🏌️ The 5 Driver Mistakes and How to Fix Them:
1. Ball Position
The bottom of your swing follows the buttons on your golf shirt — so to hit up on your driver you need the ball slightly forward of those buttons. Todd walks through a simple feet-together routine that puts ball position in the exact right spot every time.
2. Handle Position at Address
A low handle encourages a downward hit — the opposite of what you need with a driver. Feel like the handle points slightly above your belt buckle at address. That simple adjustment promotes an inside out swing path and helps you hit up on the ball for more distance.
3. Upper Body Tilt
When the buttons on your shirt tilt slightly away from the target the bottom of your swing moves backward — which is exactly what you need to hit up on the driver. Todd explains the simple drill using both hands on the shirt buttons to feel the difference between tilting toward and away from the target.
4. Takeaway Direction
Because the driver is longer golfers tend to swing it too low and around in the takeaway — shortening the swing and costing distance. Feel like your hands and arms swing more straight back and up to add length and clubhead speed. This is a cornerstone of the Vertical Line Swing system.
5. Creating Clubhead Speed
Most golfers focus on creating lag — but too much lag with a driver can actually slow your clubhead speed. Todd explains why feeling the clubhead get moving through impact is one of the most underrated driver keys for everyday golfers.
These concepts are core to the Vertical Line Swing system and Todd’s book The Bad Lie — available now on Amazon.
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📖 CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Ball Position
1:47 Handle at Address
2:44 Upper Body
3:51 Takeaway
4:36 Lag