Tommy Fleetwood uses a modified gate drill to perfect its placement blow.
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Pro Golfists are obsessed after perfecting two things when it comes to setting: starting line AND Street of stroke in the brain. There are other elements that are important (speed to be the boss between them), but the starting line and the stroke path are two things in which they work constantly.
The starting line and the stroke path are additional skills, and they have a great impact on your ability to make a blow. If your stroke trail turns off, it makes it difficult to start the places in your target line. And if you are not hitting your line, it becomes almost impossible to constantly hit.
When a project gets in green practice, they almost always start their routine working on these two things. Often times, it includes a placement picture and some kind of gate system, but differs from player to player. What does not change is the emphasis they place these two skills.
Tommy Fleetwood is such a professional that uses a port drill to perfect his striking path – but he uses a slightly modified version of popular configuration.
Modified Fleetwood Gate Workout
Most gate drills are placed with two barriers – usually tees – connected to the ground on either side of your lid. From there, the goal is to swing your putterhead through the “gates” when you make your blow.
When Fleetwood places this drill, he does not put Tea in accordance with each other. Instead, he catches one theme on the outside of his lid near the ball, and the other inside the Putterhead several inches BEHIND the ball. He does this to make sure his route to the brain is in a good line throughout it whole stroke
With the traditional gate training, Putterhead can slightly swing on the line on the back and through, as long as it is corrected before influence, it will pass through the gates without any problems. With the modified exercise of the Fleetwood gate, he must swing his lid on the intended line throughout the blow not to knock on the sack.
In this case, it looks like Fleetwood is trying to make sure that he does not swing too far away while stroke, but Tees can be moved to fix the opposite problem. All that needs to be done is reflecting the position of two tees.
If you see yourself trying to keep a steady path with your putterhead throughout the blow, give a modified blow to this port. If done properly, it should help you develop a steady blow that will go more strokes.
