Most logical explanation of the golf swing by far. I’ve never struck the ball better than I have since talking with Dan about the folding point and frontal rotation.
I had a pro teaching me the proper weight transfer and re-centering move and I never really felt like I understood it but I think in reality I was over exaggerating the movements. if I bump the club back and squat a little at the top its almost like I automatically "recenter" and im primed to deliver the club more efficiently. I never told the pro what my "feel" was but he said it looked great lol I was basically doing what you are here. I feel like when people teach, everything is so exaggerated that its hard for an amateur to understand. If someone says you need "70% of weight on your back foot starting the swing before recentering at the top"... well to me that tells my brain that its an absolutely conscious movement of weight but in reality it is SOOOO subtle and happens so quickly. this video is close to sort of explaining it without too much technical jargon and numbers. great vid man. thanks!
As a certified human movement coach this makes complete sense and it a great video! With that being said, I understand what you’re saying by Frontal and Sagittal but it can be confusing for the average person to understand. Perhaps a video showing your average viewer the different planes of motion would be super helpful.
I've been playing for 15 years or so, and just recently my swing just went. Struggling for 3 weeks at the driving range. First 10 balls fairly solid contact then bam, it was like I never even seen a golf club before. I went back to the basics, which is what I always have done when I struggle. Slowly coming out of the funk, but this video right here has me going down the right path. Sometime, the simplest little reminders bring it back. I have been hitting some of the most solid iron shots that I've hit in awhile. The T150 clubs feel like a knife cutting through warm butter again.
I have been been following your instruction for a while now. I took a couple of Skillest lessons from you in Nov an Dec. After watching this video, I now have a clear understanding of what you mean by "frontal with the squat" on the backswing. Now i need to go practice! This video is brilliant!
Congrats on having achieved this level of mastery over your swing. It is a pleasure to watch. Notice that at 1:39 left image, if you extend the butt end of the shaft, it points at the ball. If the clubhead, shaft, hands, and ball remain on that line, throughout the swing, this is what being connected means. The idea comes from Seymour Dunn's Orthodox swing from the very early 20th century.
Dan, just found this video and it's an eye opener. While watching the PGA today, I looked closely and indeed the pros do this move. It may be slight, and you have to look closely, but it's there. Thanks
Dan, your instruction is world class. The content, demonstrations, and brevity are excellent. Using students (Sarah, etc.), training aids (pool noodle), different angles, and numerous demonstrations are reenforcing. The shortness of your videos make it easy to take to the range and review. Plus, the content is 5 stars. And, even an octogenarian can get back to hitting quality shots. Thank you, Sir.
Your are right, had lesson two days ago and that's what the pro had me do with the hips. I am a senior golfer and with that hip rotation got to the top and had no idea how to get back to the ball and when I did a big slice. Did get better with more rotation on downswing and hit some good balls but had felt like I had no control over my swing. Have gone back to old swing much like your showing here
Yes sir! I’m glad you understand now, that it wasn’t your fault that you can swing ‘their way’ because their way isn’t how it’s done. Keep at it the way you do it and keep following here to build on it. You can always get Skillest app and we can help thru there!
Hey Dan, Your are a great teacher, make things easy to understand Do you recommend a cup wrist at the top of the back swing? Thanks keep the videos coming
Thanks for this great explanation. In the takeaway, I feel like I’m bringing the club back more “vertical”. Up rather than around my body. Is that a “correct” feel? Thanks again.
Subscribed! Watched the video, went to the backyard, hit some balls. Wow! Straight ball flight and now I know what pushing off the ground really feels like. Amazing!
You done changed my swing and ability to self correct. If i slice, now i immediately know i was pulling the club and beginning my release too late. Still have lots of contact issues though. Keep the videos coming please!
Awesome to see your latest video for your new studio! Great explanation in a much simpler way!! I had missed the squat part even with the lessons ! Hope to see you soon … great to see more content !
Glad I found your site. Just got back from the driving range, after getting familiar with the swing, some amazing results. I hit 10 straight and long 5 irons, never did that before. After several swings with the driver, had many great results. I needed to get the driver a few inches above my shoulder line and the backswing instead of below, and then the only thoughts were to release early and let the club head carry a turn through the ball. Most of my shots were straight or a slight draw, a few fades. I know you said turn is automatic, but being 68 if I didn’t think about turning, I stop. Dan, virtual session requires WiFi, does a garage session work for a virtual lesson? Thank you.
