How to shallow out a downswing

[exgolfpro66]

Anyone have any suggestions to shallow out a downswing? I've had someone say to take practice swings on an upslope. Any other drills or training aids?

[puttmad]

Without a club, on the downswing get the inside of your right elbow to push your right hip around.....in other words right hip leads....

[watson08]

Here is a drill. Tee the driver relatively low and try to hit it thin. Once you get good at hitting it a little thin with the lower teeing height, raise the tee a little and repeat. You'll be shallowed out before you know it.

[Jim Kobylinski]

Originally Posted by watson08

Here is a drill. Tee the driver relatively low and try to hit it thin. Once you get good at hitting it a little thin with the lower teeing height, raise the tee a little and repeat. You'll be shallowed out before you know it.

No offense but that is a bad idea, it can introduce a lot of other problems not too mention the potential damage to your driver.

Practice shots with the ball slighltly above your feet and practice drawing it from that lie A LOT. Then put the ball in a normal lie and try to swing with the same feeling

[Kevin Shields]

Originally Posted by exgolfpro66

Anyone have any suggestions to shallow out a downswing? I've had someone say to take practice swings on an upslope. Any other drills or training aids?

What is your ball flight?

[exgolfpro66]

Originally Posted by Kevin Shields

What is your ball flight?

With a driver, i hit everything straight. Sometimes a straight pull (slight) or a straight push (slight). I"m assuming is it from a very slight over the top move. With irons, it is straight or a slight draw. I'm assuming I still have the slight over the top move, but due to the loft, it doesn't effect me as much. I never seemed to have the ability to drop the club to the inside, so I come down just a bit steep.

[exgolfpro66]

Originally Posted by puttmad

Without a club, on the downswing get the inside of your right elbow to push your right hip around.....in other words right hip leads....

Nice...that makes sense.

[watson08]

Originally Posted by Jim Kobylinski

No offense but that is a bad idea, it can introduce a lot of other problems not too mention the potential damage to your driver.

Practice shots with the ball slighltly above your feet and practice drawing it from that lie A LOT. Then put the ball in a normal lie and try to swing with the same feeling

This wasn't my incarnation; rather, it came from a Texas gentleman who won a whole bunch of tournaments in a row back in the day .

I have used the drill and found it very helpful for me to shallow out my mid-irons right through my driver. It helped me to learn to keep my upper body back as I simply could not do the drill successfully otherwise. What bad stuff do you think might come along for the ride? Thanks!

[BrandonM7]

Originally Posted by exgolfpro66

With a driver, i hit everything straight. Sometimes a straight pull (slight) or a straight push (slight). I"m assuming is it from a very slight over the top move. With irons, it is straight or a slight draw. I'm assuming I still have the slight over the top move, but due to the loft, it doesn't effect me as much. I never seemed to have the ability to drop the club to the inside, so I come down just a bit steep.

This may sound naive, but why would you want to "fix" a ball flight like that?

[exgolfpro66]

Originally Posted by BrandonM7

This may sound naive, but why would you want to "fix" a ball flight like that?

Because my misses are in two directions. My last round, I hit 5 fairways and missed 5 left and 4 right.