[sonicblue]

Quick background: Watching TGC with Johnny Miller and he shows this drill, saying he's not sure why everyone doesn't do this, it sounds so simple. The idea is, take an easy swing and stop your clubface at impact, seeing if you can stop the club square. I started doing it and, whaddya know, you can discover things very quickly about what square feels like. Also, it helps to couple this drill with the proper release mechanics to combine the drill into a "late release to square" type of drill.

Here's the enhancement, that I discovered innocently enough in my kitchen last night: if you have a floor with squares (tile, vinyl, etc...), you have a great alignment tool. Use the lines to square your stance and target line. Pick one of the lines perpendicular to your stance as your impact point. Now, doing this drill and trying to stop the club just before that line provides easily measured feedback as to whether your club is square. Of course, if you don't have a floor like this, just go get a piece of 1/2" plywood, some paint and a framer's square and make one!

Last season I finally got an established swing with consistent power results, but my problem has still been directional consistency. Just a few weeks of doing Johnny's little drill has led me to gain a much greater understanding of how to get my club back to square, and my consistency has improved noticeably across my whole bag. I hope it helps all!