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He's absolutely right on one account. I went to the range and tried this and every shot went dead straight. However, within 30 shots I was fighting myself by swinging harder. Old habits die hard.
Thanks. Very refreshing to see a young instructor not worried about ridiculous things like shallowing or holding face angle at impact. I would say to add to your thoughts is turning your hips at top of backswing
I’m actually working on this very thing right now. Tension free golf!!! Listen to the man, it’s incredible. Also a point not mentioned, is when I’m full tension in a round I feel like I’ve been run over by a cement truck. With tension free golf, us 50 and older, can play 18 and still feel good after a round. I still have a lot to learn, but it feels so liberating knowing you can go tension free, but then when necessary get aggressive when a shot might ask for it. Love this video 🤙🏼
Thanks so much for this! I greatly appreciate it and so glad it is helping! Tempo can be a very underestimated tool in golf. Knowing when to unload the energy we build up in a motion and letting it go is crucial and I’d also say is a skill! Thanks again and please let me know if you ever need anything! TS
You have a way of showing how to swing in an simple and easy way to comprehend. Best videos I've ever seen on the causes and solutions to stop early extension. Great job. You've made a believer out of me
Trevor this resonates with me a ton. When I practice at the simulator or in the park I hit the ball pretty well. As soon as I get to the course whether playing by myself or in a comp it just feels like I dont know how to play golf anymore. Im so focused on playing well or hitting a score that I am gripping the living **** out of the club. I played in a compt today dreadfully after a great week of practice and someone in my group pointed out how tense I looked. A skill i must perfect. Effects my putting a lot too.
Thank you for the kind words! That’s a great goal to become a swinger of the club! Would love to hear your practice plan for it! Let me know if you need anything or have any questions!
Thanks for the feedback and kind words! Glad this helped you understand the concept and I really hope it helps! Is this an area you’ve struggled with? Let me know if you have any questions and or how I can help!
@@tsgolf I have a low HCP but could be lower if I could avoid the hitting instinct in my swing. It is a fine line, swinging without tension and steering the club too much. Burke says tension is the worst thing in a swing. I suppose finding power or speed without tension is the issue... Thank you
I start all my training-sessions by hitting 1 or 2 buckets like this. Now i pretty much hit it solid each time (still a little spread to the sides). The biggest improvement i have noticed so far is that i now can hit my long irons (I4, I5) a lot more consistent, I also noticed my 50-80% wedgeshots have gotten a LOT better. My timing have improved and I think it's very relaxing to hit balls with 0% power. I will keep this up all summer, thank you for a great tip!
Really glad to hear how much this has helped you! Thanks for the detail of info you left here and how it has helped! Greatly appreciate it and let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions! TS
@@tsgolf thanks you! I will keep you updated 😊 I'm gonna work on the release and end position of my swing the upcoming weekend. At times im having problems keeping my arms straight and relaxed through impact. You had a nice drill i have to try in one of your other videos. Thanks for answering btw, i really like your mindset about golf and the thought of a relaxed swing.
Thanks for the very different video lesson! This connects so well to the age old notion that golf is a mental game. If you are happy and relaxed you will play well and business problems will turn your game to crap…as we all know! I have subscribed.
This seems like the perfect video for me. I'm new to the game as far as being serious about it and learning to be better. My main issue is ball striking with my irons. I will put this into practice right away. Thank you.
I have fought tension in my swing always. This is priceless we have got too do this.I watch the Brian Brothers on RUclips tube they truly play the game not play golf swing like people like I do.
They have some great stuff and great golf swings as well! Being tension free for parts of practice can surely help us to understand where the club is feeling wise in space and becomes easier to adjust the movements to the body/ club! Thanks again for the comment! Please let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions!
Trevor, I really enjoy your lessons. I think you ought to do more of these 5 +/- minute videos. I've learned a lot from you from your visits with Cogorno (especially about side bend) and I'd love to see that kind of content on your site. You have tons to offer people like me.
