I FOUND THIS VERY HELPFUL. i AGREE THAT WE MAY NOT FIND THE TIME . AFTERALL WE ARE JUST ENJOYING A GAME OF GOLF AT 61!!!! HAVING STARTED AT 60 WITH BREAKS IN BETWEEN. GOOD VIDEO
This is world class teaching. Best in class. Your explanations are logical, easy to understand and to execute. I am a scientist and love your level. Thanks
This video came at the prefect time. As a new golfer I've been making a lot of changes to my swing this year. But watching videos of my swing vs low HC players I could tell my club through the ball was just moving much slower. This is exactly what my problem is. I don't get any of this quick rotation. Now I at least know what to work on. Thanks!
A lot of instruction misses this key piece and focuses on more complex (confusing) concepts. With this feeling of fully extending the right arm almost past the wrist I'm finally getting the post impact club rotation in the correct way and a sense that I can actually go at the ball as hard as I want without being out of control. The montage of the different handicaps is incredible, couldn't be a clearer. I think a lot of other aspects of the golf swing fall in to place with this move e.g. posting on the lead leg and staying in balance and centered.
This is golfing gold! So many PGA instructors are against forearm ‘rolling’, but that is exactly what you are showing here. More speed and more precision into impact just mashes the ball. Great stuff Craig. Keep ‘m coming! 👍🏌️♂️
Practiced emulating that 75 degree down swing and knee bend. Tried it out at the range today… swing changed forever 👀 getting that clean Divot/ sweet spot every swing. Thank you ⚔️
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As my father once said “ the first 100 years of golf are the hardest” He Played to a 4 index at 79 years old. Played to a 6 when he was 60. I asked him how he got better through the years….he said play every day or except the game is difficult
Hey Craig I needed to make another comment , lol you don't need to answer I know your busy, on the way to range today 1230 pm In New York, I tried something different today I put the ear buds in and listened to the whole video , that said I understand all the terminology your using so it worked lol, omg what a Video listening to it instead of watching it I learned so much that passes right by my brain lol, I've watched it numerous times ,, absolutely Gold, cant state it enough , maybe because this is what I've been struggling with,, ! Anyway at range going for it, lol Thanks Craig !
Fascinating to observe that a 6 handicapper has only 56% of the wrist rotation a scratch golfer has. Makes me realize as a 15 handicapper (on a good day) that we don't have to achieve the perfect tour position in order to play great golf. Hackmotion ordered. Thank you Craig!
Ive videoed my swing every 2-3 yrs when i get to a new level,theyre always sickeners!, even the one 2 yrs ago when i got down to 7hcp and was striking it!
Another fabulous lesson Craig. I now only follow WorldClass Golf.Your evidence based learning instruction teaches correct technique. I've had enough of all those verbose, egotistical on line PGA coaches with their confusing and misleading ideas.Golfers should turn off their laptops and, like me, put up a net in their back yard and copy, rehearse and repeat what the top pros do as illustrated by you.Thanks Craig.
Of all the swings I've ever seen on RUclips and Pro tours your swing by far is the most fluid and beautiful to watch hands down. Your transition is amazing! I'd give anything to have your swing. 👍
You are very good at teaching the correct movements and techniques along with the sequence of the swing. Knowing which muscles and the parts of your body to start and unload is key for a consistent golf. I have struggled to be consistent because not training my mind with the correct positions. I’m handicap unofficially between 4-8 on playing around 128-140 slope.
A lightbulb moment for me was feeling like my wrists stay quite. Weird how it made me stay down on the ball. I know it’s not taught but too much early wrists in amateurs. Stopped topping stopped chunking for me, but got to work on the rotation you speak of
Reminds me of Faldo preset drill… from which I always hit my purest most effortless strikes… but this video explains in detail why.. it all happens in such a short hand path, right thigh to just past right hip.. blink of an eye.
Practicing and practicing correctly are golden nuggets! You nailed it when you said people are practicing incorrectly. I see people smashing ball after ball at the range with the same result. Is that not the definition of insanity?!?!
Awesome, fact-based instructional video! You are the real deal. Your truth hurt but exposed my flaws. The sooner I accept that I am doing things incorrectly, the faster I can get on the recovery path to a better golf swing. I absolutely love and respect the game but have not been able to improve but now as I am climbing in age and paying more attention to the finer details, I think I have hope that I can improve some day soon! Thanks Craig!
Ive had a thumbs up to thumbs up golf swing all my life.lve been watching Pete Cowans instructional videos lately. What l have taken from his videos is not to square the face up with your hands only but with the turn of your hips and body. Now i’m just confused because what you’re explaining here is what l have all ways done or tried to do and it’s definitely a lot more wrist turning then Peter Cowans swing instructions.
I’ve spent a lot of time with Peter. Great guy learnt some great things from him. I’ve probably asked him over 500 questions. Club players are not able square up the club face with decent lag angles. They literally will not achieve this by rotating only their bodies.
