DeadPoets

Bump. Left arm only swings has been a game changer for me. I'm surprised we don't hear more about 1 arm drills. I looked on youtube and found a couple, but man... this should be mandatory drills for am golfers. Surprisingly, the drill even helped me with tempo. Forced me to slow down and lose that hit impulse that I've always had. One doing one arm drills you can't spin the hips too fast, or open up shoulders too early, or fire your right side at the ball. And the drills translates to the full swing very well in my experience (I filmed the before and after swings). Routine 1) Warmup (swing butt end of the club while trying to hear the "swoosh" well past impact. Make this a free flowing movement to warm up) 2) 10-20 LH Only Swings 3) Alternate between LH Only and Full Swing (repeat 10-20 x's) When you put your right hand back on, at first, have a super light grip with RH. Even consider letting the hand fall off near impact (if your RH is still trying to throw the club too much).

The posture - balance points - is probably his greatest contribution to modern instruction. I’ve never heard any teacher describe the setup in this way. I used to goat hump until I masted his balance points posture. Now I can squat and keep the butt back with no problem in the downswing.

For me it’s easier to think of it as torquing your trail foot into the ground. I feel like I stay on my back leg (like Gankas himself has to do) or I slide too much.