How to Improve Your Golf Swing Indoors

When weather is uncooperative, many golfers are forced to find alternative ways to practice. Even if it is too cold, for example, you can still improve your golf swing indoors. It is convenient if you have an indoor facility available to hit balls. However, even when you can't hit at a range, practice drills will strengthen your fundamentals and lead to more consistent golf shots.

Things You'll Need

  • Golf ball
  • Golf club
  • Putter
  • Practice putting mat
  • Mirror
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Instructions

    • 1

      Improve your swing plane to hit more consistent golf shots. Simply take a set up position with your butt slightly touching a wall. Try to swing the club up to the top of the backswing without hitting the wall. Many golfers get the club stuck too far inside during the backswing. This drill teaches the correct take away and backswing, positioning the club head outside of the hands until you reach the top of the backswing.

    • 2

      Practice the correct weight shift. Place a club behind your neck, resting it on your shoulders while holding the club at both ends. Take a set up position with the feet shoulder width apart, and your knees slightly flexed while bending forward at the waist. Make a shoulder turn back and follow through motion. The follow through should finish with the front foot flat on the ground, belt buckle facing out towards the target and back foot up on the toe. The correct sequence of movements should allow the body to feel as if you're making a full swing.

    • 3

      Learn the correct set up position. Stand in front of a mirror to reinforce a solid set up. Setting up to the ball correctly promotes a good swing, while a poor set up encourages compensations in the swing. Set up with your feet shoulder width apart, and your knees bent slightly. Create the proper spine angle by bending forward at the waist. The arms should hang comfortably down under the chin where you grip the golf club. The head should be positioned closer to the inside of the right foot while the shoulders maintain the proper shoulder tilt with the left shoulder higher than the right shoulder. Ball position and the distance you stand away from the golf ball are the two variables in the set up. Longer clubs force you to stand farther away, while you stand closer to the ball with the shorter clubs. Play the ball from the inside of your front foot with a driver and gradually move it back to the middle of your stance as each club gets shorter.

    • 4

      Practice putting when you don't have access to a practice green. Putting can easily account for 40 to 50 percent of your score. All you need is approximately 10 feet of carpet to work on the short range putts. Repetition of the proper putting stroke will benefit you when you go to the course. Improve your fundamentals by placing two clubs down on the ground and practice swinging the putter back and forth through the two clubs. Also, buy a putting mat to practice indoors. The surface will be similar to a putting green and you will have a practice hole to use for a target.