Really interesting video and it was so good to compare swings through the different handicap range - such a progression and you could see how an arm extension follow through soon became a collapse and chicken wing through the ball. I was always a hands and wrists player but then had some tuition that tried to get me to have quieter hands that didn't roll as much and use body rotation to get the club back to square etc. Not sure if it has affected my game but it feels a bit of a battle at the moment. 🤷♂️
Great video . This swing looks alot easier on the body than mine . Ive seen a older guy i used to play with a few years ago rehersing this before each of his drives . He was in his late sixties still hitting it 280 .
Another great video, thanks craig!!! I´ve learned so much more from your videos than in 20 years of taking lesssons!!! Hope we can see in october!!! Please keep on doing such great content!!!! Take care, Harald
I struggled with consistency and distance because I keep using my weaker side to swing thru which is my left side for right hander. I tried the Hanger swing tool but it caused me to bow the the wrist too much. However, it did help me realized that the bowing of the left wrist is very subtle. No need to over do it. But the EUREKA moment for me was switching to my right dominant side to swing thru. I rotate the forearms and wrists but I initiate with it with the right side and the left side just hang on for the ride. Once I did this I noticed its easier to extend the right arm straight out in the follow thru like we see those pros do it. And the ball magically go straighter. Of course all this come second to using the core to initiate the entire sequence and not using the shoulders or the arms.
@@CraigHansonGolf You're very welcome, Craig. I hope your channel continues to grow, it deserves to be seen by a lot more players who want to improve their ball striking and consistency.
@@CraigHansonGolf Oh, didn't expect a reply, but since you did. First, kudos for the video, comparing hight handicap vs low handicap is a real eye opener. (video) I am having a real trouble getting my hands under my head in time. my best attempts get me to like 6 handicap, which isn't bad considering I'm 18 handicap. But still, how can I train to have my hands more forward at the moment of 90 angle?
@@tuanoful I’ve got a complete series on that in WorldClassGolf.com RUclips is just a portal for that. There’s 1300 videos and 75 Master Class Series. You would look at Advanced hand abs wrist series and lag and compression series. You won’t find that in RUclips. Kind regards
Last comment but I also think the better I get I feel the shot more in my core than I do in my arms And shoulders. It’s a powerful feeling when you feel the ball come off with your body more than your arms.
honestly this is the opposite to many of the feels i have seen. "Don't let the club face reach the wall in front of you". But I have a feeling it's going to work. Can't wait to try it
Hey Craig I had to wait a day before I made a comment, went to the range yesterday after watching this video, omg really what a difference, idk I got 5 to 10 more yards , with my irons, and face control,it took a bucket to get my face square the way I liked but come on, what have I've been thinking, my game fell apart until I saw this video yesterday, I think you had something similar last year with contact and the trail arm crossing over the lead arm in the follow thru and it happened then too, you know when you say stick to evidence based material well 100% correct, I got away from certain things and watched more rotation type swings to square the face and doesn't work for me , if that makes sense,, I'm 58 and I can only go so far with that side bend At impact, I was trying to be Tommy Fleetwood lol come on,, reality comes to the golf swing quick lol ! Anyway Craig for the next month I'm watching and studying this video at the range , breaking it down slowly ,slowly lol, no doubt a game changer for myself! Thanks man outstanding knowledge!
you are an awesome instructor, I have watched tons of your videos and have improved because of them so thank you sir... my question is we have all heard that impact is the moment of truth and that the backswing, transition and downswing all lead us to that moment of truth, so I wonder since 180 mph
For amateur golfers Is it a crucial step to learn before trying this to get your swing plain right? If you’re coming in steep, or over the top and you’re getting that proper wrist rotation will this lead to a major pull or hook? It seems this would only benefit golfers that come in at a 45° shaft angle or shallower from “in to out”. Thanks for any help with this!
A lot of the time your steep because of a poor release. People then use the trail tricep and shoulder to release. Try and make your divot go slightly to the right And watch the drills at the end of the video👍
This totally blows my mind. I've watched Jim Hardy and the one plane swing for years who said that the club face will stay square to the swing path throughout the swing. In trying to do this, I believe that this has caused numerous issues for me. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
All I can say is thar this is the best direction to go in for Club Golfer’s….. One of the stats Dr Robert Neal and myself looked at on WorldClassGolf.com just recently is the members taking online swing analysis lessons have improvised on average between 4-11 shots. When you think about that just for a second that’s remarkable! I just believe there’s almost no evidence based instruction out there it’s just one unorganised mess on RUclips
Thanks for the video. I’ve been working away from this release pattern having watched instruction about reducing rotation of the club! So much instruction out there that contradicts 🤔. This makes so much sense to me in terms of “staying low through” the ball. Holding the face “more square” leads to me lifting up too soon. So confusing 😬 Andy (HCap2)
Thanks Andy, We use evidence based instruction. Dr Robert Neal is one of the worlds leading biomechanics instructors. If your hitting a punch cut or something like that obviously there’s more shaft lean at address and Impact and it’s held off with a bigger divot. Use video film your swing with your mobile phone. Have a look at WorldClassGolf.Com It has 1200 videos Advanced Pitching series I think everyone believes it’s all in RUclips. But it’s not. RUclips has no structure. RUclipsrs have to keep releasing videos to keep that income. It’s a jungle of conflicting information it’s a real mess to be honest.
