I would focus on how to turn both hands and wrists in a cone-like clockwise fashion exiting left post impact from the ball. The best transition at the top of any golf swing is the actual clockwise twirling of the head of the club with both hands and wrists working together exiting left as the body rotates from right to left. Cheers
From the point of view of an average hacker (19 handicap) that shift to the left or pressure to the left, in the downswing is so hard to achieve. It’s been something I’ve known I have to do, but, just can’t. The upper body always moves first. I’ve seen countless videos and had face to face all on the same thing. I still struggle with it. Slow motion is fine, but, in a full swing, it doesn’t happen. Cheers Ben, Sydney Australia
Hi Ben, thank you for your comment. Many everyday golfers find this challenging too, so you're not alone. Do you have any injuries or limitations that may be affecting your ability to get your weight across? If you've tried for a while with little success, I'd recommend seeing a TPI coach nearby to you, and see if it's a physical limitation, and if so, there may be ways to work around this. I also offer online screening/coaching, if there's no one close by to you. All the best. Danny
Danny, do you not have to shift the weight on to lead foot when club is parallel to ground in backswing? I think it is not possible to do at top of backswing or too late at that stage....but maybe i'm wrong! I can't do it either way LOL!
Hey John, thank you for your comment. That's a pretty good cue for most players. The best players in the world will typically be re-centering/shiting their weight to the lead side between P3/4 (halfway back to the top of the backswing). At which point exactly can also be dependent on length of swing which is different for everyone. Doing it after the top of the backswing is too late and will be inefficient, resulting in loss of clubhead speed and the ability to control strike and direction. I hope that helps :)
Basically, yep! It's all about finding the right match up. If the backswing has the hands very high, then the golfer will typically need more "dropping" of the hands early in the downswing. Conversely, if the hands are deeper at the top of the backswing, the player may benefit from a more "outward" hand path. Both can work beautifully when matched up.
If you rotate back and through on the same spine angle your hands won't be outside like you describe. Yes it's common for amateurs to do this but that's a posture issue. Good posture, rotate back and thru with more passive arms and you'll hit the ball fine 🤷♂️ The key is to never stop rotating
This is true, if you don't have any arm lift in the backswing. However, lifting the arms in the backswing can help to generate more clubhead speed and is something that the professional golfers do. If you leave the arms up and just rotate (without crazy amounts of side bend), then they will be outside. If you swing a more "one plane" swing with no arm lift, then you are spot on your comments. Thanks for the feedback :)
A lot of times I do this with the irons just for control. It's not the same with the driver at all! You are really trying to generate speed with that so if you just want average distance with the driver yeah that might work but you'd be much shorter than most people you play with that are high level.
All anyone really needs to do is imagine the butt of the club working down to the ball with wrists hinged. Pretend you are going to hit the ball with the butt end of the club. Also, my game has improved dramatically ever since I've shortened my back swing to shoulder height.
What you are suggesting is a very incomplete concept. I can do what you're saying without my hands coming in so it doesn't actually fix the problem. Your cure might work because you already bring your hands in or something like that for the average person that's over the top of the things that he's saying are just rotating from the top and keeping the hands there pointing The Club at the ball doesn't help. At all
Depends how you define it. For me 1 plane is typically getting the lead arm to match the shoulder plane at the top of the swing. Great for players who typically come OTT or good for athletes that can move and rotate well
It could be a contributing factor but not necessarily the cause. Check out my video on "fat or thin" shots in golf. That may help too. Thanks for watching!
Hi Danny, Sports psychologist here. Just a point re your video. From a psychology perspective you spend too much time pointing out what NOT to do and not enough time telling what TO do.
I agree, a lot of good stuff but after the video was over I couldn’t tell you what the proper move was. If there is one takeaway that sticks in the viewer’s mind it should be the right way to perform the motion. Just my opinion.
Quit showing the wrong way over and over and over! Show more of the right way to make the swing. Chezzz! Way, way toooooo much redundancy! Show the right way more, not the wrong way!
Thank you for the feedback, Ronald. I'm sorry this video wasn't to your liking. Some golfers like to see what not to do so they can identify any faults in the swing. Without knowing some of the common mistakes, it can be challenging for some players to understand what to look for. I also agree, that positive re enforcement is more important.
I must say, you have all the aspects of what makes a blessed coach!
Appreciate your kind words, thank you.
Simplicity is beauty, while beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Thanks for the comment, Gary. And thank you for watching!
Well done!!
Thank you for the feedback. I hope it helped!
Clear and concise! Thanks for sharing 😊
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching.
I would focus on how to turn both hands and wrists in a cone-like clockwise fashion exiting left post impact from the ball.
The best transition at the top of any golf swing is the actual clockwise twirling of the head of the club with both hands and wrists working together exiting left as the body rotates from right to left. Cheers
Hi Thomas. Got to find the feels that work for you, sounds like you're on the right path. :)
Great video, cheers Danny
Thank you, and you're welcome. Hope you got something from it.
