F-O-R-E Minute Friday - Why You Need to STOP Hitting the Ball to Start Striking It

Are you addicted to the range? Do you stripe it in practice swings but lose it the second a ball is in front of you?

In this edition of Fore Minute Friday, Daniel Guest challenges the number one obsession in golf: hitting the ball. We dive into why being "ball bound" is actually destroying your ability to make swing changes and why the secret to your next breakthrough might just be in your living room, not on the driving range.

In this episode, we cover:

• Process vs. Task: Why your brain panics when a ball appears.
• The Science: How neuroplasticity works and why you can’t learn at 100mph.
• The Challenge: The "Living Room Protocol" that can fix your swing in just 10 minutes a day without firing a single shot.

Stop wasting buckets and start building a better motor pattern today.

Connect with Daniel:

• Instagram: @DanielGuestGolf
• Website: www.ImagenGolf.com
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IMAGENGolf

Here's a great video on an Early Extension Wall Drill:

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Here are the "Big Two"—the two most common swing killers I see: The Slice (Over-the-Top) and Early Extension (Humping the Goat).

Here is your "Living Room Protocol" for the weekend. You don't need a ball, just a club (or an alignment stick) and a wall.

The Weekend Dry Drill Protocol

Equipment: A short iron (or just your hands) and a wall. Space: Enough room so you don't put a hole in your drywall or your TV.

Drill 1: The "Wall Slide" (For the Slicers)

Target: Fixing the Over-the-Top move and getting the club shallow.

1. Setup: Stand with your back to a wall. You want your heels about 10-12 inches away from the baseboard.
2. Backswing: Take the club to the top. The clubhead should not touch the wall yet.
3. The Move: As you start your downswing, I want you to feel the clubhead gently touch the wall behind you.
4. The Slide: Keep the clubhead lightly dragging down the wall until the shaft is parallel to the ground.
   • The Feeling: This forces the club to stay behind your hands (shallowing) instead of steepening out in front of you.
5. Exit: Once you hit parallel, rotate through to the finish.

Pro Tip: If you come over the top, you will miss the wall entirely or slam into it on the follow-through. Keep it glued to the wall on the way down.

Drill 2: The "Cheek Squeeze" (For Early Extension)

Target: Keeping your hips deep and stopping the flip.

1. Setup: Stand in your golf posture with your butt specifically resting against a wall (or a chair).
2. Backswing: As you turn back, your right glute should slide along the wall, but maintain contact.
3. Transition: This is the key. As you start down, do NOT let your butt come off the wall.
4. Impact: At the moment of impact (in slow motion), your left glute should be pushing hard into the wall.
5. The Check: If you finish the swing and there is a gap between your trousers and the wall, you early extended.

Pro Tip: Feel like you are trying to push the wall over with your left hip pocket on the way through.

The Prescription

Here is your set structure. Do not rush this.

• 5 Minutes: Wall Slide Drill (Slow motion)
• 5 Minutes: Cheek Squeeze Drill (Slow motion)
• Final 2 Minutes: Full swings (no wall) trying to blend both feels.

Do this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. When you get to the course next week, that swing is going to feel completely different.