Drag — Golf Drill

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

How each of them teaches it

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

  1. Michael Kanev Golf: Comment DRILLS and I’ll send you 5 bonus drills to help your entire game 👇 Early extension is one (from 0:03). A drill where you start in an impact position and drag the club head along the ground past where the ball would be, training your shoulders to tilt down and maintain posture through impact without early extending.
  2. Michael Kanev Golf: Stop Topping the Ball in Golf: Tips for Crisp Contact #GolfTips #BOOM (from 0:14). Dragging the club through the impact zone from a standing start to ensure the club brushes the grass after the ball.
  3. MONTE’S GOLF - Since 1954: ARE YOU PLAYER OR A GOLFER? #golflesson #golfswing #wildbillmehlhorn #salmonte #golflife (from 1:44). An exaggerated motion of dragging the clubhead through the hitting zone to feel the sensation of trapping the ball.
  4. Warren Bennett Golf Academy: The Ingredient Needed to Hit - FAIRWAY WOODS / HYBRIDS / LONG IRONS (from 3:34). From your setup posture without a backswing, simply push the clubhead through the impact zone as far as possible while keeping the head low to the ground.
  5. Scott Yurgz Golf: This 1 Minute Drill Beats HOURS Of Practice On The Range (from 3:59). Placing the ball back in the stance and dragging the club through the mat to feel the trail index finger pressure and lateral shift.
  6. Jerome Rufin: What I learned from the World's Top Golf Coaches on hitting the Driver Straight & Long (from 57:53). Position the club behind your trail foot, press into the shaft, and drag/rotate your hips forward to feel dynamic forward shaft lean at impact.