Drills by swing fault

Alignment

Incorrect alignment of feet and shoulders

Heel line and shoulder check

easy · 4 steps

Arms

Lead elbow bends outwards through impact

Towel under the armpit

easy · 3 steps

Balance

Loss of balance in the follow-through

Hold your finish on your front leg

medium · 4 steps

Ball position

Ball position too far forward

Sand line

easy · 4 steps

Ball position too far back

T-station for ball position

easy · 4 steps

Distance from the ball

Standing too far from or too close to the ball

Arm hang check

easy · 4 steps

Elbow position

Your trail elbow flies out — not a fault in itself, but awkward for your sequence

Headcover under the armpit

easy · 3 steps

Grip

Grip too weak

Knuckle test with a correction to neutral

easy · 3 steps

Grip too strong

Rebuilding the grip to neutral

easy in movement, medium to sustain: the feeling changes a lot · 4 steps

Grip pressure

Grip pressure too high

Light-pressure test

easy · 4 steps

Hip depth

Hips move towards the ball in the downswing

Chair drill

easy · 3 steps

Lower body

Hips slide away from the target in the backswing

Stick at the back hip

easy · 3 steps

Your hips slide on towards the target in the downswing

Stick by the front foot

medium · 3 steps

Posture

Too much or too little knee flex at address

Four-step address routine in the mirror

easy · 4 steps

Putting

Distance control / lag putting

Putting from three distances

medium · 4 steps

Unstable putting stroke

The glass of water

easy · 4 steps

Short game

Scooping / flipping

Stick along the ribs

easy · 4 steps

Chunking / thinning

Turning around the front leg

medium · 4 steps

Bladed greenside bunker shot

Two lines in the sand

medium · 4 steps

Shoulder plane

Your shoulders turn too flat

Club across the chest

medium · 3 steps

Shoulder turn

You make too little shoulder turn in the backswing

Seated torso turn

easy · 3 steps

Spine angle

You come out of your posture during the swing

Turning around a fixed axis

medium · 3 steps

Swing length

Your backswing goes well past horizontal

Towels under the armpits

easy · 3 steps

Swing path

Club comes from outside to inside into the ball

Headcover outside the ball

easy · 3 steps

Tempo

Rushing the transition

Pause at the top

medium · 4 steps

Torso shift

Forward lunge

Step switch for the downswing

advanced · 3 steps

Torso tilt

Reverse pivot / reverse spine angle

Mirror drill

easy without a ball, medium with a ball · 4 steps

Weight shift

Your weight stays on your back foot at impact

Step to the target

medium · 4 steps

Wrist angle

Hands scoop the ball up at impact

Compression drill

medium · 4 steps

Wrist angle is lost too early in the downswing

Pump drill

medium · 4 steps