I create a practice plan for every one of my videos. You can access this weeks plan here: www.dannymaude.com/strike-your-irons-practice-guide If you want to learn more about the wrist sensor I use in this video use this link here: hackmotion.com/dannymaude. If you use the code dannymaude there's a nice discount too 😁
I'm super young and flexible right now and can do a full back swing without having to bend my arms at all . hopefully when I get older I don't lose it too much and can still hold the way I am learning now . then I might have to relearn a back swing
The way you explain things is top notch. Loved the part how you said most people don't have that flexibility to create the depth in backswing. Even the younger players dont at times and this is what makes you r teaching realistic. Thank you so much
This is a very common misconception, my friend. Imho, of course. I thought the same thing. I am disabled (not handicapped- huge difference, but noteworthy) and when I first started golfing (January-ish) I had zero flexibility, no rotation at basically every position, couldn't coil or get my belt buckle target-side @ impact. Think of playing "stick-in-the-mud" as a kid (minus the beatings). From my midsection/waist down I was locked in place. My sternum and buckle pointing directly at the ball (when positioned in the middle of my stance). Anyway, I've been spending a lot of time learning "how" to rotate properly and there aren't any crazy flexibility demands or that one must possess some otherworldly musculoskeletal framework to swing well is a bit misguided, at best. I get everyone is different, but i truly believe that by learning "exactly" how to rotate properly, it's enabled me to more easily attain the "proper" alignment. Not sayingthat I'm even doing it correctly-hahaha-but my point is that now I can much more freely rotate whereas before I could not at all. Also, a disciplined stretching regimen will behoove your flexibility immensely. And so will hydrating. I know, simple stuff, but I'm still a noob.. and it's the simple stuff that's most often overlooked. 👍
Hello Mr. Maude! Tom here, some very ambitioned golfer from german. I want to use this new upload to express my imeasurable gratitude towards your work. I was stuck in the handicap range of about Hcp 10, I practice 2-4 hours every Day on the range, hit about 200-500 balls everyday but just could not make any progression anymore. I was hitting my 7 Iron about 160 yards and my driver about 250. I tried lots of hours with pros, a lot of RUclips university but literally nothing helped. I was right at the edge of quitting... Until I came across one of your videos (Uploaded two months ago). I immediatly connected with your way of describing the feel and the motion of the golfswing. What really grinded into my mind was your phrase "Down, and arround, down and arround". So I went to the range and tried it! Literally all I did was focusing on "Down and arround". And what should I say? It literally changed everything! Every shot now gets completely straigh, perfect contact every time, perfect divot. "Down and arround". My body is now able to deliver all its power (Im quite strong, 1,90m tall, 100kg heavy) and now my 7 Iron goes 180 yards, the driver 290-300! I went from shooting like 10 to 15 over across 18 holes to shooting par or even 1 to 3 UNDER!! IN JUST ONE WEEK!!! You literally changed everything. Massive thanks, I will now start to watch every Video of you. Wish I could do more to acnowledge and thank you for what you did to me! Kind regards A very happy Tom
Love this comment! I to love golf and i have never played more than the last month. I have take 458 906 steps in august (when my phone is with me), and most of them are on the golfcourse 😅. can u imagine my shoulder pain from the bag hanging lol. Anyway Im almost exactly in your position, and i just saw that video "down and around", and wrote down in my notes that im gonna try it. Then i saw you comment now, witch made me even more hyped up😎 Cheers from Norway and good luck with your game✌
@@Floki6753 Sounds great! I do carry only as well 🤣 everyday 18 holes. 🤣 The Video was exactly what I needed. Let me know if it worked for you as well! I wish you all the best! 😊 I hope that Danny sees this comment. I really want him to know how thankful I am...
Hallo aus Salzburg, me too I am one of dannys hugest Fans. My play has improved so much! I just dont know which Video you are talking about. Would love to See it. Could you please tell me? Schönes Spiel noch u grüsse aus Salzburg
@@hettiorsini-rosenberg5615 Aus Salzburg? Wie klein die Welt doch ist! Ich komme aus Freilassing. Wo spielst du? Das Video heißt "Use this incredible drill to master your downswing", kam vor drei Monaten raus und hat ca. 500.000 Aufrufe! Dir auch ein schönes Spiel
Danny I absolutely love your videos. I have learned more about golf and made more progress in my game in the past month than I did in 20 years. One thing I love about your videos is how easy it is to take what you are teaching to the range to work on it the right way. It is amazing how far you hit the ball with such an effortless swing. One thing I struggle with is not moving up and down with my head during the golf swing. It would be very helpful if you did a video on how to keep your posture and not drop down when you are swinging. Hopefully I am making sense. Thanks!
I’ve watched 100s of videos but this has been the only clear one.. I got a lesson a year ago and this was what the coach had taught me but I forgot it and lost the muscle memory over time and have been getting frustrated. This video just made my brain click back on again so Hopefullly I can go beat my pops this morning after practicing this pre round today! Amazing tutorial Danny!
Extraordinary Danny how your latest video always covers what I am working on at the time! For example I only recently discovered how good it felt at the top to cock my wrists and have the face of the club point downwards. Just as I am patting myself on the back you come along and say that's all wrong. I will try it out tomorrow. Many thanks.
😂 send me a video Brian, happy to have a look. Even better send one through my membership portal on dannymaude.com. Can give you a proper analysis there
Thank you Danny. My first season golfing this year. Filming basically every range session. this video literally covers my main issue with my golfswing. Thanks a bunch!
