That’s my life’s work in that video. 9 years in the golf industry, working 7 days a week. Trying to fix regular people with real life golf swing problems. Some may criticize or critique but that’s what I believe to be true and correct in my heart of hearts. At the end of the day it’s all about results and I’m convinced this gets results.
Lucky to have found you brother! Thanks again for letting me record and showcase this on RUclips for everyone to learn. Stoked for this golf season and where we will take my game!
Thanks for sharing your findings and secrets. Do you feel this with irons to a lesser extent? I finally got my path positive but it often comes out low with a bit too much curve.
@@napkimplz5416you need more loft. Check the toe of the club in the takeaway. Check the toe of the club half way down in the downswing. If it’s too much toe down that can affect loft. Then last but probably most important is handle position at impact.
Thanks for sharing Zack and Ernie! The wrist action is definitely something new for me but perhaps something to consider as I have a very bad block to the right on my driver, woods and hybrids
I’m plus 6-10 on path and -minus 5-8 or more on path. This equals massive low hook. I’ll have a look at trying to understand the closer with loft concept.
I’ve been a scratch player for years now, and my journey to getting there was exactly what you’re talking about. You MUST experiment with extremes. Take a really weak grip, and hit a low hook. Really strong grip, and hit a high fade. Learn the pull/cut, and the push/fade. Learn the pull draw, and the high push/draw. Experiment with the different extremes of ball position, very upright swing vs very flat swing, see how a low/left finish compares to a high hands finish. You MUST learn how to manipulate face, and path to hit different shots. This is the key to becoming a good player. You’ll eventually figure what shot shape is easiest for you to repeat. I see everybody always practicing the SAME EXACT THING. That’s why they reach a stalling point, and never improve. Just like 99% out there, i started out slicing the ball. I worked on NOT slicing it for way too long, with very little success. It wasn’t until I made myself learn how to hit a push/hook, that I started really figuring things out. I learned how to shallow the club, and swing out at the ball, with a closed face. This is crucial!!! Teaching yourself how to change your swing path, and face is how you learn to play golf. I now set up to every ball, with a specific shot in mind. I eventually learned that trying to hit a straight ball every time only gives you an unpredictable 2-way miss. You can’t play golf this way. I’ve mostly been playing a high draw here lately. However, if that shot starts getting unpredictable, I have no problem going to the cut. I 100% subscribe to this way of teaching. Great job!
I'm just coming across this channel and at first site this instructor reminded me of the Geico commercials with the caveman in it😂. This dude is very impressive with his idealogy and methods, I can see myself paying a visit to get lessons from this guy to help in my competitive career.
I tried this down the range today. 52 years old, usual crappy drive 220 ish 125 ball speed. Found it hard at first but hit a few 240s with 130, and they were going straight. Very interesting theory. Definitely going to practice some more
Ok, I have watched a TON of videos that, at best, have helped minimal. This video has been a game changer for me. In very minimal practice this has clicked. Last outing I hit 11 of 14 fairways with the driver. ALL were dead straight. My feeling is almost like I am keep my back to ball at contact. Great video!! Thank you. Wish I lived closer to get one on one instructions; very few good instructors out there
Best best tip, thanks guys. What a drill to help maintain loft and launch. Historically I hit a low ball but since trying this I’m launching my drives🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The suggestion to *super* exaggerate while *actually* hitting balls is definitely the best single piece of advice I've been given about golf. Most instructors talk about exaggerating in your living room or during practice swings, but not actually at the range (maybe for fear of injuring other golfers). But as this video demonstrates, what feels like a super exaggeration usually doesn't amount to much in reality. Last weekend I decided to super-exaggerate a bowed-wrist feel at the range, just to see what happened, and my slice was replaced with 20 extra straight yards. Looking forward to trying an extremely early release next (have never hit a draw with driver).
This makes so much sense on why I'm able to hit my woods better then my driver. I seem to sling earlier with them. This really has helped me understand the dynamics of the swing.
Hi Ernie, you asked me to tell you how l got on trying this driver move out. Well l finally got out for a round. I live in Scotland and the weather,s horrendous just now. But l managed to get out yesterday and tried this..... and it was absolutely brilliant! Im a senior golfer (mid handicapper). Not only with the driver,but with my fairway woods. I hit a 7 wood into the green with my 3rd shot at a par 5, and it soared throught the air and bounced,dancing round the pin rolling sideways to 5 feet. Incredible. I need more Zac lessons! 😂
There it is! There's an old saying, to fix a slice teach them to hook. (... to fix a hook teach them a new sport... Lol). I'm super excited for you and how quickly you'll start hitting fairways with no doubt confidence. Such a great feeling. Awesome stuff! Great coach.
