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Pillow drill

I needed some extra motivation to practice my swing in our living room. Swinging at an imaginary ball is okay for a while, but ... it's dull.

I found an old pillow. I thought it might work as an impact bag, but it is little too heavy. To not to break my clubs I started to swing so that I only sweepped the surface very little.

This is a very good exercise! It develops a very good control of distance to ground. To sweep the surface so that you can hear a sound but the pillow hardly moves is challenging for me. And it makes swinging feel like swinging with a ball - there is something in stake. I know if I succeeded or not.

Also this gives an clue about how clubhead speed affects on impact. Swinging faster tends to create a thick impact.

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