Amazing I stumbled into this. I was at range the other day working on less tension and an easy, natural swing. Then I find this. It’s crazy how much better the ball is hit and your play becomes when you feel relaxed and let the club do the work. I’ll shoot a few 70s rounds this year. Getting close but just not yet. This year thanks to channels like this, I will. 100%
Fantastic lesson Trevor! I'm really glad you decided to put out YT lessons. I saw you give a lesson to another youtuber and was really impressed. You said " an eagle doesn't need to learn how to fly, just be an athlete." I subbed immediately! I like your get to the point style and how you make the lesson simple for players to work on. You're going to have +100k subs in no time!👊👊
Thanks so much my man! I greatly appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed this and got something out it! If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Yesterday my wife and I were working on our short game and discussing the importance of swinging tension free…while I am deeeply offended that I did not give AI permission to listen to me, I am delighted that TS Golf released this awesome (and timely) video. So while I still despise RUclips, I am a new sub.Go figure…
That's right. I struggled with shanks and my swing was very robotic.. Then I figured out the shanks and finally started to watch Nelly Korda..imo, the most efficient swing in the sport..
Great video! I understand your arms / grip are staying sufficiently loose through the ball to enable speed but what are you doing to produce the acceleration? Thanks.
This is especially a drill initially here to feel the club in transition. The ground, pelvis and Ribcage separation is what will allow the arms to begin their acceleration from about P5.5-P8! Arms move into a fast acceleration once the body has built a runway!
Thanks Trevor for yet another great topic!! I generally have tension free swings from 75 yards and in with great consistent results. Otherwise things can get tense and results are mixed. Do you advocate swinging at less than 100% to help insure tension free swings and more consistent shot dispersion? If so, could you do a video on what percentage of effort of swings have on consistency and shot distances? Maybe that would include swings of various lengths using short irons (GW, PW, 9I, 8I) as a suggestion🙂 So for better consistently, would a three quarter, tension free 8I iron be a better choice compared to a full 9I where tendency is to tighten grip pressure resulting in more misses. Thanks!! Randy
Thanks so much for this. I definitely think that beginning to learn how to be tension free is very useful. I would always like to see a smoother three-quarter eight iron swing over a full out hard nine iron swing. I feel like this gives a player a lot more control, feel and awareness of what the golf club is doing. I will definitely put this into the mix of my next string of videos that I shoot in regards to the amount of tension that we create where we should be tension free, and when we will actually create tension in the arms, hands and grip .
Great video, have struggled with this for some time. Have no idea why I death squeeze it coming down, which causes me loose a great deal of club head speed. Any thought on how to stay loose throughout the downswing?? Thanks again!!
The biggest thing I can say is start off at speeds you can control your tension. This might be only hitting a full swing shot 30-50yds. Gradually start to speed it up as each gear becomes attainable!
This might be the 1st video I've seen that goes in depth stressing the importance of, with the exception of the grip, the most important part of the swing. Your entire swing can be perfect as far as positions, rotation & everything else but if there's tension, the club can't swing freely for maximum speed & distance. Thanks for finally covering such an important part of the swing that's rarely addressed. I can do this easily when I'm hitting wedges. No tension & good rhythm but as soon as I have to hit the 100 yards or more, I have to swing harder to get the desired distance & lose the freedom of the easy swing. How do I accelerate through impact for more distance without adding tension & swinging too hard? This seems impossible.
The move you make with the club towards the target to start the swing, is that just for the video to help release tension, or is that a part of your swing? I have a friend that does that when he plays, which I thought was difficult to do, but he hits the ball pretty well. Thanks.
Thanks Trevor a great analogy of being tension free.... Just a heads up going forward your mic is by your buttons and you keep touching the buttons and that crackles the sound, I noticed this in the last 4 videos you put together over the last few weeks. I thank you and Know you could step up your audio game too. :)
I’ve always wanted to HIT from the top and it has never worked out. Swinging with this feeling I’m able to add speed at the bottom and get consistent solid contact more easily and more distance. I feel like the club is actually doing all the work I’m just guiding it!!!
This is to get your started with creating feel. There would be an acceleration through the impact area the pressure on the grip would then get firmer. Thanks for the comment and question!