@@CraigHansonGolf it really is a jungle! The output from this is the the golfing public all search to improve but in truth you can find instruction that says the worlds flat if you look hard enough. Thanks for your reply and I will work on the drill and hopefully get back to a more solid release.
great video thanks craig - definitely food for thought. i have been doing that drill where you pre-set the club at P2 (short parallel backswing) and then just release through the ball - totally different impact feeling along the lines of what you are describing - now i have to work on how to get into that position using a full swing!
Just managed to figure out on my own *why*, anatomically, that right elbow thing is so critical! Looks like a normal forearm has close to 180° of rotation available (pronation) - when the elbow is held against the body. When that elbow is straightened and the upper arm is allowed to join in (internal rotation), another 90°+ becomes available - for hitting pull hooks. 🙂 Lacking that bit of information helped run me out of the game many years ago. Being able to use my hands and wrists and forearms - after assuming that they must remain quiet - is kind of important, eh? (I know where deltoids are, but no idea how they function). "Possibly" of interest is that surgery has left me unable to fully supinate my right forearm (nor extend my right wrist), so I've "made do" with workarounds since coming back. Sadly, one of them seems to be (video consistently shows it) that mostly via a little bit of right forearm supination I'm able go from too steep at P5 to a "decent" P6 position - at least shaft angle wise. This gets me pretty consistently in the 1.0R range with our recently acquired Mevo+ PP. *But*, failing to understand *why* that right elbow needs to stay tucked (not just as a "guide"), my FTT has been *much* harder to pin down, with the occasional huge push showing up out of the blue. I now *think* that it must be a result of sometimes exaggerating my inside out move - *without* combining it with that right forearm pronation - which had *just* been involved with the *opposite* , supination move. Fun project. 🙂 Otherwise, results are "good enough" since learning from the Mevo feedback. Been looking a bunch at the HackMotion gadget, but now kinda thinking that your "thumb right-to thumb left" drill might make it superfluous. Thanks so much for sharing! BTW, I often use aspects of your swing as a mental picture for things that I want to try. I'll bet you can tell me *exactly* why Colin Montgomerie often comes to mind when watching your swing. 🙂 Oh, and the neck and "side-bend" thing have become far easier since flaring my left foot out even more. Fun stuff. 🙂
Ha ha ha ha 🙈🙈talk about missing the complete point of the entire video 😂😂…. Did you actually watch it? II bet you didn’t quick to fire off a ridiculous response 😂 It shows the different levels of golfers Anthony in detail and supplies drills and exercises to help a golfer improve. I actually mention it’s about improvement. Maybe getting to the next level. . Anthony Wallis this is the worst post I’ve seen for do long im actually going to leave the post here. Take responsibility for posting your crap
Craig, just to clarify the roll angle you are demonstrating ( forearm or lead wrist as you can’t roll wrist independently of forearm) can only be recorded on Hack Motion in the Pro version.. am I correct ? I appreciate you are also looking at lead wrist flexion ( bowing) and extension ( cupping) through impact and that data is available in the Player Hack Motion version.
I have always squared the face with body rotation but I lack speed. This will probably help but I am yet to understand how this won't hook the ball. It would seem to me the hands will travel faster than the rest of the body.
Does the release you teach have to match up with grip preferences? My grip is a tad stronger than neutral and if I roll the way you show through impact I will hit something that curves much more than my desired baby push draw. Do you teach that forearm roll through the impact area is dependent on the style of grip used (weak, neutral, strong)? Great video, but it is hard to see if it actually applies to all of us. Thank you.
Really nice and easy to follow presentation 👍 all to often I see and hear snippets with no real start or end point , so well done . Also a big thanks as I’m trying to get the exact release pattern your describing into my longer irons , so it’s nice to see a decent way forward on that , as I try this without a club at home it really is showing me how I need to adjust to get through , add a bit of whip and not punch down so much 👍 . Keep it up .
Very interesting video. Does a strong grip affect the amount of rotation one should strive for? I’d be concerned that a stronger grip combined with this move could lead to massive hooks
If I understood it well, then this would explain how my "controlled" punch shot would sometimes cover the same distance as my full swing...it was because I had the correct wrist angles and a good tempo to go with it.
Craig really appreciate this video. So many instructors teach the opposite of this which I think is the so called Rotational swing whereby hands remain very fixed during the swing & impact achieved by body rotation...something that I can't do. In your swing releasing the lead hand this way is your body weight shift leading the downswing or is it a feeling of your arms firing the downswing through past impact. I have difficulty in creating a good transition & trying to find a simple swing thought to achieve consistency with this? This video of yours is just so good by the way. Update...I have just seen your prior video to this re the downswing which answers my question.
Just a question is the release happening by the extension of the lead hand & not the trail hand? Also is supination (rolling?) of the lead forearm happening with this?
