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Struggle with slicing your driver, losing distance or feeling like you have to work too hard to create speed?
In this Danny Maude golf lesson, you’ll learn a counterintuitive driver drill that can help you square the clubface, reduce your slice and create more clubhead speed without trying to hit the golf ball harder.
The surprising part is that the drill starts by doing something most golfers would think is completely wrong:
**Opening the clubface at address.**
Danny Maude discovered this while working with a student who was slicing his driver badly. Within just a few swings, the slice began to change into a draw, the ball started finding the fairway more consistently and he appeared to gain extra distance — even though distance was never the goal.
In this golf lesson you’ll learn:
• Why trying to close the clubface can sometimes make a slice worse
• How an open clubface drill can teach you to square the face naturally
• Why exaggeration drills can change your golf swing faster
• How to stop cutting across the golf ball
• Why golfers often lunge their body towards the target
• How the hands and arms create clubhead speed
• Why trying to power the swing with the body can reduce distance
• A simple feet-together drill for more speed and better balance
• How to use the sound of the club to create more clubhead speed
• How to train a freer release through impact
• Why the body should support the arms rather than dominate the swing
The key idea is simple.
Rather than telling your wrists, arms and body exactly how to move, create a task that encourages the movement you want.
For a slicer, deliberately opening the clubface gives your body a reason to learn how to square it through impact. That can help the hands and arms become more active, reduce the need to lunge with the body and create a much freer release of the golf club.
Practice Plan: dannymaude.com/change-this-to-hit-driver-straight
⏱️ **TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 How to hit driver further with less body movement
00:27 The driver slice problem that led to this drill
01:28 Why trying to close the clubface can make things worse
02:17 Open clubface drill to fix a slice
03:33 How the drill can create extra driver distance
04:24 Why your hands and arms are a major power source
05:56 Feet-together golf drill for more speed
06:58 How to create clubhead speed with the hands and arms
07:50 How to practise the open-face drill
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ABOUT DANNY
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Thanks for stopping by. I created this website as a resource just for you to support you on your golfing journey as I know how tricky learning this game can be…to say the least!
I personally found learning the game too long and difficult in the early days. I read all the books, watched all the videos but my game was not improving. Then after studying various forms of neuro science, motor learning, psychology and personal development in less than two years I went from struggling golfer to the final stage of the Open Championship.
On YouTube and my personal website (www.dannymaude.com) I will bring you the most up to date training, training that is getting tangible results for my clients right now. I don’t know where you are in your golfing journey, you could be just starting out or maybe your body isn’t as flexible as it once was or you’ve got ambitions to slash your handicap. Wherever you are I’ve created a place here you can learn, share your ideas, ask questions and get all the support you need to enjoy this great game.
Be prepared though. If its a quick fix you are after Im not your man. Here I will give you step-by-step advice that you can take straight to the practice ground and apply to the course but it will require you to get stuck in, screw up…a lot, practice some more and then watch those scores tumble
I’ve had the pleasure of coaching thousands of students all around the world and if you are up for the challenge and are ready to get in the game…LETS GO TO WORK!
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