Which is why I try to describe this as a skill set and something to gradually work through and get better at. Isn’t easy but is surely worth it in the long run from a feel aspect. Let me know if you have any questions!
No one talks about tension-free butt muscles. Recently the thought occured to me to loosen my butt cheeks (as well as my grip). Now the left butt rotates back through contact automatically with zero thought. It's much easier to keep the head in the shot when the lower body can easily spin and bend with no resistance.
Lead side is ball of the foot pressure breaking/ stopping fast, trail foot pushes in direction of heel (or push back like skateboarding w/ early internal rotation or trail hip/ femur). Happy to talk with you about which might be a lot easier.
This is going to seem silly but here goes...went out and practiced today, focusing on releasing tension in hands and just feeling the club head's weight...and my hands were "fighting me." Felt like a struggle for supremacy. Sounds crazy, right? I guess this is going to take a while...
The biggest thing I’d say here is that you still need to maintain structure. This would be for the person who struggles with making change and being able to feel where the club is. If you have any questions or I can help, please do let me know! TS
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Such good advise. It’s easy to swing hard and hard to swing easy.
Thank you! Couldn’t agree more!
He's absolutely right on one account. I went to the range and tried this and every shot went dead straight. However, within 30 shots I was fighting myself by swinging harder. Old habits die hard.
Start off slow to gain a feel of the change and gradually bring the speed up from there! Thanks for the comment and sharing!
Trevor is such a natural teacher. He obviously has a ton of experience instructing but his ability to communicate is refreshing and effective.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I greatly appreciate it!
Thanks. Very refreshing to see a young instructor not worried about ridiculous things like shallowing or holding face angle at impact.
I would say to add to your thoughts is turning your hips at top of backswing
I’ll get a vid going on that soon! Thanks for the comment and feedback!
I'm sure those things are important to him but tension was the topic of the video.
I follow your emails and RUclips, you are analytical and different in a way that makes sense to me. I hope you have great success.
Thank you so much! Greatly appreciate the kind words! Please let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions!
TS
I believe you! I get glimpses of tension free. I will just have to practice it more.
Good skill set to have especially when making change! If you need anything or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
TS
this is honestly the best advice you can ask for. I am so relaxed in the arms and body now I'm hitting em so much further
Love to hear it! Thanks for sharing!
I’m actually working on this very thing right now. Tension free golf!!! Listen to the man, it’s incredible. Also a point not mentioned, is when I’m full tension in a round I feel like I’ve been run over by a cement truck. With tension free golf, us 50 and older, can play 18 and still feel good after a round. I still have a lot to learn, but it feels so liberating knowing you can go tension free, but then when necessary get aggressive when a shot might ask for it. Love this video 🤙🏼
Thanks so much for this! I greatly appreciate it and so glad it is helping! Tempo can be a very underestimated tool in golf. Knowing when to unload the energy we build up in a motion and letting it go is crucial and I’d also say is a skill!
Thanks again and please let me know if you ever need anything!
TS
Good video, when I FINALLY eased the tension in my arms and hand I picked up a ton of yardage! Thanks fore the lesson!
Thanks for sharing and glad this helped!! 👊👊👊
You have a way of showing how to swing in an simple and easy way to comprehend. Best videos I've ever seen on the causes and solutions to stop early extension. Great job. You've made a believer out of me
Thank you so much! This means a lot and I appreciate the kind words!! 🙏🙏
Trevor this resonates with me a ton. When I practice at the simulator or in the park I hit the ball pretty well. As soon as I get to the course whether playing by myself or in a comp it just feels like I dont know how to play golf anymore. Im so focused on playing well or hitting a score that I am gripping the living **** out of the club. I played in a compt today dreadfully after a great week of practice and someone in my group pointed out how tense I looked. A skill i must perfect. Effects my putting a lot too.
Thanks for sharing! This will be a skill that can completely help you access more feel!
@@tsgolf As you stated, this is really difficult to do because of the hit impulse. I'm speaking from experience.
Try not keeping score sometime. You'll be surprised by the difference. Practicing on the course is better than the range.
You are a phenomenal golf instructor. Please keep it going.