You mainly rotate your shoulders then through impact rotate forearms. Hands only slightly change. That's inline with what he says and other people. Don't flip your hands and arms.
The shoulders are a problem too, for amateurs we don’t get the shoulder moving up and around, instead just up and down look at the high handicap compared to the scratch golfer leaving no where to go but break down in arms wrists stand up.
I'm a +4 and I assure you I'm nowhere near that position of your 0 handicap although admittedly I'm a +4 playing local muni public courses here in Oklahoma City which are fairly flat and not super hard. I'm dang sure going to work hard this offseason to get there though. Hard to make changes after 32 years of golf because muscle memory is difficult to change.
+4 is mega good whichever course you play. Are you trying to say you don’t look like your wrists don’t look like that but you’re trying to get closer to it?
I had rotator cuff surgery 6/20 and I still have some stuffiness in the left shoulder which effect’s my follow through and release. Should I stop swinging till all stiffness is gone and plow through? Mike
Handicap 16 is me, and I never realized what it was I was doing wrong. I'll have to work on rolling over more. It just feels so loose and out of control.
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Good video but I have a question: let’s say that the 4 handicapper keeps the same swing and it works, how about putting? I get that it’s good to have consistency in the golf swing, but if you can hole putts and get down to scratch then it’s not just all about the swing. Am I making sense? Or…
It’s a look at what happens generally with the golf the amateur golf swing. It shows how the amateur golf swing progressively gets worse. This gives the Public a better understanding of what happens with amateur swings. If you the handicap 3 player goes to the gym, eats healthy, meditates, and works diligently on his short game and putting then yes there is a chance he could improve his handicap. This video however is about the hand and wrist movement of the golfers at different levels.
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I FOUND THIS VERY HELPFUL. i AGREE THAT WE MAY NOT FIND THE TIME . AFTERALL WE ARE JUST ENJOYING A GAME OF GOLF AT 61!!!! HAVING STARTED AT 60 WITH BREAKS IN BETWEEN. GOOD VIDEO
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This is world class teaching. Best in class. Your explanations are logical, easy to understand and to execute.
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This video came at the prefect time. As a new golfer I've been making a lot of changes to my swing this year. But watching videos of my swing vs low HC players I could tell my club through the ball was just moving much slower. This is exactly what my problem is. I don't get any of this quick rotation. Now I at least know what to work on. Thanks!
Thanks Aaron really appreciate that 👍👍
A lot of instruction misses this key piece and focuses on more complex (confusing) concepts. With this feeling of fully extending the right arm almost past the wrist I'm finally getting the post impact club rotation in the correct way and a sense that I can actually go at the ball as hard as I want without being out of control.
The montage of the different handicaps is incredible, couldn't be a clearer.
I think a lot of other aspects of the golf swing fall in to place with this move e.g. posting on the lead leg and staying in balance and centered.
@@2k10clarky yes your right 👍..excellent post
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This is golfing gold! So many PGA instructors are against forearm ‘rolling’, but that is exactly what you are showing here. More speed and more precision into impact just mashes the ball. Great stuff Craig. Keep ‘m coming! 👍🏌️♂️
Thanks Marc
Practiced emulating that 75 degree down swing and knee bend. Tried it out at the range today… swing changed forever 👀 getting that clean Divot/ sweet spot every swing. Thank you ⚔️
So great to hear thanks so much for posting
i bet your not hitting that good still… lol your first mistake in golf is thinking you have “figured it out”
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Nice video and lesson.its really help a newbie golfer like me..thank you..
Thanks 🙏 really appreciate it
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Played to a 4 index at 79 years old. Played to a 6 when he was 60. I asked him how he got better through the years….he said play every day or except the game is difficult
Hey Craig I needed to make another comment , lol you don't need to answer I know your busy, on the way to range today 1230 pm In New York, I tried something different today I put the ear buds in and listened to the whole video , that said I understand all the terminology your using so it worked lol, omg what a Video listening to it instead of watching it I learned so much that passes right by my brain lol, I've watched it numerous times ,, absolutely Gold, cant state it enough , maybe because this is what I've been struggling with,, ! Anyway at range going for it, lol Thanks Craig !
🤝🤝😊.. ha ha ha great stuff Kevin enjoy it mate 💪.. good luck
No bullshit the best I've ever hit a golf ball, I can't believe it, 👍
@@Murf1802 🕺🏻 ohh yeaahh!
I've watched this video 3 times already, such a great explanation, Thanks.
Thanks so much David 👌
Fascinating to observe that a 6 handicapper has only 56% of the wrist rotation a scratch golfer has. Makes me realize as a 15 handicapper (on a good day) that we don't have to achieve the perfect tour position in order to play great golf. Hackmotion ordered. Thank you Craig!
Thanks Paul great to hear
This awesome, I love it!!!!!
Thanks very much
Great video this will be watched over and over this winter. Boy did it point out flaws in my swing!
Thanks Mike 👍👍
Excellent Drills. Thanks Sir.