Awesome stuff. I feel cheated by people in the past telling me to keep my hands quiet which lead to massive blocks. It’s very clear that good players have very active hands
It's funny that the release of the club is actually a wrist motion because that seems to go against the conventional wisdom. This right here is exactly what's wrong with my driver and I will practice this. Thank you. Is this a similar concept in irons just my hand position a bit forward? I'm also struggling with solid contact and distance there.
Your coach is awesome....he is talking about "folding" the club, as I understand it. No "lag", but release the club. Good stuff! I've been doing this for about 2 months and it's a game changer.
This is exactly the move I have been trying to work out this past year. Closing the face while keeping the loft. You have to get that head to pass your hands without delofting. Not an easy move but the key to great distance and the end of the fade. So nice to see someone teaching this. It was my logical conclusion but nobody talks about this!
Thanks Zach. Good on you for teaching this. It cuts against the grain of conventional wisdom. I so appreciate a teacher who doesn't just repeat what everyone else says! Much of my best education has come from teachers like you who think for themselves and aren't afraid to teach what they know.@@zachberhow.instruction
Great lesson. I have been practicing this for few days. Today i tried manipulating the club face with driver and other clubs. 1st 9 holes were okay. Next 9 holesn i was able to control the shots in the area i want to. Not good yet but getting better. Great lessons. Thank you guys
Nice! Reminds me of cast b from 'no turn cast'. When he talks about hitting it off your trail thigh that lines up with what athletic motion golf teaches from gears as well as the 'arm swing illusion'
This is great, this is the exact thing I've been working on in my driver but I was using path thoughts to correct my slice, basically coming more over the top out to in to create the hook. I will definitely be trying this and trying to miss left with this techinque/thought but keeping my same path.
These are great videos men. Had it working for 3 weeks. Went away watched and tried other things. Struggled bad. I’m back baby. LETS GO ERNDOG and COACH!
My game is not “complete” but I am super excited that my driver has come around thanks to my coach and your videos with Zach. I’m hitting it long and with a baby draw on most holes and I no longer dread pulling it out of the bag. On a couple of the holes that I play at my local course, I e nearly driven the green with my Senior Men’s group which is an awesome feeling. Thanks Erndog and Zach. 👍🏻👍🏻
It's obvious to me that Zac is a top coach. All the little intricacies of the moves with the hands and arms on the downswing with the driver. Really clever. I was sitting watching it with my mouth open. I really think Zac will be going places as an instructor. I, ve seen a lot of coaches online and l find most of them, not all, but most of them are not that impressive. You,re a lucky guy Ernie, wish l lived in Texas! 😊
I took a golf lesson a few years back on improving my driver swing. I recall the pro getting me to exaggerate the feeling of unleashing the wrist angles sooner than you would do with the irons. Which ultimately does that exact motion with the hands that Zach taught you on this video. That must have been by far the best time I was hitting driver. Since then I’ve been struggling because nobody had ever reinforced enough to me that it is a different swing between the two, i.e. irons vs driver swing. A lot of other pros were telling me it’s the same swing, just tee the ball higher and ball to the left…It makes sense if we want to hit the golf ball with an ascending blow, ideally a draw, to do such manipulation with the hands to create that delivery that we’re looking for…
Dude this is the exact video i needed on the exact day. I was so frustrated slicing my driver with an I-O path. I couldnt figure out how to get the face closed. Thank you both
I just worked on this at the range this week and wow. My slices are now fades and the draw is staring to get easier to attain without loosing distance.
Ernie. Thanks for doing and posting this video. I’ve been struggling with same blocking/slice-to-right shot with my driver too. Watch tons of golf video on You Tube. This is “The BEST Driver Video I’ve seen” that has explained and provided solution that has worked for me. Game changer
The reason people think it’s taboo is because they think you are trying to say to only to that in the swing. In reality it’s that but with weight shift and turn, that is happening way faster. If you don’t do this consciously, you’ll never catch up.
Ernie and Zack, I want to thank you so much for this video. I think you just made my year for the next season. I just hit about 100 drivers and worked on this technique. It was difficult to implement, but when I got it right the carry and distance was fantastic compared to my usual. I have been struggling with hitting either high right or low left drivers for the last year. I worked out intellectually that I needed to throw the clubhead past my hands while keeping the loft on, but I found it very difficult to implement. Your video made it all clear and offered the validation I needed to keep working on this. Thanks, and nice work teaching this Zack. It defies so much conventional wisdom but it's absolutely right.
I take lessons from Zach. I saw this video and took another lesson today and asked him to cover the topic in this video. It was awesome. If you are in DFW call Bridlewood and get a lesson with Zach.
Wonderful lesson and explanation of what you have to do with driver from Zach. Love it! Well done Ernie and thanks for sharing your lesson with Zach again. You are very lucky to have Zach closely for lessons. Can't wait to see how you get on through the season. Good Luck!
