Splash Ladder
Why this drill
Getting out of the bunker is a technique; getting the ball close is a distance skill nobody practices. Three landing zones and one swing thought — longer follow-through, longer shot — turn the sand into a place you can actually score from.
Setup
Practice bunker with green to work with, twelve balls, sand wedge. Three targets on the green at roughly five, ten, and fifteen paces from the bunker's edge — tees, towels, or holes.
The drill
Cycle the targets in random order — never the same one twice in a row — one ball at a time, twelve balls. Keep the same entry point in the sand (see the line drill) and change only the length of the follow-through: short finish for the near target, full finish for the far one. Score a point when the ball finishes within two club-lengths of the called target. Six of twelve is respectable; nine means you own the follow-through lever. Rake as you go; the next lie is always clean.
One thought to take with you
Same entry, same speed — only the finish gets longer.