Best Drill To Shallow The Club and Get In The Slot
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- Use these two simple moves to "get in the slot" in your downswing and start smashing the ball farther. This drill helps you create a "slingshot effect" through impact and creates more consistent ball contact!
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Wow, this drill has really improved my ball striking and distance!! Thanks Clay!!
The "keeping the right hand behind the left hand" concept was the holy grail of shallowing the club for me. Nothing else worked correctly. Thanks for the video!!!
Clay, this shallowing idea has finally clicked for me, and I'm swinging my clubs much faster and more confidently. My swing plane is finally straightening out (or even a bit in-to-out), and all I think about now is closing the club face on contact. This confidence let me break 100 for the first time yesterday! Thank you for all your content!
Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work.
Clay's step-by-step instructions provide a very clear and concise path to improving my game. Thank you Clay and more power to you. I have recommended your CZcams link to all my golfing buddies.
Thanks!
Great piece of wisdom you are sharing! Dang good!
YOU ARE AN AWESOME INSTRUCTOR. It needs to be said. Fantastic lessons every video and my poor golf game improves with each one. Thanks Clay
Thanks 👍
This and your last video are pure GOLD. If I could master these inside shallowing moves it would transform my weak swing. Thanks!
You can do it!
Tried this today at the range. I specialize in an early release and didn’t have a drill to fix this til now.....It helped me transition into the shot with lower body rotation and I kept both elbows connected to my body to help inside out connection and lag. Wish I could send you a Xmas gift for your rescue:)
Glad the instruction is helping so much! Keep up the good work!
Jesus Clay you are one of the best teachers on CZcams - I love the way you explain things, it is so easy to follow and understand. Doing it of course, is another thine altogether ; )
Wow, thank you!
Thank you Clay. So easy to follow the way you teach. If only I could remember it as crisply when I go on the range or the course!!!!
You can do it!
You continue to help my game! Thanks!
Happy to help!
Clay, over the years you have presented so many great swing drills... this is one of the best! Thanks
Wow, thanks
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Thanks so much for this video! I've been watching your videos for several years now, and all of them have helped me improve, but this video really clicked for me... I had my best round in ages yesterday - I shot a 75 at the Mililani Golf Club on O'ahu, Hawai'i! I was amazed at how pure my drivers were going, and my wedges and middle irons were especially good! I did have three three-putts, but that is a whole other issue.... oh - this round was with my twice-a-month golf club, and I came in first place with my handicap (12) and even won two greenies! My playing partners were amazed... The next swing flaw I'd like to work on is 'standing up at impact' a little bit... I just watched your 'How to easily clear your hips in the downswing', and it now makes a lot of sense.... Mahalo and aloha!
Hi, thanks for sharing. Glad to hear the videos have helped. Nice round! Keep up the good shooting! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Great tip 👌👌👌👌👍
Excellent advice! Thanks for this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Superb, thanks, can't wait to try this drill.
Hope you enjoy it!
Great drill. Thanks Clay
No problem 👍
Great video! Thank you Clay!
My pleasure!
Great video Clay .. thanks
Thanks 👍
Clay
Played today with this advice
Hit some of my longest drives for a long time
Still working on it but it’s helped tremendously!!!
Excellent!
Many thanks!
Your best visual drill I’ve seen
Thanks!
Keep these reminders coming. Hi my 5 iron well over 200 yards on a cold day with minimum effort doing this. I was so stiff, and surprised how far the ball went.
Awesome job! Keep it up!! 💪
This is brilliant analysis. I would love you to do a video on keeping arms connected to the body. I find so many people struggle with this.
Thanks! Check out this video: czcams.com/video/qQyqiQx4s8c/video.html
Phenomenal
Thanks!
Love all these drills! My golf list is getting longer and longer! All very helpful!
Glad you like them!
Best video you have ever made. I am totally right hand dominant and this is already correcting my problems. So excited
Glad it helped!
