Forum members, has anyone had problems with controlling the club during drill 2.9 with the alignment stick inside your grip and along the club shaft? I seem to be losing control of the clubhead around the impact zone and my grip seems not secure. Usually when I feel the grip move I'll hosel (shank) the ball pretty bad. When I can keep the grip secure I have been able to complete the drill OK. Maybe this just takes practice? I measured the diameter of the alignment stick - it's about a 1/4 inch. Just curious if anyone has encountered this problem and maybe has an idea on an adjustment fix. One thing I did not see on Tom's video is how exactly he was positioning the stick relative to the shaft - below, above, or to the side? I have also done the drill without the stick with what seems to be good success keeping the trail wrist/arm angle to the end, and getting straight shots with crisp contact.
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To fix the grip issue, I duck tape the alignment stick to my club on the under side of the club shaft. That way I don't have to fight holding both shafts secure. I just grip the club like normal and swing away. Give it a try!
@david allison - If you are successfully executing 2.9 without the stick and achieving crispy impact and a desirable shot shape, then you have already graduated from that first part of the drill. Nice job! I know that I revisit the alignment stick again later in the drill, so here are my suggestions: 1) View the third part of the drill and - since you've already got Part 1 down - just execute it without the stick in your grip, or 2) Grab an old club and ram an alignment stick or old shaft down through the air hole at the butt end of the handle, leaving enough of it sticking out at the top to do the drill.