Dan - thank you for putting this information out there for people to use. I am not understanding the concept as I cannot control the low point when squatting and then standing back up. Feels like my timing has to be perfect. What am I missing here? Every swing is a massive chunk
Hi Dan: Excellent instructions on how to swing the golf club, can you do a similar video with the driver ? I have the problem of loading up the driver and can't get back to the ball. 👍
I tried this swing and the results were really good... with my irons. However the driver and 3W weren't clicking with this swing. So better consistency with irons but not with woods. Going back to the range today to try and figure that out.
This shows me that the "turn your hip back" is exactly what has been the trouble with my swing. I keep trying to increase my hip turn and "shallow" the club which works for shorter clubs but turns into a smother hook with the driver. Looking forward to working on this move.
OK so now I see why I couldn’t hit it straight when I tried your concepts awhile back. I was WAY overturning on the backswing because I was told to get a huge turn. I can’t wait to incorporate the frontal rotation concept with the fold the club swing. Damn I should have thought of this myself but old habits that are drilled into you are tough to let go of. Off to the range….wish me luck Dan! Many thanks for your great content.
Thanks, hope it helps! For a slice, you have to get the face to the ball before the handle - check this out for further explanation: ruclips.net/video/mUM-iVDfrbE/видео.htmlsi=u2Kpm4UjYTgz7pm0
Ok Dan you got me hooked😅 I just have a few questions if you have time 1 When you set up do you do you use a neutral grip overlap little finger 2 do you keep your arms elbows towards each other? Left elbow facing the target 3 on the backwards swing, do you make sure the club face halfway back is in parallel with the spine angle 4 at the top is your left arm straight right arm on a 90 elbow facing down towards your seam of your right side of your shirt golf club parallel to the target at the top 5 at the finish is your right knee touching your left knee belt buckle facing the target right foot toes towards the ground heel up Thanks for everything
Would love to help you with your game. Download the Skillest App and find me there. I’ll answer these quickly. 1. Strong left loose overlap 2. Elbows hang naturally 3. Face would be same as spine or a smidge open - this is relative 4. Left arm can be soft and bent - this is relative 5. Trail leg should hang back as long as possible buckle to ball
I show all of my students to do it, whether they can do it or not is relative. As long as they stay frontal it’s a win. In this case, this was her first lesson or two, wasn’t shown it yet. This period of time she was learning the release. Here’s a clip of her a week or two later learning this very move: go to the :30s mark ruclips.net/video/NUx7WqaWKCg/видео.htmlsi=jJCfNuQTbPLTEyl0 Thanks.
Would you agree that Schefflsr is one of the best examples of this right approach? Seems like you can really observe him squat and lift the club into position.
Now at 73 i see how to swing and knowledge understanding of what is a great explanation for this older man. Thanks so much. This just makes sense. Years trying to find the answers has come to light😂
Hey Don. I'm new to your in to your site. I'm 75 and play twice a week here on long Island. Your method is close to how I use to play. Injuries and flexibility have altered my swing. I was a good 10 handicapnon my sixties. Now I'm about a 20 die to distance loss and flipping a lot. I have never heard the term folding. Can you explain that. It probably what I used to do but now I can't. I have arthritis in every joint in my body from 50 yrs of racquetball, weight lifting and golf also two hip replacements, 4 heart attacks, knee injuries, and neuropathy in both feet. But I still play as much as I can. I've watched most of your videos. Im having a tough time with the frontal position and the folding of my arm. Can you give me the correct video that explains your swing style. To it looks like your flipping bat impact. I think you style is perfect fore and other seniors
Great explanation of the golf swing. Like Nicklaus said he tried to release the club as early as possible in the downswing. Your point that after contact your left palm should be facing down and the right pointing up-- do you have slow motion video of that release? Being a long time flipper/roller of my wrists, I am having trouble with that feel. Thanks again.
I don’t have a slow mo of it….maybe in the future I’ll do one, but if you watch how I do it on both screens it shows exactly what it should look like. Try screen recording it and then scrub-scrolling in your videos file - in the meantime I’ll try and figure out slow mo video. Thanks, hope it helps!
