Well.. that fixed everything! Thanks Brandon! I have the dst compressor and was still having some issues with pull hook because I was casting. Staying down and steady with a move forward through the ball brought it all into focus. Much thanks
I really enjoyed this video and I agree with Brendon completely about most golfers fighting a bit of a flip at impact. I am a 2.5 handicapper and still see the early release in my swing videos (not an out and out cast, but just enough to spoil really good contact). Last summer I found a way to get my hands more forward at impact and it was a 2 to 3 week period that was awesome for my ball striking. I went from my average 7 iron distance of 152 yards out to 165 plus. I also noticed my divots were thinner and longer as my swing was much less steep. I can say that in my case, I believe that a lack of core strength and flexibility causes a lot of my downswing issues. If you're tight, and tend to come out just a bit your brain will compensate by releasing the right wrist just enough to get the club down to the ball. Great video, and thanks for the passion that you share to want to get better, it is awesome.
As with many typical golfers you're afraid of hitting it fat so you pick the club up vertically too soon. This makes you stand up and then have to get back down to the ball which you never quite do properly and therefore have to extend to reach it. So, to fix it do the opposite - as you take the club away brush the grass behind the ball for about a foot. This pulls your torso downward as you take the club away. Watch any great ball striker and you'll see they do this. So now that your torso is too close to the ground to extend and strike the ball you'll to learn to retain some lag in order to not strike the ground behind the ball. This move also sets your center of gravity more toward the ball as you take the club away rather than moving it away from the ball - and with your center of gravity more toward the ball you can use your weight to fall toward the ball and then strike it. If you think of effortless power - it's achieved by falling toward the ball rather than forcing yourself down to the ball. The funny thing about this is that children have no respect for the grass and how long it took to grow it, so they aren't afraid of destroying the turf. Ask yourself, "Am I trying to preserve the grass that ball is on? If so, why?" You can't strike great golf shots and preserve or respect the ground the ball is on. You have to sacrifice the turf as if you hate it. To illustrate this find a patch of dirt and start making the biggest divot you can, deeper and deeper and you'll discover how you have to stay down in order to do it. This used to be my practice before a round. I would dig a trench. Not so deep that your club stops in the trench and you hurt yourself, but deep enough that you grove staying down.
My favorite line is "this is something that happens only with the ball. Without it it never happens." That describes me exactly. Been battling standing up in the backswing forever. But I I don't do it during my mirror work, my living room swing, etc.
Excellent video as usual. Just get someone to hold a rod/shaft or noodle on top of head to help get feel of not rising up. Effective once get used to restricting feeling!
Brendon In an effort to get your hands more forward, how much do you feel something akin to "skipping a stone" or a sidearm baseball throw? Do you feel your hips opening earlier?
@@BEBETTERGOLF In another video with the dst curtain, you mentioned that your hands felt really fast in order to get the entire shaft hitting the curtain. So would your intent be to go hard with the right hand like you always have, but almost try to have your hands "outrace" your hips to the ball to get hands more forward?
for me it's a little right hand in transition and then a lot in the acceleration phase (from about rib high to the right thigh). FOR YOU it might be different. hit a curtain or mattress stood up. Let me know what you feel. Get your feels from proper mechanics. The other way around usually doesn't work.
I believe if your goal was to maintain lag tension until after impact then this could almost be completely accomplished through how one grips the club. I'll send you a clip of what I mean when I get a chance to video it....probably be easier to explain it that way too
Too short you just peaked my interest and the lesson finished. This guy has some interesting ideas. Explain the blanket or direct me to the video that does. I just had a lesson where I change spine tilt at impact causing my flip at the ball problem. Flamingo drill highly recommended by instructor! Which of the compressor clubs is best for learning wedge or 8 iron?
Let’s get a little tougher Brendon I’m sure the Brit has played in rain before. How about the blanket and did the club get you hitting better? Or is it a combination of lessons, Malaska stuff is magic!
My swing got worse listening to too many voices. Play on the course...don’t work on your swing at the course...and have one teacher you agree with...otherwise too many swing thoughts.
Different approaches to swing (different strokes...different folks) shouldn’t confuse they all agree with the one thing most average golfers suffer with, hands in front of club face at impact. This seems to be about the only tenet they all agree on! No flipping good luck.
Just an observation but it seems like you're hanging back and your left shoulder is coming up too early causing the shaft to straighten before impact and not after. Check out the channel AthleticMotionGolf. Great content on there regarding this.
Just my opinion... I think it is easier to FEEL like you are holding the angle of the right elbow as long as possible... it makes you “stay down” and turn.. just my opinion.
Completely backwards in my opinion this. Right elbow needs to release at some point, though it does come into the side on the way down. Holding it off is a recipe for injury and lack of power.
