Fix Your Swing Sway w/ the Wall Drill

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Fix your golf swing sway with this awesome and simple drill! Swaying off the ball in the backswing is a swing killer, but you can cure that fault while practicing in your living room!

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alastair
hi guys - is the head stating a centred a product of good body mechanics, or do i have to actively work on keeping my head centred i.e. should i be concentrating on not moving my head?
July 14, 2021
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Manny (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Alastair... The head must move in order to properly get your weight/pressure shifted to the trail side. The question is how much. If you are properly setup, i.e. with Axis Tilt, stance width, hip hinge, balanced, etc... and transfer pressure to the trail leg, this drill helps you feel which muscles are used to rotate your shoulders using the shoulder blade glide to minimize the head movement. Keep it around 1 inch max. if possible.
July 14, 2021
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Alan
I’m noticing that my head keeps still on my backswing until my hips begin to rotate as well. This moves me laterally and my head moves. It’s as if my brain is telling me that the backswing isn’t complete without the “hip move”. I’m conscious that the hips should be quite but it’s a feeling that I’ve gotten used to over the years. Are you able to offer a drill to help?
March 7, 2021
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Alan. The hips have to move and rotate in the backswing (Weight Shift Part 2 Video). The head moving about an inch is ok to help facilitate weight transfer.
March 7, 2021
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sjahari
My head seems to be quite stable AFTER I shift weight to the right leg. My head moves about 2 inches with the weight shift to the right leg. So my question is WHAT IS THE STARTING POINT? is it from the point I get to after bending at the hips? Or is it after I shift weight to the right ankle?
June 12, 2020
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Sjahari. The head should only move maybe (1 - 1 1/2) inches in the backswing. The point starts once setup is complete and not after you have already shifted weight.
June 12, 2020
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Lawrence
Admittedly only into day two in a row doing the wall drill and notice my shoulders seem to be moving in a flat pattern. Going forward this week should i focus on pushing my right shoulder behind my back. in doing so does the right shoulder rise as i rotate to get my left shoulder under my chin doing the wall drill?
May 18, 2020
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Lawrence. Take a look at Golf Backswing Shoulder Plane Drill. While performing this motion the trail shoulder will go behind the head, but you have to make sure you are rotating around the spine.
May 18, 2020
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John
Isn't the solution to this to have spine extension as you go back? Even if you pull from the trail side, rather than push from the lead side, you are still going to have your head moving off the ball if you maintain the same forward bend at the top that you had at address. No matter how hard I try, pulling the right should back around behind me is just not something I can feel during the backswing. But I can feel spine extension, and it seems to accomplish the same goal. Thoughts?
December 8, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello John. You need to rotate. It is ok for the head to move slightly in the swing as the drill above is for players that have excessive head motion. Most players that start to focus on spine extension end up tilting/adding side bend vs rotating. Try focusing on your core more if the right shoulder is an issue. Take a look at Golf Backswing Chair Drill to help recruit abs and obliques.
December 8, 2019
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Barbara
Hi, I'm new here and am not clear on the reps. How many reps of each of the sub-drills am I supposed to do before moving on to the next sub-drill in the first video? Am I supposed to focus only on the Dead Drill and not do any other videos on the site? If I have 6 reviews puchased, should I use one at the end of each Dead Drill video, after having done whatever amount of reps you are looking for? Can I do more than one of the sub-drills at the same time? Thanks.
November 21, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Barbara. The best way to use the reviews is to submit each DEAD Drill. Once, you feel you can do the drill correctly. Submit to your instructor Let them tell you how many reps, and fixes you need before moving on to the next section. The sub-videos are supplemental to help you get the drill perfect. You can use as many as you need to help you achieve the perfect drill position. It is 3000-5000 to master each step and usually after about 1000 you will be pretty proficient at doing the move. However, like with the backswing. If you can do it in your sleep without much thought. Feel free to stack on components or successive drills because you may not need so many reps without a new challenge.
November 21, 2019
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Nicholas
I'm sure this has been asked previously, but can doing this drill be beneficial for practicing the downswing as well? If so, how much movement should we strive for when getting the weight to the lead side and down into impact?