Wow, such an enlightening lesson! The hand actions are so obscure but the fog is starting to lift! I need this exact lesson with Zach! Great job and thanks Ernie for sharing.
I do what Zack is teaching to hit a draw. I take my regular swing and imagine hitting one or two dimples inside the golf ball. Never directly behind the ball. I also imagine staying back on the ball an I dont want my body sequence too in front of my swing. When you get loft with the catapult effect at impact , the ball really goes far. Im right handed, I love to hit it into a left to right wind because it seems to just penetrate an keep climbing.
I’ve been watching your videos the one where Zach talks about why he teaches and his love for teaching not playing was just absolutely awesome. Really enjoy your journey. I think Zach is right about your speed. I always think speed first. Then control because so many golfers I see can hit and control the ball but they have no distance and without distance, you struggle you better have a good short game but even if you don’t have a good short game as long as you can get down near the green, you’re going to score pretty well Well anyway really enjoy your journey. We continue to watch. Good luck. I think you can do it just work out get stronger the speed will come.
It’s not what one does, it’s how one does it. Be fully present in the moment. Wherever you are be there. It also helps when people realize that someone truly cares.
Thank you Ernie, that is by far the most informative description of how the driver works I’ve ever seen. Good luck with the implementation, can’t wait to see the end result in a few months 😀
Wow this is such a revelational lesson! I've had the same kind issues and have been grinding hard to get my AOA up without blocking/slicing right. It's almost funny how tabu this lesson is in regards of throwing/flipping etc but at the same time I would bet like 90% of average weekend hackers would gain so much by this information. I will def bring the visual cues from this into my own practice! Thanks for a great series 💪
I’m still trying to figure out why the masses are “convinced” that delofting and leaning the shaft are essential on the road to better golf. I just don’t see the results from it across the board.
This and the last iron lesson are really revolutionary for me. I haven't yet had the chance to try the driver stuff out yet but I did go work on the irons with great success. I wonder if you could review the iron release lesson again since it was hard to see the club head in the video. That would answer some questions I had; Just, like a minute of this is where the clubhead should be (and not here). Fabulous work!
@@ErndogGolf How about that "dialing it back" (if needed) part - as easy and controllable as it seemed to be implied? Any insights to share on *that* front?
So fascinating. Zach’s next level with all this stuff and it makes so much sense the way he explains it! But I am scared to try it on my own…. Your path and face control is next level good!
First time I hit balls on the driving range next to a pga tour player I was beyond afraid. Then after 2 golf balls I realized he’s not even paying any attention to me or cares at all about me. Moral of the story…don’t be afraid to be look stupid on the driving range. No one else is even paying attention to you. They are all focused on themselves.
Mind a bit blown to be honest 😂 I am horrible with driver and with what I feel are good strikes going long high but big blocks right. I'm definitely going to explore this its just a bit of a scary idea....but then maybe it makes perfect sense for driver swing to be its own thing 🤔. Awesome video love watching your lessons with Zach!
Another fantastic video. what a phenomenal coach.Zach is. I could never figure out how to an in to out path and close the club face with driver and keep loft!! . Are there any other drills to feel this flip scoop for the driver.?
Just stumbled across your channel. I’m a RUclips golf crackhead and man this is some of the best content I’ve run across. Zach is one of the best online coaches I’ve seen online after diving into y’all other videos. Pretty dope man, keep it up…Liked and Subscribed!
Amazing video. Understanding what is going wrong is always as important if not more important than what's going right. Love the driving in the middle of the ocean analogy! Is this supposed to be applied at a full swing rate or just something to eliminate the right side?
2:45 I gleaned the same thing from watching Coach Ed on Golf Sensei recently. Went out a couple days later and was crushing drives down the fairway instead of hitting blocks and super-pushed fades. I think we young golfers have been poisoned by all these talking heads on TV going on about shaft lean and getting the hands forward to compress the ball and all this stuff.
@@ErndogGolf Damn bro I just realized that I said young golfer but I'm in my mid-30s and all these kids have no idea about how golf channel became a thing and "instruction media" exploded after Tiger Woods came on the scene. I only picked up the game a few years ago but was already so deep in the hole doing things that I thought I should be doing based on what I grew up watching at sports bars and daytime TV in breakrooms, etc.
Usually people stop turning on the course. Make sure you get a full shoulder turn when you are tired. Left shoulder to right knee or shoulders past 90° in the backswing.
Could one accomplish the high draw a little more easily with a more lofted driver? You wouldn't have to throw the club head ahead of the hands as much. I am working on this technique and it does work, but as you say, it's not very natural feeling. It seems like a lot of work to create that ball flight. I was fitted for a 10 degree driver loft (9 degree turned up) when I was fading the ball more. Now I'm drawing the ball with my irons and want a straight to draw flight with the driver. I wonder if I'd showed up at a fitting hitting a low draw up the left if I'd been fitted for a higher lofted club to help launch the ball higher without losing it right.
