Drill catalog

60 drills, searchable by what's going wrong

Filter by category, by how much time you've got, or by the miss you're fighting. Every drill leads with when to use it and the exact condition that clears it, then opens to setup keys and steps. These are the same drills your coach picks from in SwingLab.

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Driving
8 min

Feet-together driver drill

When strike is wandering off-center — toed, heeled, or low smash factor.

Clears when

Eight of ten finish balanced on the lead foot, no stagger.

Driving
10 min

Tee-gate path drill

When path is the problem — pulls, slices, or hooks driving the miss.

Clears when

8 of 10 with club path within ±2° of neutral.

Driving
10 min

Step-through driver drill

When you're hanging on the back foot at impact — losing speed and direction.

Clears when

Six of ten with a balanced step-through finish, no fall-back.

Driving
10 min

Headcover-under-armpit drill

When arms and body lose sync — chicken-winging, lost connection at impact.

Clears when

Eight of ten the headcover stays tucked through impact.

Driving
8 min

Drop-the-trail-foot drill

When over-the-top creeps back — slices, pulls, steep contact returning.

Clears when

8 of 10 with club path ≥ +1° (in-to-out).

Driving
8 min

Pump drill

When tempo is rushed — short backswing, lunging from the top.

Clears when

Six of ten where the transition feels patient, not rushed.

Irons
10 min

Towel-behind-the-ball drill

When you've been fatting irons or your ball-first contact has gone sideways.

Clears when

Three crisp reps in a row where the towel stays put and ball comes off first.

Irons
8 min

Tee-under-iron sweep drill

When you're digging or chopping — need a shallower angle of attack with mid-irons.

Clears when

7 of 10 with attack angle shallower than -4°.

Irons
8 min

Alignment-stick ball position drill

When setup keeps drifting — fat or thin shots correlate with stance variation.

Clears when

All ten reps with the ball returning to the same logo position.

Irons
15 min

Yardage-ladder drill

When you can hit one number but can't carry a specific shorter yardage on command.

Clears when

Land 2 of 3 within ±5 yards on each ladder rung.

Irons
10 min

Divot-direction drill

When you're not sure if path is in-to-out or out-to-in — divot is the visual proof.

Clears when

Seven of ten divots point right of the alignment stick (in-to-out).

Irons
6 min

Mirror impact-position drill

When you don't know what your impact looks like — feel and real are mismatched.

Clears when

Six of ten still-images show hands ahead of ball at impact.

Irons
15 min

9-window flight drill

When you only have one shot shape — need control across trajectory and curve.

Clears when

Hit at least 5 of 9 windows recognizably.

Wedge
15 min

Clock-face wedge drill

When you can't dial in partial wedge distances — between full and chip is no-mans-land.

Clears when

Land 7 of 9 inside ±5 yards of called distance.

Short game
12 min

Landing-spot drill

When chips are landing all over and rolling out unpredictably.

Clears when

Land 7 of 10 inside the hat-sized zone.

Wedge
8 min

One-handed wedge drill

When you've lost feel — chunks, blades, no idea where the bottom is.

Clears when

Six of ten where you make ball-first contact one-handed.

Short game
12 min

Dig-your-feet bunker drill

When bunker shots are bladed or fat — need a stable, dug-in base.

Clears when

Six of ten splash out and land on the green.

Wedge
10 min

Low-point control drill

When chips have inconsistent contact — bottom of swing isn't repeating.

Clears when

Eight of ten brush the grass at the same spot relative to ball position.

Wedge
12 min

Trajectory-window drill

Wind in your face, or pin tucked behind a bunker — need flight control on wedges.

Clears when

Hit all three trajectory windows recognizably.

Putting
10 min

Gate drill (putting)

When 4-footers are missed thin — face is open or closed through impact.

Clears when

Make 8 of 10 without touching the gate tees.

Putting
8 min

Coin drill (face control)

When strike feels inconsistent — off-toe or off-heel kills speed.

Clears when

12 of 15 send the coin straight at the cup.

Putting
12 min

Ladder drill (distance control)

When lag putting is off — three-putts because distance is unpredictable.

Clears when

Two of three ladders finish in correct order without overshooting.

Putting
12 min

3-foot circle drill

Before round, or any time short putts get jittery — confidence reset.

Clears when

Make 6 in a row to clear.

Putting
10 min

Eyes-closed lag drill

When stroke gets technical — need to reconnect to feel and tempo.

Clears when

Seven of ten where you can predict the result before opening your eyes.

Tempo
12 min

Metronome tempo drill

When tempo is rushed under pressure — backswing feels short, transition hurried.

Clears when

Six of ten swings sync with the metronome top-to-bottom.

Tempo
8 min

Pause-at-top drill

When transition is rushed — feel the top of the backswing as a real stop.

Clears when

Six of ten where the pause feels patient, not forced.

Tempo
15 min

Late-round simulation drill

When your back nine falls apart — tired, rushed, sloppy under pressure.

Clears when

Five holes simulated with no routine breakdowns.

Tempo
15 min

70% swing drill

When swinging too hard is wrecking accuracy — need to find a repeatable cruising speed.

Clears when

Land 8 of 10 within 15 yards of average carry.

Mental
10 min

Pre-shot routine drill

When pre-shot is inconsistent — sometimes you commit, sometimes you don't.

Clears when

All ten shots executed with same routine, same timing.

