In the third installment of her “impact” series, Dustin Johnson Golf School instructor Meredith Kirk demonstrates the “Blunt Drill” &#8211; designed to help you discover what impact is supposed to feel like in your golf swing.

As we’re talking about impact, I want to talk a little bit about what impact is supposed to feel like. So I’m going to demonstrate a drill today I call the “Blunt Drill,” to help you feel what it feels like at impact, generating power through your core. Because that’s what you’re doing at impact: you’re generating all this power, you’re making contact with the ball, compressing the ball and then releasing it.
The first thing you want to do is set up three balls (or more, if you choose), all in a line. You’re going to get behind the first ball, then go ahead and swing &#8211; but you’re then going to stop your swing right after you make contact with the ball. Go to the next ball and do the same thing, and so on.
The feeling of this process is a tightening in your core muscles. You’re going to feel that release as your hips are transferring through impact, your weight is then moving over your forward foot, your hips are then opening up and your arms are rotating through. You’re actually going to get a great feel for what you want to feel at impact.
If you have trouble hitting down on the ball, the “Blunt Drill” is awesome because when you come down on the ball, you’re going to make a divot. This drill really helps you generate more power, and gives you a great feel for what impact is supposed to feel like. We want to create that shot each and every time we’re out on the golf course!

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