From Boynton Beach.
Thanks so much! Greatly appreciate the comment and feedback! Will have to get you down to Miami sometime!!!
I got some favorable results with my golf swing using this lesson. Very easy to see just how tension can disrupt one’s swing.
Thank you! Appreciate the feedback!
This guy needs more subs.. Very solid, fluff free tips.
Greatly appreciate that! Thank for the comment and support!
You have no idea how good this tip is! Literally just changed my golf swing!! 🎉
Love that! Thanks so much for sharing!
Very good lesson. Tension free starts with the grip for me, then doing exactly what you’re talking about.
Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for sharing!
Yes! Another great lesson!! My goal is to go from a "hitter" of the golf ball to a "swinger" of the golf club!!
Thank you for the kind words! That’s a great goal to become a swinger of the club! Would love to hear your practice plan for it! Let me know if you need anything or have any questions!
Great video Trevor this has became a game changer for me. I use this in every practice swing every time.
Love hearing that!!! Awesome! Thanks you for sharing!
excellent video. The best video on swinging without tension out there. And learning to swing normally with this awareness. Thank you
Thanks for the feedback and kind words! Glad this helped you understand the concept and I really hope it helps! Is this an area you’ve struggled with? Let me know if you have any questions and or how I can help!
@@tsgolf I have a low HCP but could be lower if I could avoid the hitting instinct in my swing. It is a fine line, swinging without tension and steering the club too much. Burke says tension is the worst thing in a swing. I suppose finding power or speed without tension is the issue... Thank you
I start all my training-sessions by hitting 1 or 2 buckets like this. Now i pretty much hit it solid each time (still a little spread to the sides).
The biggest improvement i have noticed so far is that i now can hit my long irons (I4, I5) a lot more consistent, I also noticed my 50-80% wedgeshots have gotten a LOT better.
My timing have improved and I think it's very relaxing to hit balls with 0% power.
I will keep this up all summer, thank you for a great tip!
Really glad to hear how much this has helped you! Thanks for the detail of info you left here and how it has helped! Greatly appreciate it and let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions!
TS
@@tsgolf thanks you!
I will keep you updated 😊
I'm gonna work on the release and end position of my swing the upcoming weekend. At times im having problems keeping my arms straight and relaxed through impact. You had a nice drill i have to try in one of your other videos.
Thanks for answering btw, i really like your mindset about golf and the thought of a relaxed swing.
Thanks for the very different video lesson! This connects so well to the age old notion that golf is a mental game. If you are happy and relaxed you will play well and business problems will turn your game to crap…as we all know! I have subscribed.
Thanks for the kind words and feedback! Looking forward to doing more video content on RUclips for everyone!
This seems like the perfect video for me. I'm new to the game as far as being serious about it and learning to be better. My main issue is ball striking with my irons. I will put this into practice right away. Thank you.
Thank you! Let me know how it goes and if you have any questions or need anything! 👊👊👊
I have fought tension in my swing always. This is priceless we have got too do this.I watch the Brian Brothers on RUclips tube they truly play the game not play golf swing like people like I do.
I should learn to spell first In my early comment it should have been Bryan Brothers . Sorry guys !
They have some great stuff and great golf swings as well! Being tension free for parts of practice can surely help us to understand where the club is feeling wise in space and becomes easier to adjust the movements to the body/ club!
Thanks again for the comment! Please let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions!
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Thanks!
Thank you much! I really appreciate this! 🙏🙏🙏
Let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions!
Just what I needed. Powerful medicine
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Trevor, I really enjoy your lessons. I think you ought to do more of these 5 +/- minute videos. I've learned a lot from you from your visits with Cogorno (especially about side bend) and I'd love to see that kind of content on your site. You have tons to offer people like me.
Thank you so much! Got a lot more to come in the future! 👊👊👊
Muy buena recomendación de como debe ser el swing..!
Thank you!!! Greatly appreciated!
Amazing I stumbled into this. I was at range the other day working on less tension and an easy, natural swing. Then I find this.
It’s crazy how much better the ball is hit and your play becomes when you feel relaxed and let the club do the work.
