Awesome thanks. Sometimes I’ll not get into left side and I’m hitting from my back foot, out of balance yuk 😂 This is exactly what I needed a reminder for
My favourite videos of yours are the ones where you explain body or club movements in plain English. Awesome!! I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you feel/conceptualise squaring the face, whether by timing the release /body movements or other ideas.
In the past ive spun my hips early,recently i had done a lot of Step drills hitting balls even 1 handed But like this great video shows it was only when i put the 2 together that my ball striking dramatically improved, As id done a lot of step drills i focussed first on left internal hip/glute them added right keeping pressure in right foot I also have to be aware of my lowerbody ground pressure at change of direction
Great video, as always. I wish general golf instruction would focus more on sequence. For amateurs who struggle, the missing ingredient is almost always SEQUENCING. It's not their fault, though. Traditional golf instruction failed them. Thanks, Sam, for a fantastic demonstration and explanation.
You never know what you don't know. Definitely a large gap in knowledge between golf instructors. I love teaching because every swing is different and the answer isn't always found in a textbook.
The more I do this, the less I end up hitting up with the driver. My AOA goes negative. I generate a lot more hand speed with irons because I’m able to get into the front aggressively. Where with driver I feel like I can’t get hard into the front without messing up my AOA. How do I do the step drill while still keeping a good positive AOA? Is it a late right ribcage crunch in transition? If I setup with spine tilt away from target I’m just way less aggressive into the front.
Typically speaking, a lowered angle of attack when getting into your front side is caused by more lateral shift and not enough vertical force. Getting into your front side does not help when you never transfer the weight vertically from the ground up. Side bend, spinal tilt, etc. can be good ways to help increase your AoA but if you are moving too laterally when loading and never/are late locking out that lead side, you will still struggle.
Shifting has always been the hardest thing for me to do without bringing the upper body with the shift. Is getting on the left side triggered by a push off of the trail foot or just the slamming down of the front heel. Which is better for power and speed? I do however, think I don’t have to primarily think shifting at the top of the swing when I load my trail side using my lats and when I unload with my lead lat and external rotation of my trail shoulder, I then don’t end up on my trail foot at the end of my swing which means I must be shifting. Does this sound like a viable solution?
The thought behind loading that front side varies per person. Some need to think slamming heel down, less think about pushing off the trail side (that's more so later in the swing). I really like the swing thought of falling. You want to be weightless moving forward and catch yourself on your lead side to pop up with it. Much like a jump, you go down being more weightless until you catch yourself then explode up. Yes muscles tighten when loading but it isn't just a stomp down either. Would have to see the swing to judge if you are or not. The description could make you do it or not do it. I personally never need to think about loading my left side. I just do it as a byproduct of other moving pieces in my swing. So could or could not be the same for you.
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Awesome thanks.
Sometimes I’ll not get into left side and I’m hitting from my back foot, out of balance yuk 😂
This is exactly what I needed a reminder for
This was one of the first things my swing coach taught me as I hung back alot. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Always helping the short hitters to get longer thanks for all your great instruction
Easy subscribe! Great video!
My favourite videos of yours are the ones where you explain body or club movements in plain English. Awesome!!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you feel/conceptualise squaring the face, whether by timing the release /body movements or other ideas.
ooo that's a fun topic that can get very complicated very quickly. Definitely going to get to that!
Weird im 65yo and only just discovered this and then found this video! It works i shot my best medal round of 3 over yesterday!
In the past ive spun my hips early,recently i had done a lot of Step drills hitting balls even 1 handed But like this great video shows it was only when i put the 2 together that my ball striking dramatically improved,
As id done a lot of step drills i focussed first on left internal hip/glute them added right keeping pressure in right foot I also have to be aware of my lowerbody ground pressure at change of direction
Super.
Mahalo
Great video, as always. I wish general golf instruction would focus more on sequence. For amateurs who struggle, the missing ingredient is almost always SEQUENCING. It's not their fault, though. Traditional golf instruction failed them. Thanks, Sam, for a fantastic demonstration and explanation.
You never know what you don't know. Definitely a large gap in knowledge between golf instructors. I love teaching because every swing is different and the answer isn't always found in a textbook.
The more I do this, the less I end up hitting up with the driver. My AOA goes negative. I generate a lot more hand speed with irons because I’m able to get into the front aggressively. Where with driver I feel like I can’t get hard into the front without messing up my AOA. How do I do the step drill while still keeping a good positive AOA? Is it a late right ribcage crunch in transition? If I setup with spine tilt away from target I’m just way less aggressive into the front.
Typically speaking, a lowered angle of attack when getting into your front side is caused by more lateral shift and not enough vertical force. Getting into your front side does not help when you never transfer the weight vertically from the ground up. Side bend, spinal tilt, etc. can be good ways to help increase your AoA but if you are moving too laterally when loading and never/are late locking out that lead side, you will still struggle.
Shifting has always been the hardest thing for me to do without bringing the upper body with the shift.
Is getting on the left side triggered by a push off of the trail foot or just the slamming down of the front heel. Which is better for power and speed?
I do however, think I don’t have to primarily think shifting at the top of the swing when I load my trail side using my lats and when I unload with my lead lat and external rotation of my trail shoulder, I then don’t end up on my trail foot at the end of my swing which means I must be shifting. Does this sound like a viable solution?
The thought behind loading that front side varies per person. Some need to think slamming heel down, less think about pushing off the trail side (that's more so later in the swing). I really like the swing thought of falling. You want to be weightless moving forward and catch yourself on your lead side to pop up with it. Much like a jump, you go down being more weightless until you catch yourself then explode up. Yes muscles tighten when loading but it isn't just a stomp down either.
Would have to see the swing to judge if you are or not. The description could make you do it or not do it. I personally never need to think about loading my left side. I just do it as a byproduct of other moving pieces in my swing. So could or could not be the same for you.
So is this what causes me to top the ball / hit way ahead of the ball (like 3 inches)?
Many things can cause that. Without seeing your swing, I cannot tell you exactly what is but too much lateral slide can cause that.
Can I borrow 15 mph 😂