Best online explanation of golf finish, especially the club exit (at full rotation in front of the lead hip and heel), it is really simple, it works when practicing uphill/downhill, high/low finish, cut/draw, works great as an on course swing correction; can be used in conjunction with most of your other Augusta drills to further check ball flight anomalies; the same concept works for putting when isolating shoulder rotation instead of body rotation at putter exit. Thanks much for this explanation.
That was most insightful and thanks. Love that no hand action is purposely applied! I have read Hogan's Five Fundamentals but did not read between the lines on this aspect. Thanks
One of the BEST explanations of ROTATION....One thing AUGUSTA could add...rotation weight shift VARIANCE caused by ball position...LIKE Moe Norman shoulder/elbow tilt with driver...FULL Rotation and Weight Transfer...SAME VARIANCE works for uphill, downhill, fast/slow swing balance and tempo.
This is great! I like your Hogan drills. Wish they were all in one bundle or in one video. Another wish of mine, is to see your complete “Hogan swing” even if it’s not perfect (it might be...). The drills are effective. Tried the Finish Drill with right side bend through the impact zone, and it brought many good things in my own swing. Thanks, BJ.
This is why it was essential for Hogan to start his downswing with his lower body and allow his arms and hands to fall into the slot and turn left. Hogan said the downswing starts with the lower body, the knees and the hips. What he left out was that he actually started his down swing with the outer left lead side of the muscles in his lead thigh. At 73 I am doing this exact same thing and have found magic in my swing; if only I knew about it 40 years ago
An excellent drill giving magnified visual feed back , I have always practised with the swing thought of keeping my right elbow on my right hip through impact keeping the club face pointing at the target as long as possible this produces a lower fading type of trajectory .
Great video, BJ best I have seen from the impact position to finish. I always struggled with section of the swing, but this really helps with the pivot and rotating the body to get left.
Awesome thx been an arm swinger all my life recently back into golf after 15 year break. No RUclips when I stopped playing.......coming back into it now and videoing myself have realised I'm all arms and hands......so this drill will be added to the list of things to work on.
a buddy of mine gave me a lesson the other week and although he articulated it differently this is exactly what he was doing, just doing small chips and pitches, hands disappearing low and left, i think because its so 'natural' and easy in a sense to hit the ball with you hands you have to take a leap of faith using the body release but wow when you do it fully and properly you get effortless power, accuracy and penetration with your golf shot
Working with this concept, which I have touched on for years, changed my game completely. It helped to keep the clubhead come from inside the target line, to the target line then back inside the target line rather than too much in to out which I was deep in to. Crossing the line, unless you're trying to intentionally curve the ball, kills my shot consistency. (obviously)
BJ, great drill but Hogan didn't hold off the release like you are demonstrating. Shortly after impact his left wrist was bending and the shaft was not inline w his left arm. Maybe your drill is trying to just instill good impact conditions.
I think that the main reason people don't use their pivot to hit the ball and instead just stall body flip at it is because it's much easier to do and does not require bodily training.What BJ is showing here takes a lot of training and time to get comfortable with.Hitting it with the body will be such a different release than what stall flippers are use to. The latest video on my channel titled...."proper impact vs early extension" shows the differences clearly as they are actually recorded swings of mine.
Is it correct to observe that the racket is not square to the target line until it is well past address? Meaning you would be hitting a ball before it reached your left foot. When I do this drill with a golf club, I only get square in time to reach the ball if the hips are well ahead of the hands, and I guess that’s the point?
How do the wrists hinge. From this drill they appear and feel like a backward hinge then use the pivot to maintain lag pressure. A lot of instructors advocate a vertical hinge which isn't present in this drill and when I try and add it to your drill it seems to promote forearm rotation. Do the wrists hinge vertical, horizontal, or both what is your take. Thanks
sasquatchtour Awesome question! I still struggle with the same thing.I can get to left arm parallel with hinged left wrist and use body rotation to get around fairly well,but when I try to have the same approach with fuller shots some funky things can start happening.Shanking and pulling mainly.I had some success thinking on fuller shots to hinge only and make sure My arms had the woodchopping motion as well.It feels awkward going back because the natural tendency when your mind is set on hinging is to move your arms too sideways.Its hard to explain and put into words.
Hello. I feel like the bowed left wrist is a very weak, losing pressure with last three fingers, and the handle scratches my glove after impact at P7.5, sometime the club flyes out from the hands before its coming to finish position. Any cure please...