I’ll shoot a few 70s rounds this year. Getting close but just not yet. This year thanks to channels like this, I will. 100%
Thank you much for the feedback! Greatly appreciate this and so glad it helped!! Let me know if you ever have any questions!
Fantastic lesson Trevor! I'm really glad you decided to put out YT lessons. I saw you give a lesson to another youtuber and was really impressed. You said " an eagle doesn't need to learn how to fly, just be an athlete." I subbed immediately! I like your get to the point style and how you make the lesson simple for players to work on. You're going to have +100k subs in no time!👊👊
Thanks so much my man! I greatly appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed this and got something out it! If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Yesterday my wife and I were working on our short game and discussing the importance of swinging tension free…while I am deeeply offended that I did not give AI permission to listen to me, I am delighted that TS Golf released this awesome (and timely) video. So while I still despise RUclips, I am a new sub.Go figure…
Thanks so much! Let me know if you ever need anything or have any questions! 👊👊👊
would like to see more videos, really like your teaching method,
Thank you so much! Greatly appreciate it! 🙏🙏🙏
Very sensible advice, thanks! ❤
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
That's right. I struggled with shanks and my swing was very robotic..
Then I figured out the shanks and finally started to watch Nelly Korda..imo, the most efficient swing in the sport..
That is a great move for sure! Love it!
Great info! Thanks
Thank you so much! Greatly appreciate it!!! 🙏🙏
Great instruction.
Thank you much! I greatly appreciate it!!!
Great video! I understand your arms / grip are staying sufficiently loose through the ball to enable speed but what are you doing to produce the acceleration? Thanks.
This is especially a drill initially here to feel the club in transition. The ground, pelvis and Ribcage separation is what will allow the arms to begin their acceleration from about P5.5-P8! Arms move into a fast acceleration once the body has built a runway!
This is so important great advice!
Thank you much! 🙏🙏🙏
I always wanted to do this that you are doing @ 4.20. but never tried. I am going to try.
👊👊👊
Thanks Trevor for yet another great topic!! I generally have tension free swings from 75 yards and in with great consistent results. Otherwise things can get tense and results are mixed.
Do you advocate swinging at less than 100% to help insure tension free swings and more consistent shot dispersion? If so, could you do a video on what percentage of effort of swings have on consistency and shot distances? Maybe that would include swings of various lengths using short irons (GW, PW, 9I, 8I) as a suggestion🙂
So for better consistently, would a three quarter, tension free 8I iron be a better choice compared to a full 9I where tendency is to tighten grip pressure resulting in more misses.
Thanks!! Randy
Thanks so much for this. I definitely think that beginning to learn how to be tension free is very useful. I would always like to see a smoother three-quarter eight iron swing over a full out hard nine iron swing. I feel like this gives a player a lot more control, feel and awareness of what the golf club is doing.
I will definitely put this into the mix of my next string of videos that I shoot in regards to the amount of tension that we create where we should be tension free, and when we will actually create tension in the arms, hands and grip .
Great video, have struggled with this for some time. Have no idea why I death squeeze it coming down, which causes me loose a great deal of club head speed. Any thought on how to stay loose throughout the downswing?? Thanks again!!
The biggest thing I can say is start off at speeds you can control your tension. This might be only hitting a full swing shot 30-50yds. Gradually start to speed it up as each gear becomes attainable!
Thank you!!!!
This might be the 1st video I've seen that goes in depth stressing the importance of, with the exception of the grip, the most important part of the swing. Your entire swing can be perfect as far as positions, rotation & everything else but if there's tension, the club can't swing freely for maximum speed & distance. Thanks for finally covering such an important part of the swing that's rarely addressed. I can do this easily when I'm hitting wedges. No tension & good rhythm but as soon as I have to hit the 100 yards or more, I have to swing harder to get the desired distance & lose the freedom of the easy swing. How do I accelerate through impact for more distance without adding tension & swinging too hard? This seems impossible.
Thank you so much! Greatly appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoyed! Very important aspect of creating feel and especially making change! 👊👊👊
Best analogy ever
Thank you! Hope this helps!
