Master a Tour-Level Golf Follow Through in 30 Minutes
If you want more solid, compressed, piercing golf shots, your follow-through is a great place to start.
Most golfers obsess over backswing positions, but elite ball strikers separate themselves through and after impact.
In this lesson, you’ll learn a simple 30-minute blueprint to:
Build a tour-level golf impact and follow through
Deliver compressed, long flying golf shots with repeatable contact
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👉 Watch Jeff Ritter guide you step-by-step to cleaner contact, better compression, and your best ball striking ever.
Why the Follow-Through Matters in Ball Striking
A proper follow-through is not a finish — it’s proof of a correct impact position. When the follow-through is correct, the strike is pure. This lesson explains why elite ball strikers all share similar follow-through checkpoints and how you can train them efficiently.
The 4 Follow-Through Fundamentals
These four fundamentals are the core focus of the video and appear in every drill and progression.
Weight Forward
Keeping your weight forward controls low point and produces ball-then-turf contact, the foundation of clean contact.
Arms Straight
True extension through impact delivers energy, maintains the swing radius, eliminates the dreaded “chicken wing”, and improves consistency.
Shoulder Down
Maintaining your axis of rotation via this trail shoulder tip, creates predictability in contact and low point control.
Hips Tucked (“Belt Before Buttons”)
Tucking the hips improves balance, club head speed and efficient energy delivery to the golf ball.
Drills Demonstrated in the Video
Each drill in this lesson directly reinforces one or more of the four follow-through fundamentals.
2x4 Board Push Drill
Builds proper club-body coordination and teaches correct extension through impact.
Weight-Forward Setup Drill
Trains low-point control and consistent ball-first contact.
Arm Connection Drill
Helps maintain arm structure and keeps the arms straight through impact.
Shoulder-Down Drill
Reinforces a stable swing axis for predictable contact.
Hip Tuck Cue
Uses the “belt before buttons” feel to improve balance and power.
Half-Swing Progressions
Locks in impact position before increasing speed or swing length.
Trail-Foot Banking & Cup Drill
Improves weight shift and low point control through impact.
What You’ll Learn in This Lesson
The shaft-45 checkpoint that defines a proper follow-through
How weight forward instantly improves contact and low-point control
How to keep your arms straight through impact
How trail-wrist bend and shaft lean create compression
Why shoulder down stabilizes the swing arc
How to tuck the hips for better power and balance
How to progress from short swings to half swings to full swings
Train Smarter and Build a Repeatable Impact Position
This lesson gives you a clear, repeatable system to improve your golf follow-through and build a compressed, tour-level impact position using simple drills you can practice anywhere.
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