Fat and thin shots

Hitting it fat, then thin? Film one swing and see why.

Two body moves cause a lot of fat and thin contact: standing up through impact and your head moving off the ball. Golf Swing Score measures both from one phone video, free, and tells you which one to fix first.

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  • A drill for every fault

What the score checks

The two moves that move the bottom of your swing

Each one comes with the drill your report gives you when it finds it.

Standing up through impact

Standing up as you come into the ball moves the club away from where it started, which leads to thin shots, blocks and hooks as your hands try to save it.

Drill: Chair drill

  1. Set up with a chair or your golf bag just touching your backside.
  2. Make slow swings keeping your backside touching it through impact. Standing up pulls you off it.
  3. Do 10 slow swings, then 10 at half speed, then hit balls with the same feel.

Seen from: down the line (camera behind you, looking at the target).

Head moving off the ball

Some head movement is normal, but a lot of it moves the bottom of your swing around, which shows up as fat and thin shots.

Drill: Shadow drill

  1. On a sunny day, stand with the sun behind you so your head's shadow falls on the ground in front of you.
  2. Put a ball or tee on the shadow of your head and make half swings, keeping the shadow within a few inches of it.
  3. Build up to full swings. Do 10, then hit balls with the same feel.

Seen from: either angle.

Your score also checks tempo, hip sway, your lead arm and your finish, and ranks every fault by how much it costs you, so you know which one to work on first.

Which one is it for you?

Film one swing down the line. Your score, the fault to fix first and its drill, in about a minute.

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