Thanks for posting
Ive videoed my swing every 2-3 yrs when i get to a new level,theyre always sickeners!, even the one 2 yrs ago when i got down to 7hcp and was striking it!
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Another fabulous lesson Craig. I now only follow WorldClass Golf.Your evidence based learning instruction teaches correct technique. I've had enough of all those verbose, egotistical on line PGA coaches with their confusing and misleading ideas.Golfers should turn off their laptops and, like me, put up a net in their back yard and copy, rehearse and repeat what the top pros do as illustrated by you.Thanks Craig.
Thanks so much Robbie 👍 I really appreciate that it’s been so much work and it’s things like this that mean do much 💪💪…
I think you’re spot on. I really got a lot out of the 75 degree movement. Especially the point of impact, thanks for the lesson
Thanks Jason 👍
This has been a huge problem with my swing. Thanks for the drill and explanations
Thanks for posting that’s very polite of you 👍
Just excellent - great instruction without the crap - thanks sooo much
Thanks Kevin 👍👍.. starting to reach more and more people it’s a nice feeling
Love this video. Thanks.
Thanks 🙏.. really appreciate you taking the time to post
Of all the swings I've ever seen on RUclips and Pro tours your swing by far is the most fluid and beautiful to watch hands down. Your transition is amazing! I'd give anything to have your swing. 👍
Thanks Jim that really is great to hear.
Thanks so much 👍..
I’ve spent my whole life working hard on my swing.
Brilliant drill! Respect from Russia 🇷🇺!
You are very good at teaching the correct movements and techniques along with the sequence of the swing. Knowing which muscles and the parts of your body to start and unload is key for a consistent golf. I have struggled to be consistent because not training my mind with the correct positions. I’m handicap unofficially between 4-8 on playing around 128-140 slope.
Thanks for posting
A lightbulb moment for me was feeling like my wrists stay quite. Weird how it made me stay down on the ball. I know it’s not taught but too much early wrists in amateurs. Stopped topping stopped chunking for me, but got to work on the rotation you speak of
I suppose that's true...this gives a good picture on what to practice and look for to improve.....thank you
Thanks for posting
Great video! First time ever I can see the distance to proper rotation and follow-through.
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Excellent video. Reminds me of Faldo's thumbs-up to thumbs-up drill.
Reminds me of Faldo preset drill… from which I always hit my purest most effortless strikes… but this video explains in detail why.. it all happens in such a short hand path, right thigh to just past right hip.. blink of an eye.
Rotating the forearms only instead of the shoulders is GOLD!! Thank you!!
Thanks Todd 👍👍
Holy crap, wish I'd seen this video 40 years ago! Better late than never. This will change my game.
Better late than never 👍👍
You've convinced me! Thank you, Craig.
That’s great Peter. Thanks for posting
Practicing and practicing correctly are golden nuggets! You nailed it when you said people are practicing incorrectly. I see people smashing ball after ball at the range with the same result. Is that not the definition of insanity?!?!
Ha ha ga ha yes 👍
I've watched my swing on video and can see I have a flip. I look forward to watching your videos.
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Awesome, fact-based instructional video! You are the real deal. Your truth hurt but exposed my flaws. The sooner I accept that I am doing things incorrectly, the faster I can get on the recovery path to a better golf swing. I absolutely love and respect the game but have not been able to improve but now as I am climbing in age and paying more attention to the finer details, I think I have hope that I can improve some day soon! Thanks Craig!
Thanks so much Syd 👍👍 appreciate the post
Craig Great Simplification of the Correct Move , Thank You Sir!
Thank you Daryl good luck with it 👍👍
Great video! I find keeping my left upper arm secured to the side of my chest also helps reduce the chicken wing
👍 thanks so much for posting
This is so eye opening and makes perfect sense…Why do so many teachers say not to rotate your wrists when clearly almost all the pros do this? 🤷♂️
I seriously think it’s because they don’t really know what’s going on
Great drills
Thanks Tom I appreciated you taking the time to post 👍
wow very good lesson !!
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Thank you. Keep up the great work, Craig!
Appreciate that Michael thanks 👍
Ive had a thumbs up to thumbs up golf swing all my life.lve been watching Pete Cowans instructional videos lately. What l have taken from his videos is not to square the face up with your hands only but with the turn of your hips and body. Now i’m just confused because what you’re explaining here is what l have all ways done or tried to do and it’s definitely a lot more wrist turning then Peter Cowans swing instructions.
I’ve spent a lot of time with Peter. Great guy learnt some great things from him. I’ve probably asked him over 500 questions.
Club players are not able square up the club face with decent lag angles. They literally will not achieve this by rotating only their bodies.
Really interesting video and it was so good to compare swings through the different handicap range - such a progression and you could see how an arm extension follow through soon became a collapse and chicken wing through the ball. I was always a hands and wrists player but then had some tuition that tried to get me to have quieter hands that didn't roll as much and use body rotation to get the club back to square etc. Not sure if it has affected my game but it feels a bit of a battle at the moment. 🤷♂️
Interesting post 👍 thanks got taking the time
GREAT as always!