September 1, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Nicholas. This may help with upper body leaning into the strike too much. How much movement of the weight, or head? Your goal is to get 80% of the weight back to the lead side by impact. Also, in the downswing the head will have to move slightly for you to be able to shift enough weight. But, if you have a tendency to really drive the head on the downswing. This should start helping with the sequence from the ground up.
September 2, 2019
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Michael
I feel like this conflicts with having axis tilt in the backswing (neck tie drill). If I don't move my head much (no more than an inch or two), I either have to not shift my weight or I have to almost reverse pivot. I just can't find a way to combine not swaying way off the ball, shifting my weight, and still having proper axis tilt (neck tie drill) in the backswing. Are there any videos explaining how to combine all three? They just seem diametrically opposed.
May 7, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Michael. Weight Shift Video Part 2 will help with the hip sway. The drill above is for players that are dramatically moving off the ball. The head will have to move slightly and this drill is trying to calm down excessive movement. 1) Pull with trail shoulder (Pushing with the Left Side and Pull for a Perfect Takeaway Video), 2) Shift while not breaking the hip line (Weight Shift Part 2), 3) Combine with (How to Fix Golf Reverse Pivot) you should be able to correct your issue.
May 8, 2019
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Logan
I'm in a great position at the top, head moves just a little off the ball going back. But by the time I'm at impact the line that started off my left ear is in the middle of the forehead. I shift my head to far forward going down, can I use this drill to help with keeping the head back?
April 30, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Logan. Yes, this drill will help. However, the head will have to move a little in the swing. Don't glue it too much. I would make sure your sequencing from the ground up. Do some Step 4 - Add the Club Drills. Film them and see how much the head moves if you have hyper focus on leading the downswing with the lower half.
May 1, 2019
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Alexander
I love this drill! I feel like it immediately exposed my tendency to push from the left side, made me go back and evaluate my proficiency with the Setup (specifically my tilt), and forced me to focus on the movement pattern enforced in the bucket drill...it cleaned up a lot. One thing I've noticed, that I'm unsure of, is that sometimes I feel my head press into the wall; almost as though I'm decreasing the angle in the hip (hip flexion). Is that normal, or is it indicative of something that I should address?
February 7, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Alexander. Glad you like the drill. You feel the head press harder into the wall on the backswing, or downswing?
February 8, 2019
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Alexander
Hi Craig, on the backswing. I haven’t started working on the downswing with the drill. I also find it difficult to keep my head from moving and still shift my weight.
February 8, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Alexander. The head may move slightly. It won't stay perfectly still in the golf swing. If the head is pressing. I would make sure you aren't allowing the weight to get towards the toes and/or increasing a ton of knee flexion going back. It should stay relatively soft.
February 8, 2019
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OC
As one makes the initial trail hip movement to the right at takeaway, does the head not move as a consequence? Why do we make that initial trail hip move to the right, again? Regards OCH
May 31, 2018
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello OC. The head will have to move slightly when shifting. The drill above is to control excessive movement. Loading the trail glute is vital for power, sequencing, and hip stability.
May 31, 2018
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Robert
This is a great way to start the process of ending the movement your head during the swing, which I know I do some days or under pressure. I think you should develop a training device that can be used at the range, one that hangs a soft runner ball at your forehead so you will be able to immediately tell if you move your head up down back or forward during your actual swing. I will be the first to buy one because I know this is a big problem for me.
January 21, 2018
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Chuck
That sounds like that thing Tin Cup had clipped on to the bill of his cap!
January 21, 2018
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Chuck
Here it is
January 21, 2018
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Rob
Yes!! All we need is 54 gadgets to attach to our body and we'll have the perfect swing!
January 21, 2018
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Paul
Very good video with a fix for hard problem to uproot
January 21, 2018
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Chuck
Thanks Paul, this is a very challenging thing for many golfers to get rid of and virtually impossible if they're not using a mirror and video camera when the practice.