A most pertinent question. Found this video after a recent driver lesson. This video helped massively with my understanding of "why" that lesson helped. The pro had me keep my left heel off the the ground all through the swing - even to the point of falling back onto my right foot on the finish. Knew *that* couldn't be right, but I immediately hit a high draw. WTF??
Which is why I wholeheartedly believe strong grips are a cardinal sin. Causes way more problems down the road. Avoid strong grips and learn to release the club correctly.
More than 2 knuckles left hand grip is a bandaid creates bigger problems down the road. Don’t do a short term fix than ruins you long term. 3 knuckles is excessive. 4 is horrible.
@@zachberhow.instruction there's different ways to play. When forces act on the club it and your grip is neutral the face wants to open. ruclips.net/video/IuL5y-eLi8A/видео.htmlsi=V9dyOP0SUCUbiZv1
That’s my life’s work in that video. 9 years in the golf industry, working 7 days a week. Trying to fix regular people with real life golf swing problems. Some may criticize or critique but that’s what I believe to be true and correct in my heart of hearts. At the end of the day it’s all about results and I’m convinced this gets results.
Lucky to have found you brother! Thanks again for letting me record and showcase this on RUclips for everyone to learn. Stoked for this golf season and where we will take my game!
Thanks for sharing your findings and secrets. Do you feel this with irons to a lesser extent? I finally got my path positive but it often comes out low with a bit too much curve.
@@napkimplz5416you need more loft. Check the toe of the club in the takeaway. Check the toe of the club half way down in the downswing. If it’s too much toe down that can affect loft. Then last but probably most important is handle position at impact.
Thanks for sharing Zack and Ernie! The wrist action is definitely something new for me but perhaps something to consider as I have a very bad block to the right on my driver, woods and hybrids
I’m plus 6-10 on path and -minus 5-8 or
more on path. This equals massive low hook. I’ll have a look at trying to understand the closer with loft concept.
I’ve been a scratch player for years now, and my journey to getting there was exactly what you’re talking about. You MUST experiment with extremes. Take a really weak grip, and hit a low hook. Really strong grip, and hit a high fade. Learn the pull/cut, and the push/fade. Learn the pull draw, and the high push/draw. Experiment with the different extremes of ball position, very upright swing vs very flat swing, see how a low/left finish compares to a high hands finish. You MUST learn how to manipulate face, and path to hit different shots. This is the key to becoming a good player. You’ll eventually figure what shot shape is easiest for you to repeat. I see everybody always practicing the SAME EXACT THING. That’s why they reach a stalling point, and never improve. Just like 99% out there, i started out slicing the ball. I worked on NOT slicing it for way too long, with very little success. It wasn’t until I made myself learn how to hit a push/hook, that I started really figuring things out. I learned how to shallow the club, and swing out at the ball, with a closed face. This is crucial!!! Teaching yourself how to change your swing path, and face is how you learn to play golf. I now set up to every ball, with a specific shot in mind. I eventually learned that trying to hit a straight ball every time only gives you an unpredictable 2-way miss. You can’t play golf this way. I’ve mostly been playing a high draw here lately. However, if that shot starts getting unpredictable, I have no problem going to the cut. I 100% subscribe to this way of teaching. Great job!
You have lived it. Way to walk your path. Keep going. You are saying all the right things. Way to validate yourself.
Thanks so much for sharing this!
I'm just coming across this channel and at first site this instructor reminded me of the Geico commercials with the caveman in it😂. This dude is very impressive with his idealogy and methods, I can see myself paying a visit to get lessons from this guy to help in my competitive career.
That guys a low key golf genius I’ve been watching RUclips golf stuff and slicing for years I think this is the best driver lesson out there by far
He’s special, man! Glad the lesson resonated!
absolutely spot on with that lesson The release for driver is before your rear foot and after that it is to late
I tried this down the range today. 52 years old, usual crappy drive 220 ish 125 ball speed. Found it hard at first but hit a few 240s with 130, and they were going straight. Very interesting theory. Definitely going to practice some more
That’s freaking awesome! Glad it helped!
Ok, I have watched a TON of videos that, at best, have helped minimal. This video has been a game changer for me. In very minimal practice this has clicked. Last outing I hit 11 of 14 fairways with the driver. ALL were dead straight. My feeling is almost like I am keep my back to ball at contact. Great video!! Thank you. Wish I lived closer to get one on one instructions; very few good instructors out there
Ex baseball player here, and this video single handedly fixed my slice with my driver
Best best tip, thanks guys. What a drill to help maintain loft and launch. Historically I hit a low ball but since trying this I’m launching my drives🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The suggestion to *super* exaggerate while *actually* hitting balls is definitely the best single piece of advice I've been given about golf. Most instructors talk about exaggerating in your living room or during practice swings, but not actually at the range (maybe for fear of injuring other golfers). But as this video demonstrates, what feels like a super exaggeration usually doesn't amount to much in reality.
