Since I started playing a couple of months ago I've come to realise every now and then I'll come across a video where it's like I have a 'Eureka' moment, and I find what I've been doing wrong and what clicks. The whole 'not firing your right hip forward' and 'pulling the left hip back' is that moment for me. Great video, thanks
Excellent as always! Stating it as “pulling the left side back” is a great way of putting it and was a “click” moment for me on understanding. My coach and I have been working on this move and it is definitely a tough change to make.
Demonstrating the link between moves away from the ball and how it shapes the transition and approach to the ball was masterful. It will be a bit of teaching I will refer to and use over and over. It's very fundamental and shockingly comprehensive, thanks a million.
The instructor visualizes the building or charging the body from the ground up - Storing that energy onto the right side for the transition - The driver face illustration speaks for itself. Simply put - The door is attached to and gets its energy from the hinge. You can’t properly shut a door with a broken hinge. Thanks again for the visuals and to the student.
I've been feeling this move lately and try to load that trail heel and hip for the feel you are talking about. If I slow down my tempo, the result is usually a good fairway finder.
Hi Russell, regarding your first point, as an exercise, my pro once taught me to almost stand up straight at address and then bend the trail leg in the backswing. This teaches the feel for turning the hip in the right way as well as creating the correct flex/bend and pressure into the ground. Great point for driver!
Brilliant stuff mate. Thanks for that. There's definitely a point in which every intermediate golfer discovers that they don't really understand the sequence of a downswing. I fully feel at this stage! Thanks for the explanation and drills... I'll be trying these out for sure!
Russell, you can't see my head nodding in agreement. I see myself in rotating hips ... shots are erratic but enough success to keep doing it. When I keep my head back and release the hips ... ahhhhh ... nice long, straight fairway finders. I'm heading out to the driving range to practice just this!!! Thank you.
brilliant russell !!this is probably an often overlooked first principle ! and if married with tilt and stack at adress provides effective set-up pointers ,
This is really good. Thanks for the driver lesson. I was out playing a late round yesterday and also noticed the head thing on driver and also on the the fairway woods as well. I’m quickly starting to realize that I only want to follow you and get rid of all the other noise on RUclips!!!!
No matter how much I practice staying back behind the ball and hitting inside out, when it comes to actually hitting I come so far over the top. Hopefully I'm just out of sequence and moving the left hip back helps.
Keeping your head leaning back as you pull the lead side back during transition is key to creating a lot of space for the arms to swing through as you point out. . Like most amateurs this has proved difficult for me at first but at least I know what to work on and what I was doing wrong with a steep and narrow downswing and why it was happening. My head moved incorrectly at start of the downswing because of my spinning out with my right hip and not pulling my lead side back to start the down swing with a driver.. Excellent video. In previous videos, you often spoke of turning the belt buckle down and forward over lead ankle to start the down swing particularly with irons. Keeping the head back and not moving the head down and forward along with the belt buckle is difficult. How does one pull the lead side back and at the same time get the belt buckle to point down and forward without the head moving forward? Is there not a contradiction here? What am I missing?
I think this may be my problem,I can actually visualize my weak shots and there is too much forward movement with my head,I'll be sure to try this drill out next time
So how does this work if you have all of your lumbar vertebrae fused together and the range of motion is limited? I'm 6' 4" 235 and can hit my drive 220- 230 yards, but I feel I can do better and be more consistent
Right? The thumbnail insinuates this was a driver setup video, when it’s actually about transitioning from the backswing into the downswing. Good info, but misleading.
Since I started playing a couple of months ago I've come to realise every now and then I'll come across a video where it's like I have a 'Eureka' moment, and I find what I've been doing wrong and what clicks. The whole 'not firing your right hip forward' and 'pulling the left hip back' is that moment for me. Great video, thanks
Great video! Will be implementing this, 100%
Excellent as always! Stating it as “pulling the left side back” is a great way of putting it and was a “click” moment for me on understanding. My coach and I have been working on this move and it is definitely a tough change to make.
Class : simple and precise as always 👏
Great explanation about turning through with effortless power. Thank you Russell.
Demonstrating the link between moves away from the ball and how it shapes the transition and approach to the ball was masterful. It will be a bit of teaching I will refer to and use over and over. It's very fundamental and shockingly comprehensive, thanks a million.
