6 Effective Inside-Out Golf Swing Drills (Get Your Club on Path)
Getting your swing on the proper path means you’ll have an easier time striking the ball in the center of the face, generating more clubhead speed and playing consistent golf.
If your swing needs to be a little more inside out to help you see that baby draw and lower scores, these are the drills to use to get it done.
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1. What do you want to improve in your full swing?
6 Proven Drills for Perfecting an Inside-Out Golf Swing
Simple Inside Out Drill
Start with this drill, as it’s quite simple and can give you the feeling of inside-out without having to complicate things. For this drill, you’ll need to start by visualizing the swing path as an arc that moves from inside to outside.
Place a golf ball slightly forward in your stance. Focus on brushing the grass gently behind the ball to get the proper path.
Practice this movement without hitting a ball and just brushing the grass. Keep your body back, and don’t exaggerate the downswing with your upper body.
Once you have this brushing down, you can start practicing a weight transfer off the back foot during the swing. Have the club clear the grass and move inside out.
Be relaxed while you are doing the drill, and you’ll see quicker results.
Close the Path Drill
Do you know what happens to the golf club after impact?
The clubface closes, and the lead wrist starts to move from the flexed position it was in at impact back to an extended position.
For this drill, you will focus more on the club in the follow-through and how that can create a more inside-to-out path.
Make some practice swings and stop the club when it is parallel to the ground in the follow-through.
Check to see that the clubface is slightly closed. Now take some swings and feel like you get to this position on the follow-through.
Now start to feel this closed clubface position as part of the downswing. The mindset for this drill on the downswing is to feel like you are closing a doorknob to the right (with the lead hand) as you are moving through impact.
Now, you can feel this position on the backswing and downswing. From here, you won’t be able to take the club too far outside on the downswing.
Swing to the Right Drill
When practicing some of these swing path drills, it’s perfectly acceptable to put the ball on a golf tee. Without a tee, you may worry more about the contact than the execution of the drill itself.
For this drill, you will want to wear your HackMotion wrist sensor because it can help you with the angle of your clubface and how your wrist plays into it. Use an alignment stick on the ground to give you a general idea of what a straight path would be.
Take a backswing and pause at the top. From this paused position, take your downswing by swinging the club to the right side of the target line. This creates an inside-out path.
Start to increase speed and keep checking to make sure your lead wrist is still flat or slightly flexed at impact.
Tee Peg Drill
The tee peg drill helps you create more awareness of where the club is on the downswing. Start by placing a tee peg on the ground opposite the ball, aligned with your right foot about 20 inches away.
You can take your normal backswing, but on the downswing, aim to hit the tee directly away from you. Practice first without hitting a ball, and then apply this path when you have a ball in place.
The result is an exaggerated inside out path.
You can draw the ball with a path like this and a square clubface.
External Alignment Rod Drill
The video above includes several drills to help you achieve the inside out swing path. The external alignment rod drill involves placing an alignment rod slightly to the right of your target line.
When you swing, focus on starting the ball to the right of the stick and drawing it back.
Set up and aim straight at your target. When you take your downswing, focus on getting the ball to start to the right of the stick and then draw back towards the target. Sometimes, just having this visual in front of you is enough to help you change the arm and body motion.
Of course, your wrist position also needs to be correct at the top of the swing, or you won’t physically be able to hit the ball out and around the stick.
1. What do you want to improve in your full swing?
Spear Analogy Drill
For this drill, think of the golf club as a spear. Your goal is to try to throw the spear at the golf ball, hitting the inside quadrant of the ball. To do this, the trail elbow must remain close to the body.
Initially, focus on keeping the trail elbow close without hitting a golf ball. You don’t even need to use a golf club; an alignment stick can help mimic the concept of a spear throw.
Once the trail elbow moves correctly, put a golf ball on a tee and try to strike some clean shots.
Final Thoughts
If you noticed, most of the drills for swinging inside-out are feel or visualization-type golf drills. Once you get this motion down in your swing, you should be able to repeat it consistently.
If, for some reason, you still find yourself taking the club outside-to-in, it could be due to excessive lead wrist extension. Wear your HackMotion and reduce some of this extension through impact to see better results.
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