I have been working with Q and he has helped immensely but I think this will put me over the hump.
Love this drill, I do it on almost every shot prior to hitting.
Thanks for sharing!
I've played on mini tours and about to start playing again after surgery. This is the most simplified on the money way to feel shallowing the club in the slot. I've never heard it this way before. This info along with softening the right wrist into extension at top (so it doesn't dominate anything on lead side *arm*wrist*leg) to allow club in slot is an insane power move.
Ball speed immediately bumped up 10 mph to pre surgery numbers with early extension gone
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Hey clay, I just wanted to say thanks for this one. I was always skeptical of your drills since they all resulted in a complete dumpster fire but for this this drill, I haven’t played better golf ever since. With my 7i, my golf shots would go from 120-140 but after doing this drill, my flips have went away and I have made perfect contact with the golf ball resulting in straight 7i going 155 yards. When I first went to practice and did the drills, my balls went miles right but after remembering in one of your vids to turn your hands, my strikes got consistently straight. Furthermore, I remembered to ease the wrists and and right arm. I truly wanted to say thanks. THIS drill is probably the best for any amateur who has the basics down but isn’t consistent. If you ease the wrists and right arm, and do this drill, you likely will get to the next level of golf. This video is NOT “clickbait”.
Thanks for sharing! Glad this one was helpful. Keep up the good work!
That's the secret! Keep the right hand inline/behind the left hand to get the club in the slot. Many thanks Clay! Superb instructions.
You bet
Great tip keep trail inside left hand ! Thanks!👍
Glad it was helpful!
Best and most useful tip I've seen
Glad it was helpful!
I normally don't comment but, I have to give you props for this video. I watched this yesterday 7 Oct 2020, and I tried this drill today, and it worked perfectly. My swing feels so much better, thank you so much for this video!!!!!
Great to hear!
Great drill man. Wish I found your videos when I was playing for a living. I think we may have played together on the mini tours
The split hand drill is the best. David Leadbetter dedicated 10 pages to this drill in his book 100% golf. I do this drill whenever I feel a little out of sink during a round. 👍
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. I don't quite understand why practicing with separated hands helps but I will give it a try tomorrow.
It helps you get the sensation of how you need to rotate.
Wow, I thought I was striking it ok, just tried this and put holes in my hitting net,, so much more power, also made the strike more toe side of centre instead of the dangerous hosel side, thanks Clay! 👍🏻
NIce! Thanks for sharing!
Good stuff Clay, thanks!
No problem 👍
Been watching a lot of your videos, absolutely love your content. You're a fantastic teacher! I took a lesson and was told I need to work on flattening my downswing. After doing my own research, I get a little confused between talking about getting the club to the inside, and shallowing out the downswing. Are these 2 things basically the same concept?
Thanks! Yes, shallowing the club just means getting the club on plane. When you bring the club to the top, it's above the plane so you need to shallow it to get it back on plane otherwise you'll come over the top or make compensations later to get it back on plane like standing up. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
great video, one question do you pull with the left arm
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Many thanks!
This drill is unbelievable. Shot a 39 after incorporating into my swing. Darn near shot par. 16 index. Brother Ballard, you’re the best!
That's great to hear! Let me know how it goes your next round!
83 next round, 40-43-, on the way to 70’s land! The shots are straight and solid like never before.
Keep it up!!
Clay great content - I really improved through your videos - for shallowing the club, could you explain the negatives on a more shallow backswing like in the stack and tilt concept. I dont get any arguments against having the club through the right biceps on the top of the downswing - in contrast to "turn and lift" of the hands - THANKS
It's hard to get speed if you're too flat in the backswing because you don't have as much space to accelerate the club and generate speed. It can be easier to shallow the club in the downswing from a flatter position though. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
This is the hardest thing to do for me! Still working the shallower inside out, but still got a 20 -40 yard slice. Practicing still!! Thanks
Turn the handle to close it.
