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Golf Swing Drills From Divot Board's Coaching Partners
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The drills below come from Adam Young (bestselling author of The Practice Manual) and Mark Crossfield (one of golf's most-watched instructional coaches on YouTube). Every drill pairs with the feedback your Divot Board gives you on every swing, so you can see whether the drill is actually working.
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This page collects free golf swing drills from Divot Board's coaching partners: a complete product tutorial from Adam Young and five diagnostic drill videos from Mark Crossfield covering club path, fat shots, thin shots, heel strikes, and toe strikes. Every drill is designed to pair with the divot pattern feedback the Divot Board reveals on every swing.
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The Featured Training Videos
Watch these in whatever order fits your practice. Adam's tutorial covers the fundamentals of using your Divot Board. Mark's five drill videos each target a specific ball-striking fault that shows up in your divot pattern.
Adam Young's Divot Board Tutorial
About the coach: Adam Young is a bestselling golf coach and the author of The Practice Manual. He's one of our featured coaching partners and calls the Divot Board “one of the simplest and greatest golf training aids ever created.”
What this tutorial covers:
- How to set up your Divot Board correctly for your normal swing
- What each type of divot pattern reveals about your contact
- How to structure focused practice sessions using the board
- How to translate what you see into swing corrections
Most new owners watch this first. It's the fastest way to get productive with your board.
Want to go deeper? Adam's full instructional program, The Strike Plan, is the natural next step for golfers who resonate with his teaching style.
adamyounggolf.comUnderstanding Club Path (Mark Crossfield)
What this video covers: How your swing path shapes ball flight, what causes common path faults, and the drills Mark uses to work on club path with his students.
Divot direction. Left-leaning divots reveal an out-to-in path (slice territory). Right-leaning divots reveal an in-to-out path (hook territory). Straight-down-the-line divots are what you're building toward.
Fat Shots (Mark Crossfield)
What this video covers: Why fat contact happens, the setup and weight-shift changes that fix it, and Mark's drill approach for moving your low point forward.
A heavy divot starting well behind the ball marker. As the drill takes hold, that mark should migrate forward until it lands just past the ball.
Thin Shots (Mark Crossfield)
What this video covers: What causes thin contact, the setup and posture checks that address it, and Mark's drill approach for consistent ball-first strikes.
A faint mark, no mark, or a scuff on the leading edge of the strike zone. As the fix takes hold, you'll see a real divot appear starting just past the ball.
Heel Strikes (Mark Crossfield)
What this video covers: What causes heel strikes, the setup adjustments to address them, and Mark's drill approach for moving contact back to the center of the face.
The divot's position across the width of the board. Heel strikes sit on the inside edge (closer to your feet). As the drill works, the mark should migrate toward center.
Toe Strikes (Mark Crossfield)
What this video covers: What causes toe contact, the setup and release considerations that address it, and Mark's drill approach for consistent center-face strikes.
The divot's position across the width of the board. Toe strikes sit on the outside edge (target side). As the drill works, contact returns to the center of the board.
The Types of Golf Swing Drills Every Golfer Should Know
Not every drill has its own video in the collection above. But the drill categories below are the ones that produce the biggest gains for most amateur golfers. Here's what each type addresses and how the Divot Board helps you know whether the work is paying off.
Golf Swing Path Drills
Path drills teach your body to swing the club through impact on the line you actually want. Alignment stick channels, inside-out swing patterns, and over-the-top correction drills are the classic examples.
On the board: The Divot Board shows path directly: your divot direction traces the club's path through impact.
Golf Swing Plane Drills
Swing plane is the angle your club travels on from takeaway to impact. Too steep and you dig or come over the top. Too flat and you hook or fight low-point issues. Wall drills and towel-under-the-arms drills are the standard fixes.
On the board: Watch your Divot Board for divot depth: steep plane produces deep, gouging divots. Shallower plane produces cleaner center strikes.
Golf Swing Tempo Drills
Tempo is the most underrated part of the swing. Almost every amateur rushes the transition, which throws off sequencing and contact. Three-to-one count drills, feet-together drills, and slow-motion swings all target this.
On the board: Watch your Divot Board for consistency across ten swings. Good tempo produces repeatable patterns. Rushed tempo scatters marks across the board.
