Fix Your Over-the-Top Golf Swing With This Simple Drill

Matt Baker Golf demonstrates a simple drill to eliminate an over-the-top downswing path. By holding a club with the lead hand and throwing a ball underneath it with the trail hand, golfers learn to keep the trail arm working under rather than out. This simple exercise helps cure pulls and slices.

• Hold your golf club at address using only your lead hand.
• Throw a golf ball underhanded beneath your lead arm using your trail hand.
• Feel how the trail arm stays low and works under rather than outwards during the downswing.
• Replicate this trail arm feeling in your full swing to eliminate slices and pulls.

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