The move you make with the club towards the target to start the swing, is that just for the video to help release tension, or is that a part of your swing? I have a friend that does that when he plays, which I thought was difficult to do, but he hits the ball pretty well. Thanks.
This is strictly learning to be tension free and bring awareness to where the golf club is
Hey Trevor, so with the faster tension free swing, what did you do to speed it up? Just hip rotation?
Speed of the backswing, shoulder movements, ground pressure would be the big ones I’d say!
@@tsgolf what do you mean by "ground pressure?"
Great video
Thank you! Greatly appreciate it!
Trevor, got any grip hacks to reduce tension - such as taking a certain finger off the grip?
Make some swings with your middle finger on the lead hand off of the golf club completely
Great! Will try it out. Thank you.@@tsgolf
Damn. This is dynamite. Thanks Trevor.
Thank you so much!!!
Question? Are you hitting with your left or right hand. Or both. Please let me know thanks
Trail side is pushing into lead side. I’m not trying hit or create speed w/ the lead arm/ hand
Thanks Trevor a great analogy of being tension free.... Just a heads up going forward your mic is by your buttons and you keep touching the buttons and that crackles the sound, I noticed this in the last 4 videos you put together over the last few weeks. I thank you and Know you could step up your audio game too. :)
Thanks so much for the input! I’ll surely keep that in mind when I do content again next! Really appreciate it! 🙏🙏🙏
I’ve always wanted to HIT from the top and it has never worked out. Swinging with this feeling I’m able to add speed at the bottom and get consistent solid contact more easily and more distance. I feel like the club is actually doing all the work I’m just guiding it!!!
Love hearing that! Thanks for sharing!
How do you create speed and hit driver a long way without tension????
This is to get your started with creating feel. There would be an acceleration through the impact area the pressure on the grip would then get firmer. Thanks for the comment and question!
That´s the wibe. At last someone looking cool at the course.
😂😂
Why does it take a young golf coach to speak the truth about the golf swing . . thank you Coach.
My biggest thing is there needs to be logic in what we are trying to get better at! Appreciate the comment and feedback!
I like the way this guy teaches a lot ….
Thank you!!! Let me know if you ever need anything! 👊👊👊
Fantastic
Thank you!!!!
I’m full of tension just sitting or laying down so this is a tough one for me haha
Which is why I try to describe this as a skill set and something to gradually work through and get better at. Isn’t easy but is surely worth it in the long run from a feel aspect. Let me know if you have any questions!
No one talks about tension-free butt muscles. Recently the thought occured to me to loosen my butt cheeks (as well as my grip). Now the left butt rotates back through contact automatically with zero thought. It's much easier to keep the head in the shot when the lower body can easily spin and bend with no resistance.
That’s cool! Starting off tension free is a big time help in my opinion! Allows for many natural movements to take place! Thanks for the comment!
What are your thoughts on feet pressure during a “tension free” swing?
Lead side is ball of the foot pressure breaking/ stopping fast, trail foot pushes in direction of heel (or push back like skateboarding w/ early internal rotation or trail hip/ femur). Happy to talk with you about which might be a lot easier.
Thanks for the comment and question!
Poor sound. Great video
It was. I apologize for the sound here
This is going to seem silly but here goes...went out and practiced today, focusing on releasing tension in hands and just feeling the club head's weight...and my hands were "fighting me." Felt like a struggle for supremacy. Sounds crazy, right? I guess this is going to take a while...
The biggest thing I’d say here is that you still need to maintain structure. This would be for the person who struggles with making change and being able to feel where the club is.
If you have any questions or I can help, please do let me know!
TS
@@tsgolf by maintaining structure are you referring to my grip?
Arm structure
This is something ive struggled with in every sport. I dont know how to be tension free 😂
It is a skill set in my option. Something that can be worked on.
I'll assume that's considered a large bucket of balls.
Haha! You got it! That’s definitely a large bucket of balls here!
@@tsgolf Looks like a mega large to me!
Fix that mic brother.
All vids after this one should be better. Apologize for the poor sound here