Awesome lesson Jonathan. This is very complicated, and you do a great job of simplifying it as much as possible. I understand it better now. I'm not sure that unless you've struggled mightily with this, and individually, find the main cause of your early release that it is possible to completely cure it....but perhaps just doing things 'right' will eventually iron out the issue of shaft lean as well. For me, the biggest issue is not enough hip turn, and perhaps lack of depth through early extension. I love your lesson because you explain, very accurately, that trying to 'hold' the angle will not be of any benefit really...you have to make the swing better. There is no shortcut...and this lesson leads to that better swing. Thank you.
I was originally hitting high left to right weak shots as a right handed player, with this video and and the previous video I have become a better ball striker with a slight draw, this has help me a lot, Thank you.. the only thing I tend to do is occasionally snap hook my shots.. I believe that has to do with timing or releasing to early.. any comments
Excellent video as always! Thank you! Actively pulling down the club from the top seems to wreck my swing. Using my hip rotation to bring the club down slowly, but gathering speed, to the position you show, then powering through forward is a more fluent flow for me. Just wondering if that’s ok because you seem to strongly emphasize “pull down.”
Your coaching has enabled me to up my game. Level par through 8 yesterday and ended up on single figures. 👍👍Then shanked on 9. But you’ve enabled me to solve the problem. Holding lag is the issue. Down and up n left was the answer. Think In a previous video you said hands get further away from the ball prior to impact which makes perfect sense. Just one thing is there definitive choice on which arm leads in terms of swing power / pressure or is it neutral. ? One of my go to’s when I get tense is to swing more left handed. (As I am a right handed tennis coach) which stops me stalling at impact when my tennis right handed brain takes over
Mister Taylor. All those points that you mentionned are true ; but just enough to kkep your students fed with ok shots with good or lucky timing. To really "hold" the lag is far more subtle and there a Move within the moves
I think we could all benefit if you could do this video again (or one similar) where the view is from the target back to the golfer. That way we can see a "frontal" view of how the club comes into the ball and releases around the golfer. I just think this would offer a new perspective that would benefit everyone.
Hi Jonathan ... thanks for taking the time to put together a very information video. If you have a 3/4 backswing with a 5 iron [for example] is your advice regarding releasing the club from the top of 3/4 backswing still applicable. That is .. would one begin to straighten their right arm (assuming right hander) from the top as you so well articulated for a full swing. Your thoughts and opinion would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Jonathan, great video. I have a question: I can never manage to get to the position of shaft parallel and hands at right thigh. At the thigh my shaft is about 15 deg down. Is this purely down to not having enough hand speed going down?
At about the 6:00 mark, you say not to rotate your forearms. You will lose control. You say to let that happen after your arms stop. I have played golf for almost 60 years now and I have never been able to figure out how to hit a draw or hook without doing it. I cannot see how you can get possibly get to a position where there is shaft lean without it, either. I do agree that it is difficult to control. I lose a lot of balls left. But, if I don't rotate my forearms, I just lose them to the right. Golf is hard....
Hi Jonathan...still love your videos. I know there are different opinions on training a golf swing. Moe Norman said there are 2 things to hit the ball straight: a vertical drop and a horizontal tug. His vertical drop, he said, was almost behind him. He also said his horizontal tug was sort of "out to the right." I wonder if you would comment on this? Thanks.
I can understand the vertical drop and horizontal tug, but 'out to the right' must have been a feeling rather than a message he wanted to impart(club head maybe?). Not a message I would want you to follow.,I believe that this imagery is responsible for many of the mistakes people make.
Jonathan Taylor she is on Instagram at biomekgolf at wescott golf club...her name is Daisy May Kenny and it’s a video on LAG PUMP technique....your one my favorite online teachers and I call you the intellectual teacher...lol...breaking down the golf swing..I am interested to hear what you think...how she clearly blends the lower body...arms..etc into one complete whole swing....with the lower body as the driving force...I think the birds eye view helps...
