This LPGA professional's gadget-free drill may help enhance your ballstriking

Linn Grant has been knowledgeable for lower than three years, however she’s already made a giant splash on the LPGA Tour.

The 24-year-old notched her first profession LPGA win on the 2023 Dana Open, and is at present No. 28 within the Rolex rating. She’s additionally gained a popularity as one of many longest bombers within the ladies’s recreation, with a mean drive of 270 yards.

Throughout the LPGA’s current cease in Gilbert, Ariz., for the Ford Championship, I requested Grant if she had a go-to ballstriking drill. Her reply included a easy transfer that any participant can replicate — and it’s gadget-free.

“I all the time prefer to maintain my swing compact,” Grant stated. “So I all the time use a glove and I simply put it below my proper arm and I attempt to maintain it there all through my swing. It’s tremendous straightforward. You don’t want any devices, you simply want no matter you wish to put below your arm.”

Grant stated this drill is helpful for any participant who’s in search of that compact really feel — and it’s additionally a helpful solution to decrease the sensation of your arms guiding the swing.

“I normally use it for just a few balls day-after-day to begin my routine,” she stated. “It’s mainly simply to maintain my arms compact with my physique in order that I really feel like my physique is definitely transferring the membership and never simply my arms. I’m simply attempting to remain related with the membership.”

Grant says she appreciates the drill as a result of it helps her have interaction her legs and hips.

“Quite a lot of beginner gamers swing with their arms, which causes plenty of disconnection to the physique,” she stated. “That causes a special path that they possibly don’t need. However if you happen to might maintain your arms related along with your physique, they are going to all the time keep tight, and it will likely be simpler to regulate the membership simply by swinging. It’s like like including velocity along with your physique as a substitute of your arms.”

Give Grant’s recommendation a strive, and reap the advantages of your newfound compact movement throughout your subsequent spherical.

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