GOLF INSTRUCTION

Golf tip: Get rid of that slice!
Work the club from the inside

Noted golf instructor and columnist, Mel Sole offers golf tips for GolfInstruction.com readers on all aspects of the game.

(July 25, 2006) - I have recently seen an infomercial on TV for a training device to help golfers work the club from the "inside". The cost of this device was $80. Here is a teaching aid that will cost you absolutely nothing and do the same job! Take two golf club boxes and tape them together with one overlapping the other by about 24 inches, as shown in picture #1 below.

Place the ball on the ground under the overhang at the very end of the top box.

Go to the top of your swing and hit the ball without hitting the box. By trying to get to the ball under the box, it will force you to keep the club head behind the hands on the downswing—an absolute must if you are to hit the ball from the "inside".

This "inside out" motion will allow the club head to move down the line much easier, guaranteeing a straighter shot.

Make sure you follow through completely with your hips all the way through to the target and your hands finishing high.

If you make an "over the top" swing with this teaching aid you will knock the box over every time and your hands will finish low around your body.

Work with this for an afternoon and you will find the results quite amazing! Plus, you've saved $80! Say "Thanks, Mel!"

Mel Sole is Director of Instruction at the Phil Ritson-Mel Sole Golf School. He has more than three decades of teaching experience in South Africa, Canada and the United States. His unique approach to the mental side of golf has produced amazing results for golfers who have struggled for years. Mel's diversified roster of clients includes stars in professional sports, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and many more golfers of all ages and skill levels. GOLF Magazine consistently ranks Mell as one of the top teachers in North America. He is a teaching editor with Golf Tips Magazine and is the author of Golf Step-by-Step. Mel's lessons have been featured in Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine. For more information, call (800) 624-4653, e-mail info@ritson-sole.com or click here.

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