3 Essential Ball Striking Drills for New or Returning Golfers
Struggling with ball striking? LPGA Instructor Nathalie Sheehan offers three key drills for beginners: grip practice, wrist hinge improvement, and body rotation training.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Nathalie Filler has had tremendous success and passion for the game of golf since her highly successful junior golf days. Nathalie played Division I golf at the University of Delaware. After College, Nathalie began to play professionally and still loves to compete.
Nathalie began her teaching career working with PGA president, Suzy Whaley and now spends her summers teaching at The Philadelphia Cricket Club and her winters teaching at Old Palm Golf Club.
Nathalie loves working with players of all ages and skill levels. Her teaching style has been influenced by top instructors such as Suzy Whaley and Martin Hall.
Follow Nathalie online on Instagram @nattiegolf and Facebook.
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Struggling with ball striking? LPGA Instructor Nathalie Sheehan offers three key drills for beginners: grip practice, wrist hinge improvement, and body rotation training.
Struggling with chipping? Nathalie Filler shows you how to hit clean, high-lofted chips from tricky lies and introduces simpler, reliable bump-and-run techniques with an 8-iron or hybrid. Get ready to improve your short game and lower your scores.
If you struggle with thin or heavy iron shots, your swing is bottoming out too early. Nathalie Sheehan shares a simple drill using only your golf towel to guarantee clean, ball-first contact.
Natalie Filler explains that forcing a straight putting path on longer strokes creates tension. The putter naturally follows a slight arc because the stroke moves around your body as it’s bent over the ball.
Tired of hitting slices or hooks? Natalie Sheehan breaks down the science of shot shape, explaining how the relationship between your club path and clubface determines your ball flight. She provides two essential setup drills—the “Closed Body Draw Drill” and the “Open Body Fade Drill”—to help you counteract your current miss and hit a controlled shot toward your target.
Are you a golfer who find yourself saying sorry for every bad shot on the golf course? LPGA Instructor Nathalie Filler shares how to fix it. Learn to stop apologizing for your misses and focus on being a joy to play with.
Learn the fundamentals of chipping with LPGA professional Nathalie Filler. This lesson covers everything from club selection to proper setup, focusing on a shot that stays low and rolls toward the hole.
Are you topping the golf ball and constantly told to “hit down more”? Nathalie Sheehan reveals why that common advice might be making your problem worse! Nathalie shows why your swing’s low point often gets too far forward, causing those frustrating thin shots.
Nathalie Sheehan demonstrates three easy practice swing checks to help you hit consistently good chip shots around the green.
Want to hit the ball longer and more consistently? In this short clip, Nathalie Sheehan shares a simple fix for proper wrist hinge, highlighting how it impacts ground contact and clubhead speed.
Struggling with a flat shoulder plane in your backswing? Nathalie Sheehan (@nattiegolf) shares a simple fix: add side bend and rotate into your backswing to maintain posture and improve ground contact.
Nathalie Sheehan shows how to correct the most common mistakes golfers make in their swing.