Dan please I need help. Please help me. No matter what swing philosophy or method I’m applying, this constant stays true. At impact, I’m scooped with my handle leaning backwards. No matter what I do, unless I make some insane amount of forcefully leaning the shaft to the point where it looks worse than what you portray showcasing the bad dragging of the handle. What can I do?? Because of my swing flaw I’m literally not playing golf anymore I just can’t fix it
This is good and easy to do. If you focus your movement down with knees little bit and "jump" move and your swing comes very naturally and sequence is all ready there.
When you say “focus your movement down” do you mean when the hands start down? The squating with club up, seems to flip the club behind me at the top.. also the hands coming down is seems like a drag/pull but just coming straight down, not across.. right
@@love2flash No when the hands Come down your focus should be jump or push of the ground, i think its like basketball free throw. Bend in knees and when its time to shoot you react with your feet.
Very good - remember, the up portion is relative, some people feel they have to ‘jump’ or come up and some will just do it naturally. The important thing is to make sure we’re folding that release thru they was it’s shown from a more frontal position (not transverse twisted)
Is this similar to what Malaska talks about, "keep the club in front of you during the BS, and as you transition, let the chest stay back and just let gravity drop the arms while you squat and drive the left hip back and up, which allows centrifugal force to move the handle in as the clubhead moves out to the ball at with great speed?" Not forcing things and remaining tension free is key to this.
While you do have to have the club in front of you on the back swing, you also do on the downswing. Not really sure what all the mechanics there are but…. MM thinks the swing will just happen from motion like this ….but in reality you have to fold the the face thru like I explain or else it’s still liable to twist and roll
Dan, This is clearly different from what the majority of instructors teach. I’m very interested in learning more because I frankly believe the majority to be wrong. Did this come about from your own personal research or a collaboration with like minded instructors?
Hi Dan, if i get you right then all tour pros stay frontal and fold the club through? Is it that simple in the end? I‘d like to get in touch with you for some coaching to get my swing sorted. Great content, keep it going. Cheers from Hamburg / Germany
Thanks, similar but very different once you really get into it, I think he lets everything going into a rolling release whereas I’m very focused on how to release and doing it with force.
I notice with this concept that you don’t appear to move the right shoulder too far around behind the head. Is this a result of your front Sagittal move or the fact you were hitting a less than full shot for demonstration. I see in pros a full turn of the right shoulder behind the head. How come they can do this and still swing in a sagittal plane. Thanks again for some original thought about the golf swing.
Because if I move the should back - that’s Transverse Rotation - as explained in the video. Also explain was, you’ll think they go transverse because of their 30 degree spine angle - but they really don’t - therefore, they don’t have to twist out of that angle to hit the ball. Any player you see that actually does twist, comes back to frontal before their down swing starts…due to some flaw they had as a beginner coming over the top. This move shown is how to do it with 0 compensations - very clean Hope that helps. Thanks!
The sagittal part is the body moving up and down vertically and the frontal is the arms and club moving up down up by folding the club. I think I got it, golf swing has 2 planes of movement both of which eliminate pulling the handle and rotating the face.
Great lesson, have watched several of your videos, first time I picked up you squatting on the backswing . How can you avoid possible chicken wing on release?
If you’re referring to your left breaking thru and past impact, it’s not a big deal. If you’re doing way before hand, try and keep the handle lower as you swing. But chicken wing isn’t really a huge deal, lots of players including myself do it a bit as they go thru. It’s just another thing the golf industry talks about that doesn’t effect the swing much. The golf industry likes to ‘put in a new air conditioner to fix the broken engine’, they just don’t know any better or what to look at. If you’re really struggling, find me on Skillest and we will take care of it. Use the huge discounted promo code in the bio there.
Same with driver. Except there are more options you can add. You can really bomb it by hitting up (bc the ball is on a tee) and to do that, you’d weight from front to back (yes you heard that correctly, front to back) as you swing….you can also swing a little more under or over plane with driver depending on what you wanna do with the flight.
Im a believer but how does folding the club down match up with ben hogan, moe norman, sergio garcia etc who say the club falls behind them on the downswing? They seem to be doing the opposite of folding the club down and getting shallow instead.
