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We talk a lot about the importance of rotating your shoulders perpendicular to your spine<\/strong>. The Slide the Shaft Drill will help you learn that movement and build a more repeatable, powerful golf swing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This drill is best performed with two people, but there’s also a way to do it on your own if you’re practicing at home or out on the range and don’t have somebody to stand there holding a shaft on plane for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have three shafts, that’s ideal, but you can still set up the solo drill with two. The shoulder plane<\/strong> will be a little too steep with two shafts – if you have a third one you can extend it out a bit farther – but you can still get a lot out of the drill with just two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Connect the shafts and stick them in the ground so they lean perpendicular to your spine angle at address<\/strong>. A third shaft will give you the full length of the backswing, but two is enough if that’s all you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you’ve set up your shaft plane, stand a little bit away from it and hold a club against your shoulders with the butt end of the club pointing out at the plane. As you turn back to rotate the club at your shoulders<\/strong>, it should be parallel to the shaft plane at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the full article: Ernie Els and Stuart Appleby Slide the Shaft Drill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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