January 21, 2018
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Robert
Hi Chuck. Awesome work. Two other things I noticed from this drill. 1) As a caveat, to keep from hurting your head by dragging it backward during rotation, one (undesireable) solution is to straighten the right leg which does allow rotation but is antithetical to RST goal of creating differential between upper and lower body. So. Don't do that. 2) The other thing I noticed is that my knees were bent too much at address (trying to feel powerful I presume) and when I returned to the squat–to–square position and began to post up on my left leg, I got a rug burn on the top of my head! Which hurt a bit but not as much as all those topped shots that I've been having out on the golf course! Correct posture requires being a little more erect and athletic than I have been. Less like squatting my bodyweight and more like preparing to shoot a free-throw, calm, centered, relaxed and a little more vertically free. Thank God for myelination because, really, who among us could remember all this stuff?
February 6, 2018
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Peter
I have a little pendant I wear around my neck. It's a Medic alert thing in case I drop dead somewhere. I got the idea from Clay's use of a necktie. At my address position it sorta hangs off my neck. If it moves to the right in my back swing, I'm in trouble. It's just a less painful trick than beating one's head against the wall. Peter S K
February 12, 2018
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Robert
Sounds like a good use for my St Anthony's medal (patron saint of lost causes).
February 22, 2018
For many golfers when they start working on their body rotation they don't understand how dominant this feeling to push from the left side is that causes your head to move off the ball and of course every single move that you put into the swing you got to eventually take out to get back to where you started that's kind of the goal is that our address position obviously is a little bit different from our impact position with our open body and so on but in terms of angles and things like that we want to be relatively close and so when we move our headway off the ball if you tried to just stay there and hit the ball you'd have tons of secondary tilt it's gonna cost all kinds of problems you'd never be able to get back to the ball you'd chunk it so what most people do is they move off the ball and then they try to move back to the ball and they're just their head is moving all over the place and they can't even figure it out even when they're watching themselves in the mirror they don't realize how much they're moving so I came up with another drill to make it pretty straightforward and simple if your head's moving you're gonna feel this one you're gonna know if your head's moving and I use a wall to make this simple so I'm gonna turn my back to you for a second show you how this drill works this long and short of it is that you're gonna put your head on a wall and start working on your core body rotation drills where you know your head should be staying centered if you were one of these people who tends to move off the ball or if you're not sure this is gonna make it really clear because you're gonna feel your head dragging across the wall especially on this stinking thing because I got all these panels in here so I'm really gonna feel it so what you do is put your head your forehead you may use a pillow if you want to just give you some sort of padding here but put your head against the wall put my hat on back or so my bill doesn't get in the way and as I rotate back my head should basically move maybe an inch and that's it but from down from behind you can see that my head is barely moving if I do this my head comes away from the wall or starts dragging across the wall it's gonna be pretty obvious that you're pushing from this left side that's causing your head to move off the ball so make sure when you're working on your drills always check your head in the mirror if you need to put a piece of tape on the mirror right on the left side of your head and make sure your head doesn't move more than a piece of tape width off of it about an inch inch and a half is max any more than that we've got this big swaying problem put your head on a wall and you'll know right away if you're pushing because your head's gonna start dragging all over the place
