosh is.
2. Make the loudest whoosh happen past the ball position, never at the top or early in the downswing.
3. Alternate one wand swing and one normal swing with the same feel.

Dosage: 3 x 8 swings, 2x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: downswing near 0.25 s with a backswing long enough to keep every tempo ratio at or above 2.4:1.

Built for a weighted tempo wand; two irons held together give a similar feel.

Pause at the top

Separate going back from coming down so the transition stops rushing.

1. Swing to the top and hold a full one-second pause.
2. Start down from the dead stop at about 70% effort.
3. Over ten swings, shrink the pause to a beat — not a stop.

Dosage: 2 x 10 swings, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: no swing under 2.4:1, with the session mean moving toward 3.0:1.

Stick outside the trail foot

Turn behind the ball instead of drifting off it.

1. Push an alignment stick into the ground just outside your trail foot, leaning slightly toward you.
2. Make slow backswings — brushing the stick means the body is drifting, not turning.
3. Feel pressure load into the inside of the trail foot at the top.
4. Hit balls at 80% effort while staying clear of the stick.

Dosage: 3 x 10 swings, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: head sway address-to-top at or below 0.35 shoulder widths on every swing.

Needs one alignment stick pushed into turf; at home, a doorframe or a chair back beside the trail hip works.

Mirror head box

Give the eyes proof of a quiet head before the ball does.

1. Face a full-length mirror and take your address.
2. Mark your head's reflected position with a piece of tape on the glass.
3. Rehearse to the top: the head may rotate, but it stays inside the tape.

Dosage: 2 x 10 rehearsals, daily
Pass mark — Re-film: address-to-top head sway inside 0.35 shoulder widths on three consecutive sessions.

Built around a full-length swing mirror.

Banded turn

Convert lateral slide into rotation by giving the hips something to turn against.

1. Loop a resistance band just above your knees and take your address with light outward tension.
2. Turn to the top keeping the tension even — if the trail side drifts away from the target, one side goes slack.
3. Hold the top for a beat, feel the trail glute loaded, then swing through.

Dosage: 3 x 8 swings, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: hip slide address-to-top at or below 0.35 shoulder widths.

Built around a hip resistance band.

Trail-pocket turn

Feel the trail hip work back and around, not sideways.

1. Set up with your trail hip about a hand's width from a wall or chair back.
2. Turn to the top: the trail pocket works back toward the wall, it never bumps it sideways.
3. Rehearse slowly five times, then hit a ball with the same feel.

Dosage: 2 x 10 rehearsals, daily
Pass mark — Re-film: hip slide address-to-top under 0.35 shoulder widths on every swing in the session.

Chair drill

Hold address height through the swing instead of dropping into impact.

1. Set a chair or bench so its back lightly touches your glutes at address.
2. Swing to the top keeping that light contact — losing it means the body is dropping or thrusting.
3. Swing down to a held impact position, still tall, contact still light.
4. Hit balls at 80% with the chair a hand's width behind as a reminder.

Dosage: 3 x 8 swings, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: head dip address-to-impact at or below 0.25 shoulder widths on every swing.

Any chair, bench or range basket at hip height works.

Head-window drill

Give the head a fixed ceiling so a dip is felt the moment it starts.

1. Address a teed ball with a doorframe edge, branch, or partner-held alignment stick a finger's width above your head.
2. Rehearse slow swings to impact speed — the head may rotate and drift a touch, it never ducks away from the reference.
3. If the legs collapse, restart from address and keep the chest tall.
4. Check the gap every third swing and build toward full speed.

Dosage: 2 x 10 rehearsals, daily
Pass mark — Re-film: every swing's head dip at or below 0.25 shoulder widths, with the session mean clearly inside it.

A partner-held alignment stick makes the ceiling objective; a doorframe works at home.

Towel under the lead arm

Keep the lead arm connected and long through the strike instead of folding into a chicken wing.

