I am writing this comment to those golfers that might be a bit unsure about Jim‘s technique. I come from a place as someone who completed his academy and I was fortunate to receive in person lessons. Jim gives so much free content that you may be tempted to implement his principles with just his free videos. And you will hit great shots. But I assure you it’s just a small taste of what is possible if you build a foundation starting with the bump and run and working your way through driver. His academy takes you through each step. I was a 10 handicap when I first saw Jim and I am now a solid 4 handicap without any anxiety about my technique. You will get comments about the set up and you just have to disregard them because your friends will see the shots coming off your face. The alternative is relying on the next tip on RUclips or Golf Digest that will have little enduring quality.
I self taught myself this swing in the early 2000s unintentionally as a bandaid to flipping. Parents were too frugal for golf lessons and this was the only way I could keep the ball in play. Within two years I won a big time So Cal high school invitational and ended up getting a d2 scholarship offer. .. Naturally I started to feel self conscious about my swing as I got older… and successfully adopted the opposite open stance (after getting back into competitive golf over the past 5 years). I go back to this method when I need to send a power draw or throw up a wedge sky high and deep I’m 6’2 and don’t need the distance - I’ve mastered the the fade / cut particular on drives ..this has helped me level up my accuracy after hitting a plateau in college. Wish I knew Jim then ! #puregenius #consistentcrispyshots
Dude went from the middle of the desert to a lake in the mountains. Awesome. I shot my best 79 using a 7 wood off the tee except for a par 5 that had a mile wide fairway. Just swinging super easy clubbing up 2 clubs on all my irons. Was easy golf.
I wantJim to know that I am sold. I watched all of his videos, went to the course today, closed the stance and just let the swing happen only slower. I never hit the ball better and shot my lowest score ever, a 72. Looking forward to taking the online class.
It sounds good, and it IS good! I got down to a 7hdcp with a weak, wipey fade. Played that way for 20 years and I could get around the course pretty well. But, I adopted and practiced Jim's technique and knocked off 5 strokes from my hdcp. It's more fun to play with this powerful five yard draw and I'm a club longer. Jim's method could get a 20 capper down to single digits. It does take discipline and practice. Nothing is free, By the way. I'm 65. I don't know Mr. Venetos, but thank you sir!
I've only just started with Jim's online academy, but it is brilliant. I haven't submitted a swing yet, but have already tasted game changing greatness. My distances are huge (was long before), like.... Bryson level, but realise the game is now calming it down and mastering a gentle repeatable swing. Felt connections like never before. I'm play off a 6.5, and feel like scratch is well within reach now. Jim is the best around in my opinion, and I've looked around a fair bit.
@@luisjuarez1200 nothing like it. Count Yogi played from a neutral stance, shifted his weight, hung back on his trail foot and opened his chest through impact. Pretty much the complete opposite of what I teach. 👊
A friend of mine (let’s call him “Bill”) who plays an obscene amount of golf, but like most people doesn’t REALLY want to learn, decided his latest shortcut is to (only) study Hogan’s Five Lessons. He could do worse. Truth is, dude’s swing hasn’t changed an iota … just 40+ years of coming over the top. Don’t be like Bill… in golf as in life, you need to learn to get out of your own way. Jim literally teaches you that. If you were good enough to master the traditional swing, you would have done it by now. Stop the insanity, stop the madness, swallow your pride (not easy), and learn the fundamentals of how the golf swing works.
Mr. Venatos, I love your videos and have implemented your set with good success and the Wednesday 4 ball group is now pushing me to captain a team, thank you. And there's always a but right? Whatever music with that constant beat you're putting to your conversation is IMO distracting, I have to view them over to catch everything? Having said that I realize that you produce excellent free videos but I would think you might increase repeat viewer ship with a more inviting orchestration 😅 And just so you know i refer youngsters and some old fossils my age because your method is less stressful to the old body parts I'm 75 and started driving the ball 30-40 further, and my irons are longer finding more greens, again thank you Happy Thanksgiving!
Jim, this is working well with my short irons but I lose all my distance with mid/long irons. Do you move the ball forward in your stance like in a normal setup with the longer clubs?
@@deebo-k_bo4011 if you’re losing distance you’re doing something wrong and ball position isn’t the issue. The success you have with your short irons is the indication that if you learn the system properly, you’ll have the same experience with your long irons and your woods. I suggest signing up for my school and I’ll get you sorted.
Just curious Jim. Do you use flatter than industry standard lie angles on your clubs? I feel like flatter lies would help as one works to shallow their path.
@@lawrencecirillo3233 your lie angle shouldn’t change how you swing the club, instead, it’s determined by your clubhead speed and the build of your body. My clubs are 7 to 9° upright through the bag.
@@jimvenetosgolf That would explain the the quite virtical look of both shaft and body at impact compared with address bent over position with hands close to left knee. I find delivering the club and getting thro the shot is easier on my 75 year old lean frame if doing both.