Last weekend I decided to super-exaggerate a bowed-wrist feel at the range, just to see what happened, and my slice was replaced with 20 extra straight yards.
Looking forward to trying an extremely early release next (have never hit a draw with driver).
Don’t be afraid to look stupid on the range hitting balls
WOW!!! There are no other words.
This makes so much sense on why I'm able to hit my woods better then my driver. I seem to sling earlier with them. This really has helped me understand the dynamics of the swing.
This is one of the best series I’ve seen man thanks for the content
This instructor is absolutely fantastic. Wish he were closer!
Great teacher! Gets his point across
Hi Ernie, you asked me to tell you how l got on trying this driver move out. Well l finally got out for a round. I live in Scotland and the weather,s horrendous just now. But l managed to get out yesterday and tried this..... and it was absolutely brilliant! Im a senior golfer (mid handicapper). Not only with the driver,but with my fairway woods. I hit a 7 wood into the green with my 3rd shot at a par 5, and it soared throught the air and bounced,dancing round the pin rolling sideways to 5 feet. Incredible. I need more Zac lessons! 😂
There it is! There's an old saying, to fix a slice teach them to hook. (... to fix a hook teach them a new sport... Lol). I'm super excited for you and how quickly you'll start hitting fairways with no doubt confidence. Such a great feeling. Awesome stuff! Great coach.
Hahahaha that is amazing. Thanks for the kind words
Awesome stuff. I feel cheated by people in the past telling me to keep my hands quiet which lead to massive blocks. It’s very clear that good players have very active hands
Tiger talks a lot about educated “hands”.
They also asked him how his leg was and he said he had a chance because he still has his “hands”
It's funny that the release of the club is actually a wrist motion because that seems to go against the conventional wisdom. This right here is exactly what's wrong with my driver and I will practice this. Thank you.
Is this a similar concept in irons just my hand position a bit forward? I'm also struggling with solid contact and distance there.
I had a breakthrough just watching this. Ernie you’re a great student and Zach is the definition of Mastery.
Thank you brother! Let me know how it goes!
That genuinely is one of the best driver lessons I’ve seen on how to hit a high draw with a driver.
Your coach is awesome....he is talking about "folding" the club, as I understand it. No "lag", but release the club. Good stuff! I've been doing this for about 2 months and it's a game changer.
He’s great! That’s awesome man, and you are correct, this is all about releasing the club!
This is exactly the move I have been trying to work out this past year. Closing the face while keeping the loft. You have to get that head to pass your hands without delofting. Not an easy move but the key to great distance and the end of the fade. So nice to see someone teaching this. It was my logical conclusion but nobody talks about this!
Well said. Glad you came to the same logical conclusion. Club head and handle can only move in so many directions.
Thanks Zach. Good on you for teaching this. It cuts against the grain of conventional wisdom. I so appreciate a teacher who doesn't just repeat what everyone else says! Much of my best education has come from teachers like you who think for themselves and aren't afraid to teach what they know.@@zachberhow.instruction
late night hidden gem, check... the series helped so much, great work.
I just went and tryed this on the course and it worked for me. My miss is always slice didn’t hit one slice with this technique thank you
Amazing man! Glad it helped!!
Thanks Zach, this really helps!🏌️♀️
Man does Zach have a channel. He is a gem!!
Unfortunately not! I told him to start one when I first met him, but he does so many lessons, he wouldn’t have any time!
Great lesson. I have been practicing this for few days. Today i tried manipulating the club face with driver and other clubs. 1st 9 holes were okay. Next 9 holesn i was able to control the shots in the area i want to. Not good yet but getting better. Great lessons. Thank you guys
Nice! Reminds me of cast b from 'no turn cast'. When he talks about hitting it off your trail thigh that lines up with what athletic motion golf teaches from gears as well as the 'arm swing illusion'
😯Zach is a GENIUS!!! 👏👏👏
2 min in and I found my key issue. Great lesson - thanks!
Can’t wait to see this feel with speed applied to it !! I’m trying this as soon as I head to the range!!!
Let me know how it goes!!
This guy is a an amazing teacher. Im improving every time i watch these videos.
Glad they’re helping!
This is great, this is the exact thing I've been working on in my driver but I was using path thoughts to correct my slice, basically coming more over the top out to in to create the hook. I will definitely be trying this and trying to miss left with this techinque/thought but keeping my same path.
Glad this helped! It’s a crazy different feeling than the over the top hook! Let me know how it goes when you try it out!
These are great videos men. Had it working for 3 weeks. Went away watched and tried other things. Struggled bad. I’m back baby. LETS GO ERNDOG and COACH!