Most players can only describe what they’re feeling, not what they’re actually doing. I used to have a video frame for frame with me and hogan and it was the same. Check this out and you’ll see what I’m talking about: ruclips.net/video/V10lNZ1mpZA/видео.htmlsi=_LUb5Ujt5FwfZMlW
Funny, I was suppose do a 2day shoot in FL doing a 3 part course on the whole game in Dec. Sprained my back the night before I was suppose to go. Still recovering, even making this was tough. But, coming this year I’ll have one made 👍🏼
My man, this is earth-shattering for me. I was so in "transverse" dumb technical golf nerd mode that I couldn't even do the one-legged cross body med ball throws that my personal trainer was teaching me yesterday. I kept losing my balance because my upper body was twisting all over the place. Feeling frontal/saggital with the whole swing feels so bizarre (I somehow made it to 5 handicap by twisting), but it works. AND now my head finally stays steady. I have been working to keep it from bobbing up and down for 14 years. Amazing. Thanks so much!
Dan: This guy Christo is now teaching OTT Miracle Swing where he wants you to pull the club WAY inside - have you seen that? A lot of the students he shows look like total hacks doing it. Opinion??
I just watched it. He sucks it inside and then feels that he comes over, in reality he’s just coming to the plane and probably not knowing that. He still holds on too much and doesn’t know how to release. Dangerous move to just blatantly teach people. All these instructors find one little thing and think it’s eureka. They don’t understand the swing fully and/or how to get all types of people to do it. So basically you get a piece that might be correct, can only be applied to a certain type of flawed player, and that’s that, on to the next guy the amateur goes for help. It’s annoying from my perspective. Here’s the answer: 1. Where’s the plane & how do I get on it 2. How do I fold the club thru the release at impact 3. Limit transverse movements as it compromises the above laws Done. Hope that helps.
It also feels like very little rotation, so it's surprising that the ball travels as far as it does. I was expecting to lose a ton of yardage with this swing, but that didn't happen. Gained consistency tho. And yes, it did feel like I was releasing at the top of the swing, but that didn't result in casting the club. Very different from the way I was previously swinging.
You’re mostly likely losing ‘outward angle’ which you can see in a video covered here: ruclips.net/user/shortssElq5BtzA14?si=JHp_nhon-JrpjhWq Or use the 75% off promo code & send me a Skillest video and I’ll do a lesson on it for you. Thanks.
I was squatting naturally...I just didn't know to stay frontal. All my well-meaning friends said "Don't squat on backswing and rotate". They meant well, I guess. We'll try this again tomorrow.
Most logical explanation of the golf swing by far. I’ve never struck the ball better than I have since talking with Dan about the folding point and frontal rotation.
100% thanks for the comment. Glad you’re still hitting it well!!
You still suck.
I had a pro teaching me the proper weight transfer and re-centering move and I never really felt like I understood it but I think in reality I was over exaggerating the movements. if I bump the club back and squat a little at the top its almost like I automatically "recenter" and im primed to deliver the club more efficiently. I never told the pro what my "feel" was but he said it looked great lol I was basically doing what you are here. I feel like when people teach, everything is so exaggerated that its hard for an amateur to understand. If someone says you need "70% of weight on your back foot starting the swing before recentering at the top"... well to me that tells my brain that its an absolutely conscious movement of weight but in reality it is SOOOO subtle and happens so quickly. this video is close to sort of explaining it without too much technical jargon and numbers. great vid man. thanks!
As a certified human movement coach this makes complete sense and it a great video! With that being said, I understand what you’re saying by Frontal and Sagittal but it can be confusing for the average person to understand. Perhaps a video showing your average viewer the different planes of motion would be super helpful.
He explained it in the video.
Other videos with Sarah and the pool noodle show the downswing plane (club head movement) very well.
I've been playing for 15 years or so, and just recently my swing just went. Struggling for 3 weeks at the driving range. First 10 balls fairly solid contact then bam, it was like I never even seen a golf club before. I went back to the basics, which is what I always have done when I struggle. Slowly coming out of the funk, but this video right here has me going down the right path. Sometime, the simplest little reminders bring it back. I have been hitting some of the most solid iron shots that I've hit in awhile. The T150 clubs feel like a knife cutting through warm butter again.
I have been been following your instruction for a while now. I took a couple of Skillest lessons from you in Nov an Dec. After watching this video, I now have a clear understanding of what you mean by "frontal with the squat" on the backswing. Now i need to go practice! This video is brilliant!
Awesome! Good to hear from you. Glad it helps!!
Well done. I am flipping all my shot but that produces good results. Do you have tips for the shaft lean vs scooping ? Thanks
Congrats on having achieved this level of mastery over your swing. It is a pleasure to watch. Notice that at 1:39 left image, if you extend the butt end of the shaft, it points at the ball. If the clubhead, shaft, hands, and ball remain on that line, throughout the swing, this is what being connected means. The idea comes from Seymour Dunn's Orthodox swing from the very early 20th century.
