Get In The Slot Golf
Why You Need This: In this video, you'll learn how to get in the slot.
This will get your golf club into the slot. This swing type is the opposite of the standard slot swing in the sense that the club swings under the address plane in the backswing and then loops forward to come down a slightly steeper plane in the downswing. In his book, Jim McLean states-: 'starting down, the hands and arms loop well outward to get everything lined up.
Think about how you swing a baseball bat...
I know, it's been awhile... But when you grab a bat, it's natural to hold off on releasing it until the ball comes over the plate. You build and release your lag pretty darn well without thinking about it.
If it's natural to swing a baseball bat like that, then why is it so difficult for you to maintain your lag and release with power using a golf club?
It's so frustrating...
You swing as hard as you can, but you cast the club early in the downswing and any hope of crushing your drive is gone.
In this video, you'll discover how to take the feeling of a natural power-producing baseball swing and translate it to your golf swing.
Like a baseball player connects with the ball and blasts a home run...
You'll get the feeling of releasing all you got into the golf ball so you can start crushing your drives!
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Instructors Featured: Clay Ballard
Video Duration: 5:07
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When golfers refer to the secret of “finding the slot” it can be somewhat problematic because it’s so often misunderstood how you get there.
Luckily, in Jim McLean’s new book, The Slot Swing,he does a terrific job of explaining the golf swing slot and what that means exactly and more importantly, how to find the often elusive “slot”
This is the one statement that got me to buy the book below:
“In 99 percent of professional swings, the downswing shaft position is flatter than the backswing shaft position”
And consequently:
“One main reason recreational players suffer and frequently hit slices, pulls, and pull-slices in that they swing over the top. In a majority of the amateur swings I’ve seen and analyzed, the downswing shaft position is steeper than the backswing shaft position.”
For those of you who are not quite clear what exactly is “the slot” it is the dropping of the club from the backswing to the forward swing where the club “falls” into a slot – most typically felt by the the right elbow (if a right-handed golfer) dropping towards your right hip and instead of your right forearm being more parallel to the ground it leans toward being more vertical.
When your right arm does become more parallel to the ground, you typically get the feeling of your arms being detached from your body and the dreaded “over the top” move is inevitable. Man, I know that feeling all to well!
But when you DO feel the slot, you have a feeling of graceful power, fluidity and a totally feeling of integration with your entire body. Ironically, due to biomechanic efficiencies, your swing seems much easier and effortless. Remember, the slot position is the key fundamental downswing key to hitting successful shots. It’s the perfect place to deliver a solid, accurate strike with speed and with the proper angle of attack.
Oddly enough, I was fooling around with this fairly intensely at the end of the golf season. Even trying to exaggerate this as I felt I was really on to something and my irons were getting crisper and crispier (love that word crisp as it relates to golf!)
Anyway, what I did was really feel my golf club shaft being more vertical in my backswing, my left elbow (I’m a lefty) dis-attaching from by body and assuming and almost horizontal position (or parallel to the ground) the shaft assuming a almost perpendicular position to the ground, then dropping the elbow back down (as you do this your same forearm because more vertical) in the transition.
If you try this, it has a very Jim Furyk type of feel to it. Almost feels corkscrew-like and to me, quite a powerful, integrating move. Where I ran into trouble was a competitive round where I tried to rush the swing. A move like this takes time to build and time to unfold. So be aware of this when trying to integrate the feeling.
In the book Jim explains the “Three Shapes of the Slot Swing” which is really fascinating. I basically thought I knew these but then realized I really did not. The first being The “Standard” Slot Swing epitomized by Sergio Garcia. The “Single Plane” Slot Swing represented by Tiger and finally, The “Reverse” Slot Swing of whom Bruce Lietzke (or Sam Snead) best represents.
Getting In The Slot Golf
Jim suggests picking the one that feels most appropriate. However for MOST of his students he recommends The “Standard” Slot Swing. I suggest try them all out (just a few practice swings and you can easily find this out) and see what best works for your swing type.
Another thing that I really loved about the book were the illustrations by Phil Franke. There are 75 in all and do an amazing job of clarifying Jim’s concepts. I love that you can see the arrows going back and then the arrows going forward in the illustrations. In this case a picture really is worth a thousand words.
Golf Drop Into Slot
Additionally, Mr. McLean includes 6 drills to help re-enforce “The Slot” concepts. Some I have seen before but the last one (#6) is a doozy (I won’t give it away) but this one drill (I have never seen it before) just might get you into THE consistent slot and solve your problem once and for all!
One drill I found effective fooling around with my own swing was swinging a club with one hand. In my case (again, being a lefty) was my left arm. Swinging the club more vertically on the backswing and then flattening the shaft on the downswing. Making sure you are pouting the butt end of the club at the ball in the downswing. It’s exaggerates the concept a little but (to me anyway) really helped re-enforce the feeling.
Jim McLean has studies thousands of hours of video, has studied the pros by eye, has had conversations with the all time greats, given thousands of lessons so he knows a thing or two about the golf swing. The book (with all the illustrations) is a pretty fast read but I really believe “The Slot” is one of the keys to becoming a consistent and powerful ball striker.
To get the book go here: The Slot Swing: The Proven Way to Hit Consistent and Powerful Shots Like the Pros.
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