Great technique helping me a lot now trying it with hack motion would love to see your numbers for impact of your lead wrist thank you for your enormous free content was a member years ago and had good success
The swing works but What about back pain/stress? I found that loading the weight over left leg and restricting hip rotation did cause some muscle/nerve strain on the left lower back over 18h.
the opposite for me...pulled a muscle lower right side of my back...my partner was on vaca and rather than forfeit our league match I used the weight fwd method and played relatively pain free.
@@dddmmm21 if it hurts you’re doing something wrong. Sounds like too much tension or an incorrect set up. Sign up for my school so you can submit a video and I’ll get you sorted.
Jim new viewer here. I have been taking lessons with a PGA instructor, and honestly your swing looks far from textbook. But I understood the foundation for what you're saying, and actually my PGA coach told me your swing could help me a lot to think about. I implemented it in a golf round for a couple shots without practicing it at all. I played in the bitter cold, and I was hitting the ball terrible that day. I was 190 yards out, and I pulled out my 6 iron, which on a hot day would be perfect, but in the cold I definitely should've gone 5 iron for how bad my swing was that day. But instead, I went 6 iron, and for whatever reason I chose for that specific shot to swing like you for the first time that round. I had never actually hit a ball using your swing. I hit the ball with a small draw 210 yards well over the green. I could not believe it. I didn't try to swing hard at all. I just hit the sweet spot of the club perfectly, and as you say, my core was very stable, and I just let my arms fall. I will continue to learn your swing. I don't know if I want to switch to it completely, but I think supplementing some of your ideas into my swing now will really help me. Thanks for the videos.
@ it was playing uphill and I hit it past the green. My rangefinder said it was 201 playing 205 to the back of the green and I would say it was about 5-10 yards past that so it probably carried 200 and rolled off the slope. I’ve never hit a 6 iron that far in my life and I swung with no effort. Just followed what I’ve seen on Jim’s channel.
Ok so... 1. I hope you're using those floating golf balls? 2. Put a floating inner tube at 150 yds out. Can't really tell the distance, but the shots look good. 3. It looks to me like you have an effortless swing, but it looks like you're flicking your wrists at it. Need a split screen with front view to appreciate the move. 4. Really be nice if you used a Trackman or something similar so the differences could be more accurately measured. 5. I suck at golf and really need a miracle
lol the quick cut at 7:10 and another ball clearly being used doesn't inspire confidence to the method. i'm not exactly hating as i play from a somewhat similar stance, but i'd just keep the fudged shots in, there's nothing wrong with a bad shot.
@bruceford9413 This is very much not S&T, which I tried about 5 years ago. Not even close. S&T requires rotation, tilting of the shoulders and creates a steep angle of attack. This is a very different, and simple, animal and I am loving it. 🤘
I am writing this comment to those golfers that might be a bit unsure about Jim‘s technique. I come from a place as someone who completed his academy and I was fortunate to receive in person lessons. Jim gives so much free content that you may be tempted to implement his principles with just his free videos. And you will hit great shots. But I assure you it’s just a small taste of what is possible if you build a foundation starting with the bump and run and working your way through driver. His academy takes you through each step. I was a 10 handicap when I first saw Jim and I am now a solid 4 handicap without any anxiety about my technique. You will get comments about the set up and you just have to disregard them because your friends will see the shots coming off your face. The alternative is relying on the next tip on RUclips or Golf Digest that will have little enduring quality.
well written ! my friends certainly saw me hole out from 148 last round with jim’s technique!!!!!! lol love it
I self taught myself this swing in the early 2000s unintentionally as a bandaid to flipping. Parents were too frugal for golf lessons and this was the only way I could keep the ball in play. Within two years I won a big time So Cal high school invitational and ended up getting a d2 scholarship offer. ..
Naturally I started to feel self conscious about my swing as I got older… and successfully adopted the opposite open stance (after getting back into competitive golf over the past 5 years). I go back to this method when I need to send a power draw or throw up a wedge sky high and deep I’m 6’2 and don’t need the distance - I’ve mastered the the fade / cut particular on drives ..this has helped me level up my accuracy after hitting a plateau in college.
Wish I knew Jim then ! #puregenius #consistentcrispyshots
I love that you say it’s not about how far you hit but where you hit it. The best shots are effortless 🙌🏼😊
Dude went from the middle of the desert to a lake in the mountains. Awesome. I shot my best 79 using a 7 wood off the tee except for a par 5 that had a mile wide fairway. Just swinging super easy clubbing up 2 clubs on all my irons. Was easy golf.
I wantJim to know that I am sold. I watched all of his videos, went to the course today, closed the stance and just let the swing happen only slower. I never hit the ball better and shot my lowest score ever, a 72. Looking forward to taking the online class.
It sounds good, and it IS good! I got down to a 7hdcp with a weak, wipey fade. Played that way for 20 years and I could get around the course pretty well.
But, I adopted and practiced Jim's technique and knocked off 5 strokes from my hdcp. It's more fun to play with this powerful five yard draw and I'm a club longer. Jim's method could get a 20 capper down to single digits. It does take discipline and practice. Nothing is free, By the way. I'm 65.