You mentioned that the lowest part of the hands on the swing is when the hands reach your right thigh. If that's true, your club would be moving at an upwards direction as your hands go from right to left thigh. I thought your club should be moving in slightly downward direction instead to get crisp contact with the irons.
Cold...there is a point--right around the right knee area--(probably not for ALL golfers, but most) where the hands bottom out. If they don't you'd hit the ball fat. The reason for this, if I understand it correctly, is that 'pulling' on the club's handle will now have the opposite effect on the clubhead and it will release downward at the correct angle to 'COMPRESS' the ball into the ground at the perfect angle. This "pulling" stuff is complicated, but it leads to great power...power mostly untapped by even most single digit handicappers IMO. Here's a great example by Charlie Hoffman's swing analysis: ruclips.net/video/jTvcEfbXm6U/видео.html at 1:20. Good luck.
I am not sure I understand you or that you understood me? The hands reach the lowest part of their swing arc opposite the trail thigh and then move up, left and around the body. It is this change in direction that makes the clubhead move down, out and through the ball. I hope this clears it up!
@@JonathanTaylor63 I just don't understand why the club head would be moving down when your hands are moving up. I always thought that the club is always at the lowest point a few inches after impact, thus the hands should be at its lowest point at the left thigh.
It really is a bit if a mind bender. You have to separate the grip and the clubhead in your imagination. When one goes down the other goes up like a seesaw. The pivot point is not in the middle of the club( like the seesaw)but a point at the end of your grip below your trail fore-finger. I hope this helps:)
Mr. JT, you have done great job 👏
Simply the best explanation of this game
I watch dozens of golf instruction videos, but yours have improved my game the most. Excellent job explaining in a step by step fashion.
Awesome lesson Jonathan. This is very complicated, and you do a great job of simplifying it as much as possible. I understand it better now. I'm not sure that unless you've struggled mightily with this, and individually, find the main cause of your early release that it is possible to completely cure it....but perhaps just doing things 'right' will eventually iron out the issue of shaft lean as well. For me, the biggest issue is not enough hip turn, and perhaps lack of depth through early extension. I love your lesson because you explain, very accurately, that trying to 'hold' the angle will not be of any benefit really...you have to make the swing better. There is no shortcut...and this lesson leads to that better swing. Thank you.
Toke this to the range today - very nice experience. Tommorrow to the course...
This was an eye opener. I drilled it in the house, and work, for a week. Played today and what a difference, 76, should’ve been 71. Love it.
Really good instruction, Jonathan!
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!
I was originally hitting high left to right weak shots as a right handed player, with this video and and the previous video I have become a better ball striker with a slight draw, this has help me a lot, Thank you.. the only thing I tend to do is occasionally snap hook my shots.. I believe that has to do with timing or releasing to early.. any comments
Excellent video as always! Thank you! Actively pulling down the club from the top seems to wreck my swing. Using my hip rotation to bring the club down slowly, but gathering speed, to the position you show, then powering through forward is a more fluent flow for me. Just wondering if that’s ok because you seem to strongly emphasize “pull down.”
Your coaching has enabled me to up my game. Level par through 8 yesterday and ended up on single figures. 👍👍Then shanked on 9. But you’ve enabled me to solve the problem. Holding lag is the issue. Down and up n left was the answer. Think In a previous video you said hands get further away from the ball prior to impact which makes perfect sense. Just one thing is there definitive choice on which arm leads in terms of swing power / pressure or is it neutral. ? One of my go to’s when I get tense is to swing more left handed. (As I am a right handed tennis coach) which stops me stalling at impact when my tennis right handed brain takes over
A game changer . Thanks
Mister Taylor. All those points that you mentionned are true ; but just enough to kkep your students fed with ok shots with good or lucky timing. To really "hold" the lag is far more subtle and there a Move within the moves
I think we could all benefit if you could do this video again (or one similar) where the view is from the target back to the golfer. That way we can see a "frontal" view of how the club comes into the ball and releases around the golfer. I just think this would offer a new perspective that would benefit everyone.
