How to shallow out a downswing

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exgolfpro66

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Anyone have any suggestions to shallow out a downswing? I've had someone say to take practice swings on an upslope. Any other drills or training aids?
 
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puttmad

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Without a club, on the downswing get the inside of your right elbow to push your right hip around.....in other words right hip leads....
 
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A Drill To Help Shallow You Out

Here is a drill. Tee the driver relatively low and try to hit it thin. Once you get good at hitting it a little thin with the lower teeing height, raise the tee a little and repeat. You'll be shallowed out before you know it.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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watson08 said:
Here is a drill. Tee the driver relatively low and try to hit it thin. Once you get good at hitting it a little thin with the lower teeing height, raise the tee a little and repeat. You'll be shallowed out before you know it.
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No offense but that is a bad idea, it can introduce a lot of other problems not too mention the potential damage to your driver.

Practice shots with the ball slighltly above your feet and practice drawing it from that lie A LOT. Then put the ball in a normal lie and try to swing with the same feeling
 
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Kevin Shields said:
What is your ball flight?
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With a driver, i hit everything straight. Sometimes a straight pull (slight) or a straight push (slight). I"m assuming is it from a very slight over the top move. With irons, it is straight or a slight draw. I'm assuming I still have the slight over the top move, but due to the loft, it doesn't effect me as much. I never seemed to have the ability to drop the club to the inside, so I come down just a bit steep.
 
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Jim Kobylinski said:
No offense but that is a bad idea, it can introduce a lot of other problems not too mention the potential damage to your driver.

Practice shots with the ball slighltly above your feet and practice drawing it from that lie A LOT. Then put the ball in a normal lie and try to swing with the same feeling
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This wasn't my incarnation; rather, it came from a Texas gentleman who won a whole bunch of tournaments in a row back in the day :).

I have used the drill and found it very helpful for me to shallow out my mid-irons right through my driver. It helped me to learn to keep my upper body back as I simply could not do the drill successfully otherwise. What bad stuff do you think might come along for the ride? Thanks!
 
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exgolfpro66 said:
With a driver, i hit everything straight. Sometimes a straight pull (slight) or a straight push (slight). I"m assuming is it from a very slight over the top move. With irons, it is straight or a slight draw. I'm assuming I still have the slight over the top move, but due to the loft, it doesn't effect me as much. I never seemed to have the ability to drop the club to the inside, so I come down just a bit steep.
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This may sound naive, but why would you want to "fix" a ball flight like that?
 
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exgolfpro66 said:
Because my misses are in two directions. My last round, I hit 5 fairways and missed 5 left and 4 right.
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I will trade you that for my swing. :D Are your misses overly off the fairway or just? U might be fixing something that is already good and you know the maxim, if it's ain't broken, don't fix it.
 
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BrandonM7 said:
Gotcha -- I thought when you said "slight" you meant a little more slight than that :D
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no problem. here is the deal....first of all please don't consider this bragging. But, I am a scratch golfer, but I make the most of my abilities because I can chip and putt with anyone. I don't hit a lot of fairways or a lot of greens. But, I feel in my heart that If I can hit 10% more fairways and greens, I could compete in my state for some state am tournaments. Right now, I am a Top 30 guy, but wouldn't consider myself Top 10. Everyone always tells me, "why mess with it, you are a good player". But in reality, i feel I can get better, but I will need to change something. I really don't have the financial ability (or vacation time) to go see Brian or any other quality instructor, but want to improve.
 
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exgolfpro66 said:
no problem. here is the deal....first of all please don't consider this bragging. But, I am a scratch golfer, but I make the most of my abilities because I can chip and putt with anyone. I don't hit a lot of fairways or a lot of greens. But, I feel in my heart that If I can hit 10% more fairways and greens, I could compete in my state for some state am tournaments. Right now, I am a Top 30 guy, but wouldn't consider myself Top 10. Everyone always tells me, "why mess with it, you are a good player". But in reality, i feel I can get better, but I will need to change something. I really don't have the financial ability (or vacation time) to go see Brian or any other quality instructor, but want to improve.
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Dude, that's awesome. I hope you find the help you're looking for.
 
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I would stick an old shaft or driveway stake a few feet to the right of your ball at about a 45 degree angle and swing under it. Should work right away. You can hit balls doing this drill. Opposite drill works well if you get a little too shallow and inside out.
 
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