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A Simple Drill An Over-The-Top Steep Swing Path

November 27, 2024October 16, 2012 by SirShanksAlot

If anyone has ever given you hard time after skying a tee-shot with a comment like ‘I hope you brought your defroster’ then you’ll enjoy this next drill. Skied tee shots and chunks are often caused by the same swing fault — and over-the-top, steep downswing. Since a large majority of the golfing population suffers … Read more

Top 5 Most Common Faults Causing You To Come Over-The-Top

November 21, 2024May 14, 2008 by SirShanksAlot

The hack shot, coming over the top, rushing the downswing… all of these sayings are used to describe the same out to in downswing path that affects millions of golfers. This dreaded fault has many causes, which makes curing it difficult as drills will help some players but not others. I highly recommend video taping and analyzing your swing on a weekly basis. Most faults even beginners can spot. Here are the top 5 causes of the over-the-top move… each is coupled with an appropriate drill. Let’s get to it…

45º Ball Drill – Stop Coming Over-The-Top

November 20, 2024January 27, 2009 by SirShanksAlot

Your over-the-top move can have many causes – most commonly though, it stems from poor fundamentals. Regardless your over-the-top move travels on an out to in swing path and to help fix this, we need to get you swinging the opposite direction – in to out. The in to out swing path will help you get into the slot, fight against your slice and help you create more lag and power on your downswing. By practicing the drill below you can get away from your over-the-top move and over time transition into the ideal in to in swing path.

Fix The Double Cross

November 20, 2024October 2, 2008 by SirShanksAlot

Picture this…You’re sitting on the right hand side of the fairway, of a dog-leg right hole and the pin is just hiding behind the trees. You have 160 yards to the pin and will need to hit a 10-15 yards fade to avoid the trees on the right. You’re a little worried because if you hit the shot straight, you’ll surely be in the trees to the left of the green.

Figure 8 – Fix Your Pull Drill

November 19, 2024October 5, 2010 by SirShanksAlot

One of the best ways to fix an over-the-top swing is to exaggerate the exact opposite move. This drill is designed to do exactly that and force an in to out swing path. It’s a very effective drill – have a look at the video and description below on how to perform it.

Top 3 Faults Caused By Standing Too Close To The Ball

November 18, 2024March 29, 2013 by SirShanksAlot

Sometimes it’s the simplest things that cause the most problems in the golf swing. The misstep of standing too close to the ball at address can lead to a whole host of swing problems. This is likely why this is one of the toughest games in the world to master. The act of standing too … Read more

Cross Drill – Fine Tune Your Swing Path

November 12, 2012 by SirShanksAlot

Most players out there have a natural shape to their ball flight, whether that be a straight (lucky you), fade or a draw. I for one, play a draw, despite having an affair with a nice fade a few years back (ironically, when I was playing my best golf too). While I can talk endlessly … Read more

Pull Slice? Try a The Sidehill Drill

September 11, 2012 by SirShanksAlot

The fault being demonstrated by the lines in this picture is called coming over-the-top. This classic fault is very common with slicers, and is most often characterized by a big looping slice that starts left of the target line (right-handers anyway). This move, of hacking down at the ball from a vertical position with the … Read more

Fix your Push, Pull or Shank with only a Range Bucket

June 29, 2010 by SirShanksAlot

Many swing faults are caused by an incorrect club path into the ball. Whether you pull it (over-the-top), push / block it (in to out) or shank it (either or), your swing path is to blame. There are many drills on this site that can help you fix any of these faults, but today I want to go over some drills you can perform to cure these faults with something as simple as a range bucket.

Quit Coming Over-the-Top and Save $60

July 8, 2009 by SirShanksAlot

Who has seen that infomercial for the Inside Approach or the Path Pro? Trust me, if you have The Golf Channel you’ve seen it, its a little foam bar that can be used to help players rid their swings of that dreaded over-the-top / slice move. Anyway, I have used something similar in my lessons to help my students with this swing fault and I thought I would share it with you.