In 1968 Johnny Revolta was teaching me to swing inside to inside .Long before anyone was talking about the one plane swing . I know Hogan learned short game skills from Revolta
B. J. I appreciate your lessons on Mr. Hogan's swing. But the racket drill you suggest implies that the hands and club move horizontally with the pivot after impact, when in fact they moving from the lower right to the upper left past and over the left shoulder. I have always been intrigued by his swing after impact especially when viewed from the side. It seems that the palm of his right hand is facing the downline target and then goes up and over without turning over.
I found the secret to do this is to have the left elbow turn over near your body. It pulls to the left as you turn your body. This allows the club and hands to catch up and break over nicely.
You missed the turn down of the left wrist or supination as Mr. Hogan described it. Yes he turned left but the supination allows the club face to fully square up.
The way I learned was to only have pressure in my left hand and arm I.e. my only swing thought was to hit the ball with my left hand, almost as if my right hand was not even on the club. It hurt my left forearm and elbow for a while until I built up the muscle strength. Now I just try to hit the ball with my legs via the turn. I feel like a robot. However the ball flies like a robot has hit it I.e. like Hogan
I think that what leads people down the incorrect path in terms of how they "release" the golf club is the fact that a great many teachers have the club opening in to a toe up position going back. From there, the rolling of the forearms just makes sense through impact. You will see many more great players with a classically shut club face position and a body release pattern in the future.
I will try this drill to help bad players but I have this action "naturally" maybe because Hogans book was the 1st i read or more probably i do a lot of split hands swinging and (dont do much of this now) towell under arms drill.
Force = Mass x Acceleration. Your body driven swing has so much more mass than just swinging with the arms that you generate a ton of force behind the ball. Trust me the ball goes plenty far with this method
Hogan always advocate keeping arms "tucked in" to the sides - Pg49, 50, 51 0:35 - impact Look at Hogan's upper arm (biceps area) and elbow at impact. Still tight. Hands straight under his chin. Luke's upper arm is away from his side. Elbows more extended. This means his hands are further away. Hands straight under his cap As Hogan's arms are attached to his side, the shoulder rotation will quickly take his hands around his body without the need to straighten the right elbow to turn the hands over. Luke's arms are not as attached therefore his hands won't fold over until he straightens his right elbow.
Hogan was doubled-jointed in both wrists. Check the angle between his hands and arms... at the TOP of his swing. That angle is not possible unless you are double-jointed in your wrists.
I think this drill would work better if the student really focused on rotating their hips on the downswing so their left butt cheek is pointing left at impact. This results in shallowing the club on the downswing, assuming the backswing was "fully" completed before this rotation of the hips takes place. If the backswing wasn't completed, it's very difficult for the hips to initiate the downswing and accomplish this rotary hip movement, which creates the lag that results in solid contact. If this "hip move" isn't created, it's difficult to lag the clubhead, and any lag that might gave been created will more than likely be lost as the downswing progresses, more than likely resulting in an over the top downswing with a divot behind the ball, rather than in front of the ball. Agreed?
This has been the best explanation of swinging left anyone has shown. Thank you.
B.J., this and your others is outstanding!. I just passed 86 and still working on my swing. Thank You.
+Walt Lipski Great job Walt, keep up the good work!
This is the best swinging left video of all time! Crystal clear explanation!!
Glad it was helpful!
Best online explanation of golf finish, especially the club exit (at full rotation in front of the lead hip and heel), it is really simple, it works when practicing uphill/downhill, high/low finish, cut/draw, works great as an on course swing correction; can be used in conjunction with most of your other Augusta drills to further check ball flight anomalies; the same concept works for putting when isolating shoulder rotation instead of body rotation at putter exit. Thanks much for this explanation.
That was most insightful and thanks. Love that no hand action is purposely applied! I have read Hogan's Five Fundamentals but did not read between the lines on this aspect. Thanks
One of the BEST explanations of ROTATION....One thing AUGUSTA could add...rotation weight shift VARIANCE caused by ball position...LIKE Moe Norman shoulder/elbow tilt with driver...FULL Rotation and Weight Transfer...SAME VARIANCE works for uphill, downhill, fast/slow swing balance and tempo.
This is great! I like your Hogan drills. Wish they were all in one bundle or in one video. Another wish of mine, is to see your complete “Hogan swing” even if it’s not perfect (it might be...). The drills are effective. Tried the Finish Drill with right side bend through the impact zone, and it brought many good things in my own swing. Thanks, BJ.
That's great to hear, thanks for watching!
This is why it was essential for Hogan to start his downswing with his lower body and allow his arms and hands to fall into the slot and turn left.
