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Annika Sorenstam glove drill
Your drill at a glance
This drill is from the Golf Practice Made Easy App.
Feel your lead arm move with your body using a glove tucked lightly under your lead armpit. Begin with small rehearsals, then carry that connected feeling into gentle short shots.
Watch the Annika Sorenstam drill
Watch the glove-under-arm rehearsal in this Golf Influencer video. Focus on the small movement and the relationship between the lead arm and the body. Use the practice sequence below to build the feeling gradually.
Step 1. Tuck the glove
What to do
| Action | What to do |
|---|---|
| Find your lead arm | For a right-handed golfer, the lead arm is the left arm. For a left-handed golfer, it is the right arm. |
| Tuck the glove lightly | Place a spare glove under your lead armpit. Hold it gently with the upper arm; avoid squeezing your arm tightly into your chest. |
Step 2. Rehearse five half-swings
Make five easy half-swings, keeping the glove in place. Keep your arms relaxed.
What to do
| Action | What to do |
|---|---|
| Make five small rehearsals | Take your normal grip and make five easy half-swings without a ball. Let your body turn and your arms move with it, keeping the glove in place during the small rehearsal. |
| Hit gentle short shots | Use a short iron and an easy half-swing. Start with a few gentle shots, keeping your arms relaxed and the movement compact. |
| Compare the feeling | Remove the glove for a few shots and try to keep the same connected feeling. Use the rehearsal again if the lead arm begins to move independently. |
Quick practice checks
| Watch for | Try this |
|---|---|
| The glove drops early in a small rehearsal | Reduce the size of the swing and feel the upper arm move with the chest. |
| Your shoulders or arms feel tense | Loosen the pressure holding the glove. It is a feedback aid, not something to clamp in place. |
| You stop turning to keep the glove trapped | Let your body turn naturally. Use a shorter swing instead of restricting the movement. |
| You try to keep it trapped through a full finish | Return to the small rehearsal. Do not force the arm against your body through a full swing. |
Step 3. Play your round of 18
Hit 18 gentle short shots in two sets of nine. Score one point per clean strike.
Reset between shots and keep the same club and comfortable swing size. Record your successful shots out of 18 and one useful practice note.
In the Golf Practice Made Easy App, tick one box under Score your practice for each completed shot. Record successful shots separately. The eighteen-shot round is our App practice format.
George’s Conclusion
Use the glove to notice the connection, then put it away and test that feeling in your normal swing. Keep the rehearsal small and relaxed. The aim is coordinated movement and better contact, rather than holding the glove as tightly as possible.
For another Annika rehearsal, try the Annika Sorenstam Turn Through the Ball Drill or her Half Shot wedge drill.
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