I gotta say Clay! I’ve been watching your videos for the past 2 weeks now. I shaved my terrible 55-60 a 9 110-120 per 18 all the way down to 90-95 per 18 back to back to back 18s! Your instructions are incredible. Do you get any in person clients? I’m sure with the ease of explanation you have people would love to receive instruction in person. Great videos!
Nice work! Clay does get many requests but he doesn't offer private lessons. He focuses all his time on making videos and running the business. This allows him to help as many people as possible. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard that’s good insight! I figured with him being such a big CZcams golf instructor he’d be more focused on the videos and content than real life lessons.
Excellent demonstration of casting and swallowing of the club. Headed to the backyard now to work on this drill..
Would this be the same for driver and wedges as well?
Thank you
Yes it will
Whipping the club thru impact with my left hand works better for me than focusing on trying to keep the right hand behind the left hand in the downswing. If I lead the downswing with my lower body which starts pulling/whipping my left arm/hand down into impact, as I swing on inside path of 45 degrees to the target line and get the back of my left wrist also moving out on a 45 degree angle to the target line into impact while I open my body thru impact to square the clubface, these moves get me down into the slot and shallows the club in downswing and results in straight crisp shots. I just returned from the range and tried this with very good success.
Thanks for sharing!
Hello Clay,
Here is an insight you might be interested in.
Use your right hand to pull and hold a tension against the club...like a compound bow string.
So there a conscious attempt to 'pull' not push. A release of stored tension...not a push.
The right hand action is more like throwing a dart...a ballistic stored tension.
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Clay, another great tutorial.
Can this principle be used to shallow driver?
Yes, absolutely
Should i be feeling the weight of the clubhead falling a little at the top of the backswing/start of downswing? Or if i feel that are my wrists too relaxed?
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As I prepare for my shot I think WWCD (What would Clay do). Thanks again. Two year online subscription member
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Just started to follow your channel.😀 Thanks for all your insightful instructions, very helpful indeed! Would it be possible for you to comment on how active/passive your upper body rotate during this drill. Do you rotate your upper body actively or does your upper body passively follow lower body rotation? Thanks Michael
Hey Michael, welcome to the channel! Passive and active are feelings and feelings are relative so it's hard to say exactly. Most people are going to need to feel very active with the lower body and let the lower body bring the upper body into impact. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Thanks!
Clay, just wanna say I did the original drill and noticed improved in my swing. But you are correct I was doing it wrong, did it this way an wow. I promise I've never hit better shots in my life wow ps does this work for driver as well?
That's great! Glad it helped. Yes, it works for driver too.
I know making changes to your swing should be tried at the range first, but I went out to the course today and I hat a ton of fat tee shots while trying to work on this. I have developed a bit of an out to in swing since coming back to the game in January (after a 15 year absence) and was hoping this would help.
I'll have to try and work on this at the range first because during a round I was having a lot of trouble trying to feel where everything was while doing all of this at the same time.
Hope it helps!
Love your videos. I've never been able to shallow early. When I watch a DTL video of me, I'm doing what you say, keeping my trail hand behind my lead hand, but the club is still too steep starting down and doesn't shallow until late. It seems to me there are too many things we have to focus on to start the downswing including: shift weight left, shallow the club, and bow the left wrist, all within a couple of tenths of a second. I'm probably over thinking things.
try not thinking about weight shift or the wrists too much. just forgive out yoir swing plane by doing what he says in video.
I have struggled a lot with casting and over the top for a year, I think I fixed it by taking my right hand off the club at the top and being more lead hand dominant, I feel like I am throwing a frisbee with my left hand and my right hand is passive
Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Been working on it Clay, it’s getting there a few more sessions on the timing, then I think I’ll have nailed it (sorry that’s a UK term 😉😆)
You got this!
Hi Clay / Quentin. When I swing full speed I feel like my hips are spinning out. Should my hips still be square to the target line when my club gets back to parallel on the down swing?
