Towel Under the Arms
Why this drill
When the arms swing without the body, contact turns into a lottery. A towel pinned across the chest by both upper arms forces everything to turn together — the oldest connection drill in the teaching canon, and still the fastest.
Setup
A range towel stretched across your chest, one end trapped under each armpit. A short iron and fifteen balls off a low tee.
The drill
Hit fifteen three-quarter shots without letting the towel fall. If it drops on the backswing, the trail arm is flying; on the through-swing, the arms are outracing the turn. Score towel-stays-put strikes out of fifteen. The ball flies shorter and lower in this drill — that is normal, and the compact contact is the point. Finish with five normal swings keeping the same connected feeling, towel gone.
One thought to take with you
The chest swings the club — the arms just come along.