Adam Martin clearly you didn’t read the part that said... feels... you won’t hold the angle all the way through... feeling like you are holding the angle will keep you “down” through the ball... you will release the angle subconsciously.
@@kwasnikmatthew6513 So it's a feel? That makes more sense. But in good swings the right elbow simply comes in to the side a bit, holds off for a split second, then releases downwards. I think a proper swing will take care of that naturally, without you really having to try and feel anything. A better feel IMO would be to bring the elbow to the side to start down. Then just hit the ball.
No offense to you Brandon but it seems you are getting “stuck” in wanting positions instead of working on the matching feel with outcome as Malaska advocates. Personally, I watched all Malaska’s videos...could not quite apply his teaching...took a break and went back and everything started to click! It clicked when I realized I needed to feel the left forearm rotation downwards without moving my shoulders or unhinging my wrists! Hips automatically rotate without me thinking about it! I hope this info helps you! Again, no offense but your swing looked a lot better while working with him! I’ve studied and changed my swing it seems a million times until I found Malaska!! Love your videos with him! I wish you all the best!
Kevin Bohunsky Malaska method really works if you stay with it. I to try many different swings but always fall back to Mike methods. The main thing it’s easy on the back and the ball flies straight.
@@alexb8845 He has no extension on backswing. This is due a lot to right elbow bending a lot and too early. Thus, there is less room for club to drop. Right shoulder gets stuck back and unable to drive through. Thus, the flip. Take from a humble hacker.
Naturally "lag tension" basically restricts a proper release. A free release is better in general. I researched a bit on lag tension, god knows how anyone hits the ball properly doing that. Lag tension is generally restrictive and manipulative, and lacks power. Don't know how well Bertie plays, but doubt he can break 90. My two cents. Do with it whatever you please.
Adam Martin what the hell are you talking about. Any good player is having lag tension. Release can and should happen after ball is hit. Bertie was a Tour player...
Well.. that fixed everything! Thanks Brandon! I have the dst compressor and was still having some issues with pull hook because I was casting. Staying down and steady with a move forward through the ball brought it all into focus. Much thanks
I really enjoyed this video and I agree with Brendon completely about most golfers fighting a bit of a flip at impact. I am a 2.5 handicapper and still see the early release in my swing videos (not an out and out cast, but just enough to spoil really good contact). Last summer I found a way to get my hands more forward at impact and it was a 2 to 3 week period that was awesome for my ball striking. I went from my average 7 iron distance of 152 yards out to 165 plus. I also noticed my divots were thinner and longer as my swing was much less steep. I can say that in my case, I believe that a lack of core strength and flexibility causes a lot of my downswing issues. If you're tight, and tend to come out just a bit your brain will compensate by releasing the right wrist just enough to get the club down to the ball. Great video, and thanks for the passion that you share to want to get better, it is awesome.
As with many typical golfers you're afraid of hitting it fat so you pick the club up vertically too soon. This makes you stand up and then have to get back down to the ball which you never quite do properly and therefore have to extend to reach it. So, to fix it do the opposite - as you take the club away brush the grass behind the ball for about a foot. This pulls your torso downward as you take the club away. Watch any great ball striker and you'll see they do this. So now that your torso is too close to the ground to extend and strike the ball you'll to learn to retain some lag in order to not strike the ground behind the ball. This move also sets your center of gravity more toward the ball as you take the club away rather than moving it away from the ball - and with your center of gravity more toward the ball you can use your weight to fall toward the ball and then strike it. If you think of effortless power - it's achieved by falling toward the ball rather than forcing yourself down to the ball.
The funny thing about this is that children have no respect for the grass and how long it took to grow it, so they aren't afraid of destroying the turf. Ask yourself, "Am I trying to preserve the grass that ball is on? If so, why?" You can't strike great golf shots and preserve or respect the ground the ball is on. You have to sacrifice the turf as if you hate it. To illustrate this find a patch of dirt and start making the biggest divot you can, deeper and deeper and you'll discover how you have to stay down in order to do it. This used to be my practice before a round. I would dig a trench. Not so deep that your club stops in the trench and you hurt yourself, but deep enough that you grove staying down.
My favorite line is "this is something that happens only with the ball. Without it it never happens." That describes me exactly. Been battling standing up in the backswing forever. But I I don't do it during my mirror work, my living room swing, etc.
How do I buy the curtain?
Excellent video as usual. Just get someone to hold a rod/shaft or noodle on top of head to help get feel of not rising up. Effective once get used to restricting feeling!
Freaking excellent video!
Paul Malone, right. Easy on the back and body is the main issue to play golf for along time! The ball flies straight. Agreed!
Great video. I think a lot of us have this fault.
This is prolly good to feel lower body movements?
Brendon
In an effort to get your hands more forward, how much do you feel something akin to "skipping a stone" or a sidearm baseball throw? Do you feel your hips opening earlier?