Thanks Travis always appreciated thanks for taking the time to post 👍
Great tip and drill, thanks
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Super interesting stuff Craig
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Great video . This swing looks alot easier on the body than mine . Ive seen a older guy i used to play with a few years ago rehersing this before each of his drives . He was in his late sixties still hitting it 280 .
Thanks John 👍👍
Another great video, thanks craig!!! I´ve learned so much more from your videos than in 20 years of taking lesssons!!! Hope we can see in october!!! Please keep on doing such great content!!!! Take care, Harald
Looking forward to it Harald 👍👍.. I hope so as well
love your videos always mate 👍
Thanks Jay 👍
I struggled with consistency and distance because I keep using my weaker side to swing thru which is my left side for right hander. I tried the Hanger swing tool but it caused me to bow the the wrist too much. However, it did help me realized that the bowing of the left wrist is very subtle. No need to over do it. But the EUREKA moment for me was switching to my right dominant side to swing thru. I rotate the forearms and wrists but I initiate with it with the right side and the left side just hang on for the ride. Once I did this I noticed its easier to extend the right arm straight out in the follow thru like we see those pros do it. And the ball magically go straighter. Of course all this come second to using the core to initiate the entire sequence and not using the shoulders or the arms.
Thanks for sharing 👍
J'adore vos vidéos 👍
World class golf is THE perfect description- thanks Craig
Just stumbled onto your channel. Very good drill and instruction!
Thanks very much 👍
@@CraigHansonGolf You're very welcome, Craig. I hope your channel continues to grow, it deserves to be seen by a lot more players who want to improve their ball striking and consistency.
This video is AMAZING!
Thanks so much 👍👍
@@CraigHansonGolf Oh, didn't expect a reply, but since you did.
First, kudos for the video, comparing hight handicap vs low handicap is a real eye opener. (video)
I am having a real trouble getting my hands under my head in time. my best attempts get me to like 6 handicap, which isn't bad considering I'm 18 handicap. But still, how can I train to have my hands more forward at the moment of 90 angle?
@@tuanoful I’ve got a complete series on that in WorldClassGolf.com
RUclips is just a portal for that. There’s 1300 videos and 75 Master Class Series.
You would look at Advanced hand abs wrist series and lag and compression series.
You won’t find that in RUclips.
Kind regards
Outstanding
Thanks Al 👍👍 hope your golf is going well
Last comment but I also think the better I get I feel the shot more in my core than I do in my arms And shoulders. It’s a powerful feeling when you feel the ball come off with your body more than your arms.
Thanks for posting
You are one of the best teachers in youtube. Does the impact snap help in training this move? Thanks Craig!
Thanks so much really appreciate that.
I just had a look in google i’m not so sure about that impact snap sorry
honestly this is the opposite to many of the feels i have seen. "Don't let the club face reach the wall in front of you". But I have a feeling it's going to work. Can't wait to try it
Good luck thanks for posting
Hey Craig I had to wait a day before I made a comment, went to the range yesterday after watching this video, omg really what a difference, idk I got 5 to 10 more yards , with my irons, and face control,it took a bucket to get my face square the way I liked but come on, what have I've been thinking, my game fell apart until I saw this video yesterday, I think you had something similar last year with contact and the trail arm crossing over the lead arm in the follow thru and it happened then too, you know when you say stick to evidence based material well 100% correct, I got away from certain things and watched more rotation type swings to square the face and doesn't work for me , if that makes sense,, I'm 58 and I can only go so far with that side bend At impact, I was trying to be Tommy Fleetwood lol come on,, reality comes to the golf swing quick lol ! Anyway Craig for the next month I'm watching and studying this video at the range , breaking it down slowly ,slowly lol, no doubt a game changer for myself! Thanks man outstanding knowledge!
Thanks Kevin,
Sounds great 👍.. stay on track man !
Thanks for posting always good 👍
Great info, thanks 👍🏽
Thanks Soooo much mark 🤝
This is the same "hitch hiker" drill in David Love III Jr's book, I practice this all the time to feel the golf swing.
That’s interesting Peter thanks for posting 👍
you are an awesome instructor, I have watched tons of your videos and have improved because of them so thank you sir... my question is we have all heard that impact is the moment of truth and that the backswing, transition and downswing all lead us to that moment of truth, so I wonder since 180 mph
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For amateur golfers Is it a crucial step to learn before trying this to get your swing plain right? If you’re coming in steep, or over the top and you’re getting that proper wrist rotation will this lead to a major pull or hook? It seems this would only benefit golfers that come in at a 45° shaft angle or shallower from “in to out”. Thanks for any help with this!
A lot of the time your steep because of a poor release. People then use the trail tricep and shoulder to release.
Try and make your divot go slightly to the right
And watch the drills at the end of the video👍
Love the video. It was very creative as well as educational to show the differences of the lag between low and high handicappers.
Thanks Gary thanks for taking the time to post 👍👍..
