Stop Coming Over the Top! Shallow Your Arms, Not the Shaft ⛳

Matt Baker demonstrates how to fix an over-the-top swing path by shallowing your arms rather than forcing shaft manipulation. Through the simple UP → UNDER drill, golfers practice the movement without a club first to naturally shallow the golf club for a solid, draw-like impact.

• Focus on shallowing your arm path rather than manually manipulating the club shaft.
• Practice the UP → UNDER arm path first without a golf club to feel the correct motion.
• Allow the club shaft to shallow naturally as a byproduct of proper arm movement.
• Integrate the feel into your full swing to fix an over-the-top path and stop slicing.

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