Alison Curdt Golf

If your trail knee moves toward the golf ball during the downswing, you’re making wedge play much harder than it needs to be.

When the trail knee drives toward the ball, your pelvis moves closer to the golf ball, reducing space for your arms and club. The result? Fat shots, thin shots, and even the dreaded shank.

Try this drill:

✅ Place an alignment stick in the ground just outside your trail knee at address.

✅ Make practice swings feeling your trail knee rotate inward toward your lead knee, not forward toward the ball.

✅ As the trail knee works inward, your pressure moves into the lead side and your body continues rotating through impact.

This creates more room for the club, improves low-point control, and helps you strike your wedges with that crisp, tour-like contact.

Remember: The trail knee turns in. It doesn’t chase the golf ball.

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Most golfers try to create speed with their arms.

The problem? When the pelvis and torso stop rotating through impact, the arms race ahead of the body. That often leads to flipping, inconsistent contact, loss of compression, and poor sequencing.

Try this simple drill:

✅ Place the club underneath your armpits
✅ Position the clubhead to the right side of your body
✅ Make slow swings and rotate your pelvis and torso through impact

If you stop rotating, the clubhead never catches up to the golf ball.

This drill teaches the body to keep turning so the arms, club, and body work together through impact. Better sequence. Better contact. More compression.

The goal isn’t to throw your hands at the ball—it’s to rotate through it.

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If your driver is inconsistent, start with your setup.

Most golfers set up too level, making it harder to hit up on the ball and maximize distance.

Try these simple checkpoints:

✅ Ball position in line with your lead heel
✅ Slight spine tilt away from the target
✅ Trail shoulder lower than lead shoulder
✅ Pressure balanced, then let the tilt create the proper launch conditions
✅ Keep your chest behind the ball through impact

This setup helps you create a positive angle of attack, launch it higher, and reduce those weak glancing strikes.

Don’t overhaul your swing before checking your setup. The right setup makes a good swing much easier.

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Most golfers practice their backswing… but the ball only cares about impact.

Start by building a great impact position:
✅ Pressure shifted into your lead side
✅ Hands ahead of the ball
✅ Shaft leaning forward
✅ Chest rotating open
✅ Trail heel beginning to release

Then don’t stop there.

Move dynamically into that same impact position over and over. This trains your body to understand where great contact actually happens instead of guessing during a full-speed swing.

The goal isn’t to force positions during the swing—it’s to create awareness of what solid impact feels like so your body can organize around it naturally.

If you struggle with fat shots, thin shots, or inconsistent contact, spend 5 minutes a day rehearsing this movement and watch your strike improve.

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Most golfers ruin the swing in the first 12 inches.

A common mistake is rolling the forearms and pulling the clubhead inside early. This changes the clubface, gets the shaft off plane, and forces compensations later in the swing.

Try this simple drill:

✅ Feel your hands move slightly inward while the clubhead stays outside your hands.
✅ Maintain the angle between your trail wrist and the shaft (radial deviation).
✅ Keep that wrist angle intact as the club moves back.

The result? A more neutral clubface, better shaft plane, and a backswing that sets you up for consistent ball striking.

Think: Hands in. Clubhead out. Maintain the angle.

The takeaway doesn’t need to be complicated—but it does need to be correct.

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This is the sequence you need if your hitting it short.

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Many golfers rotate in transition and get out of sequence. They spin out, throw the hands, hit the ground, have face volatility. It’s a mess.

If you want to clean up contact, you need to feel this sequence.

Practice without ball. Then add the club. Then add a ball. You’ll be hitting stripes in no time.

If your wedge distances are inconsistent, it’s usually not a swing speed problem—it’s a synchronization problem.

For off-speed wedges, the goal is to keep the torso and club moving together. When the arms outrun the body, contact and distance control become unpredictable.

✅ Narrow stance
✅ Ball centered to slightly back
✅ Chest, arms, and club move as one unit
✅ Rotate through the shot without excessive hand action

Try this drill:

Place the grip end of the club against your abdomen and extend the club outward. Rotate your chest back and through while keeping the club connected to your body. This trains the feeling of your torso controlling the motion and keeps your arms from becoming too active.

The result?

✔️ Better contact
✔️ More predictable carry distances
✔️ Improved trajectory control
✔️ More birdie opportunities

The best wedge players don’t rely on timing. They rely on connection.

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Want more power and consistency? Start with a better turn.

Place an alignment rod on the ground in the center of your stance and hold a club across your shoulders.

As you rotate back, focus on turning your ribcage until the club across your shoulders points behind the alignment rod.

✅ Encourages proper body rotation
✅ Prevents reverse weight shift
✅ Helps load the trail side efficiently
✅ Creates a more powerful and repeatable backswing

Many golfers think they’re turning, but they’re actually swaying. A centered rotation allows you to store energy, stay balanced, and make it easier to deliver the club consistently at impact.

Try 10 slow reps before your next practice session and feel the difference.

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Most golfers think great ball striking is about swinging harder.
It’s not. It’s about controlling these 3 things:

1️⃣ Low Point Control
Great ball strikers hit the ball first, then the turf.
Pressure shifts lead side before impact so the club bottoms out in front of the ball.

2️⃣ Face Control
The clubface controls the start direction.
If the face is unstable, your strike and direction become inconsistent. Learn to manage the face — don’t manipulate it late.

3️⃣ Centered Contact
Toe strikes lose speed. Heel strikes lose control.
Use spray, tape, or foot powder to train centered contact and tighten dispersion fast.

Bonus key 🔑
Good ball strikers stay balanced and rotate through the shot instead of hanging back or flipping their hands.

Pure contact isn’t luck.
It’s predictable when fundamentals and sequencing match up.

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Want to control your trajectory without changing your swing? Start with your ball position. 👊⛳️

🏌️ Ball centered = your stock flight
⬅️ Ball back of center = lower, penetrating flight
➡️ Ball forward of center = higher launch and softer landing

Why it works:
Ball position changes the club’s low point, dynamic loft and angle of attack at impact. Small adjustments can completely change launch, spin, and trajectory.

✅ Need a knockdown shot into the wind? Move it slightly back.
✅ Need to carry trouble or stop it faster? Move it slightly forward.
✅ Want consistency? Start from center.

The best players don’t always swing differently… they adjust setup intelligently.

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