I'm checking in from Tucson, AZ, USA. I watched your video this morning, and it really clicked with me. I just finished 18 holes and hit every club in my bag better than I have in a long while. The wrist position at the top of the back swing was the key. I had better contact and ball flight-thanks!
I’am 77 years old, 13 handicap, and have been playing 50 years. Yesterday I lost my swing including the shanks. I watched this video and put a card inside my glove as you described. It worked, hitting 25 balls with 2 or 3 bad shots, I’ve got my swing back. I’ll probably use the card for the next few rounds(not tournament related). Thanks Steve
I have learnt to flatten my left wrist this year and it has made such a difference to the way I strike the ball and my handicap has now dropped. Love the credit card drill, you can really feel it digging in if you get it wrong. Thanks Danny for another great video.
I hope you know after my first two years of golf and hundreds of hours of videos, lessons, and range sessions, you just made the greatest adjustment in my swing yet.
Danny, your videos are phenomenal! Watching your videos has helped me to fix my slice and inconsistent contact with my Driver and my irons. I can’t wait to test this credit card feedback out. Thank you!!
Thanks Danny, one of your best videos ever - this has transformed my ball striking and my swing feels much more controlled, particularly in the transition from back swing to down swing. Also found it really helped with chipping and pitching. Just one thing, why didn't you do this video 5 years ago?? 🤣🤣
Leo's golf swing is vastly improved. So hard to hit when so many people watching. He's a good learner. Your wrist cupping demo showed where I was couple years ago but I shortened my backswing and the clubface doesn't open nearly as much as it used to. Good video today danny. Will look up the Hack Motion. Bad habits get ingrained but with feedback I may be able to get good contact consistently. I think that, like Leo, I hit down too much. I started playing the ball where it lies and believe me, you start hitting down on the ball pretty quickly and you feel like any shot is possible. Much more fun that way. Thank You!
Danny I can honestly say this drill has really massively improved my ball striking and distance on irons and hybrids using the same swing I’ve had for years. Actually took it to the golf course today … Thank you
Love my Hackmotion device. Just upgraded to the new model. Hips have to be significantly turned at impact, just like the pros or any skilled hitters. Hips turned allowed wrist to remain bowed, with club lag and shaft lean. It all went together. Hips facing the ball on impact, or turning insufficiently simply didn't allow for those things to happen. Hackmotion is what finally helped me figure that out.
I swear to god you must be reading my mind or have a camera in my house, every time you release a new video it’s like exactly what I’m in the middle of working on. Got myself a nice sunburn today working with the HackMotion in my hitting cage on the exact drill you were showing !!
This video should have 1,000+ positive comments. I haven't read all the comments but this concept 100% spot on. This addresses so many "issues" for me. By "bowing" the lead wrist, my trail hand is gently forced backwards into that "waiter carrying a tray" position. It helps prevent the club face crossing over the plane at the top of the takeaway, which helps keep the club on plane on the downswing, and of course, as you stated, gets the club face back square at impact. Without a club, just interlock your fingers and experiment with cupping and bowing your lead wrist. Sorry for being so verbose, but this was/is a lightbulb moment for me! Great video, happy I am subscribed.
This tip is critical to great ball striking. You might disagree with me Danny, but I don't think you can actually be too laid off at the top. When I was struggling the most, I was breaking my wrist just like you depicted. My best ball striking this summer has been a wrist set at the top. Staying connected with my body also helps. Thank you for reinforcing my "feel".
Found a fault in my swing this week. Leading arm at address was relaxed, at impact the leading arm is straight hence hitting just behind the ball. Many thanks for this tip, I used to do something similar using a comb ( when I had hair 😂 ). I’ll give it a try later. Still the best instructor 👍.
This is a great lesson. Extending the lead wrist at the top of the backswing makes it feel like it is increasing radial deviation 👍 but what is actually does is rotate hand and club around the thumbs opening the face. Hitting down to make a ball go up is counter-intuitive. I find practice whacking weeds in the yard with my 7i really help getting the feeling of whacking down into the ball because there isn’t any ball you are trying to get up into the air. 😊
Took this one thought with me to the course today and struck my irons and wedges better than ever. 5 shots under handicap and should have been better (wayward driver). Amazingly simple. Thanks.
Danny, discovered you and your channel at the start of the 🇨🇦 golf season. Following your tips my driving is now the best it has ever been. Thanks. Now concentrating on my irons improvement. This explains a great deal to me about my ‘fault’ - cupping at the top. Could I ask ‘why do I more easily compress the ball when I’m on a slight uphill lie’? Happens all the time. 👊👍
Yes Danny I’m tall and have not been able to swing full and it’s cupping my hands and I’m fighting to get it fixed without weakening my grip and it’s causing loss of distance and my ball is so inconsistent, this was the drill I needed thank you 🙏
Holy crap ! Seeing you “finish the back swing “by cupping wrist you also slightly bent your elbow ! Which has been my “trigger point” to know whento stop back swing and start down . I know im not suppose to bend the elbow, and ,unless i completely concentrate on just that (keeping arm straight,which causes other issues ) it’s always really been difficult for me to even realize i do it. So i use the “as soon as i feel the elbow break “ feel… and now i see i may have been cupping my wrist when doing this . Which ,since i usually try to bow (or usually keep a flattened wrist ) to stop flicking… i see why i might be miss hitting(pushing right ) like every 3rd or 4th swing already@ 3 mins in🤦🏼♂️✌️👍🏼…otherwise i usually make crisp and powerful contact…time for me to head to the range ,and stop my low to mid 50’s 9 hole rounds , hopefully 😬
Watched this video Saturday morning. Played a round immediately after and knocked 5-10 shots off my usual round by following this lesson! Excellent Danny! Thanks for this!