Usually the hips are a little more open to the target line at that time when you look at the better players. Typically, they get back to square when the lead arm is parallel to the ground. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
So are you bowing that left wrist at impact or at the top or right before you hinge
Ideally, you'd square the face in transition
When you say turn harder...is it the left hip muscles turning faster or is it increased pressure on the foot?
both
Why do I give my ball so much top spin coming off the driver the ball comes crashing into the ground after only going 30 feet in the air? Or I hook it to the left. I cant visualize the club head release through impact or where to release the club, should it release in the middle of my stance, right before the ball or at the straight line release. Any advice or maybe a link to one of your videos I should watch. I know you cant really see what's wrong with out seeing my swing but maybe you recognize the symptoms and have the cure. Thanks alot my golf game is miles from where I started because of you especially my irons keeping my right wrist back and letting naturally release was the key for me. Thank you again.
It sounds like you're hitting the ball off the toe and coming down steep. It's hard to say without seeing your swing. We have many videos on our channel for the over the top. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
How dose the flat spot in the swing relate to the driver swing? Since the driver is at shallower angle are you even creating a flat spot anymore? Thanks again.
The ball is further up in the stance with the driver so it will work more up into the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
What course are you presenting from, Clay?
The Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes in Longwood, FL
What if you make a flat backswing so you don't have to consciously flatten out your downswing? Will this work?
You still need to shallow the club in the downswing no matter if you do it in the backswing or not. If you make a flat backswing and come over the top in the downswing then it will usually be difficult to hit is solid. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Great drill. The only problem is that I suppose it’s possible to achieve this by letting the left *elbow* get way too far behind (look like Furyk) rather than keeping it in front. Clearly not what you’re demonstrating, but since I have a problem with that, something to keep in mind.
You can have the elbow like that. You just have to rotate a lot like Furyk to make it work. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
This is my biggest mistake, even during this drill I am casting, it's so frustraiting but still working on this.
Best of luck!
swing thought: At the top of backswing, pull the butt end of shaft towards the ball(aim the butt end at the ball) till impact.
Clay, I cannot seem to get to the tennis racket drill on my iPad. What do I click on.
It's possible that you may have already received a free video from us. You just have to give your email. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
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I feel like this drill is not applicable to my steep angle of attack... I never have a problem with casting the club, I usually have a ton of lag in my swing, I get a good amount of hip rotation, and when I look on video, the piece that I’m missing is my right shoulder outraces my hips and brings the club over the top. But even on video this doesn’t lead to me losing lag, it only leads to me needing to reroute the club back inwards to strike the middle of the face and then bam, every solid strike is going a mile to the right. I would love to see a video on how to keep the right shoulder behind my hips as I start my downswing rotation so that my originally shallow clubshaft can actually keep that path all the way to the ball
Hope it helps!
So if all the club speed is coming from rotating, what is the arms and hands doing?
One more question--when the club is parallel to the ground, how open are the hips? is the spend coming from turning the hips or the shoulders?
Most of your speed will come from the arms and hands. You need the rotation to add speed. You can't fire a cannon from a canoe 😉 Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
So I should pull out my Kallesey swing magic again?
😂
Can you shallow it too much?
Yes
that way over the top example was so insulting 😂. i imagine that's what a kid looks like when squashing a cockroach
To shallow the club just think drive your belt buckle towards the target at the top of the back swing and don't try to drive your arms at the ball take that out of your head. If your hips are going toward the target first at the top of your back swing the arms have to shallow just saying have a nice day
I welded a tennis racquet to my driver and now I play better than Roger Federer Nicklaus. 💪
I hate hearing “compressed” because every says it means something different. I have no idea what it means. Same way with the word “release”
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...ugh...I wish the term "shallow the club" could be replaced with a more exact informative term like "align with the right forearm"
What does 'shallow' mean in golf context? Try and avoid jargon to make content more relatable