Villages Golf Academy instructor Mitch Adcock says one of the most impor1. Get two water bottles tant improvements a player can make is with their downswing, just before making contact with the ball. Where some players may swing out-to-in, others may swing in-to-out, and either can cause poor contact with the golf ball. Here's an exercise Adcock recommends for anyone looking to make better contact with their golf swing. 2. Arrange the bottles in a diagonal fashion. Golfers who find themselves with a downswing that arcs in-to-out will want to put the bottle closest to them farther back, making a diagonal line with the ball and the other bottle. Golfers with a downswing that arcs out-to-in (which Adcock says is far more common among novice to intermediate golfers) should arrange the bottles with the closest bottle farther up, again forming a diagonal line with the ball and the second bottle. 3. When making your swing, neither bottle should fall over, meaning you adjusted your swing to make better contact with the golf ball. from the fridge (or any similarly shaped object that can stand up on its own). MAGAZINE 47 Correct! Wrong! Out-to-In In-to-Out