My game is not “complete” but I am super excited that my driver has come around thanks to my coach and your videos with Zach. I’m hitting it long and with a baby draw on most holes and I no longer dread pulling it out of the bag. On a couple of the holes that I play at my local course, I e nearly driven the green with my Senior Men’s group which is an awesome feeling. Thanks Erndog and Zach. 👍🏻👍🏻
It's obvious to me that Zac is a top coach. All the little intricacies of the moves with the hands and arms on the downswing with the driver. Really clever. I was sitting watching it with my mouth open. I really think Zac will be going places as an instructor. I, ve seen a lot of coaches online and l find most of them, not all, but most of them are not that impressive. You,re a lucky guy Ernie, wish l lived in Texas! 😊
Thanks for your constant support brother!
This video and explanation is brilliant ... best explanation I've seen ever.
I took a golf lesson a few years back on improving my driver swing. I recall the pro getting me to exaggerate the feeling of unleashing the wrist angles sooner than you would do with the irons. Which ultimately does that exact motion with the hands that Zach taught you on this video. That must have been by far the best time I was hitting driver. Since then I’ve been struggling because nobody had ever reinforced enough to me that it is a different swing between the two, i.e. irons vs driver swing. A lot of other pros were telling me it’s the same swing, just tee the ball higher and ball to the left…It makes sense if we want to hit the golf ball with an ascending blow, ideally a draw, to do such manipulation with the hands to create that delivery that we’re looking for…
Its 100% different swings. I can dial in irons and if I try to hit 5 drives and go back to irons it's hosel city until I reset the foundation again
Dude this is the exact video i needed on the exact day. I was so frustrated slicing my driver with an I-O path. I couldnt figure out how to get the face closed. Thank you both
Glad it helped man!!
I just worked on this at the range this week and wow. My slices are now fades and the draw is staring to get easier to attain without loosing distance.
Thank you very much. That was truly worth the watch. I'm saving this.
Another great lesson. He’s such a great coach and these are things I haven’t seen anyone doing on RUclips 👍
Ernie. Thanks for doing and posting this video. I’ve been struggling with same blocking/slice-to-right shot with my driver too. Watch tons of golf video on You Tube. This is “The BEST Driver Video I’ve seen” that has explained and provided solution that has worked for me. Game changer
Glad it helped brother! Thanks for your support!
The reason people think it’s taboo is because they think you are trying to say to only to that in the swing. In reality it’s that but with weight shift and turn, that is happening way faster. If you don’t do this consciously, you’ll never catch up.
Ernie and Zack, I want to thank you so much for this video. I think you just made my year for the next season. I just hit about 100 drivers and worked on this technique. It was difficult to implement, but when I got it right the carry and distance was fantastic compared to my usual. I have been struggling with hitting either high right or low left drivers for the last year. I worked out intellectually that I needed to throw the clubhead past my hands while keeping the loft on, but I found it very difficult to implement. Your video made it all clear and offered the validation I needed to keep working on this. Thanks, and nice work teaching this Zack. It defies so much conventional wisdom but it's absolutely right.
So glad you were willing to give this a shot. it's a must to truly master the different shots. Please keep me updated on your season, my friend!
I take lessons from Zach. I saw this video and took another lesson today and asked him to cover the topic in this video. It was awesome. If you are in DFW call Bridlewood and get a lesson with Zach.
Thanks Deron. Great job yesterday. Way to grasp the concepts.
Wonderful lesson and explanation of what you have to do with driver from Zach. Love it!
Well done Ernie and thanks for sharing your lesson with Zach again. You are very lucky to have Zach closely for lessons. Can't wait to see how you get on through the season. Good Luck!
Thank you brother! I’m blessed to have him guiding me through this journey!
Thanks for your journey. Good luck.
Love the channel. How he explains the " FEELS " really hits home with me.. best on RUclips IMO
Glad it’s helping! Thank you for the support!
Wow, such an enlightening lesson! The hand actions are so obscure but the fog is starting to lift! I need this exact lesson with Zach! Great job and thanks Ernie for sharing.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the support!
I do what Zack is teaching to hit a draw. I take my regular swing and imagine hitting one or two dimples inside the golf ball. Never directly behind the ball. I also imagine staying back on the ball an I dont want my body sequence too in front of my swing. When you get loft with the catapult effect at impact , the ball really goes far. Im right handed, I love to hit it into a left to right wind because it seems to just penetrate an keep climbing.
It’s a beautiful ball flight to see! I get an extra 10 yards of carry with all of my irons with a draw too
I’ve been watching your videos the one where Zach talks about why he teaches and his love for teaching not playing was just absolutely awesome. Really enjoy your journey. I think Zach is right about your speed. I always think speed first. Then control because so many golfers I see can hit and control the ball but they have no distance and without distance, you struggle you better have a good short game but even if you don’t have a good short game as long as you can get down near the green, you’re going to score pretty well Well anyway really enjoy your journey. We continue to watch. Good luck. I think you can do it just work out get stronger the speed will come.
