Three Golf Swing Rehearsals You Can Check on Video
Try three simple golf practice rehearsals with clear setup, repetitions and video checkpoints. Choose one focus and compare comfortable swings.
Key Takeaways
- 1Choose one rehearsal that matches your current practice question.
- 2Use comfortable, slow movement and a repeatable camera position.
- 3Check the named movement; do not judge a drill only by an app score.
A useful golf drill gives you something specific to rehearse and a way to check it. The three options below are simple observation exercises. They are not a personalized swing prescription, and you do not need an app to try them. If you have a coach's current priority, use that to choose your focus.
1. Repeat your setup
Setup: Choose a flat practice area. Place an alignment stick or spare club on the ground outside your swing area, parallel to your intended target line. Keep it clear of your feet and club.
Repetitions: Step away, return to address and repeat five times without hitting a ball. Use the same club each time.
Video checkpoint: Record from a fixed position. Compare where your feet and ball appear relative to your ground reference, and whether you keep rebuilding a similar stance.
What the check means: This helps reveal an inconsistent setup. It does not determine the ideal ball position or stance width for every golfer or club.
2. Make a slow takeaway rehearsal
Setup: With space around you and no ball, take your normal address position. Film from down-the-line using a stable phone.
Repetitions: Make five comfortable, slow takeaways, pause briefly while the club is still easy to see, then return to address. Avoid forcing a body or wrist position.
Video checkpoint: Compare the same club position across repetitions. Check whether the club stays visible and whether your starting position is repeatable.
What the check means: You are learning to observe a movement consistently. A particular screen position is not a universal ideal path, because camera alignment changes the view.
3. Hold a comfortable finish
Setup: Start with an easy rehearsal swing without a ball. Leave ample clearance around your body and club.
Repetitions: Make five slow swings and hold your natural finish for a count of three. Increase speed only if it remains comfortable.
Video checkpoint: Can you finish without an extra recovery step? Compare similar-speed repetitions and note when balance feels different.
What the check means: This is a balance observation, not proof that a swing will produce better contact or distance. Stop if a movement causes discomfort.
Record one comparison
Choose one exercise, then film a normal swing from the same camera position. Keep the original clip. Compare the checkpoint you selected and note what remains unclear. Avoid combining all three exercises into a new swing thought at once.
SwingSmith can help organize a video into positions and a suggested practice priority. See a real result before deciding whether that feedback is useful. Your first starter analysis is free in the app; paid features are separate. Get the app when you are ready to review a recording.
Coaching references
For further instruction, see PGA of America’s alignment practice guidance and Brendon Elliott’s balanced-finish exercise. The short sets above are an editorial practice example, not a PGA-endorsed SwingSmith program.