Once again its like you know my problems and have a fix. Cupped lead wrist at the top and not hitting the turf. Its good to see Leo again too, he's like me - no practice and doesn't plan a lot. Keep up the good tips please.
Danny do you have a video that shows the whole swing from start to finish? I find that many RUclips videos simply show parts of the swing and what to do or not do for that part and that is fine. However, form me my preference is to see a whole swing and then what I need to focus on if my ball flight doesn’t do what I had intended to do. Many thanks.
Danny, Which version of the hack-motion where you using for this lesson out of the 3 they range from 250-almost 1000 USD. And if you were using the most expensive pro version, what were the benefits of using that one for your teaching?
I have the pro but was only using the date supplied by the basic model in this lesson. The pro measures ulnar and radial deviation. I think this could be great for chipping but I wouldn’t necessary jump into that yet until I’ve fully tested it. You can simply pay for a software upgrade should you need it
Hi Danny, loved the video. I need to give this a try. I was considering buying Hackmotion. Just not sure I could use it properly without someone like yourself beside me. You seemed lukewarm to the device on the video. There didn't appear to be a WOW factor for you. Did I interpret things correctly? If you feel strongly it could help my wrist position then I will buy it. Do I get a discount through you? Thanks again.
Being mindful of achieving lead-wrist flexion at-the-top was transformational to my game a few years ago. At address, with a neutral-ish grip, the lead-wrist starts with some extension. Question: do you generally promote a flexion checkpoint during takeaway? or at any point between address and top-of-backswing?
The lead wrist for nearly all great players is more flexed at the top than it is at address and again at impact. How much it flexes will depend on how strong or weak your grip is. The weaker your grip the flexion you will naturally need to create
High Danny, many thanks for your great videos. I learned so much from. I have one question about the ball position and I hope you can explain it to me. In Germany teachers tell me the ball position is from right with short irons feet to the middle with a seven iron and with longer irons to the left. Why do you show us, that the position of the ball is one club face from the left foot? Is it new method?
Hi Fritz, although you can of course change the ball position to create different flights why would you want to change it for a standard shot. I want to strike the ball in the same way. What does change is stance width. Remember as stance width gets wider (longer irons) it will appear that the ball is forward in the stance Also as the stance gets really narrow it will appear more central
13:03 As a new golfer i find your videos extremely helpful. Does this all also apply to the hybrid? That is, is the setup, swing and wrist the same? I assume the low point with the hybrid is base of the grass and at the ball , not after it.
Question, ive tried to have your ball position, but when i do, i tend to hit it fat, or a massive pull left, im guessing its because my weight isnt shifting left enough (im a righty) but when i do keep it middle, i seem to strike it very well. Should i aim for your ball position? Or keep doing what im doing? (totally loaded question, but i thought id ask lol)
I suppose it depends on how far you are hitting the ball and how accurately you are hitting it. Moving the ball back of you are catching it fat is certainly a way to help you hit the ball before the ground but it can stop you getting though the ball. If you aren’t moving through the ball with your body you could be leaving some much needed power on the table
@@DanielMaude I’ll keep playing with ball position, your other video about taking a bigger backswing has already proven to be fruitful as I’ve gained all and more of my distance back. Thanks! 😊
Danny. Great video. I have “Golfshot pro” that tells me my wrist rotation, wrist path and wrist close rate, three feedback data that doesn’t tell me anything useful. Is that data similar to your Latvian machine? What numbers should they tell me?
@@MOOKLE808 feedback, the card or the wrist sensor I use in this video will give you feedback. Active feedback like this is invaluable in making the changes you want to make
Hack motion aside, would the idea of the credit card flat lead wrist feel work with the driver? Also, when the lead wrist is flat the trail wrist is cupped. Should that cupped trail wrist get flattened at some point and if so, when should that happen. Thanks. Am rediscovering your channel. And hello from Canada.
Hi Jason, welcome back. 💯 it works for driver and the right wrist continues to lose its hinge throughout the downswing and has completely gone by first parallel after impact
Hey Danny with you being the very BEST Coach online why did you not play on Wed at Est Lake in Creators Cup? You make the best videos on YT and should have been there!!
Danny, another great video. Would you have a fix for the ultimate game killer in the “shanks”?!!!!! I’ve had them for two months. I’ve been to three pro’s and I can’t fix it. Please help!!!
Hi Frank, the first is understanding what is causing your shanks. Ultimately the club head is moving out away from your body and out away from the ball. To eliminate the shanks you need the club head to be working more inwards towards your body in the downswing as opposed to away. One drill that often works because it naturally helps you do this is to set up normally, then push the club out away from your body so it is no longer behind the ball. Make a swing and hit the ball. To do this from this address position you will have to naturally move the club head back inwards towards the body
I think another one of your videos (from 1-2 years ago) has the ball positioned closer to the middle of sternum? Doesn’t positioning closer to your left foot (as a righty) make you hit up on the ball, like you would want with a driver?
Hello Danny, I compress the ball well but I have a problem. My ball is always or almost always on the left because I have an inside curve I am right-handed. In a future broadcast would you be able to show us why this happens and how to fix it. Thanks in advance I love your way of explaining things.
