This is a goodie!

A student was struggling with CASTING the club for years. “Casting” or “early extension” is the most common swing problem out there. It happens when the golfer straightens the trail arm early in the downswing.

This problem causes:

The club to bottom out behind the ball (fat shots)

The arms to shorten up at impact - killing distance

Poor impact position and no compression (flipping at impact, etc)

Slices and steep downswings

Standing up at impact and losing your relationship with the ball.

Fixing early extension gets you mashing the ball with straight arms AFTER impact. This creates an incredibly powerful strike that improves your irons and driver.

The student did this exact drill and was able to fix YEARS of bad swing habits. He was surprised it could happen that fast.

There’s a big myth that your “muscle memory” is engrained years of bad swing habits. That it takes you a long time to “break bad habits”.

I used to think that way UNTIL I realized that your muscles don’t have memory.

Your brain remembers the swing feels but your muscles themselves can make ANY change right away. It doesn’t matter how old you are - I’ve taught 90 year old golfers who have made changes right away.

You have to allow your muscles to change your swing feels. That’s where your brain gets in the way. Video your swing as you perform these drills to verify you’re making the moves as I demonstrate.

Your best friend IS VIDEO!!! (or a mirror at home) It’s the best way to track your progress.

Another note - usually the WEIRDEST swing feelings are the CORRECT ones. If your swing doesn’t feel weird, you’re not making a change.

Tom Saguto