Alignment Stick Impact — Golf Drill

Learn the alignment stick impact drill with step-by-step video demonstrations from expert golf instructors.

How each of them teaches it

Coaches who demonstrate the alignment stick impact drill, each linked at the second they start.

1. Face First Golf: The ONE Shot Every Low Handicapper Can Hit (Can You?) (from 2:06). An alignment stick is placed behind the ball at an angle to provide a visual and physical reference for matching forward shaft lean at impact.
2. Giles Gill Golf: DOWNSWING: The Concept That Made Me Turn Pro (from 1:47). Uses two alignment sticks to train the feeling of shifting weight 90% to the lead leg while keeping the head and upper body tilted behind the ball.
3. JChownGolf: This Simple System Will Make You An UNBEATABLE Ball Striker (from 1:39). Hold an alignment stick alongside the club grip and swing through impact without letting the stick hit your lead side, training you to avoid early releasing.