7 Effective Golf Swing Drills for Senior Golfers

Britt Olizarowicz

Jul 19, 2024 . 6 mins read

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Some golf swing drills are very effective ways to learn. However, when you are a senior golfer, not all golf drills are geared towards your game.

Some drills focus on bigger turns, extra speed, and more tension in the lower body, which are not really a fit for your physical characteristics.

We looked through thousands of golf drills and hand-picked seven that are a good fit for senior players.

Each of these will help you address different issues in your game and find the little tweaks that can help you shoot the scores you want.

7 Golf Swing Drills Perfect for Seniors

Move the Club Back Faster

For golfers who need to work on tempo, you may have heard the concept of moving the club back a little slower on the downswing and accelerating through the ball.

However, for senior golfers, sometimes that extra speed in the backswing can be all that is needed to increase momentum and total distance.

Try it on the range first with your driver to see if it helps you get extra speed.

Three Club Takeaway Drill

If you get the club started on the wrong path, it’s very difficult to recover.

Senior golfers in an effort to increase power in their swings often hinge their wrists a bit too early on the takeaway.

To avoid this, try a drill where you have two clubs on the ground on either side of the ball to show you the path and then a club that is positioned on your lead heel and comes across the ground to the toe of the right foot at a 45-degree angle.

Then, push the club back and see if it matches the club on the ground. If you have hinged incorrectly or too much, you can see it right away.

This is a good one to do while wearing the HackMotion to establish the perfect amount of wrist hinge for your game.

Feet Together and Turn Drill

One of the simplest golf drills, the feet together drill, is an absolute winner for senior players.

As golfers age, it becomes more difficult to make an efficient turn and generate as much power as they once did.

To make up for this, lots of swaying starts to happen.

The problem with swaying is an inconsistency in the impact position. To avoid swaying, consider taking some swings with the feet together and making a turn. You can do this with any club, and it really narrows the focus of what you are trying to do.

Eventually, increase the width of your stance until you are back to making a regular swing with more efficiency.

Preset Drill to Fix a Slice

Many senior golfers complain of issues with a slice in their golf game. To fix that, you can try this preset drill from Tyler Ferrell.

The drill has you set your wrists about waist high and then swing through the ball.

To achieve power and clubhead control, you’ll need to use your body and effectively manage the flexion in your lead wrist.

If your golf slice has been there because you use more hands and arms instead of hips and shoulders in your swing, this drill will quickly fix the issue.

The preset drill is a very popular one and a great way to warm up on the range before a round of golf.

Squeeze the Elbow Drill

Senior golfers struggle to keep their arms straight through impact. If the lead arm collapses through impact, it leads to inconsistency in the strike, where you can notice thin or fat shots.

This squeeze of the elbow drill encourages connection between the arms.

Try this drill in slow motion first without a ball.

Then, increase the speed and feel like you can incorporate it into your golf swing.

Chipping Grab the Bicep Drill

The short game is an area where senior golfers struggle, yet it’s also a tremendous scoring opportunity.

For this chipping drill, you’ll work on your trail hand and the position it needs to be in going through the golf ball.

Grip the club with just the trail hand. Hold the bicep of your trail arm with your lead hand.

Take some swings where you chip with just one hand and make a very controlled motion with a good tempo back and through the ball.

This motion will help you take the wrists out of the stroke a bit more and increase the chance of getting the ball up in the air.

Don’t Drop the Coin Putting Drill

We can’t give you a list of the best drills for seniors without talking about putting.

This putting drill is a bit more technical, but all you need is a tee and a penny. After studying more than 1,000,000 swings with HackMotion, we learned one very important thing in putting.

Golfers who make the most putts have the most consistent strokes. Even if their putting stroke is not perfect, if they have a consistent stroke, their chances of rolling the ball into the hole are much higher.

For this drill, you’ll have a tee under your watch or your HackMotion that holds a penny against your lead wrist. If you take a putting stroke and the penny drops, your wrist movement is inconsistent and unstable.

This drill, combined with wearing the HackMotion while you practice, gives the feedback necessary to truly improve on the greens.

Final Thoughts

One of the best ways to learn golf is through drills. Golf drills help you feel, see, and understand what your game is missing.

These 7 golf swing drills for seniors are even more effective if you can record and track data about what the wrists do throughout the swing. Wear your HackMotion when doing the drill, and then compare the results to when you go back to your regular swing or stroke.