Golf Weight Shift Drills
Weight hanging on your back foot at impact creates fat shots, thin shots, and lost distance. Step drills, pump drills, and pressure-shift drills all target weight transfer.
On the board: Watch your divot start-point on the board. As weight shift improves, the divot moves forward and lands past the ball marker.
Golf Ball Striking Drills
Ball striking is the sum of everything: path, plane, tempo, weight shift, and impact position. Low-point control drills, nine-to-three drills, and punch-shot drills all target compression and center-face contact.
On the board: Every drill here pairs with an unmistakable divot pattern telling you if it worked.
Golf Practice Drills for Better Structure
The drills you do matter less than how you sequence them. Block-to-random progressions, fault-of-the-week focus, and warm-up-to-work-to-wind-down session structures all beat random range time.
On the board: The Divot Board becomes the through-line: it tells you whether the session actually changed your ball striking.
How These Drills Pair With Your Divot Board
Drills without feedback are practice for its own sake. Drills with feedback are how you actually get better.
Every drill on this page is built to be verified on your Divot Board. You do a rep, look at your divot, and see immediately whether the drill produced the change you were working on. If the pattern shifted, you know the drill worked. If it didn't, you know to adjust before the next swing.
That closed loop (drill, feedback, adjust) is what separates practice that improves you from practice that reinforces whatever you were already doing.
Not sure how to read your divot patterns yet? The Divot Guide walks you through what each pattern means so you can get the most from every drill on this page.
Divot GuideLevel Up With Mark's Advanced Protocol Series
A six-week plan built to fix your ball striking
Once you've worked through the free videos above and you're ready for a structured program, Mark Crossfield's Advanced Protocol Series is your next step. It takes your Divot Board practice from “run a drill when you feel like it” to “follow a six-week plan built to fix your ball striking, session by session.”
Every lesson is designed specifically for use with the Divot Board. Every drill has a divot pattern to watch for. Every session builds on the last.
What's inside
- 38 minutes of expert instruction from Mark Crossfield, broken into 4 focused sessions
- A six-week progressive training plan you can work through at your own pace
- Interactive Divot Board lessons with drills, feedback prompts, and next-swing corrections
- Performance framework to track your improvement week by week
Sessions cover
- Fat and thin shot correction
- Heel and toe shot correction
- Transition, shifting strike, and adding speed
- Control and reaction
Plus additional drills for
- Chip shots
- Lob shots
- Fairway bunker shots
- Delofting the club and controlling angle of attack
Who it's for: Golfers who've been through the free videos above, understand the basics of reading their divots, and want a longer, structured program to work through over six weeks.
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How to Use These Drills for Real Improvement
The videos aren't a random collection. They're a natural progression built around how you'll actually use your Divot Board.
- Start with Adam Young's tutorial.
Learn how the board works, what it shows you, and how to set up your practice sessions. This is your foundation.
- Diagnose your current miss with Mark's five drill videos.
Take twenty diagnostic swings on your board. Look at the pattern. Whichever fault shows up most (fat, thin, heel, toe, or path) is the drill video you watch first. Work that drill for a couple of weeks.
- Repeat with the next fault.
Once one pattern is corrected, move to the next. The five drill videos cover every major ball-striking fault the board reveals.
- Level up with the Advanced Protocol Series.
When you're ready for a longer, structured program that builds sequentially over six weeks, the Advanced Protocol Series is the next step.
The “twenty swings / two weeks” approach is our recommended workflow, not a specific prescription from the coaches.
Keep Your Feedback Surface Sharp
Drills only work if your Divot Board is giving you clear, honest feedback on every rep. When the sequin pad starts fading, it's time for a fresh one.
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Fresh pads mean crisp, unmistakable feedback on every drill.
Frequently Asked Questions About Golf Swing Drills
Start with tempo drills, weight shift work, and half-swing rotation drills. These build the foundation for consistent contact. Pair them with a Divot Board so you can see whether your strike is actually improving.
Drill, feedback, adjust
Watch the Drills. Feel the Change. See It on the Board.
The drills on this page work best when you can verify every rep with real feedback. That's what the Divot Board is built for.