"Pump drill" question

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pieman

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brian and others:
what is your view of the popular "pump drill" where you take your backswing and make one partial move to the ball, then a second, and then the third go through and finish the swing? is this a productive thought or drill to use, and if so, what are its main benefits? thanks
 
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puttmad

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pieman,
my interpretation of the pump drill is where you repeatedly start from the top and swing down to "shaft parallel to the ground" whilst maintaining as much wrist cock as you can (hands roughly level with right leg)...then back to the top again and repeat the process, hence the term "pump"...:)
The bit to the finish is not part of the drill
Its purpose is to teach the feeling of maintinance of lag angle, or "late hit" angle....
 
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The Pump Drill is intended solely to ingrain the feeling of starting DOWN rather than OUT so that round housing or over the top moves cease to be an issue.

It is naff all to do with lag generation or maintenance.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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agree with burner. I would say its a good drill for beginner golfers who need to learn the proper sequencing. If you aren't a beginner most likely you have a different cause for being ott and this drill won't "cure you."
 
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puttmad

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Burner said:
The Pump Drill is intended solely to ingrain the feeling of starting DOWN rather than OUT so that round housing or over the top moves cease to be an issue.

It is naff all to do with lag generation or maintenance.
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I think its purpose is different, depending on which teacher you talk to....but in any case, if you do it right it has applications which fulfil OTT and lag....
 
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As a guy who is prone to OTT (even with a closed face) I can tell you the pump drill is, IMHO, a very sound mechanical drill for anyone.

Heck I've watched Henrik Stenson do a form of the drill much of this year (and last) before he hits off the tee. (He seemed to do it more last year).

I came to learn the drill as the "Mickey Wright" drill. I find it teaches you to (as Burner said) to come down inside, and not 'spend' your power outside the target line. Great drill. I still get my best results with that mechanic in mind.
 
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