Chris Spencer no. It’s different, those feels make me more stuck
@@BEBETTERGOLF In another video with the dst curtain, you mentioned that your hands felt really fast in order to get the entire shaft hitting the curtain. So would your intent be to go hard with the right hand like you always have, but almost try to have your hands "outrace" your hips to the ball to get hands more forward?
for me it's a little right hand in transition and then a lot in the acceleration phase (from about rib high to the right thigh).
FOR YOU it might be different. hit a curtain or mattress stood up. Let me know what you feel.
Get your feels from proper mechanics. The other way around usually doesn't work.
I believe if your goal was to maintain lag tension until after impact then this could almost be completely accomplished through how one grips the club. I'll send you a clip of what I mean when I get a chance to video it....probably be easier to explain it that way too
Thx I’ll chk it out
Too short you just peaked my interest and the lesson finished. This guy has some interesting ideas. Explain the blanket or direct me to the video that does. I just had a lesson where I change spine tilt at impact causing my flip at the ball problem. Flamingo drill highly recommended by instructor! Which of the compressor clubs is best for learning wedge or 8 iron?
Over Thetop rain 🌧 shortened this one a bit
Let’s get a little tougher Brendon I’m sure the Brit has played in rain before. How about the blanket and did the club get you hitting better? Or is it a combination of lessons, Malaska stuff is magic!
Still waiting for answer which dst club gives biggest bang for buck?
My swing got worse listening to too many voices. Play on the course...don’t work on your swing at the course...and have one teacher you agree with...otherwise too many swing thoughts.
Different approaches to swing (different strokes...different folks) shouldn’t confuse they all agree with the one thing most average golfers suffer with, hands in front of club face at impact. This seems to be about the only tenet they all agree on! No flipping good luck.
Weird ... I don’t have of your issues. Perhaps you are special.
Just an observation but it seems like you're hanging back and your left shoulder is coming up too early causing the shaft to straighten before impact and not after. Check out the channel AthleticMotionGolf. Great content on there regarding this.
Just my opinion... I think it is easier to FEEL like you are holding the angle of the right elbow as long as possible... it makes you “stay down” and turn.. just my opinion.
Completely backwards in my opinion this. Right elbow needs to release at some point, though it does come into the side on the way down. Holding it off is a recipe for injury and lack of power.
Adam Martin clearly you didn’t read the part that said... feels... you won’t hold the angle all the way through... feeling like you are holding the angle will keep you “down” through the ball... you will release the angle subconsciously.
@@kwasnikmatthew6513 So it's a feel? That makes more sense. But in good swings the right elbow simply comes in to the side a bit, holds off for a split second, then releases downwards. I think a proper swing will take care of that naturally, without you really having to try and feel anything. A better feel IMO would be to bring the elbow to the side to start down. Then just hit the ball.
Do you not work with Mike Malaska anymore Brandon?
Kevin Bohunsky just when I go out there
No offense to you Brandon but it seems you are getting “stuck” in wanting positions instead of working on the matching feel with outcome as Malaska advocates. Personally, I watched all Malaska’s videos...could not quite apply his teaching...took a break and went back and everything started to click! It clicked when I realized I needed to feel the left forearm rotation downwards without moving my shoulders or unhinging my wrists! Hips automatically rotate without me thinking about it! I hope this info helps you! Again, no offense but your swing looked a lot better while working with him! I’ve studied and changed my swing it seems a million times until I found Malaska!! Love your videos with him! I wish you all the best!
I will be applying this in the spring when I can play! Hit it awesome at the range a couple months ago. Looking for dramatic improvement to my game! 😁
Kevin Bohunsky Malaska method really works if you stay with it. I to try many different swings but always fall back to Mike methods. The main thing it’s easy on the back and the ball flies straight.
For someone who practices so much and has so much instruction you really never get any better (or good at all)
Ouch!
Don't even think he plays anymore. Just hits balls probably.
Adam Martin either way he’s just awful
@@alexb8845 He has no extension on backswing. This is due a lot to right elbow bending a lot and too early. Thus, there is less room for club to drop. Right shoulder gets stuck back and unable to drive through. Thus, the flip. Take from a humble hacker.
your "drill" is for people who stand up in the background. what about for the people who don't?
Sorry Brendon, didn’t spell your name right
Naturally "lag tension" basically restricts a proper release. A free release is better in general.
I researched a bit on lag tension, god knows how anyone hits the ball properly doing that. Lag tension is generally restrictive and manipulative, and lacks power.
Don't know how well Bertie plays, but doubt he can break 90. My two cents. Do with it whatever you please.
Adam Martin what the hell are you talking about. Any good player is having lag tension. Release can and should happen after ball is hit. Bertie was a Tour player...
hit into a rug like you a beating it to clean it.