Dan, just found this video and it's an eye opener. While watching the PGA today, I looked closely and indeed the pros do this move. It may be slight, and you have to look closely, but it's there. Thanks
Dan, your instruction is world class. The content, demonstrations, and brevity are excellent. Using students (Sarah, etc.), training aids (pool noodle), different angles, and numerous demonstrations are reenforcing. The shortness of your videos make it easy to take to the range and review. Plus, the content is 5 stars. And, even an octogenarian can get back to hitting quality shots. Thank you, Sir.
I’ve been watching u for a while and never picked up on the squat. Really good. Time to sign up!!!
Glad this video resonated! We’d love to help you, join us on Skillest!
Super simple yet extremely effective approach to the swing, thank you for the lesson sir!
Your are right, had lesson two days ago and that's what the pro had me do with the hips. I am a senior golfer and with that hip rotation got to the top and had no idea how to get back to the ball and when I did a big slice. Did get better with more rotation on downswing and hit some good balls but had felt like I had no control over my swing.
Have gone back to old swing much like your showing here
Yes sir! I’m glad you understand now, that it wasn’t your fault that you can swing ‘their way’ because their way isn’t how it’s done. Keep at it the way you do it and keep following here to build on it. You can always get Skillest app and we can help thru there!
@@danaltongolfinstruction
Hey Dan,
Your are a great teacher, make things easy to understand
Do you recommend a cup wrist at the top of the back swing?
Thanks keep the videos coming
Dan, can the same effect be achieved with just setting up with the kneecaps more over the toes?
Thanks for this great explanation.
In the takeaway, I feel like I’m bringing the club back more “vertical”. Up rather than around my body. Is that a “correct” feel? Thanks again.
Clears up a lot. Great tip. Glad to see instruction coming from broader shoulder guys. I’m one myself.
Thanks, hope it helps. Stay tuned for more!
Best golf lesson ever. Thank you. God bless!
Subscribed! Watched the video, went to the backyard, hit some balls. Wow! Straight ball flight and now I know what pushing off the ground really feels like. Amazing!
So glad it helped!
It's good to see some new content from you. It helps with my lessons with you. Hopefully see more content from you 🙏
Thx for watching! Trying to make more💪🏼 - share with your golf friends if you can!
This is working great for me. Simple Just need to work on the release more
You done changed my swing and ability to self correct. If i slice, now i immediately know i was pulling the club and beginning my release too late.
Still have lots of contact issues though. Keep the videos coming please!
100% once you know the answers, you can self diagnose! Stay tuned for more! Thanks!
Awesome to see your latest video for your new studio! Great explanation in a much simpler way!! I had missed the squat part even with the lessons ! Hope to see you soon … great to see more content !
I think the split screen make it more simple! Thanks trying to put out more, stay tuned!
Dan, I am 70!years old. Played in US Am many years ago . I am going to try your swing today. Will report back!
Glad I found your site. Just got back from the driving range, after getting familiar with the swing, some amazing results. I hit 10 straight and long 5 irons, never did that before. After several swings with the driver, had many great results. I needed to get the driver a few inches above my shoulder line and the backswing instead of below, and then the only thoughts were to release early and let the club head carry a turn through the ball. Most of my shots were straight or a slight draw, a few fades. I know you said turn is automatic, but being 68 if I didn’t think about turning, I stop. Dan, virtual session requires WiFi, does a garage session work for a virtual lesson? Thank you.
Dan - thank you for putting this information out there for people to use.
I am not understanding the concept as I cannot control the low point when squatting and then standing back up. Feels like my timing has to be perfect.
What am I missing here? Every swing is a massive chunk
Hi Dan: Excellent instructions on how to swing the golf club, can you do a similar video with the driver ? I have the problem of loading up the driver and can't get back to the ball. 👍
Yes, we will do a Driver one soon. Stay tuned!
I tried this swing and the results were really good... with my irons. However the driver and 3W weren't clicking with this swing. So better consistency with irons but not with woods. Going back to the range today to try and figure that out.
This shows me that the "turn your hip back" is exactly what has been the trouble with my swing. I keep trying to increase my hip turn and "shallow" the club which works for shorter clubs but turns into a smother hook with the driver. Looking forward to working on this move.
Glad it helps! Stay tuned for more!