You mean you are hooking it? It means you arent shifting your weight forward, you are staying back. Also your swing path with your arms is too "cutty", go back with your arms in the backswing to create drawing path.
Hi Danny, always the best content and lessons. Hackmotion looks like a good device. Gee Liam has come a long way from when he started playing golf. I hope he's shouting you a few coffee's!
So this is bowing the wrist at the top of the backswing. And if you are less flexible, you can take a three-quarter swing. Striking the ball with the bowed wrist will square the club and then allow you to naturally finish with the clubface towards your target and then up and around your lead shoulder. But on shorter wedge shots, you finish earlier after the ball strike. The pros do this all the time. Love the credit card tip. Perhaps using a tee will do the same - even better with some sting from pointed end if you cup instead of bow your wrists.
Hi Danny, I also know how to hit the ball off the fairway and hard ground where I can actually compress the ball. I try to play the same shot when from a soft sand lie, but all that happens is the ball travels less than far as far as it will from a hard lie. Instead of trying to compress the should I try and scoop the ball.
Hello Danny - I will give this a go since I rarely take a divot (maybe a graze!) and yet at my most recent lesson the pro said I was striking it well but I didn’t feel the compression that was apparent in your video -
I create a practice plan for every one of my videos. You can access this weeks plan here: www.dannymaude.com/strike-your-irons-practice-guide
If you want to learn more about the wrist sensor I use in this video use this link here: hackmotion.com/dannymaude. If you use the code dannymaude there's a nice discount too 😁
I'm super young and flexible right now and can do a full back swing without having to bend my arms at all . hopefully when I get older I don't lose it too much and can still hold the way I am learning now . then I might have to relearn a back swing
The way you explain things is top notch. Loved the part how you said most people don't have that flexibility to create the depth in backswing. Even the younger players dont at times and this is what makes you r teaching realistic. Thank you so much
Really kind Roberto
This is a very common misconception, my friend. Imho, of course. I thought the same thing. I am disabled (not handicapped- huge difference, but noteworthy) and when I first started golfing (January-ish) I had zero flexibility, no rotation at basically every position, couldn't coil or get my belt buckle target-side @ impact. Think of playing "stick-in-the-mud" as a kid (minus the beatings). From my midsection/waist down I was locked in place. My sternum and buckle pointing directly at the ball (when positioned in the middle of my stance). Anyway, I've been spending a lot of time learning "how" to rotate properly and there aren't any crazy flexibility demands or that one must possess some otherworldly musculoskeletal framework to swing well is a bit misguided, at best. I get everyone is different, but i truly believe that by learning "exactly" how to rotate properly, it's enabled me to more easily attain the "proper" alignment. Not sayingthat I'm even doing it correctly-hahaha-but my point is that now I can much more freely rotate whereas before I could not at all. Also, a disciplined stretching regimen will behoove your flexibility immensely. And so will hydrating. I know, simple stuff, but I'm still a noob.. and it's the simple stuff that's most often overlooked. 👍
Hello Mr. Maude!
Tom here, some very ambitioned golfer from german.
I want to use this new upload to express my imeasurable gratitude towards your work.
I was stuck in the handicap range of about Hcp 10, I practice 2-4 hours every Day on the range, hit about 200-500 balls everyday but just could not make any progression anymore. I was hitting my 7 Iron about 160 yards and my driver about 250.
I tried lots of hours with pros, a lot of RUclips university but literally nothing helped. I was right at the edge of quitting... Until I came across one of your videos (Uploaded two months ago).
I immediatly connected with your way of describing the feel and the motion of the golfswing.
What really grinded into my mind was your phrase "Down, and arround, down and arround". So I went to the range and tried it!
Literally all I did was focusing on "Down and arround". And what should I say? It literally changed everything!
Every shot now gets completely straigh, perfect contact every time, perfect divot. "Down and arround".
My body is now able to deliver all its power (Im quite strong, 1,90m tall, 100kg heavy) and now my 7 Iron goes 180 yards, the driver 290-300!
I went from shooting like 10 to 15 over across 18 holes to shooting par or even 1 to 3 UNDER!! IN JUST ONE WEEK!!!
You literally changed everything. Massive thanks, I will now start to watch every Video of you.
Wish I could do more to acnowledge and thank you for what you did to me!
Kind regards
A very happy Tom
Love this comment! I to love golf and i have never played more than the last month. I have take 458 906 steps in august (when my phone is with me), and most of them are on the golfcourse 😅. can u imagine my shoulder pain from the bag hanging lol. Anyway Im almost exactly in your position, and i just saw that video "down and around", and wrote down in my notes that im gonna try it. Then i saw you comment now, witch made me even more hyped up😎 Cheers from Norway and good luck with your game✌
@@Floki6753 Sounds great! I do carry only as well 🤣 everyday 18 holes. 🤣
The Video was exactly what I needed. Let me know if it worked for you as well! I wish you all the best! 😊
I hope that Danny sees this comment. I really want him to know how thankful I am...
Brilliant Tom, well done 🙌 thank you for taking the time to comment 😁 appreciate hearing about your progress and journey 👍
Hallo aus Salzburg, me too I am one of dannys hugest Fans. My play has improved so much! I just dont know which Video you are talking about. Would love to See it. Could you please tell me? Schönes Spiel noch u grüsse aus Salzburg
@@hettiorsini-rosenberg5615 Aus Salzburg? Wie klein die Welt doch ist! Ich komme aus Freilassing. Wo spielst du?
