What's so great about drill 2.8?

I have been rewatching drill 2.8 per Tom's edict and I find it fantastic. I you were to answer the following question: "What makes drill 2.8 so groundbreaking (not earth gouging) for you and your game" how would you respond? I would like to get as many responses as possible. Thanks for your input.

Here are my top 3 answers:

- It is the perfect warm-up exercise before beginning practice or a round

- You could add it to your preshot routine

- I bet I could play a whole round with that method only and would probably beat the old swayer, chopper, flipper Bob C.

Interested in your thoughts.

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4 Comments

Tom Saguto

Mar 23, 2023

Yes Bob - your meme is spot on. I'm really beginning to blush over here....😆😆😆

burkholder.ronald

Mar 22, 2023

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I once played 5 rounds in a row and broke 80 every round. The 2.8 drill is the golf swing without the power accumulators. Holding the flying wedge in the trail wrist eliminates the weak flip through impact guaranteeing you get great compression.

I find that I start to lose the benefits when I try to use the power accumulators. I don’t know why I can’t maintain the discipline to play every round with the 2.8 swing, if I could I would score better. It’s crazy. I’m going to try it again on my Sunday money game. Focus Focus.

bajaralph

Mar 24, 2023

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My experience is similar. I can hit almost as far with the "2.8" half swing and follow through as a full swing but with better accuracy. It seems that when I try to fully extend in the backswing to amplify the swing path I don't really gain that much more distance. I'm thinking that I should stick with the short backswing for now, focusing on the basic principles of head down, weight forward, tilt and left arm straight including the follow through and then gradually work up to increasing the arc of my swing. Does this make sense?

Tom Saguto

Mar 24, 2023

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2.8 is the full swing minus some power accumulators, which you can learn about in the Power + Distance section.

The key here is get to – but not go beyond - your body's natural stopping point in the backswing where the tilting, turning, and extending motions are complete, the lead arm has crossed the chest 45 degrees, and the wrists are properly set (preferably with a flat or slightly bowed lead wrist). This is the point where if we were to try to go any further any or all of the following will occur:

1) the lead arm will bend and/or lift

2) the wrists will break down

3) the lead knee will kick inward towards the trail side

4) the lead shoulder will level out and lose its orientation towards the ball

5) weight will shift into the trail side and bring the low point back with it, resulting in inconsistent contact and unpredictable ball flight.

6) you'll "chicken wing" and/or flip through impact

7) pain, discomfort, and/or possible injury

Don't let the "short" appearance of your backswing fool you. We don't need to try to get to "parallel" with this swing, and fighting your body in an attempt to do so will result in some combination of the above issues. If you execute this swing properly you will have created width and plenty of distance for that club to travel by taking it in deep, and that will enable you to harness the tremendous power source known as "angular momentum".