This totally blows my mind. I've watched Jim Hardy and the one plane swing for years who said that the club face will stay square to the swing path throughout the swing. In trying to do this, I believe that this has caused numerous issues for me. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
All I can say is thar this is the best direction to go in for Club Golfer’s…..
One of the stats Dr Robert Neal and myself looked at on WorldClassGolf.com just recently is the members taking online swing analysis lessons have improvised on average between 4-11 shots.
When you think about that just for a second that’s remarkable!
I just believe there’s almost no evidence based instruction out there it’s just one unorganised mess on RUclips
08:22 check point
Thanks for the video. I’ve been working away from this release pattern having watched instruction about reducing rotation of the club! So much instruction out there that contradicts 🤔. This makes so much sense to me in terms of “staying low through” the ball. Holding the face “more square” leads to me lifting up too soon.
So confusing 😬 Andy (HCap2)
Thanks Andy,
We use evidence based instruction.
Dr Robert Neal is one of the worlds leading biomechanics instructors.
If your hitting a punch cut or something like that obviously there’s more shaft lean at address and Impact and it’s held off with a bigger divot.
Use video film your swing with your mobile phone.
Have a look at WorldClassGolf.Com
It has 1200 videos
Advanced Pitching series
I think everyone believes it’s all in RUclips. But it’s not. RUclips has no structure. RUclipsrs have to keep releasing videos to keep that income. It’s a jungle of conflicting information it’s a real mess to be honest.
@@CraigHansonGolf it really is a jungle! The output from this is the the golfing public all search to improve but in truth you can find instruction that says the worlds flat if you look hard enough.
Thanks for your reply and I will work on the drill and hopefully get back to a more solid release.
great video thanks craig - definitely food for thought. i have been doing that drill where you pre-set the club at P2 (short parallel backswing) and then just release through the ball - totally different impact feeling along the lines of what you are describing - now i have to work on how to get into that position using a full swing!
Good luck mate 👍 thanks for posting appreciate it
Just managed to figure out on my own *why*, anatomically, that right elbow thing is so critical! Looks like a normal forearm has close to 180° of rotation available (pronation) - when the elbow is held against the body. When that elbow is straightened and the upper arm is allowed to join in (internal rotation), another 90°+ becomes available - for hitting pull hooks. 🙂 Lacking that bit of information helped run me out of the game many years ago. Being able to use my hands and wrists and forearms - after assuming that they must remain quiet - is kind of important, eh? (I know where deltoids are, but no idea how they function).
"Possibly" of interest is that surgery has left me unable to fully supinate my right forearm (nor extend my right wrist), so I've "made do" with workarounds since coming back. Sadly, one of them seems to be (video consistently shows it) that mostly via a little bit of right forearm supination I'm able go from too steep at P5 to a "decent" P6 position - at least shaft angle wise. This gets me pretty consistently in the 1.0R range with our recently acquired Mevo+ PP. *But*, failing to understand *why* that right elbow needs to stay tucked (not just as a "guide"), my FTT has been *much* harder to pin down, with the occasional huge push showing up out of the blue. I now *think* that it must be a result of sometimes exaggerating my inside out move - *without* combining it with that right forearm pronation - which had *just* been involved with the *opposite* , supination move. Fun project. 🙂 Otherwise, results are "good enough" since learning from the Mevo feedback.
Been looking a bunch at the HackMotion gadget, but now kinda thinking that your "thumb right-to thumb left" drill might make it superfluous. Thanks so much for sharing!
BTW, I often use aspects of your swing as a mental picture for things that I want to try. I'll bet you can tell me *exactly* why Colin Montgomerie often comes to mind when watching your swing. 🙂
Oh, and the neck and "side-bend" thing have become far easier since flaring my left foot out even more. Fun stuff. 🙂
thank for sharing 👍👍
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I think we should also talk about the right arm and hand taking over the swing. You cant flip if the right hand is passive.
Thanks for posting
Brilliant! Just swing like Adam Scott. Why didn't I think of that?
Ha ha ha ha 🙈🙈talk about missing the complete point of the entire video 😂😂….
Did you actually watch it? II bet you didn’t quick to fire off a ridiculous response 😂
It shows the different levels of golfers Anthony in detail and supplies drills and exercises to help a golfer improve.
I actually mention it’s about improvement. Maybe getting to the next level. .
Anthony Wallis this is the worst post I’ve seen for do long im actually going to leave the post here. Take responsibility for posting your crap
Thanks 🙏 I needed this explanation for my chicken wing. Now I know exactly how to practice in order to get it out of my swing.
No Problem Rick thanks for posting 👍👍
Craig, just to clarify the roll angle you are demonstrating ( forearm or lead wrist as you can’t roll wrist independently of forearm) can only be recorded on Hack Motion in the Pro version.. am I correct ?
I appreciate you are also looking at lead wrist flexion ( bowing) and extension ( cupping) through impact and that data is available in the Player Hack Motion version.
The pro version yes. All extension and flexion is available throughout the swing - it does so many things
Ive always thought bio feedback was the way to go,didnt realise this was out there!