From the point of view of an average hacker (19 handicap) that shift to the left or pressure to the left, in the downswing is so hard to achieve. It’s been something I’ve known I have to do, but, just can’t. The upper body always moves first. I’ve seen countless videos and had face to face all on the same thing. I still struggle with it. Slow motion is fine, but, in a full swing, it doesn’t happen.
Cheers
Ben, Sydney Australia
Hi Ben, thank you for your comment. Many everyday golfers find this challenging too, so you're not alone. Do you have any injuries or limitations that may be affecting your ability to get your weight across? If you've tried for a while with little success, I'd recommend seeing a TPI coach nearby to you, and see if it's a physical limitation, and if so, there may be ways to work around this.
I also offer online screening/coaching, if there's no one close by to you.
All the best. Danny
@@dannymalcolmgolf I don’t have any physical limitations. It’s more between the ears, unfortunately.
How do you shift across? How do you drag laterally what should I feel.
Check out this video, it may have some feels that can help ruclips.net/video/lmG46sOdOM4/видео.html
Danny, do you not have to shift the weight on to lead foot when club is parallel to ground in backswing? I think it is not possible to do at top of backswing or too late at that stage....but maybe i'm wrong! I can't do it either way LOL!
Hey John, thank you for your comment. That's a pretty good cue for most players. The best players in the world will typically be re-centering/shiting their weight to the lead side between P3/4 (halfway back to the top of the backswing). At which point exactly can also be dependent on length of swing which is different for everyone. Doing it after the top of the backswing is too late and will be inefficient, resulting in loss of clubhead speed and the ability to control strike and direction. I hope that helps :)
Just drop your hands. It can take sometime to get use to it but it really helps you to slow down.
Basically, yep! It's all about finding the right match up. If the backswing has the hands very high, then the golfer will typically need more "dropping" of the hands early in the downswing. Conversely, if the hands are deeper at the top of the backswing, the player may benefit from a more "outward" hand path. Both can work beautifully when matched up.
If you rotate back and through on the same spine angle your hands won't be outside like you describe. Yes it's common for amateurs to do this but that's a posture issue. Good posture, rotate back and thru with more passive arms and you'll hit the ball fine 🤷♂️ The key is to never stop rotating
This is true, if you don't have any arm lift in the backswing. However, lifting the arms in the backswing can help to generate more clubhead speed and is something that the professional golfers do. If you leave the arms up and just rotate (without crazy amounts of side bend), then they will be outside. If you swing a more "one plane" swing with no arm lift, then you are spot on your comments. Thanks for the feedback :)
A lot of times I do this with the irons just for control. It's not the same with the driver at all! You are really trying to generate speed with that so if you just want average distance with the driver yeah that might work but you'd be much shorter than most people you play with that are high level.
All anyone really needs to do is imagine the butt of the club working down to the ball with wrists hinged. Pretend you are going to hit the ball with the butt end of the club. Also, my game has improved dramatically ever since I've shortened my back swing to shoulder height.
That's awesome to hear, Deniss!
What you are suggesting is a very incomplete concept. I can do what you're saying without my hands coming in so it doesn't actually fix the problem. Your cure might work because you already bring your hands in or something like that for the average person that's over the top of the things that he's saying are just rotating from the top and keeping the hands there pointing The Club at the ball doesn't help. At all
So this is a 2 plane swing as opposed to a 1 plane swing?
Depends how you define it. For me 1 plane is typically getting the lead arm to match the shoulder plane at the top of the swing. Great for players who typically come OTT or good for athletes that can move and rotate well
Thanks Danny👍🏻
My first video with you, enjoyed it very much.
That's great, Dennis. Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for watching! :)
I find it so hard to keep my left arm straight. It causes me to top the ball
It could be a contributing factor but not necessarily the cause. Check out my video on "fat or thin" shots in golf. That may help too. Thanks for watching!
Too much of what not do! More on how to do the right way!
Thank you for the feedback
The opposite of what not to do is the right way. By eliminating the errors you are left with the corrections
Hi Danny, Sports psychologist here. Just a point re your video. From a psychology perspective you spend too much time pointing out what NOT to do and not enough time telling what TO do.
Hi Kevin,
Thank you for your constructive feedback. I've taken that on board. 🙂
I disagree Kevin. He went through the right right rather thoroughly. Maybe you should watch again.
I agree, a lot of good stuff but after the video was over I couldn’t tell you what the proper move was. If there is one takeaway that sticks in the viewer’s mind it should be the right way to perform the motion. Just my opinion.
Quit showing the wrong way over and over and over! Show more of the right way to make the swing. Chezzz! Way, way toooooo much redundancy! Show the right way more, not the wrong way!
Thank you for the feedback, Ronald. I'm sorry this video wasn't to your liking. Some golfers like to see what not to do so they can identify any faults in the swing. Without knowing some of the common mistakes, it can be challenging for some players to understand what to look for. I also agree, that positive re enforcement is more important.
3 minutes of useless information about what not to do! How useless as instruction!
Thank you for your feedback, David