OK so now I see why I couldn’t hit it straight when I tried your concepts awhile back. I was WAY overturning on the backswing because I was told to get a huge turn. I can’t wait to incorporate the frontal rotation concept with the fold the club swing. Damn I should have thought of this myself but old habits that are drilled into you are tough to let go of. Off to the range….wish me luck Dan! Many thanks for your great content.
You’re welcome, thanks for watching and glad it helps!
Excellent video, Dan. Can't wait to get to the course this spring. The longer clubs always give me the most trouble (slicing)
Thanks, hope it helps! For a slice, you have to get the face to the ball before the handle - check this out for further explanation:
ruclips.net/video/mUM-iVDfrbE/видео.htmlsi=u2Kpm4UjYTgz7pm0
Ok Dan you got me hooked😅 I just have a few questions if you have time
1 When you set up do you do you use a neutral grip overlap little finger
2 do you keep your arms elbows towards each other? Left elbow facing the target
3 on the backwards swing, do you make sure the club face halfway back is in parallel with the spine angle
4 at the top is your left arm straight right arm on a 90 elbow facing down towards your seam of your right side of your shirt golf club parallel to the target at the top
5 at the finish is your right knee touching your left knee belt buckle facing the target right foot toes towards the ground heel up Thanks for everything
Would love to help you with your game. Download the Skillest App and find me there. I’ll answer these quickly.
1. Strong left loose overlap
2. Elbows hang naturally
3. Face would be same as spine or a smidge open - this is relative
4. Left arm can be soft and bent - this is relative
5. Trail leg should hang back as long as possible buckle to ball
@@danaltongolfinstruction thanks for your time and comments. Will do see you on skillest
Dan when using the folding point, should we continue to have a side bend in the backswing and downswing?
Love the new Studio Dan! Next lesson video coming to you soon, getting some great results and starting to trust the fold 😁
Thanks, look forward to seeing your results!
Dan how come when you show your students swing they don't squat down on the back swing like you teach? thanks
I show all of my students to do it, whether they can do it or not is relative. As long as they stay frontal it’s a win. In this case, this was her first lesson or two, wasn’t shown it yet. This period of time she was learning the release. Here’s a clip of her a week or two later learning this very move: go to the :30s mark
ruclips.net/video/NUx7WqaWKCg/видео.htmlsi=jJCfNuQTbPLTEyl0
Thanks.
Hey Dan! Love your videos! Any examples of PGA Tour players that squat on their backswing (head lowers)?
great video, I recommend everyone also watch your putting video which is a game changer. Can you do a video on wedges, 30 to 90 yard shots?
I looked for it do you know where I can find it
How much squat do u do?
Would you agree that Schefflsr is one of the best examples of this right approach? Seems like you can really observe him squat and lift the club into position.
Yeah, Scottie, Homa, Koepka, Lexi, Brooke Henderson, Charley Hull - tons of players
Now at 73 i see how to swing and knowledge understanding of what is a great explanation for this older man. Thanks so much. This just makes sense. Years trying to find the answers has come to light😂
I’m glad it helps! To much wrong info out there, happy to show you the answers for real!
Agree. Tried Dan's swing yesterday. What a difference. I could really feel when I did it correctly and when I pulled the handle.
Hey Don. I'm new to your in to your site. I'm 75 and play twice a week here on long Island. Your method is close to how I use to play. Injuries and flexibility have altered my swing. I was a good 10 handicapnon my sixties. Now I'm about a 20 die to distance loss and flipping a lot. I have never heard the term folding. Can you explain that. It probably what I used to do but now I can't. I have arthritis in every joint in my body from 50 yrs of racquetball, weight lifting and golf also two hip replacements, 4 heart attacks, knee injuries, and neuropathy in both feet. But I still play as much as I can. I've watched most of your videos. Im having a tough time with the frontal position and the folding of my arm. Can you give me the correct video that explains your swing style. To it looks like your flipping bat impact. I think you style is perfect fore and other seniors
Great explanation of the golf swing. Like Nicklaus said he tried to release the club as early as possible in the downswing. Your point that after contact your left palm should be facing down and the right pointing up-- do you have slow motion video of that release? Being a long time flipper/roller of my wrists, I am having trouble with that feel. Thanks again.
I don’t have a slow mo of it….maybe in the future I’ll do one, but if you watch how I do it on both screens it shows exactly what it should look like. Try screen recording it and then scrub-scrolling in your videos file - in the meantime I’ll try and figure out slow mo video. Thanks, hope it helps!
