How To Overcome A Swing Slump!!

We’ve all been there where we fall into a slump and can’t quite understand how to return to our best form. One of the best pieces of advice at the start is to book yourself in for a lesson. You want to book in for at least three sessions and really understand your swing, in particular when things go awry. I would do these sessions weekly or fortnightly and ideally doing two practice sessions per week (small bucket is fine), and a round of nine holes.

With this structure you will start to practice the correct elements to your swing and when you do play 9 holes, you will be able to report back to the coach exactly what happened. You want to ultimately get to a position on the course that when you do recognise you’re falling into bad habits, that you know exactly what swing drill to utilise to turn your game around. This is the ultimate secret to consistency even at the top level. They fully understand that they won’t execute perfectly all the time, so they ensure they become a master on drills to turn their game around.

My personal example is that my bad habit tends to be a ‘hook’. For me there’s a trifector of things that happen when it starts to de-rail. Firstly my alignment can often be a little too far to the right, secondly I can move off the ball a little too much on the backswing and thirdly not rotating enough through impact. Therefore when practicing, I will make sure that I align perfectly for each shot, feel as though I’m staying more on top of the ball and thirdly feeling as though I’m rotating more left through impact.

Now sometimes I only have to work on one or two of those three. The best way for myself to understand whether I’m performing those bad habits will come from observation of ball flight and how the swing looks on camera. Once you have seen your coach and practiced over a period of time, you will become very good at knowing what to look for in your swing and whether you’re falling into bad habits. Without seeing your coach however and you wanted to start the ball rolling, always ensure that you’re alignment and set-up is spot on. In particular when on course check to see if you’re aiming at where you think you are.

If you’d like any help in discovering what you’re bad habits are just contact myself on David Waters Golf.