Bank — Golf Drill

Learn the bank drill with step-by-step video demonstrations from expert golf instructors.

How each of them teaches it

Coaches who demonstrate the bank drill, each linked at the second they start.

  1. Giles Gill Golf: Why Your Downswing Rotation Sucks (And How To Fix It) (from 12:28). Widen your trail stance, straighten your trail leg, and bank your trail foot inward to preset weight shift onto the lead side.
  2. Giles Gill Golf: How to Hardwire "Monster Lag" Into Your Swing! (from 2:50). Widen your trail foot slightly, straighten the trail leg, and bank the foot inward with the outer edge lifted to feel an early pressure transfer to the lead side.
  3. Giles Gill Golf: The #1 Tip To Strike Your Irons PERFECTLY Every Time! (from 1:29). A setup-based drill that presets 90% of your pressure on the lead leg by widening the trail foot, straightening the trail leg, and banking the foot inward.
  4. Dan Grieve: Professional golfer Robin Williams comes for a lesson with Dan (from 49:22). A scoring game where the player starts with a 'bank' of total feet (e.g., 25ft) for a set number of holes; the proximity of each shot is subtracted from the bank, and the goal is to finish the holes without going 'bankrupt'.
  5. Giles Gill Golf: The Trick To Clearing The Hips In The Downswing! (from 1:58). Widening the trail foot and banking it inward with a straightened trail leg to preset 90% of pressure on the lead side.