The Bucket Drill - Improve Your Swing

When playing on the course, do you ever feel out of sync, with no rhythm and no balance? Do you have a sloppy swing with poor results?

If so, here is a drill that can help you get back in control of your swing. It is called the bucket drill. Put a a range bucket between your elbows and forearms and swing the club. Keeping the bucket correctly between your arms can product many benefits to your swing and golf game. This drill...

• helps with the one piece take-away.
• keeps the triangle throughout the entire swing with the shoulders, arms and hands.
• helps maintain proper distance between the forearms and elbows during the entire swing.
• prevents the club from crossing the target link at the top of the swing.  encourages the body to participate in the downswing by shifting and turning toward the target.
• helps the player feel the entire swing as a one-unit, completely synced swing and lets your entire body feel that you swing the club back together and swing through together as a single unit. 

Look at the photos to get the correct positions for the drill and try the bucket drill. If done properly, you may create a bucket list to start playing more golf and having more fun. 

John Nelson is a South Florida PGA Hall of Fame Class A Teaching Professional and Director of Instruction at the Golf Academy located at The County Club of Coral Springs, Coral Springs, Fl. 954-752-4500 x 204, email: jnelson@ccofcs.com, Web page: www.ccofcs.com.