It’s not what one does, it’s how one does it.
Be fully present in the moment.
Wherever you are be there.
It also helps when people realize that someone truly cares.
Thank you for the support! I’m having a ton of fun learning and sharing my journey. I’m glad I have y’all to share it with!
Thank you Ernie, that is by far the most informative description of how the driver works I’ve ever seen. Good luck with the implementation, can’t wait to see the end result in a few months 😀
Taking it out to the course this week! Wish me luck!
Like this video! Live the coach and his knowledge sharing teaching approach! 💪
Glad you enjoyed it!
This insight and approach is awesome! It works!!!!
Glad it helped!
😲This was a mindblowing,💡moment for me! Zach! Sir, this was Absolutely Brilliant!!! 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
👁️ 💡 👁️
Another banger of a lesson
Hahah thank you!!
I felt like this video was talking 100% to me!!! Going to the simulator to practice this ASAP!!! Great stuff!!!
Let me know how it goes!
@@ErndogGolf thanks, i just tried it and it works, i just need more time to incorporated but it definitely works ❤️. Thanks again for the video
This is dope. Would love to see the irons and woods
Wow this is such a revelational lesson! I've had the same kind issues and have been grinding hard to get my AOA up without blocking/slicing right. It's almost funny how tabu this lesson is in regards of throwing/flipping etc but at the same time I would bet like 90% of average weekend hackers would gain so much by this information. I will def bring the visual cues from this into my own practice! Thanks for a great series 💪
I’m still trying to figure out why the masses are “convinced” that delofting and leaning the shaft are essential on the road to better golf. I just don’t see the results from it across the board.
I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for the support!
@@zachberhow.instruction I'm thinking conspiracy involving back surgeons. 🙂
This and the last iron lesson are really revolutionary for me. I haven't yet had the chance to try the driver stuff out yet but I did go work on the irons with great success. I wonder if you could review the iron release lesson again since it was hard to see the club head in the video. That would answer some questions I had; Just, like a minute of this is where the clubhead should be (and not here). Fabulous work!
This is a real eye opener.
The first time I finally hit the hook, it was a huge eye opener. Like I unlocked a secret move in my swing I’ve never felt before
"yes....Yes.....YES!
Had a hard time explaining this one to the wife. "Its just a golf video hon......"
"YEEEEEEESS!"
Amazing lesson. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant lesson. Very informative. Well done!
Glad you liked it!
Pure lightbulb moment.
What a great lesson. Can’t wait to see how you progress after a couple of weeks of work.
Thanks man! From the few practice sessions I’ve had, it’s been freaking awesome!
@@ErndogGolf How about that "dialing it back" (if needed) part - as easy and controllable as it seemed to be implied? Any insights to share on *that* front?
So fascinating. Zach’s next level with all this stuff and it makes so much sense the way he explains it! But I am scared to try it on my own…. Your path and face control is next level good!
First time I hit balls on the driving range next to a pga tour player I was beyond afraid. Then after 2 golf balls I realized he’s not even paying any attention to me or cares at all about me. Moral of the story…don’t be afraid to be look stupid on the driving range. No one else is even paying attention to you. They are all focused on themselves.
Love this video! Never heard it explained this way, but it works. As far as the takeaway goes, do you take it back inside or straight back?
May need to define "it". 🙂 Club head vs. handle, for example.
Mind a bit blown to be honest 😂 I am horrible with driver and with what I feel are good strikes going long high but big blocks right. I'm definitely going to explore this its just a bit of a scary idea....but then maybe it makes perfect sense for driver swing to be its own thing 🤔. Awesome video love watching your lessons with Zach!
Give it a go and let me know how it goes! Thanks for your support!
Another fantastic video. what a phenomenal coach.Zach is. I could never figure out how to an in to out path and close the club face with driver and keep loft!! . Are there any other drills to feel this flip scoop for the driver.?
I think just rehearse the feeling he shows. That’s really helped me out!
It’s cool. Thanks for the vid
Thanks for watching!
Just stumbled across your channel. I’m a RUclips golf crackhead and man this is some of the best content I’ve run across. Zach is one of the best online coaches I’ve seen online after diving into y’all other videos. Pretty dope man, keep it up…Liked and Subscribed!
Thanks man! Glad you’re enjoying the content!
Amazing!
Gran video, Ern!!
Gracias amigo!
Amazing video. Understanding what is going wrong is always as important if not more important than what's going right. Love the driving in the middle of the ocean analogy! Is this supposed to be applied at a full swing rate or just something to eliminate the right side?
