Golf Monthly instructor Katie Rule says these drills are to help women, but I think they're useful for everybody.
The key to both of these drills -- the first, which resembles the baseball drill, and that unusually-named "yoga drill" -- is that they both focus on squaring the clubface.
I've seen the baseball drill recommended too many times where the swing itself was emphasized with no attention paid to the position of the clubface at "impact." When you swing a baseball bat, it really doesn't matter -- after all, the bat is round so it doesn't have a "face" that needs to be squared up. But a golf club is different. I like that Katie Rule shows the face square at impact.
The yoga drill is something new to me (as a golf drill, anyway) and I like it. In fact, I think you can also do it with your hand coming in low, closer to your actual position when you hit the golf ball, because it teaches you to keep that palm square to the target.
If you're having trouble with a slice, you might want to give these drills a try. If nothing else, they will make you more sensitive to the position of the clubface at impact. That is a skill more players need to develop!
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