Das Video heißt "Use this incredible drill to master your downswing", kam vor drei Monaten raus und hat ca. 500.000 Aufrufe!
Dir auch ein schönes Spiel
Coffee and Danny’s pearls of wisdom …. It must be Saturday!! 😊
I do love my Coffee on a Saturday morning
Danny I absolutely love your videos. I have learned more about golf and made more progress in my game in the past month than I did in 20 years. One thing I love about your videos is how easy it is to take what you are teaching to the range to work on it the right way. It is amazing how far you hit the ball with such an effortless swing. One thing I struggle with is not moving up and down with my head during the golf swing. It would be very helpful if you did a video on how to keep your posture and not drop down when you are swinging. Hopefully I am making sense. Thanks!
Thank you Jb 😁 appreciate the feedback and support. Will look to do a video covering that topic in the future 👍
Absolutely wonderful session. You have been so instrumental in helping me improve my game Danny. Thanks a million.
@markwyatt2031 thank you so much. I’m happy to help and you are most welcome 🙏🏻
I’ve watched 100s of videos but this has been the only clear one.. I got a lesson a year ago and this was what the coach had taught me but I forgot it and lost the muscle memory over time and have been getting frustrated. This video just made my brain click back on again so Hopefullly I can go beat my pops this morning after practicing this pre round today! Amazing tutorial Danny!
@derekv9710 thank you so much. Enjoy practicing. Let me know how you get on 🤣
Been working on the Cup lead hand for 35 yrs , thanks for this tip....Love It...watching from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦
@Bigfella4900 you are most welcome. Thank you so much for watching 🤣
Great observation Danny. Certainly helpful in considering the hinge of the wrist in the backswing and avoiding the cupping motion. Thank you. Dom
@13DiBartolomeo thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻
Extraordinary Danny how your latest video always covers what I am working on at the time! For example I only recently discovered how good it felt at the top to cock my wrists and have the face of the club point downwards. Just as I am patting myself on the back you come along and say that's all wrong. I will try it out tomorrow. Many thanks.
😂 send me a video Brian, happy to have a look. Even better send one through my membership portal on dannymaude.com.
Can give you a proper analysis there
@@DanielMaude Thanks Danny not sure how to do it through your portal so will just send it on email many thanks.
Thank you Danny. My first season golfing this year. Filming basically every range session. this video literally covers my main issue with my golfswing. Thanks a bunch!
Happy to help!
The toe of the club tap drill, in the last 5 min of vid, was straight up game changing! Thank you!
@MarkTillery you’re welcome. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
YES! Having been struggling with that wrist position causing wild shots. Thanks Danny.
@ghelmer1 you are most welcome. Happy to help 🙏🏻
I'm checking in from Tucson, AZ, USA. I watched your video this morning, and it really clicked with me. I just finished 18 holes and hit every club in my bag better than I have in a long while. The wrist position at the top of the back swing was the key. I had better contact and ball flight-thanks!
Brilliant Bill! Well done 😁
I’am 77 years old, 13 handicap, and have been playing 50 years. Yesterday I lost my swing including the shanks. I watched this video and put a card inside my glove as you described. It worked, hitting 25 balls with 2 or 3 bad shots, I’ve got my swing back. I’ll probably use the card for the next few rounds(not tournament related). Thanks Steve
@stevelensch9123 that’s great. Well done 👏
I have learnt to flatten my left wrist this year and it has made such a difference to the way I strike the ball and my handicap has now dropped. Love the credit card drill, you can really feel it digging in if you get it wrong. Thanks Danny for another great video.
@stevechamberlain6831 that’s amazing. Well done. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻
I hope you know after my first two years of golf and hundreds of hours of videos, lessons, and range sessions, you just made the greatest adjustment in my swing yet.
@crvlogs3677 thank you. Happy to help 👍🏻
Danny, your videos are phenomenal! Watching your videos has helped me to fix my slice and inconsistent contact with my Driver and my irons. I can’t wait to test this credit card feedback out. Thank you!!
Happy to help Paul 😁
Thanks Danny, one of your best videos ever - this has transformed my ball striking and my swing feels much more controlled, particularly in the transition from back swing to down swing. Also found it really helped with chipping and pitching. Just one thing, why didn't you do this video 5 years ago?? 🤣🤣
😂 as long as I’m alive I will keep trying to make this game as simple as I can
Another great tutorial Danny! Thank you
@@brianrogers7543 pleasure, really happy to help
This is a massive help. Thanks Danny.
Pleasure, really happy to help
So simply explained as always. Best coach on RUclips by miles.
Very kind thank you Robbie 😁
Another brick in the wall Danny. Brilliant once again
Hey Rick, how’s it going?
Leo's golf swing is vastly improved. So hard to hit when so many people watching. He's a good learner. Your wrist cupping demo showed where I was couple years ago but I shortened my backswing and the clubface doesn't open nearly as much as it used to. Good video today danny. Will look up the Hack Motion. Bad habits get ingrained but with feedback I may be able to get good contact consistently. I think that, like Leo, I hit down too much. I started playing the ball where it lies and believe me, you start hitting down on the ball pretty quickly and you feel like any shot is possible. Much more fun that way. Thank You!
Thank you! Appreciate the feedback 😁
Thank you so much Danny for this lesson. And a really great learning tool that wrist angle measuring device.
Glad it was helpful!