Thanks for the support! Zach mentions to do this until it becomes very comfortable and dial at back as necessary once it does.
4:26 the best part about this is you can swing as hard as you want.
2:45 I gleaned the same thing from watching Coach Ed on Golf Sensei recently. Went out a couple days later and was crushing drives down the fairway instead of hitting blocks and super-pushed fades. I think we young golfers have been poisoned by all these talking heads on TV going on about shaft lean and getting the hands forward to compress the ball and all this stuff.
This was huge!!! Especially as I’m training to get more speed, I was subconsciously continuing to move the lands past my original position!
@@ErndogGolf Damn bro I just realized that I said young golfer but I'm in my mid-30s and all these kids have no idea about how golf channel became a thing and "instruction media" exploded after Tiger Woods came on the scene. I only picked up the game a few years ago but was already so deep in the hole doing things that I thought I should be doing based on what I grew up watching at sports bars and daytime TV in breakrooms, etc.
I’m plus 6-10 on path and -minus 5-8 or
more on path. This equals massive low hook. I’ll have a look at trying to understand the closer with loft
Loft is key. A draw with no loft is dangerously bad. To hit a draw and be effective you need to have loft.
Most of your videos are so relevant to what I’m learning, trouble is I can hit so well at the range but struggle to bring it to the course. Any tips?
Usually people stop turning on the course. Make sure you get a full shoulder turn when you are tired. Left shoulder to right knee or shoulders past 90° in the backswing.
@@zachberhow.instruction Thanks Zach. Any plans to move to England? 👀
@@zachberhow.instructionso this turned out to be true 😅
@@zachberhow.instruction Any theories as to "why"? Find myself pondering this a *lot*. Afraid that we might not be able to get "back"?
I like this guy ❤
How do you recommend getting this feel of handle back and clubhead first? Anything work for you?
Practice really slow swings first!
You just said it
What launch monitor was the coach using?
Trackman
Awesome! Wow. Very cool.
BTW, where are you guys? Zach’s living room? 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he gives so many lessons I guarantee you he spends more time here than his actual living room!
It’s an old conference room at Bridlewood turned hitting room
@@zachberhow.instruction Near Dallas, it appears, no?
Let’s go! X 11……
Could one accomplish the high draw a little more easily with a more lofted driver? You wouldn't have to throw the club head ahead of the hands as much. I am working on this technique and it does work, but as you say, it's not very natural feeling. It seems like a lot of work to create that ball flight.
I was fitted for a 10 degree driver loft (9 degree turned up) when I was fading the ball more. Now I'm drawing the ball with my irons and want a straight to draw flight with the driver. I wonder if I'd showed up at a fitting hitting a low draw up the left if I'd been fitted for a higher lofted club to help launch the ball higher without losing it right.
Did I get it right that hands should never be in front of the driver shaft during impact?
Hi. What is the fee charges of Zac per session and can he give online training session
At impact, what type of weight distribution are you looking for?
A most pertinent question. Found this video after a recent driver lesson. This video helped massively with my understanding of "why" that lesson helped. The pro had me keep my left heel off the the ground all through the swing - even to the point of falling back onto my right foot on the finish. Knew *that* couldn't be right, but I immediately hit a high draw. WTF??
It will depend largely on how you grip the club. For someone with a super strong grip, that kind of release will give you pull hooks all day long.
Which is why I wholeheartedly believe strong grips are a cardinal sin. Causes way more problems down the road. Avoid strong grips and learn to release the club correctly.
@@zachberhow.instruction I guess it really depends on the individual.
Let's go😂
Hahaha I probably watched this video 20 times while editing and I didn’t realize I kept saying “let’s go.” I must’ve been pretty excited! 😆
Mike Malaska or even Dan Alton’s folding point. Is this just for driver?
My single worst issue is the low left driver, I need to figure out keeping that loft on the face as it come into impact
I wonder how Zach would fix a delofting issue
Pull the handle back
The golf game is to be sold and not told. That instructor broke the rule and gave it away for free, and that's whats up.
Build trust and clients will come back
Is this something he teaches with irons as well?
Depends on how bad the mistake is. For extreme slicers or blockers. Yes
Is Zack an unfrozen caveman range pro?
more finger and stronger grip. You should see almost 4 knuckles on the left hand at address
More than 2 knuckles left hand grip is a bandaid creates bigger problems down the road. Don’t do a short term fix than ruins you long term. 3 knuckles is excessive. 4 is horrible.
@@zachberhow.instruction there's different ways to play. When forces act on the club it and your grip is neutral the face wants to open. ruclips.net/video/IuL5y-eLi8A/видео.htmlsi=V9dyOP0SUCUbiZv1
Week 50+ and just learning the grip??? Yikes!
All good and well until you start sling hooking them and stalling. Lol