Hogan said the downswing starts with the lower body, the knees and the hips. What he left out was that he actually started his down swing with the outer left lead side of the muscles in his lead thigh. At 73 I am doing this exact same thing and have found magic in my swing; if only I knew about it 40 years ago
Excellent.....well done......keep the Hogan swing drills coming. thank you!!!
An excellent drill giving magnified visual feed back , I have always practised with the swing thought of keeping my right elbow on my right hip through impact keeping the club face pointing at the target as long as possible this produces a lower fading type of trajectory .
Great analysis of what Hogan did - and what many greats of yesteryear did. If you want to see a modern version, study the swing of Charley Hoffman.
Great video, BJ best I have seen from the impact position to finish. I always struggled with section of the swing, but this really helps with the pivot and rotating the body to get left.
Thanks for posting these very good videos.....has really given me a much better insight on how to use the body more effectively in the swing.
I like that! Love the raquets. Lynn used those very effectively. Just became a gsem. Thanks for the vid.
Awesome thx been an arm swinger all my life recently back into golf after 15 year break. No RUclips when I stopped playing.......coming back into it now and videoing myself have realised I'm all arms and hands......so this drill will be added to the list of things to work on.
I love the Hogan focused lessons. Please keep doing these!!!!!
Love these drills . And I just stumbled across these.
a buddy of mine gave me a lesson the other week and although he articulated it differently this is exactly what he was doing, just doing small chips and pitches, hands disappearing low and left, i think because its so 'natural' and easy in a sense to hit the ball with you hands you have to take a leap of faith using the body release but wow when you do it fully and properly you get effortless power, accuracy and penetration with your golf shot
Excellent content as usual. The pivot swing simplified.
Working with this concept, which I have touched on for years, changed my game completely. It helped to keep the clubhead come from inside the target line, to the target line then back inside the target line rather than too much in to out which I was deep in to. Crossing the line, unless you're trying to intentionally curve the ball, kills my shot consistency. (obviously)
BJ, great drill but Hogan didn't hold off the release like you are demonstrating. Shortly after impact his left wrist was bending and the shaft was not inline w his left arm. Maybe your drill is trying to just instill good impact conditions.
I think that the main reason people don't use their pivot to hit the ball and instead just stall body flip at it is because it's much easier to do and does not require bodily training.What BJ is showing here takes a lot of training and time to get comfortable with.Hitting it with the body will be such a different release than what stall flippers are use to.
The latest video on my channel titled...."proper impact vs early extension" shows the differences clearly as they are actually recorded swings of mine.
Is it correct to observe that the racket is not square to the target line until it is well past address? Meaning you would be hitting a ball before it reached your left foot. When I do this drill with a golf club, I only get square in time to reach the ball if the hips are well ahead of the hands, and I guess that’s the point?
How do the wrists hinge. From this drill they appear and feel like a backward hinge then use the pivot to maintain lag pressure. A lot of instructors advocate a vertical hinge which isn't present in this drill and when I try and add it to your drill it seems to promote forearm rotation. Do the wrists hinge vertical, horizontal, or both what is your take. Thanks
sasquatchtour Awesome question! I still struggle with the same thing.I can get to left arm parallel with hinged left wrist and use body rotation to get around fairly well,but when I try to have the same approach with fuller shots some funky things can start happening.Shanking and pulling mainly.I had some success thinking on fuller shots to hinge only and make sure My arms had the woodchopping motion as well.It feels awkward going back because the natural tendency when your mind is set on hinging is to move your arms too sideways.Its hard to explain and put into words.
Can’t wait to star practicing this!!!👍👍👍👍
Hogan is swinging left before impact actually. If you track his hands at P6 to P7 you can already see him going left.
Excellent drill!
So basically there is no release of the hands in the downswing is that correct?
The hands do their work due to the mass of the club and the swinging motion, not because we are thinking them into moving.
Hello. I feel like the bowed left wrist is a very weak, losing pressure with last three fingers, and the handle scratches my glove after impact at P7.5, sometime the club flyes out from the hands before its coming to finish position. Any cure please...
In 1968 Johnny Revolta was teaching me to swing inside to inside .Long before anyone was talking about the one plane swing . I know Hogan learned short game skills from Revolta
B. J. I appreciate your lessons on Mr. Hogan's swing. But the racket drill you suggest implies that the hands and club move horizontally with the pivot after impact, when in fact they moving from the lower right to the upper left past and over the left shoulder. I have always been intrigued by his swing after impact especially when viewed from the side. It seems that the palm of his right hand is facing the downline target and then goes up and over without turning over.
The drill only applies to the impact zone.
is there a vid about his footwork and how to apply that to this?
