6 Proven Drills for Achieving Consistent Iron Contact
The iron strike is a bit different than the driver or fairway woods. You need forward shaft lean, a flat left wrist, proper body rotation, and weight transfer to hit solid irons.
If you are struggling with getting the feeling of perfect impact, these 6 golf drills for solid iron contact could help.
Each drill will have you focus on the impact position with your irons and how you can perfect it.
We kept things as simple as possible, so most of these just require a golf ball, some tees, and a place to hit balls.
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6 Best Golf Drills for Solid Iron Contact
Three Golf Ball Drill
To develop more consistent contact, you will need awareness of where the golf club strikes the ground.
With this drill, you’ll work on placing three golf balls on the ground. The first ball in the middle is about an inch or so closer to you than the other two.
Take some practice swings, and as you come into the impact position, see if you are going to make contact with the center ball.
If you were going to hit the ball behind the center ball, this could be due to early extension. If you hit the third ball in the lineup, you may be struggling with a path issue.
Work on taking small swings with an abbreviated follow-through until you can feel comfortable only striking the middle ball.
Ruler in the Glove Drill
An extended lead wrist at the top of the backswing and then again at impact leads to significant problems with solid iron contact. The ruler in the glove drill is a simple way to check on your wrist position.
Simply take a small six-inch ruler and place it in the glove. If at any point during the swing you start to feel the ruler pushing on your forearm, you know that your wrist is extending instead of flexing.
Wearing the HackMotion will help give you this same feedback with additional data to work with.
2 x 4 Drill
Forward shaft lean at impact helps create a descending blow and better compression on your iron shots.
With this drill, all you will need is a 2 x 4 or another straight edge that you can use as you pre-set your impact position.
Before you hit a golf ball, pre-set your impact position.
Place the club next to the straight edge, push your hands forward, and then rotate your left hip to be in the proper impact position.
You’ll notice your hands are in front of the golf ball. Do this three times, then step back and hit a golf shot. You should notice better compression on your iron shots.
Angled Stance Drill
You’ll probably notice that the best drills for solid iron contact deal with finding that perfect impact position.
As long as you can get your wrist flat at the top of the backswing, the rest is about nailing that impact position.
For the angled stance drill, you’ll put your feet together and then aim them on a 45 degree angle to the left of your target.
Then, you will place the ball back behind your feet, almost where it normally would be if your stance were square. Now, work on making contact with the golf ball without moving your feet.
Because of where your feet are positioned and where your weight is, you’ll just take half shots and try to compress the ball.
The shots will be lower, but you’ll get that crisp contact feel you can translate back to your full swing.
Lead Leg Weight Drill
If you tend to hold your weight back or flip the club at impact, this lead leg weight drill can help.
For this drill, lean heavily on your lead side at setup. Additionally, drop your trail foot back a few inches. Focus on hitting some half to ¾ swing golf shots from this position.
The goal is to feel that once you are in a great spot at the top, you just push forward to get all of your weight on the lead side at impact. You’ll feel a drive into the lead side, which should help improve iron contact.
Wear the HackMotion while doing the drill to make sure your wrist position is flexed through impact.
Two Tee Drill
Probably the simplest of the six golf drills for solid iron contact is this two-tee drill.
As you practice hitting your irons, place two tees on the ground. One tee goes just outside the toe of the club, the other just inside the heel.
The two-tee drill creates a gate that you can swing the club through as you practice.
With two tees on the ground, you’ll get instant feedback on whether or not you strike the center of the face.
If the club hits the inside or outside of the tee, check to see if you are coming over the top in your swing. Chances are you may have a path problem that causes this.
Final Thoughts
Your wrists control the clubface of your golf irons. Therefore, getting the wrists in the correct position can be all you need to hit solid iron shots.
You’ll notice that almost every one of these drills talks about a flexed lead wrist and forward shaft lean at impact.
Use your HackMotion in combination with these drills to start seeing straighter and higher iron shots that fly to your target with ease.
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