Mental
8 min

Commitment-trigger drill

When you start the swing still second-guessing the club, target, or shape.

Clears when

Eight of ten swings start fully committed to one plan.

Mental
18 min

Tee-club strategy drill

When tee-shot decisions cost strokes — wrong club for the hole, ignoring trouble.

Clears when

Five tee decisions made with full process, no second-guessing.

Mental
15 min

Fat-side approach drill

When you miss approaches into the worst spot — short-sided into bunker, water, etc.

Clears when

8 of 10 finish on the fat side of pin, never short-sided.

Driving
12 min

3-wood off the deck drill

When you need to hit fairway wood off the deck without skying or chunking.

Clears when

6 of 10 with launch angle 13-16°.

Driving
12 min

Hybrid off the tee drill

On short or tight tee shots when driver brings water/OB into play.

Clears when

7 of 10 finish in a 30-yard corridor.

Driving
15 min

Fairway dispersion drill

When carry distance is fine but lateral dispersion off the tee is killing scores.

Clears when

7 of 10 inside a 30-yard corridor.

Driving
10 min

Slow-motion driver swing

When sequence is broken — arms racing the body, casting from the top.

Clears when

Six of ten where the sequence feels grounds-up, not arms-first.

Irons
12 min

Knockdown iron drill

Into wind, or when full swing is too unpredictable — need a controlled low shot.

Clears when

6 of 10 with launch angle 10-14°.

Irons
12 min

Half-shot iron drill

When you keep going at full-bag distances and missing greens — need finesse.

Clears when

Land 7 of 10 inside a 10-yard window.

Irons
12 min

Descent angle drill

When iron shots run out — need steeper descent for backspin and stopping power.

Clears when

Seven of ten where the divot starts at or past the ball.

Wedge
10 min

Hinge-and-hold wedge

When chips are scooped or flipped — need a held-off release for predictable spin.

Clears when

Eight of ten with low finish, no wrist-flip.

Wedge
12 min

High-spin pitch drill

When you need a one-hop-stop pitch — green is firm and there's no room to run.

Clears when

5 of 10 stop within one bounce of landing.

Wedge
10 min

Bump-and-run drill

Greenside, fairway lie, lots of green to work with — keep it low and let it run.

Clears when

Land 7 of 10 in a 10-foot circle at your spot.

Wedge
12 min

50-yard knockdown drill

Awkward 40-60 yard shots — the gap most amateurs lose strokes in.

Clears when

5 of 10 inside a 10-yard window at 50.

Wedge
12 min

Flop shot drill

Short-sided over a hazard, no green to land on — last resort, high risk.

Clears when

3 of 10 land within 10 feet of the pin.

Short game
10 min

Putt-from-fringe drill

Greenside but the lie's clean — putter is safer than wedge.

Clears when

Get 7 of 10 inside a 3-foot tap-in circle.

Short game
10 min

Chip-out punch shot

Under a tree, in long rough, or any spot where you need to escape low and forward.

Clears when

6 of 10 finish within 30 feet of pin.

Short game
15 min

Bunker splash-distance drill

When you can get out but can't control how far the ball goes once it's out.

Clears when

Land 6 of 9 within 15 feet of called distance.

Short game
12 min

Long bunker shot drill

30-50 yard bunker shots — the worst lie in golf for most amateurs.

Clears when

4 of 10 finish on the green.

Short game
12 min

Plugged bunker drill

Plugged or fried-egg lie — most painful shot in golf, need a specific recipe.

Clears when

3 of 10 advance out of the bunker onto the green.

Putting
10 min

Tee-line start drill (putting)

When start line is off — putts that miss on the wrong side too often.

Clears when

Roll 7 of 10 cleanly through the tee gate.

Putting
12 min

Long-putt break-read drill

When long putts feel like a guess — read process isn't consistent.

Clears when

Lag 4 of 5 inside a 3-foot tap-in circle.

Putting
8 min

Eyes-over-ball drill

When aim feels off — eyes inside or outside the line distorts the apparent target.

Clears when

All ten reps drop on the ball cleanly.

Tempo
8 min

Whoosh release drill

When release feels stuck or held off — losing speed through impact.

Clears when

Six of ten where the whoosh sound is past the ball, not before.

Mental
10 min

Visualization drill

When you swing without picturing the shot first — misses spray everywhere.

Clears when

All ten swings preceded by a clear mental picture.

Mental
8 min

Post-shot reset drill

When one bad shot becomes three — emotional carry-over from miss to next swing.

Clears when

Three bad simulated outcomes recovered without carry-over.

Mental
12 min

Pressure-routine drill

When the shot matters — first tee, must-make putt, narrow OB tee shot.

Clears when

Three pressure-simulation reps executed at normal tempo.

Irons
8 min

Mid-iron warm-up

Range warmup default — find tempo and contact before any other drill.

Clears when

Last three balls feel crisp and on-target.

Short game
10 min

Short-game warm-up

Before a round — calibrate chip, pitch, and bunker feel without burning time.

Clears when

Last rep at each station felt crisp and predictable.

Putting
8 min

Putting warm-up

Pre-round green speed calibration — 3-4 foot makes, then long-lag tempo.

Clears when

Finish with a made short putt and a lag inside tap-in range.

Tempo
15 min

Full-bag progression

Range session intent — calibrate every club, find today's go-to shot.

Clears when

End the session with a one-sentence note on today's most reliable club.

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