Sheath The Sword — Golf Drill

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

How each of them teaches it

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

  1. Tropicana Entertainment: How to hit consistent chip shots. #jimmytropicana (from 0:42). Form a 'V' with your arms, swing the V back and through, and rotate fully to finish with the club on the lead side of your body like sheathing a sword.
  2. Tropicana Entertainment: How to play great golf the easy way (from 8:12). A finish position where the lead arm and club wrap around the body as if putting a sword into a sheath, ensuring a controlled follow-through.
  3. Tropicana Entertainment: How to hit off tight lies. (from 0:11). A follow-through technique where the golfer commits to a full body rotation, finishing with the club tucked by their side as if putting a sword into a scabbard.
  4. Tropicana Entertainment: I wish I would have learned this earlier. (from 6:43). Ensures full body rotation by finishing the swing with the club hands ending behind the lead shoulder as if sheathing a sword.
  5. Tropicana Entertainment: How to fix your golf swing (from 22:42). A chipping drill focusing on using the body to rotate through the shot so the club finishes in a 'sheathed' position, avoiding excessive hand use.