Well Graham there’s probably lots of stuff you don’t know
I have always squared the face with body rotation but I lack speed. This will probably help but I am yet to understand how this won't hook the ball. It would seem to me the hands will travel faster than the rest of the body.
Thanks for posting
I’m in the exact same boat as you, slow body through the swing and concerned re hooks. I guess practice will tell.
The G.E.M is a perfect training aid for this move I believe
Yes it definitely it is .. amazing product
Craig - why is it easier for players who played Junior golf to create better wrist angles/lag? Thanks so much, loving your content.
Juniors are great imitators the learn things adults can’t
Because most instruction doesn't detail what the wrists do.
Does the release you teach have to match up with grip preferences? My grip is a tad stronger than neutral and if I roll the way you show through impact I will hit something that curves much more than my desired baby push draw. Do you teach that forearm roll through the impact area is dependent on the style of grip used (weak, neutral, strong)? Great video, but it is hard to see if it actually applies to all of us. Thank you.
yeah it’s impossible to do a video that applies to everyone. A strong grip will soll still have a release but not as early thanks for sharing
Really nice and easy to follow presentation 👍 all to often I see and hear snippets with no real start or end point , so well done .
Also a big thanks as I’m trying to get the exact release pattern your describing into my longer irons , so it’s nice to see a decent way forward on that , as I try this without a club at home it really is showing me how I need to adjust to get through , add a bit of whip and not punch down so much 👍 . Keep it up .
Thanks John 👍👍
Very interesting video. Does a strong grip affect the amount of rotation one should strive for? I’d be concerned that a stronger grip combined with this move could lead to massive hooks
Yea a strong grip would
If I understood it well, then this would explain how my "controlled" punch shot would sometimes cover the same distance as my full swing...it was because I had the correct wrist angles and a good tempo to go with it.
Thanks for posting Ryan 👍
Personally i feel i produce this action from internal shoulder downwards through the arm to the hand,ie im flinging a Frisbee not turning a door knob!
Craig really appreciate this video. So many instructors teach the opposite of this which I think is the so called Rotational swing whereby hands remain very fixed during the swing & impact achieved by body rotation...something that I can't do.
In your swing releasing the lead hand this way is your body weight shift leading the downswing or is it a feeling of your arms firing the downswing through past impact.
I have difficulty in creating a good transition & trying to find a simple swing thought to achieve consistency with this?
This video of yours is just so good by the way.
Update...I have just seen your prior video to this re the downswing which answers my question.
Thanks sooo much 👍
Just a question is the release happening by the extension of the lead hand & not the trail hand? Also is supination (rolling?) of the lead forearm happening with this?
You mainly rotate your shoulders then through impact rotate forearms. Hands only slightly change. That's inline with what he says and other people. Don't flip your hands and arms.
The shoulders are a problem too, for amateurs we don’t get the shoulder moving up and around, instead just up and down look at the high handicap compared to the scratch golfer leaving no where to go but break down in arms wrists stand up.
Thanks for posting
I'm a +4 and I assure you I'm nowhere near that position of your 0 handicap although admittedly I'm a +4 playing local muni public courses here in Oklahoma City which are fairly flat and not super hard. I'm dang sure going to work hard this offseason to get there though. Hard to make changes after 32 years of golf because muscle memory is difficult to change.
+4 is mega good whichever course you play. Are you trying to say you don’t look like your wrists don’t look like that but you’re trying to get closer to it?
You're only 32 mate, you still got plenty of time
+4 is you shooting under par more often than you be over. I would get in some tournaments if your a plus 4
@@theaffliction21 lol he plays golf since 32 years ago, he is not 32
@@holyster2285 you say potato I say potatoe
I had rotator cuff surgery 6/20 and I still have some stuffiness in the left shoulder which effect’s my follow through and release. Should I stop swinging till all stiffness is gone and plow through?
Mike
Take it easy .. be careful.. rest
Handicap 16 is me, and I never realized what it was I was doing wrong. I'll have to work on rolling over more. It just feels so loose and out of control.
WorldClassGolf.com
• 1300 videos - we have 2 separate series on the release and how to gradually improve it. Is not all in RUclips that’s for sure.
Swing Analysis from me I can be your coach. WhatsApp contact.
Send me your swing and I analyse it for 20 minutes with Drills and Tailored exercises you receive a compressed email the same as the RUclips video, except with your swing on the screen.
Thanks so much for posting
Good video but I have a question: let’s say that the 4 handicapper keeps the same swing and it works, how about putting? I get that it’s good to have consistency in the golf swing, but if you can hole putts and get down to scratch then it’s not just all about the swing. Am I making sense? Or…
It’s a look at what happens generally with the golf the amateur golf swing. It shows how the amateur golf swing progressively gets worse.
This gives the Public a better understanding of what happens with amateur swings.
If you the handicap 3 player goes to the gym, eats healthy, meditates, and works diligently on his short game and putting then yes there is a chance he could improve his handicap.
This video however is about the hand and wrist movement of the golfers at different levels.
Do you rotate like that if you have a strong grip? That move seems like it would cause a big hook with strong grip
I mentioned that in the video