Fix Over Rotation in Golf Swing: 5 Actionable Drills

There are three types of golfers: those who know how to rotate, those who exaggerate rotation, and those who don’t rotate enough.

If you’re a golfer who over-rotates, you probably feel your body opening too fast on the downswing. This action throws off your contact and leads to compensations at impact, typically with the wrists. 

Your instinct to rotate is good but we have to sort through a few things to help you stop over rotating.

Here are five practical drills and some actionable tips to help you sequence your body properly, control your wrist angles and rotate without overdoing it. 

Key Takeaways

If you don’t have time to read our entire article on over rotating your golf swing, here are the most important points to take with you. 

• Over-rotation is usually a compensation for an open clubface, not the root issue.
  
• Fixing your lead wrist angle helps you rotate properly without spinning out.
  
• Power comes from proper sequencing, not from forcing your hips to rotate faster.
  
• Use drills that promote connection and tempo to train efficient, synced movement and avoid over rotating in your downswing.

Why Am I Over-rotating My Golf Swing?

Over-rotation usually isn’t the root problem. It’s a compensation you are making because of issues with your clubface.

Typically, the clubface is too open in transition often from a cupped lead wrist. Your body instinctively spins open to square the face in time. Your result is typically a rushed swing that makes solid contact very difficult. 

Common Causes of Over-Rotation

• Open Clubface: Cupped (extended) lead wrist at the top forces a desperate body rotation to square the face.
• Poor Wrist Angles: Without proper wrist flexion in transition, the clubface remains open, and your body overcompensates.
• Tempo & Sequence Breakdown: When the upper body outraces the arms, timing falls apart.
• Lack of Weight Shift: Staying on the trail leg encourages spinning instead of shifting and turning.
• Trying to Force Power: Spinning the hips faster doesn’t equal more speed, just more inconsistency.

The fix isn’t “less rotation.” It’s better wrist control, improved sequencing, and smarter tempo.

5 Simple Drills to Stop Over Rotating

Each of the following drills is designed to help you sync your body and arms, control the clubface, and strike the ball more efficiently.

While you can work on these drills without the help of HackMotion, if you want data and real-time feedback, you’ll find it more effective to use HackMotion to help you improve.

We’ve included step-by-step instructions, timestamps, and YouTube links so you can implement these drills into your practice immediately.

Alignment Stick “Punch Shot” Drill

The Alignment Stick Punch Shot Drill will help eliminate excessive wrist flipping and ensure that your body doesn’t hang back during impact.

This drill will also give you some direction on how to get through impact and what your focus should be. 

• Video timestamp – 6:00 – 7:30

HackMotion Tip: Watch your lead wrist angle during impact. If you’re flipping, you’ll see excessive extension. Train for a more flexed, delofted position to match efficient body motion.

Smart Ball Arm Sync Drill

The Smart Ball Arm Sync Drill helps fix disconnected arms, flipping, and casting.

It is a great drill for golfers who have poor sequencing and feel like they never know how fast the body should rotate through impact. 

There is always that feeling that faster rotation could increase power. With the Smart Ball Arm Sync Drill, you’ll learn that you can gain power through impact if your sequencing is correct.  

• Video timestamp – 8:00 – 10:10

HackMotion Casting Drill

The HackMotion Casting Drill is located in the HackMotion app. It helps to improve any loss of lag or early release in your golf swing.

While the Casting Drill isn’t necessarily focused on over-rotation, it does help you learn the perfect rotation and the timing for your lower body to rotate through impact. 

When working on the HackMotion Casting Drill, you’ll feel that your lower body must rotate first from the top of the backswing, but it can’t spin out of control.

• Video timestamp – 5:40 – 7:00

Combined Top Drill

This one trains a solid flexed wrist angle at your regular backswing speed. The goal for the Combined Top Drill is to have a square face at the top of your backswing. 

When the face is square at the top you can focus on a powerful and correctly timed body rotation. You’ll no longer have to feel like rushing or stalling is necessary just to square the clubface. 

Hit Hard, Stop Quick

The Hit Hard Stop Quick drill is kind of an extension of the first drill we worked on the Alignment Stick Punch Shot Drill.

Once you have that feeling down of working on the forward shaft lean, flat lead wrist and more connected impact try this drill. 

One of the best things about the Hit Hard Stop Quick drill is that it does most of the work for you.

All you need to work on is stopping the club just after impact, and the rest will work itself out – including over rotation in your downswing. 

• Video timestamp – 12:00 – 15:00

Final Thoughts

If you’re over-rotating, you’re likely doing it to try and save the impact position and make better contact. The problem is you’re out of sequence.

By learning to control the clubface with your wrists and sync your rotation with better body movement, you can unlock cleaner contact, straighter shots, and more consistent results.

The better your wrists, the smarter your body will move and the more efficient your rotation will become.