Liam Robinson, a renowned golf coach, emphasizes the importance of fluid, natural swing movements over rigid positions. One of his favored techniques is the “Towel Drill,” designed to enhance swing mechanics and ball striking.
Purpose of the Towel Drill:
The towel drill is designed to shift your focus away from simply striking the golf ball and instead redirect that energy toward executing a fundamentally sound swing motion. By introducing the towel as the primary point of interaction, this drill encourages the brain to prioritize the mechanics of the swing rather than the outcome of the shot. This approach creates a mental shift that reduces performance pressure and fosters a deeper connection to improving your technique. Over time, this focus on movement quality enhances muscle memory, promotes better swing mechanics, and naturally leads to more consistent ball-striking without being fixated on immediate results.
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Is using a towel vs an impact bag different?
I signed up to TGN and after 2 days of doing some foundation drills my approach play strokes gained was 2.9 vs a 15 HC and I’m 18.9, couldn’t believe it, throwing the club drill is awesome as well, such a mentality switch from the general coaching….i find it totally frees your mind up from the ball (as you mentioned) and the difference when you actually move your body correctly
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I do towels every day. I stopped videoing as I felt I was constantly tinkering with my swing. I just look for strike to be honest. Thanks for the content. It’s top class.
I'm fairly new to golf, started just under a year ago. Recently I started hitting my dog's teddy bears (sorry doggo) and large tennis balls in the garden, mainly focusing on the mechanics of my swing, and oh my when I get to the range and the course my ball striking is so much cleaner now. Hitting larger objects where you're not focused on a tiny white ball really helps with nailing down the mechanics.
Great routine, I'm now hitting my towel 150 yds with a 7 iron😁. Love your content Josh
Love the videos. Is it possible you can do a drill for release? What the hands and wrists do through impact?? Not a lot of videos on this
This is awesome. I watch most lessons he gives and haven’t seen this drill but I started to step off and back as I’m so over the top. But I haven’t stepped in but will try that. Thanks for sharing this mate
I use to film a side and front view of my swing the left 1 arm throw and towel push backs were my go to.
Wow you got whole Golf studio. You should be Ben Hogan by now. But not.
I think you need Body drills. Body drills that move weight shift to left leg smoothly.
One of the key problem with bad golf swing is that each part move on its own and not synch.
Here are the correct sequence
1. Hands fall on the weight of club. Basically it remove tensions in the hand.
2. As it falls it move the hip to a position where club will be in plane.
3. Club continue to fall in plane near the ball.
4. From most good swings you can see right arm and half the body behind the club. This is what most pga tour pros has it. But i think its wrong. its workable but wrong.
Key is a friction at impact. if club just come behind ball , its just a scoop and add side spin.
Club head need to turn slightly with wrist slap.
Basically at impact right wrist should be idle because impact on the ball create counter force. That will allow side spin back on the ball.
So there need to be tiny slap on the ball at impact. Only superior player perfected them.
Right shoulder tilt is one of the thing most dont do it correctly because their center of gravit way back
Perfect golf swing right hip and arms move close together in horizontally …if center of gravity move horizontally then you will definitely hit laser shot.
Most slice and hook happens because body stay behind or weak wrist.
I want you to master golf swing. With all the tools you have , you just need body drills and hand speed.
Its called CORE SPEED (hip turn* (gravity+ hand speed))
Most dont understand this. They all swing hard not realizing their whole body is moving because of body momentum. This adds side spin.
So you got train like You swing hard but stop club just after impact.
You have to train body for the recoil of the club. That allow you to swing at optimum speed your body allow.
More speed? More leg strength. Body is spring on top of pillar. You need both for max speed.
What about the takeaway on this kind of drill. Amount of vids saying to keep hands low and club out. Would this not promote bringing the club on the inside?
Good stuff: if you are moving diagonally with your weight in the downswing, will that not encourage too great an inside path?