Danny I can honestly say this drill has really massively improved my ball striking and distance on irons and hybrids using the same swing I’ve had for years. Actually took it to the golf course today … Thank you
Brilliant John! Well done 👍
Thanks Danny would the same apply to my Driver
Love my Hackmotion device. Just upgraded to the new model. Hips have to be significantly turned at impact, just like the pros or any skilled hitters. Hips turned allowed wrist to remain bowed, with club lag and shaft lean. It all went together. Hips facing the ball on impact, or turning insufficiently simply didn't allow for those things to happen. Hackmotion is what finally helped me figure that out.
Happy to hear Hackmotion helped you Olk 😁👍
I swear to god you must be reading my mind or have a camera in my house, every time you release a new video it’s like exactly what I’m in the middle of working on. Got myself a nice sunburn today working with the HackMotion in my hitting cage on the exact drill you were showing !!
😂 happy to help 👍
This video should have 1,000+ positive comments. I haven't read all the comments but this concept 100% spot on. This addresses so many "issues" for me. By "bowing" the lead wrist, my trail hand is gently forced backwards into that "waiter carrying a tray" position. It helps prevent the club face crossing over the plane at the top of the takeaway, which helps keep the club on plane on the downswing, and of course, as you stated, gets the club face back square at impact. Without a club, just interlock your fingers and experiment with cupping and bowing your lead wrist. Sorry for being so verbose, but this was/is a lightbulb moment for me! Great video, happy I am subscribed.
Thanks for the feedback and support Chris! 😁
Trying this tomorrow or today, thanks again!
Thank you 😁
Nothing beats a late Saturday night cramming in some awesome tidbits from another ripper of a video from Danny Maude. Loving the content mate!
Super kind thank you
@@DanielMaude No, thank you Danny!
@@Frollicking_Gurnard 🤜🏻🤛🏼
Another brilliant lesson! Thank you so much..
My pleasure!
This tip is critical to great ball striking. You might disagree with me Danny, but I don't think you can actually be too laid off at the top. When I was struggling the most, I was breaking my wrist just like you depicted. My best ball striking this summer has been a wrist set at the top. Staying connected with my body also helps. Thank you for reinforcing my "feel".
Really happy to help
I always love this format, a little lecture, a little practice, then demo. Fantastic!
@LorentzInvariance thank you so much 🙏🏻
Found a fault in my swing this week. Leading arm at address was relaxed, at impact the leading arm is straight hence hitting just behind the ball. Many thanks for this tip, I used to do something similar using a comb ( when I had hair 😂 ). I’ll give it a try later. Still the best instructor 👍.
😁👍
Another great lesson. Since the beginning of the year I have taken 31 strokes off my game. Thanks DM
That’s amazing Mike well done
Genius, thanks Danny! That’s worth putting into practice.
Have fun Andrew
This is a great lesson. Extending the lead wrist at the top of the backswing makes it feel like it is increasing radial deviation 👍 but what is actually does is rotate hand and club around the thumbs opening the face.
Hitting down to make a ball go up is counter-intuitive. I find practice whacking weeds in the yard with my 7i really help getting the feeling of whacking down into the ball because there isn’t any ball you are trying to get up into the air. 😊
Love that
Took this one thought with me to the course today and struck my irons and wedges better than ever. 5 shots under handicap and should have been better (wayward driver). Amazingly simple. Thanks.
Brilliant Vince! Well done 🙌
You are badass Daniel. 3rd time playing today and you have helped me a lot. Got my first par today. LOL
Brilliant Moss! Well done 😁
Danny, discovered you and your channel at the start of the 🇨🇦 golf season. Following your tips my driving is now the best it has ever been. Thanks. Now concentrating on my irons improvement. This explains a great deal to me about my ‘fault’ - cupping at the top. Could I ask ‘why do I more easily compress the ball when I’m on a slight uphill lie’? Happens all the time. 👊👍
Great question Peter, the ground is angled in such a way that your angle of attack into the ball now is naturally much steeper relative to the ground
Yes Danny I’m tall and have not been able to swing full and it’s cupping my hands and I’m fighting to get it fixed without weakening my grip and it’s causing loss of distance and my ball is so inconsistent, this was the drill I needed thank you 🙏
@TheGuitarguy0608 that’s great. Let me know how you get on 🙏🏻
Best golf channel on the webs, no need to look further than Danny.
Really kind thank you 🙏
Great video! Do you have video/suggestions for how to stop coming over the top with wedges?
You could apply any of my over the top videos or slice videos to your wedges 😊
This lesson is pure genius. A tip of the hat to you sir
Very kind thank you Damond!
Great advice Danny
Top man
Looking forward to practicing you're tips
@DavidLee-x9u thank you so much. Enjoy practicing. Let me know how you get on 🙏🏻
Great morning check in Danny before I head to my tee time here in Massachusetts. Cheers
Have fun Dave
This is a wonderful drill with the credit card. Thx a bunch. Really enjoy your lessons and recommend to all at my club
Thank you Andy! Very kind 😁
Good one Danny that credit card trick. I used a chopstick before but it usually starts going sideways in my glove. Will try it!
Have fun
Well done Danny 👏 😊
Thank you again Roy
Everything you do do Danny helps improve the quality of ball striking. Really looking forward to trying this one out. Thanks for posting.
Thanks Chris, let me know how you get on!
amazing drill, thank you Danny, hope I could hit the ball then turf
Happy to help 😁
Such a helpful video, Danny! I will definitely try the card trick. Thank you!
