I was reading the decades old minutes from our club where they used to have a penny drill. What is a penny drill?
Hmmm. Penny drill. Fasting, meditation and prayer did not help the Penny Priestess with this one. She had to consult Google. From Google we learn that many different sports have a penny drill designed to improve some aspect of technique. A golfer s penny drill is to putt off a stack of two pennies. Marksmen will balance a penny on the gun sights to improve steadiness and control. For training divers, a penny drill is pretty much just what you would expect and quite difficult if the penny is dropped into a silty river bed rather than a swimming pool. In fencing, the proper style of a lunge can be checked by a penny placed under the heel or on the toes. At least one downhill ski instructor suggests a penny drill to improve stance; in this instance the penny is put under the tongue of the ski boot and held in position by keeping the shin pressed forward in the boot. So, if you belong to a golf, ski, gun, swim or fencing club, you have your answer. But there is another category of penny dr