Hi Dan, thank you for your videos. Would you use the same motion for pitch and chip shots?
Yes, for sure. I’ll have a chipping, pitching video soon ~ stay tuned!
Great video simple explanation
Thanks, Stay tuned for more!
@@danaltongolfinstruction awesome ! getting back into the game after a leg injury so time to build new swing
Looking forward to learning more long time since we have seen each other
Better explanation than with your other videos IMO. Good job.
Thanks
Dan please I need help. Please help me. No matter what swing philosophy or method I’m applying, this constant stays true. At impact, I’m scooped with my handle leaning backwards. No matter what I do, unless I make some insane amount of forcefully leaning the shaft to the point where it looks worse than what you portray showcasing the bad dragging of the handle.
What can I do?? Because of my swing flaw I’m literally not playing golf anymore I just can’t fix it
This is good and easy to do. If you focus your movement down with knees little bit and "jump" move and your swing comes very naturally and sequence is all ready there.
When you say “focus your movement down” do you mean when the hands start down? The squating with club up, seems to flip the club behind me at the top.. also the hands coming down is seems like a drag/pull but just coming straight down, not across.. right
@@love2flash No when the hands Come down your focus should be jump or push of the ground, i think its like basketball free throw. Bend in knees and when its time to shoot you react with your feet.
Very good - remember, the up portion is relative, some people feel they have to ‘jump’ or come up and some will just do it naturally. The important thing is to make sure we’re folding that release thru they was it’s shown from a more frontal position (not transverse twisted)
Is this similar to what Malaska talks about, "keep the club in front of you during the BS, and as you transition, let the chest stay back and just let gravity drop the arms while you squat and drive the left hip back and up, which allows centrifugal force to move the handle in as the clubhead moves out to the ball at with great speed?" Not forcing things and remaining tension free is key to this.
While you do have to have the club in front of you on the back swing, you also do on the downswing. Not really sure what all the mechanics there are but…. MM thinks the swing will just happen from motion like this ….but in reality you have to fold the the face thru like I explain or else it’s still liable to twist and roll
Dan we need a course vlog!!!
Great stuff Dan Excellent logic
Thanks, hope it helps!
Dan, This is clearly different from what the majority of instructors teach. I’m very interested in learning more because I frankly believe the majority to be wrong. Did this come about from your own personal research or a collaboration with like minded instructors?
Hi Dan, if i get you right then all tour pros stay frontal and fold the club through? Is it that simple in the end? I‘d like to get in touch with you for some coaching to get my swing sorted. Great content, keep it going. Cheers from Hamburg / Germany
Yes, I’m a nutshell ~ we can certainly help you in Germany, find me on Skillest App and send me your swing! Talk to you soon!
Perfect! I‘ll get the app and get in touch with you. 👍🏻
Excellent!!!! Thanks a lot!
You’re welcome, thanks for watching! Stay tuned for more.
Best teacher since Malaska and their views very similar
Thanks, similar but very different once you really get into it, I think he lets everything going into a rolling release whereas I’m very focused on how to release and doing it with force.
I notice with this concept that you don’t appear to move the right shoulder too far around behind the head. Is this a result of your front Sagittal move or the fact you were hitting a less than full shot for demonstration. I see in pros a full turn of the right shoulder behind the head. How come they can do this and still swing in a sagittal plane. Thanks again for some original thought about the golf swing.
Because if I move the should back - that’s Transverse Rotation - as explained in the video. Also explain was, you’ll think they go transverse because of their 30 degree spine angle - but they really don’t - therefore, they don’t have to twist out of that angle to hit the ball. Any player you see that actually does twist, comes back to frontal before their down swing starts…due to some flaw they had as a beginner coming over the top.
This move shown is how to do it with 0 compensations - very clean
Hope that helps.
Thanks!
Simply brilliant and it works
Thanks! Hope it helps!
The sagittal part is the body moving up and down vertically and the frontal is the arms and club moving up down up by folding the club. I think I got it, golf swing has 2 planes of movement both of which eliminate pulling the handle and rotating the face.
Kind of yes, the frontal part is also the body staying in front of the ball as best as possible instead of turning away from it
Interesting 😊
Great lesson, have watched several of your videos, first time I picked up you squatting on the backswing . How can you avoid possible chicken wing on release?