Pour beaucoup de golfeurs, quand ils commencent à travailler sur la rotation de leur corps, ils ne comprennent pas à quel point cette sensation de poussée du côté gauche est dominante, ce qui fait que votre tête bouge de la balle et bien sûr, chaque mouvement que vous mettez dans le swing, vous devez éventuellement le faire pour revenir à votre point de départ. C'est en quelque sorte l'objectif, c'est que notre position d'adresse soit évidemment un peu différente de notre position d'impact avec notre corps ouvert, etc., mais en termes d'angles et de choses comme ça, nous voulons être relativement proches et donc lorsque nous déplaçons notre avance de la balle, si vous essayiez de rester là et de frapper la balle, vous auriez des tonnes d'inclinaison secondaire, cela va coûter toutes sortes de problèmes, vous ne seriez jamais capable de revenir à la balle, vous la morceleriez, donc ce que font la plupart des gens, c'est qu'ils bougent de la balle, puis ils essaient de revenir à la balle et ils ont juste la tête qui bouge partout et ils ne peuvent même pas le comprendre, même quand ils se regardent dans le miroir, ils ne réalisent pas à quel point ils bougent, donc j'ai trouvé un autre exercice pour le rendre assez simple et direct si votre La tête bouge, vous allez sentir celui-ci, vous allez savoir si votre tête bouge et j'utilise un mur pour simplifier les choses, donc je vais vous tourner le dos pendant une seconde pour vous montrer comment fonctionne cet exercice. En bref, vous allez mettre votre tête sur un mur et commencer à travailler sur vos exercices de rotation du corps où vous savez que votre tête doit rester centrée. Si vous étiez l'une de ces personnes qui ont tendance à bouger hors de la balle ou si vous n'êtes pas sûr, cela va vraiment le rendre clair parce que vous allez sentir votre tête traîner sur le mur, en particulier sur cette chose puante, car j'ai tous ces panneaux ici, donc je vais vraiment le sentir. Alors ce que vous faites, c'est mettre votre tête sur votre front, vous pouvez utiliser un oreiller si vous voulez juste vous donner une sorte de rembourrage ici, mais mettez votre tête contre le mur, mettez mon chapeau en arrière ou pour que mon bec ne gêne pas et lorsque je tourne en arrière, ma tête devrait bouger peut-être d'un pouce et c'est tout, mais de bas en haut, vous pouvez voir que ma tête bouge à peine si je fais cela, ma tête s'éloigne du mur ou commence à traîner sur le mur, il sera assez évident que vous poussez de ce côté gauche, ce qui fait que votre tête bouge de la balle, alors assurez-vous que lorsque vous travaillez sur vos exercices, vérifiez toujours votre tête dans le miroir si vous devez mettre un morceau de ruban adhésif sur le miroir juste à gauche de votre tête et assurez-vous que votre tête ne bouge pas de plus d'un morceau de ruban adhésif d'environ un pouce et demi de large, pas plus que cela, nous avons ce gros problème de balancement, mettez votre tête sur un mur et vous saurez tout de suite si vous poussez parce que votre tête va commencer à traîner partout
Para muchos golfistas, cuando empiezan a trabajar la rotación de su cuerpo, no entienden lo dominante que es esta sensación de empujar desde el lado izquierdo que hace que la cabeza se aleje de la pelota y, por supuesto, cada movimiento que haces en el swing tienes que eventualmente retirarte para volver a donde empezaste. Ese es el objetivo, que nuestra posición de dirección obviamente es un poco diferente de nuestra posición de impacto con nuestro cuerpo abierto, etc., pero en términos de ángulos y cosas así, queremos estar relativamente cerca y, por lo tanto, cuando movemos nuestro movimiento fuera de la pelota, si intentaras simplemente quedarte allí y golpear la pelota, tendrías toneladas de inclinación secundaria, te costará todo tipo de problemas, nunca podrías volver a la pelota, la tirarías. Entonces, lo que la mayoría de la gente hace es alejarse de la pelota y luego intentar volver a la pelota y simplemente su cabeza se mueve por todos lados y ni siquiera pueden darse cuenta, incluso cuando se miran al espejo, no se dan cuenta de cuánto se están moviendo, así que se me ocurrió otro ejercicio para hacerlo bastante directo y simple si tu La cabeza se mueve, vas a sentir esto, sabrás si tu cabeza se mueve y uso una pared para simplificar esto, así que te daré la espalda por un segundo para mostrarte cómo funciona este ejercicio. En resumen, pondrás tu cabeza en una pared y comenzarás a trabajar en tus ejercicios de rotación del cuerpo central donde sabes que