BJ, is there any reason not to combine this drill with your Hogan Pivot Drill to produce one continuous practice motion?
Thanks.
this is so well explained...very glad i found your instruction.
I found the secret to do this is to have the left elbow turn over near your body. It pulls to the left as you turn your body. This allows the club and hands to catch up and break over nicely.
Excellent presentation !!!
That is spot on for the Hogan swing! very nice.......
It’s winter here so I’ve got 4 months to work on this, thank you.
It's the best time of year to work on swing mechanics!
Great video! Thank you for putting this together. Makes total sense now
Magical video. Finally got my body to move correctly!
You missed the turn down of the left wrist or supination as Mr. Hogan described it. Yes he turned left but the supination allows the club face to fully square up.
Notice near end of tape that the clubhead going back is very closed at the halfway point.....should it be in that position or not?...thanks
The face is perpendicular to the plane, that is not closed.
Square to your body not to the target line.
This is great basics.
Thanks so much.
This is interesting but how do you generate any clubhead speed if you're using the body to move the club? How does the club ever release?
A correct pivot causes the arms/wrists to automatically unload the speed in the appropriate place. It's the physics double pendulum model.
The way I learned was to only have pressure in my left hand and arm I.e. my only swing thought was to hit the ball with my left hand, almost as if my right hand was not even on the club. It hurt my left forearm and elbow for a while until I built up the muscle strength. Now I just try to hit the ball with my legs via the turn. I feel like a robot. However the ball flies like a robot has hit it I.e. like Hogan
Wow, great video!
I think that what leads people down the incorrect path in terms of how they "release" the golf club is the fact that a great many teachers have the club opening in to a toe up position going back. From there, the rolling of the forearms just makes sense through impact. You will see many more great players with a classically shut club face position and a body release pattern in the future.
BJ , this is my staple........ drill baby, drill !
upper/lower body turns together or lower body first in the downswing ?
Lower first.
what improvement can be made by swinging left?
So helpful!!! Thank you so much!!
Great video
Hogan kept his right elbow tucked in to his side on the downswing and at impact.
I will try this drill to help bad players but I have this action "naturally" maybe because Hogans book was the 1st i read or more probably i do a lot of split hands swinging and (dont do much of this now) towell under arms drill.
Great drill. Thank You.
Enjoyed this BJ. I learned something!
Hamp
How can you get any kind of club head speed like this?
Force = Mass x Acceleration. Your body driven swing has so much more mass than just swinging with the arms that you generate a ton of force behind the ball. Trust me the ball goes plenty far with this method
Excellent
Hogan always advocate keeping arms "tucked in" to the sides - Pg49, 50, 51
0:35 - impact
Look at Hogan's upper arm (biceps area) and elbow at impact. Still tight. Hands straight under his chin.
Luke's upper arm is away from his side. Elbows more extended. This means his hands are further away. Hands straight under his cap
As Hogan's arms are attached to his side, the shoulder rotation will quickly take his hands around his body without the need to straighten the right elbow to turn the hands over.
Luke's arms are not as attached therefore his hands won't fold over until he straightens his right elbow.
Great Job
Congrats well said. Few i've seen that get it......
Great drill, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Hogan was doubled-jointed in both wrists. Check the angle between his hands and arms... at the TOP of his swing. That angle is not possible unless you are double-jointed in your wrists.
This is awsome. Gr8 video.
Thx!
Our pleasure!
Nice an simply done
I use a heavy plunger. Works great.
Well done.
I think this drill would work better if the student really focused on rotating their hips on the downswing so their left butt cheek is pointing left at impact. This results in shallowing the club on the downswing, assuming the backswing was "fully" completed before this rotation of the hips takes place. If the backswing wasn't completed, it's very difficult for the hips to initiate the downswing and accomplish this rotary hip movement, which creates the lag that results in solid contact. If this "hip move" isn't created, it's difficult to lag the clubhead, and any lag that might gave been created will more than likely be lost as the downswing progresses, more than likely resulting in an over the top downswing with a divot behind the ball, rather than in front of the ball. Agreed?
Just what i have been looking for
great tutorial
I have overlooked this video so many times until tonight. Took this to the range and started the process. I can pitch 50 yards and exit left! WTF
Good work, keep at it!
It looks like Mr Hogan's right elbow is a little behind his right hip, not a good idea.
Brushing with the secret...almost there...
Ummmmmm....hogan faded every shot
“Mr. Hogan, “ give me a break please. Save the phony reverence. Do you call Tiger “Mister Woods.” Why not, he was better than Hogan.