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I really hoped to have some pictures or videos up to discuss some swing fundamentals before talking about muscle memory, but I just heard about this drill and wanted to share. This is another one you can practice in your house or in the yard and doesn’t require you to be on the course or range.

It’s really easy. Essentially you setup as though you were going to make a swing.  You take the club back about 2 feet along your swing and then just hold that position with the club hovering mid swing. Hold that position for about 10 seconds and repeat this. After a couple of repetitions take the club back slightly further and repeat. Do this until you have  gone through your full take away and then practice some normal full swings. If you spend 10 or 15 minutes doing this each day it should help to improve your muscle memory.

My only words of caution with this drill are to not spend time working on it if you’re not already happy and confident with your swing fundamentals. You don’t want to begin muscle memory training until you have sound fundamentals. Otherwise you’re just teaching yourself bad habits that will be harder to break later.