If you’re referring to your left breaking thru and past impact, it’s not a big deal. If you’re doing way before hand, try and keep the handle lower as you swing. But chicken wing isn’t really a huge deal, lots of players including myself do it a bit as they go thru. It’s just another thing the golf industry talks about that doesn’t effect the swing much. The golf industry likes to ‘put in a new air conditioner to fix the broken engine’, they just don’t know any better or what to look at.
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Does this work with the driver or is there a little “tweak”?
Same with driver. Except there are more options you can add. You can really bomb it by hitting up (bc the ball is on a tee) and to do that, you’d weight from front to back (yes you heard that correctly, front to back) as you swing….you can also swing a little more under or over plane with driver depending on what you wanna do with the flight.
“Front to back” i am not sure what you mean.. is it starting position? More weight on the trail foot at setup? Thanks for the videos.
Excellent!
Just like that!
Im a believer but how does folding the club down match up with ben hogan, moe norman, sergio garcia etc who say the club falls behind them on the downswing? They seem to be doing the opposite of folding the club down and getting shallow instead.
Most players can only describe what they’re feeling, not what they’re actually doing. I used to have a video frame for frame with me and hogan and it was the same. Check this out and you’ll see what I’m talking about:
ruclips.net/video/V10lNZ1mpZA/видео.htmlsi=_LUb5Ujt5FwfZMlW
@@danaltongolfinstruction why you gotta pick on chuck? 😂😂 just kidding. Love that video.
All makes sense but the squat at the top. My squat happens during the down swing.
You need to have a paid course teaching all of this......I would pay if it was organized and done well. I have no doubt you would do that! Thank you.
Funny, I was suppose do a 2day shoot in FL doing a 3 part course on the whole game in Dec. Sprained my back the night before I was suppose to go. Still recovering, even making this was tough. But, coming this year I’ll have one made 👍🏼
I am buying it the first day you sell the 3 part course!
My man, this is earth-shattering for me. I was so in "transverse" dumb technical golf nerd mode that I couldn't even do the one-legged cross body med ball throws that my personal trainer was teaching me yesterday. I kept losing my balance because my upper body was twisting all over the place. Feeling frontal/saggital with the whole swing feels so bizarre (I somehow made it to 5 handicap by twisting), but it works. AND now my head finally stays steady. I have been working to keep it from bobbing up and down for 14 years. Amazing. Thanks so much!
Dan: This guy Christo is now teaching OTT Miracle Swing where he wants you to pull the club WAY inside - have you seen that? A lot of the students he shows look like total hacks doing it. Opinion??
I just watched it. He sucks it inside and then feels that he comes over, in reality he’s just coming to the plane and probably not knowing that. He still holds on too much and doesn’t know how to release. Dangerous move to just blatantly teach people. All these instructors find one little thing and think it’s eureka. They don’t understand the swing fully and/or how to get all types of people to do it. So basically you get a piece that might be correct, can only be applied to a certain type of flawed player, and that’s that, on to the next guy the amateur goes for help. It’s annoying from my perspective. Here’s the answer:
1. Where’s the plane & how do I get on it
2. How do I fold the club thru the release at impact
3. Limit transverse movements as it compromises the above laws
Done.
Hope that helps.
Looks like early extension with very little rotation to me. Never seen a good player do that.
It also feels like very little rotation, so it's surprising that the ball travels as far as it does. I was expecting to lose a ton of yardage with this swing, but that didn't happen. Gained consistency tho. And yes, it did feel like I was releasing at the top of the swing, but that didn't result in casting the club. Very different from the way I was previously swinging.
When I try this, I non-stop thin shots.
You’re mostly likely losing ‘outward angle’ which you can see in a video covered here:
ruclips.net/user/shortssElq5BtzA14?si=JHp_nhon-JrpjhWq
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I thought you said pros suck and they swing wrong. Make up your mind.
love these, do you have a vid on the grip? what grip do you prefer?
Strong left hand, loose over lap, in cradle of finger no palms ~ no video yet - stay tuned
So a "strong" lead hand....3 knuckles? Or do you prefer it be individualized based on contact/swing?@@danaltongolfinstruction
I was squatting naturally...I just didn't know to stay frontal. All my well-meaning friends said "Don't squat on backswing and rotate". They meant well, I guess. We'll try this again tomorrow.
Yes and if you do it correctly, it’ll look like ‘a turn’ - give it a go!