Hi Jonathan ... thanks for taking the time to put together a very information video. If you have a 3/4 backswing with a 5 iron [for example] is your advice regarding releasing the club from the top of 3/4 backswing still applicable. That is .. would one begin to straighten their right arm (assuming right hander) from the top as you so well articulated for a full swing. Your thoughts and opinion would be greatly appreciated.
That's a sweet swing right there !! Gonna work on these tips
Hi Jonathan, great video. I have a question: I can never manage to get to the position of shaft parallel and hands at right thigh. At the thigh my shaft is about 15 deg down. Is this purely down to not having enough hand speed going down?
Difficult to say without seeing your swing I am afraid.
At about the 6:00 mark, you say not to rotate your forearms. You will lose control. You say to let that happen after your arms stop. I have played golf for almost 60 years now and I have never been able to figure out how to hit a draw or hook without doing it. I cannot see how you can get possibly get to a position where there is shaft lean without it, either. I do agree that it is difficult to control. I lose a lot of balls left. But, if I don't rotate my forearms, I just lose them to the right. Golf is hard....
More to come in 2019. Happy New Year 🥳
Hi Jonathan...still love your videos. I know there are different opinions on training a golf swing. Moe Norman said there are 2 things to hit the ball straight: a vertical drop and a horizontal tug. His vertical drop, he said, was almost behind him. He also said his horizontal tug was sort of "out to the right." I wonder if you would comment on this? Thanks.
I can understand the vertical drop and horizontal tug, but 'out to the right' must have been a feeling rather than a message he wanted to impart(club head maybe?). Not a message I would want you to follow.,I believe that this imagery is responsible for many of the mistakes people make.
Thanks for your prompt reply.
Hi Jonathon. What adjustments are required when using driver?
Have you checked out Daisy May Kenny pump lag video on biomekgolf....it’s great....interested to know what you think ...
Can you send me a link
Jonathan Taylor she is on Instagram at biomekgolf at wescott golf club...her name is Daisy May Kenny and it’s a video on LAG PUMP technique....your one my favorite online teachers and I call you the intellectual teacher...lol...breaking down the golf swing..I am interested to hear what you think...how she clearly blends the lower body...arms..etc into one complete whole swing....with the lower body as the driving force...I think the birds eye view helps...
You mentioned that the lowest part of the hands on the swing is when the hands reach your right thigh. If that's true, your club would be moving at an upwards direction as your hands go from right to left thigh. I thought your club should be moving in slightly downward direction instead to get crisp contact with the irons.
Cold...there is a point--right around the right knee area--(probably not for ALL golfers, but most) where the hands bottom out. If they don't you'd hit the ball fat. The reason for this, if I understand it correctly, is that 'pulling' on the club's handle will now have the opposite effect on the clubhead and it will release downward at the correct angle to 'COMPRESS' the ball into the ground at the perfect angle. This "pulling" stuff is complicated, but it leads to great power...power mostly untapped by even most single digit handicappers IMO. Here's a great example by Charlie Hoffman's swing analysis: ruclips.net/video/jTvcEfbXm6U/видео.html at 1:20. Good luck.
I am not sure I understand you or that you understood me? The hands reach the lowest part of their swing arc opposite the trail thigh and then move up, left and around the body. It is this change in direction that makes the clubhead move down, out and through the ball. I hope this clears it up!
@@JonathanTaylor63 I just don't understand why the club head would be moving down when your hands are moving up. I always thought that the club is always at the lowest point a few inches after impact, thus the hands should be at its lowest point at the left thigh.
It really is a bit if a mind bender. You have to separate the grip and the clubhead in your imagination. When one goes down the other goes up like a seesaw. The pivot point is not in the middle of the club( like the seesaw)but a point at the end of your grip below your trail fore-finger. I hope this helps:)
Would it be possible to get an online swing analysis, thanks
I am sorry, but I do not offer online analysis at this time.
Thank you so much.
Respect from Russia 🇷🇺
First like. Great common sense btw!
You might want to speak to the guy on the range in the blue shirt!
Hey can u come up with something new and different and now take so damn much
Sorry. I don't understand?