If your mind is cluttered with swing thoughts and you’re struggling to hit the ball straight, try this drill to help you square the clubface at impact.

Put two short-iron shafts on the ground on either side of a ball parallel to your target line and about 15cm to 20cm apart. You can tee the ball to make the drill less daunting, but make sure the shafts extend towards the target to create a channel for your club to travel through.

Now swing the club so it moves from inside the target line at the start of the alley, goes down the channel, and then moves back inside the target line at the exit.

This drill not only improves your club path, but in squaring the clubface, it educates your hands, forearms and body to move towards the target as you swing down and through.

Slot swing
Laying two clubshafts on your target line frames the path your club should take to square up at impact.