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Feel Your Feet. Free Up Your Turn.
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These golf drills are from the Golf Practice Made Fun App.
Better golf weight transfer helps you turn through the ball and finish steadily, instead of feeling stuck or falling off balance.
Start with Moe Norman’s Feet Pressure Drill to notice your support, explore a freer turn with Sam Snead’s Fancy Footwork, then connect the shift and rotation in Rory McIlroy’s Driving Drill. Work through eighteen controlled shots in each of the first two drills, then eighteen rehearsal-and-swing pairs in the third. Pressure can move beneath your feet without your whole body travelling the same distance. Let the movement stay comfortable and use a steady finish as your checkpoint.
Drill 1. Moe Norman Feet Pressure: Find a Steadier Base
Noticing the support beneath your feet gives you a simple way to recognise an unsteady setup or a swing that pulls you off balance. Slow turns help you explore a comfortable pressure change before adding speed, while a two-second finish gives you clear feedback after each shot.
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Set up on level ground with a short iron. Keep your knees softly flexed and both heels supported. Feel steady contact through both feet without tipping onto your toes or sitting back on your heels. |
| 2 | Make a small, slow backswing and notice support through the trail foot. Turn back without rolling onto its outside edge, then let pressure move towards the lead foot as you turn through. |
| 3 | Play eighteen controlled short-iron shots in two sets of nine. Hold each finish for two seconds without taking a recovery step. Reduce the swing if you lose balance; keep the lead foot stable rather than forcing its toes upwards. |
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Drill 2. Sam Snead Fancy Footwork: Let Your Feet Help You Turn
Allowing the heels to respond naturally can make a restricted turn feel easier. Exploring the contrasting pressure beneath each foot helps you connect the backswing and through-swing, while short shots let you judge whether the feel improves contact and balance.
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Start with a steady stance and softly flexed knees. Make a slow rehearsal without a ball. Think of opening a pickle jar: one side supports while the other turns. Use that idea gently rather than wrenching your feet against the ground. |
| 2 | As you turn back, explore pressure towards the lead big-toe area and trail heel. Allow a small lead-heel lift if it helps. Turn through towards the lead heel and trail toe, letting the trail heel rise naturally. Avoid exaggerated lifts or rolling onto the edges of your feet. |
| 3 | Play eighteen short shots in two sets of nine, with one slow rehearsal before each. Keep your eyes on the ball during the shot and pause in a steady finish. Alternatively, complete eighteen slow backswing-and-through-swing rehearsals without a ball. |
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Drill 3. Rory McIlroy Driving: Shift, Turn and Finish in Balance
The slow rehearsal helps you feel how moving towards the lead side and continuing to turn work together. It offers an alternative to hanging back and trying to scoop the ball upwards, so you can build towards an easy, balanced driver swing.
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Begin with a driver setup. For a shot, start with the ball near your lead heel and roughly half the ball above the driver’s crown, adjusting to suit your strike. Rehearse a small, comfortable movement away from the target, then begin returning towards it as you change direction. |
| 2 | Without a ball, place the driver head lightly on the ground just outside your trail foot, as shown in the infographic. Let your chest and pelvis be slightly nearer the target than at address. Slowly turn through, allowing the lead side to lengthen as the clubhead lightly skims towards the normal ball position and rises. Avoid digging the club into the ground or locking the lead knee. |
| 3 | Reset and make one easy continuous swing, finishing in balance. Complete eighteen pairs in two sets of nine: one slow rehearsal without a ball, then one easy swing. At the range, the second movement can be a driver shot. At home, make both movements without a ball. Count each pair once. |
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