Let me know how you get on Leipuanani !
Brilliant and easy method for a great 'feel'
Really happy to help Paul
Can't wait to try this!
Thank you Dan 😁
Holy crap ! Seeing you “finish the back swing “by cupping wrist you also slightly bent your elbow ! Which has been my “trigger point” to know whento stop back swing and start down . I know im not suppose to bend the elbow, and ,unless i completely concentrate on just that (keeping arm straight,which causes other issues ) it’s always really been difficult for me to even realize i do it. So i use the “as soon as i feel the elbow break “ feel… and now i see i may have been cupping my wrist when doing this . Which ,since i usually try to bow (or usually keep a flattened wrist ) to stop flicking… i see why i might be miss hitting(pushing right ) like every 3rd or 4th swing already@ 3 mins in🤦🏼♂️✌️👍🏼…otherwise i usually make crisp and powerful contact…time for me to head to the range ,and stop my low to mid 50’s 9 hole rounds , hopefully 😬
Would love to hear how you get on
Watched this video Saturday morning. Played a round immediately after and knocked 5-10 shots off my usual round by following this lesson! Excellent Danny! Thanks for this!
@@johnbelder984 amazing to hear
Special!!! Thank You
Pleasure Berrien
Another excellent drill Danny.
Thank you Robert 😁
Excellent as always
Thank you Stuart!
Once again its like you know my problems and have a fix. Cupped lead wrist at the top and not hitting the turf. Its good to see Leo again too, he's like me - no practice and doesn't plan a lot. Keep up the good tips please.
@austino65 happy to help. Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻
Hi Danny - Thanks again for all the assistance you provide. Quick question - would this apply to all clubs ie driver, fairway woods, hybrids, etc?
Danny do you have a video that shows the whole swing from start to finish? I find that many RUclips videos simply show parts of the swing and what to do or not do for that part and that is fine. However, form me my preference is to see a whole swing and then what I need to focus on if my ball flight doesn’t do what I had intended to do. Many thanks.
Danny, this is my number one problem. I'll definitely use these drills. Thank you.
Thank you Keith, let me know how you get on!
Brilliant Danny
Really kind thank you
Nice explanation Danny ! 👍🏻
Thanks Nasiris 😁
Hi Danny great content as usual!, would you have a link to assist in contacting the ball consistently in that Inside Out swing path ?
Danny,
Which version of the hack-motion where you using for this lesson out of the 3 they range from 250-almost 1000 USD. And if you were using the most expensive pro version, what were the benefits of using that one for your teaching?
I have the pro but was only using the date supplied by the basic model in this lesson.
The pro measures ulnar and radial deviation. I think this could be great for chipping but I wouldn’t necessary jump into that yet until I’ve fully tested it.
You can simply pay for a software upgrade should you need it
Hi Danny, loved the video. I need to give this a try. I was considering buying Hackmotion. Just not sure I could use it properly without someone like yourself beside me. You seemed lukewarm to the device on the video. There didn't appear to be a WOW factor for you. Did I interpret things correctly? If you feel strongly it could help my wrist position then I will buy it. Do I get a discount through you? Thanks again.
Being mindful of achieving lead-wrist flexion at-the-top was transformational to my game a few years ago. At address, with a neutral-ish grip, the lead-wrist starts with some extension. Question: do you generally promote a flexion checkpoint during takeaway? or at any point between address and top-of-backswing?
The lead wrist for nearly all great players is more flexed at the top than it is at address and again at impact.
How much it flexes will depend on how strong or weak your grip is.
The weaker your grip the flexion you will naturally need to create
High Danny, many thanks for your great videos. I learned so much from. I have one question about the ball position and I hope you can explain it to me. In Germany teachers tell me the ball position is from right with short irons feet to the middle with a seven iron and with longer irons to the left. Why do you show us, that the position of the ball is one club face from the left foot? Is it new method?
Hi Fritz, although you can of course change the ball position to create different flights why would you want to change it for a standard shot.
I want to strike the ball in the same way.
What does change is stance width. Remember as stance width gets wider (longer irons) it will appear that the ball is forward in the stance
Also as the stance gets really narrow it will appear more central
13:03 As a new golfer i find your videos extremely helpful. Does this all also apply to the hybrid? That is, is the setup, swing and wrist the same? I assume the low point with the hybrid is base of the grass and at the ball , not after it.
Absolutely John
As you finish the lesson you point to the left for a follow up lesson. I don’t see a link. Where should I look? Thanks for another great lesson
Question, ive tried to have your ball position, but when i do, i tend to hit it fat, or a massive pull left, im guessing its because my weight isnt shifting left enough (im a righty) but when i do keep it middle, i seem to strike it very well. Should i aim for your ball position? Or keep doing what im doing? (totally loaded question, but i thought id ask lol)
I suppose it depends on how far you are hitting the ball and how accurately you are hitting it.
Moving the ball back of you are catching it fat is certainly a way to help you hit the ball before the ground but it can stop you getting though the ball.
If you aren’t moving through the ball with your body you could be leaving some much needed power on the table
@@DanielMaude I’ll keep playing with ball position, your other video about taking a bigger backswing has already proven to be fruitful as I’ve gained all and more of my distance back. Thanks! 😊
Danny. Great video. I have “Golfshot pro” that tells me my wrist rotation, wrist path and wrist close rate, three feedback data that doesn’t tell me anything useful. Is that data similar to your Latvian machine? What numbers should they tell me?