1. Trap a folded towel between your lead upper arm and your chest at address.
2. Hit half swings keeping light pressure on the towel through impact.
3. If the towel drops before the follow-through, the lead arm broke away from the body.
4. Build to three-quarter swings only while the towel stays put.

Dosage: 3 x 10 half swings, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film five swings: lead-arm angle at impact at or above 150° on at least four of them.

Any golf towel works; a headcover does the same job.

Impact freeze

Own the impact shape — long lead arm, trail shoulder down — as a position, not an accident.

1. Swing at half speed and freeze at the impact position for a full three seconds.
2. Check in a mirror or on camera: lead arm long, trail shoulder clearly lower than the lead.
3. Rehearse five freezes, then hit one ball trying to swing through that exact shape.

Dosage: 2 x 8 freezes, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: lead-arm angle at or above 150° and shoulder tilt at impact at or above 5° on every swing.

Built around a full-length swing mirror; a phone on a tripod works too.

Shoulder-tilt impact freeze

Keep the trail shoulder working down from address through the strike.

1. Set up face-on to a mirror or phone and note the shoulder line at address.
2. Swing at half speed and freeze at impact for three seconds.
3. Check that the trail shoulder is lower than at address, then repeat the motion without standing up.
4. Rehearse five freezes, then hit one ball through the same shape.

Dosage: 2 x 8 freezes, 3x/week
Pass mark — Re-film face-on: shoulder tilt at impact at or above 5°, with address-to-impact tilt change at or above 0° on every swing.

Built around a full-length swing mirror; a phone on a tripod works too.

Feet-together swings

Shrink the base so balance faults show up instantly and the body learns to stay centered.

1. Set up with your feet touching and the ball on a tee.
2. Make smooth three-quarter swings — any lunge or slide shows up as a stumble immediately.
3. Hold each finish for a full three count.
4. Widen the stance back to normal over the session, keeping the same quiet finish.

Dosage: 3 x 8 swings, 2x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: finish drift at or below 0.15 shoulder widths on every swing.

Hold the finish

Make the held finish the non-negotiable end of every swing.

1. Swing at normal speed and hold the finish for a slow three count.
2. Weight fully on the lead foot, trail toe down as a kickstand only.
3. If you step or hop, the swing was out of balance before the finish — take the next one at 80%.

Dosage: Every ball for one range session, 2x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: finish drift at or below 0.15 shoulder widths — session mean and every individual swing.

One count, every club

Make one tempo the only tempo you own.

1. Pick one count — or one metronome setting — that matches your best swing.
2. Hit ten balls with a wedge to that count, then ten with a mid-iron to the same count.
3. If a swing feels rushed, step out, rehearse once, step back in.

Dosage: 20 balls, 2x/week
Pass mark — Re-film at least three swings: tempo standard deviation under 0.30 across the session.

A clip-on swing metronome makes the count objective.

Rehearsal pairs

Stop the tempo drifting as the bucket empties.

1. Alternate one practice swing at your count with one ball at the same count.
2. Never hit two balls back to back.
3. Only finish with three balls in a row once the count has held for ten pairs.

Dosage: 15 pairs, 2x/week
Pass mark — Re-film: tempo standard deviation below 0.30, with every ratio at or above 2.4:1.

Baseline re-film

A clean report is a baseline — keep it current so drift shows up early.

1. Once a month, film the same session: same club, same camera height, same angle.
2. Compare tempo, sway and slide against the last clean report.
3. If a number moves toward a threshold, run that flag's drills for two weeks.

Dosage: 3 swings, monthly
Pass mark — Stay clean: tempo at or above 2.4:1, head sway and hip slide at or below 0.35 shoulder widths.

Mirror checkpoints

Keep the positions honest between filmed sessions.

1. In front of a full-length mirror, hold address, top and impact for three seconds each.
2. At each stop, check the head against where it sat at address.
3. Run it as the warm-up before every range session.

Dosage: 5 minutes before each session
Pass mark — Next re-film: head sway address-to-top stays inside 0.35 shoulder widths.

Built around a full-length swing mirror.