tu cabeza debe permanecer centrada si fueras una de estas personas que tiende a moverse fuera de la pelota o si no estás seguro, esto lo dejará muy claro porque sentirás tu cabeza arrastrándose por la pared, especialmente en esta cosa apestosa porque tengo todos estos paneles aquí, así que realmente lo voy a sentir. Así que lo que haces es poner tu cabeza en tu frente, puedes usar una almohada si quieres, solo para darte algún tipo de acolchado aquí, pero pon tu cabeza contra la pared, ponme el sombrero hacia atrás o para que mi visera no estorbe y mientras giro hacia atrás, mi cabeza debería moverse básicamente tal vez una pulgada y eso es todo, pero desde abajo desde atrás puedes ver que mi cabeza apenas se mueve. Si hago esto, mi cabeza se aleja de la pared o comienza a arrastrar a través de la pared, será bastante obvio que estás empujando desde este lado izquierdo que está haciendo que tu cabeza se mueva fuera de la pelota, así que asegúrate de que cuando estés trabajando en tus ejercicios siempre revises tu cabeza en el espejo si necesitas colocar un trozo de cinta en el espejo justo en el lado izquierdo de tu cabeza y asegúrate de que tu cabeza no se mueva más que el ancho de un trozo de cinta, aproximadamente una pulgada y media es el máximo, más que eso, tenemos este gran problema de balanceo, coloca tu cabeza en una pared y sabrás de inmediato si estás empujando porque tu cabeza comenzará a arrastrarse por todos lados
Viele Golfer verstehen nicht, wie dominant dieses Gefühl ist, von links zu drücken, das dazu führt, dass sich der Kopf vom Ball wegbewegt und natürlich muss man jede einzelne Bewegung, die man in den Schwung macht, irgendwann wieder zurücknehmen, um wieder dorthin zu kommen, wo man angefangen hat. Das Ziel ist, dass unsere Ansprechposition natürlich ein bisschen anders ist als unsere Aufprallposition mit unserem offenen Körper und so weiter, aber in Bezug auf Winkel und solche Dinge wollen wir relativ nah dran sein und wenn wir unseren Kopf vom Ball weg bewegen, wenn man versucht, einfach dort zu bleiben und den Ball zu schlagen, hat man eine Menge sekundärer Neigung, das wird alle möglichen Probleme verursachen, man kommt nie wieder zum Ball zurück, man würde ihn zerschmettern, also bewegen sich die meisten Leute vom Ball weg und dann versuchen sie, wieder zum Ball zurück zu kommen und ihr Kopf bewegt sich überall herum und sie können es nicht einmal herausfinden, selbst wenn sie sich im Spiegel beobachten, merken sie nicht, wie viel sie sich bewegen, also habe ich mir eine andere Übung ausgedacht, um es ziemlich unkompliziert und einfach zu machen, wenn der Kopf Sie werden es spüren, wenn sich Ihr Kopf bewegt. Ich benutze eine Wand, um es einfacher zu machen. Ich drehe Ihnen kurz den Rücken zu und zeige Ihnen, wie diese Übung funktioniert. Kurz gesagt: Sie legen Ihren Kopf an eine Wand und beginnen mit den Rotationsübungen für Ihren Rumpf. Ihr Kopf sollte dabei in der Mitte bleiben. Wenn Sie zu den Leuten gehören, die dazu neigen, sich vom Ball wegzubewegen, oder wenn Sie sich nicht sicher sind, wird das hier deutlich, denn Sie werden spüren, wie Ihr Kopf an der Wand entlangschleift, besonders bei diesem verdammten Ding. Ich habe hier alle diese Platten, also werde ich es wirklich spüren. Legen Sie Ihren Kopf an Ihre Stirn. Sie können ein Kissen verwenden, wenn Sie möchten, um sich hier etwas abzupolstern. Legen Sie Ihren Kopf an die Wand. Ich lege meinen Hut nach hinten, damit mein Schirm nicht im Weg ist. Wenn ich mich nach hinten drehe, sollte sich mein Kopf im Grunde genommen etwa einen Zentimeter bewegen, und das war's. Aber von hinten unten können Sie sehen, dass sich mein Kopf kaum bewegt. Wenn ich das mache, löst sich mein Kopf von der Wand. oder anfängt, über die Wand zu schleifen, wird es ziemlich offensichtlich sein, dass Sie von dieser linken Seite drücken, was dazu führt, dass Ihr Kopf vom Ball wegrutscht. Achten Sie also darauf, wenn Sie an Ihren Übungen arbeiten, überprüfen Sie Ihren Kopf immer im Spiegel. Wenn Sie müssen, kleben Sie ein Stück Klebeband auf den Spiegel, genau auf die linke Seite Ihres Kopfes, und stellen Sie sicher, dass Ihr Kopf sich nicht mehr als eine Breite von einem Stück Klebeband davon wegbewegt. Etwa 3,8 cm sind das Maximum. Wenn Sie mehr tun, haben wir dieses große Schwankungsproblem. Legen Sie Ihren Kopf an eine Wand und Sie werden sofort wissen, ob Sie drücken, weil Ihr Kopf anfängt, überall herumzuschleifen
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