Hey mate, how do you stop the wrists over hinging in the back swing, or how do you stop over swinging? Cheers in advance.
@@MOOKLE808 feedback, the card or the wrist sensor I use in this video will give you feedback. Active feedback like this is invaluable in making the changes you want to make
Very cool. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it George
Hi Danny,
Can you choose different clubs with the HackMotion..?
Driver swing as opposed to irons and 3 wood
Hi, I'm not Danny, but I've been using HackMotion for about a week and can answer: Yes!
Absolutely, I’m finding it really helpful for chipping and pitching too
Hey, Danny.. Same feeling for a pitch and chip?
I’ve got a video coming soon for pitching
@@DanielMaude how soon? lol
To the school yard I go! Love your tips I can practice anywhere! (Just not in my wife's garden).
Have fun
Hack motion aside, would the idea of the credit card flat lead wrist feel work with the driver? Also, when the lead wrist is flat the trail wrist is cupped. Should that cupped trail wrist get flattened at some point and if so, when should that happen. Thanks. Am rediscovering your channel. And hello from Canada.
Hi Jason, welcome back. 💯 it works for driver and the right wrist continues to lose its hinge throughout the downswing and has completely gone by first parallel after impact
Hey Danny with you being the very BEST Coach online why did you not play on Wed at Est Lake in Creators Cup? You make the best videos on YT and should have been there!!
I wasn’t invited 🤷
Doesn't make sense to me but hey invited people that have under 100k subs.
They must have been worried about losing.
Keep up the Great work.
Cheers
Danny, another great video. Would you have a fix for the ultimate game killer in the “shanks”?!!!!! I’ve had them for two months. I’ve been to three pro’s and I can’t fix it. Please help!!!
Hi Frank, the first is understanding what is causing your shanks.
Ultimately the club head is moving out away from your body and out away from the ball.
To eliminate the shanks you need the club head to be working more inwards towards your body in the downswing as opposed to away.
One drill that often works because it naturally helps you do this is to set up normally, then push the club out away from your body so it is no longer behind the ball.
Make a swing and hit the ball. To do this from this address position you will have to naturally move the club head back inwards towards the body
@@DanielMaudethank you Dannny, I’ll give it a go.
I think another one of your videos (from 1-2 years ago) has the ball positioned closer to the middle of sternum? Doesn’t positioning closer to your left foot (as a righty) make you hit up on the ball, like you would want with a driver?
Ball slightly forward still hits down on the ball because of the way my body is positioned just means a little more loft
Hello Danny, I compress the ball well but I have a problem. My ball is always or almost always on the left because I have an inside curve I am right-handed. In a future broadcast would you be able to show us why this happens and how to fix it. Thanks in advance I love your way of explaining things.
You mean you are hooking it? It means you arent shifting your weight forward, you are staying back. Also your swing path with your arms is too "cutty", go back with your arms in the backswing to create drawing path.
I’m gonna try the card Danny. Thanks
@annieallen6024 your welcome. Let me know how you get on 🙏🏻
Another great video
Thank you Michael 😁
Danny! in a scale of 1 to 10, how strong do we need to grip our club? Iron and driver.
Hi Danny, always the best content and lessons. Hackmotion looks like a good device. Gee Liam has come a long way from when he started playing golf. I hope he's shouting you a few coffee's!
He still doesn’t play a lot but it’s great to see him enjoying smacking a ball
@@DanielMaude so long as he's enjoying himself...golf have that soothing effect on all !
@@mattcristino9804 absolutely
If you’re ever in North Carolina I would love to book a lesson
So this is bowing the wrist at the top of the backswing. And if you are less flexible, you can take a three-quarter swing. Striking the ball with the bowed wrist will square the club and then allow you to naturally finish with the clubface towards your target and then up and around your lead shoulder. But on shorter wedge shots, you finish earlier after the ball strike. The pros do this all the time. Love the credit card tip. Perhaps using a tee will do the same - even better with some sting from pointed end if you cup instead of bow your wrists.
Thanks!
Really kind Robert thank you
This credit card trick might be on par with 7:57 the "heavy rope" visualization in usability. Kudos!
Really kind Dean thank you
With the exception of striking the ground and taking a divot, isn't this lesson on wrist positioning applicable to the driver as well?
Hi Danny, I also know how to hit the ball off the fairway and hard ground where I can actually compress the ball. I try to play the same shot when from a soft sand lie, but all that happens is the ball travels less than far as far as it will from a hard lie. Instead of trying to compress the should I try and scoop the ball.
So how do you hinge the wrist? My instructor told me to do ‘thumbs up’ which seems to be a cupped wrist? I’m confused.
This video will show you how the wrists hinge: ruclips.net/video/xxlSUDWtUms/видео.htmlsi=HeXBKzMkOCSzy0C3
Hello Danny - I will give this a go since I rarely take a divot (maybe a graze!) and yet at my most recent lesson the pro said I was striking it well but I didn’t feel the compression that was apparent in your video -
With Leo, you can really hear it. Does your pro use a measuring device like Trackman or the wrist sensor I’m using here (hackmotion)
@@DanielMaude we were using track man - I will try the toe end down drill on the range before playing today
Love this tip. Your the master of keeping tips simple and not over complicating things. Cheers
Brilliant
Thank you for the lesson 5:09
Happy to help 👍
It is also possible to flatten the left whist during the first part of the downswing
What do you think ?
I think as long as it’s fairly flat at the top it’s sets you up for the way down