The instructor visualizes the building or charging the body from the ground up - Storing that energy onto the right side for the transition - The driver face illustration speaks for itself. Simply put - The door is attached to and gets its energy from the hinge. You can’t properly shut a door with a broken hinge. Thanks again for the visuals and to the student.
I apologize for misrepresenting the hinge movement. Its not a spinning motion 💡
Great tips. Left side back. Who knew - works a treat 👍
I've been feeling this move lately and try to load that trail heel and hip for the feel you are talking about. If I slow down my tempo, the result is usually a good fairway finder.
Hi Russell, regarding your first point, as an exercise, my pro once taught me to almost stand up straight at address and then bend the trail leg in the backswing. This teaches the feel for turning the hip in the right way as well as creating the correct flex/bend and pressure into the ground. Great point for driver!
Excellent instruction!
Brilliant stuff mate. Thanks for that. There's definitely a point in which every intermediate golfer discovers that they don't really understand the sequence of a downswing. I fully feel at this stage! Thanks for the explanation and drills... I'll be trying these out for sure!
Great video - thanks a lot! Really needed this one.
Brilliant video and explained very well..
Another brilliant lesson! Thank you!!!
Russell, you can't see my head nodding in agreement. I see myself in rotating hips ... shots are erratic but enough success to keep doing it. When I keep my head back and release the hips ... ahhhhh ... nice long, straight fairway finders. I'm heading out to the driving range to practice just this!!! Thank you.
brilliant russell !!this is probably an often overlooked first principle ! and if married with tilt and stack at adress provides effective set-up pointers ,
This is really good. Thanks for the driver lesson. I was out playing a late round yesterday and also noticed the head thing on driver and also on the the fairway woods as well. I’m quickly starting to realize that I only want to follow you and get rid of all the other noise on RUclips!!!!
What was the head move the thumbnail suggests the video is about?
No matter how much I practice staying back behind the ball and hitting inside out, when it comes to actually hitting I come so far over the top. Hopefully I'm just out of sequence and moving the left hip back helps.
Well explained.
Keeping your head leaning back as you pull the lead side back during transition is key to creating a lot of space for the arms to swing through as you point out. . Like most amateurs this has proved difficult for me at first but at least I know what to work on and what I was doing wrong with a steep and narrow downswing and why it was happening. My head moved incorrectly at start of the downswing because of my spinning out with my right hip and not pulling my lead side back to start the down swing with a driver.. Excellent video.
In previous videos, you often spoke of turning the belt buckle down and forward over lead ankle to start the down swing particularly with irons. Keeping the head back and not moving the head down and forward along with the belt buckle is difficult. How does one pull the lead side back and at the same time get the belt buckle to point down and forward without the head moving forward? Is there not a contradiction here? What am I missing?
The reason I don’t use downward facing as often is I felt it caused more of a spinny action which would make it hard to keep the head still
Honestly the more I watch your videos the more I get confused. I'm glad it's helping other people but It helps me more to hear about feels.
This rump back is what Rory does better than anyone, and he drives the ball better than anyone, thanks!
Agreed
Some days I just can’t find the power and can never figure out why!
Definitely give this a whirl
Good stuff!
Thanks for video. Like when you have students lessons clips. You might consider an alternate coloured hat considering the background.
I think this may be my problem,I can actually visualize my weak shots and there is too much forward movement with my head,I'll be sure to try this drill out next time
So how does this work if you have all of your lumbar vertebrae fused together and the range of motion is limited? I'm 6' 4" 235 and can hit my drive 220- 230 yards, but I feel I can do better and be more consistent
The fusion will mean you’ll need to move everything together in the downswing. Maybe you could get more distance by speeding up your arms
I'm in that 5%.... i've done that for ages! Also haven't hit a fairway in ages though.
great tips but the thumb nail was showing something different !!!!
a 'lil shaft lean on the driver is helpful
I got ranked top 50 on a TopTracer driving challenge with a simple fix.
Hips like Elvis
The post's picture had nothing to do with this video. A decent instructional, but a shade click-baity.
Right? The thumbnail insinuates this was a driver setup video, when it’s actually about transitioning from the backswing into the downswing. Good info, but misleading.
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Lesson had nothing to do with the thumbnail that brought me here.
light bulb moment
the left leg should push up in the backswing not down
simple is the best.. less is more
I guess that's why my best shots are when I try to get the weight in my lead heel on the downswing. Same sensation as pulling the lead glute back.