I don't know Mr. Venetos, but thank you sir!
Using your easy swing methods have changed my last 6 rounds. Easier swings have improved my game thanks 👍
I've only just started with Jim's online academy, but it is brilliant. I haven't submitted a swing yet, but have already tasted game changing greatness. My distances are huge (was long before), like.... Bryson level, but realise the game is now calming it down and mastering a gentle repeatable swing. Felt connections like never before. I'm play off a 6.5, and feel like scratch is well within reach now. Jim is the best around in my opinion, and I've looked around a fair bit.
@@mitchellm873 👊👊👊
Stillness is a huge key just like the iron byron it doesn't slide left and right and it swings on a circular path
Thank you Jim…curious if this similar to a certain extent what Count Yogi was doing?
@@luisjuarez1200 nothing like it. Count Yogi played from a neutral stance, shifted his weight, hung back on his trail foot and opened his chest through impact. Pretty much the complete opposite of what I teach. 👊
A friend of mine (let’s call him “Bill”) who plays an obscene amount of golf, but like most people doesn’t REALLY want to learn, decided his latest shortcut is to (only) study Hogan’s Five Lessons. He could do worse.
Truth is, dude’s swing hasn’t changed an iota … just 40+ years of coming over the top.
Don’t be like Bill… in golf as in life, you need to learn to get out of your own way.
Jim literally teaches you that. If you were good enough to master the traditional swing, you would have done it by now.
Stop the insanity, stop the madness, swallow your pride (not easy), and learn the fundamentals of how the golf swing works.
Mr. Venatos, I love your videos and have implemented your set with good success and the Wednesday 4 ball group is now pushing me to captain a team, thank you. And there's always a but right? Whatever music with that constant beat you're putting to your conversation is IMO distracting, I have to view them over to catch everything? Having said that I realize that you produce excellent free videos but I would think you might increase repeat viewer ship with a more inviting orchestration 😅 And just so you know i refer youngsters and some old fossils my age because your method is less stressful to the old body parts I'm 75 and started driving the ball 30-40 further, and my irons are longer finding more greens, again thank you Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi Jim did you swing Harder to gain the extra yardage With that 8 Iron?
@@JohnWJudson no, the length of my backswing is different on all three swings
@@jimvenetosgolf thanks
Jim, this is working well with my short irons but I lose all my distance with mid/long irons. Do you move the ball forward in your stance like in a normal setup with the longer clubs?
@@deebo-k_bo4011 if you’re losing distance you’re doing something wrong and ball position isn’t the issue. The success you have with your short irons is the indication that if you learn the system properly, you’ll have the same experience with your long irons and your woods. I suggest signing up for my school and I’ll get you sorted.
I’d love to do the school but don’t have the extra funds atm. Just looking for a little advice.
Jim, I was so worry that you were going to fall into the water....😂😂
@@fasteddie328 lol
Just curious Jim. Do you use flatter than industry standard lie angles on your clubs?
I feel like flatter lies would help as one works to shallow their path.
@@lawrencecirillo3233 your lie angle shouldn’t change how you swing the club, instead, it’s determined by your clubhead speed and the build of your body. My clubs are 7 to 9° upright through the bag.
@@jimvenetosgolf That would explain the the quite virtical look of both shaft and body at impact compared with address bent over position with hands close to left knee. I find delivering the club and getting thro the shot is easier on my 75 year old lean frame if doing both.
Great technique helping me a lot now trying it with hack motion would love to see your numbers for impact of your lead wrist thank you for your enormous free content was a member years ago and had good success
The swing works but What about back pain/stress? I found that loading the weight over left leg and restricting hip rotation did cause some muscle/nerve strain on the left lower back over 18h.
the opposite for me...pulled a muscle lower right side of my back...my partner was on vaca and rather than forfeit our league match I used the weight fwd method and played relatively pain free.
@@dddmmm21 if it hurts you’re doing something wrong. Sounds like too much tension or an incorrect set up. Sign up for my school so you can submit a video and I’ll get you sorted.
Jim new viewer here. I have been taking lessons with a PGA instructor, and honestly your swing looks far from textbook. But I understood the foundation for what you're saying, and actually my PGA coach told me your swing could help me a lot to think about. I implemented it in a golf round for a couple shots without practicing it at all. I played in the bitter cold, and I was hitting the ball terrible that day. I was 190 yards out, and I pulled out my 6 iron, which on a hot day would be perfect, but in the cold I definitely should've gone 5 iron for how bad my swing was that day. But instead, I went 6 iron, and for whatever reason I chose for that specific shot to swing like you for the first time that round. I had never actually hit a ball using your swing. I hit the ball with a small draw 210 yards well over the green. I could not believe it. I didn't try to swing hard at all. I just hit the sweet spot of the club perfectly, and as you say, my core was very stable, and I just let my arms fall.
I will continue to learn your swing. I don't know if I want to switch to it completely, but I think supplementing some of your ideas into my swing now will really help me. Thanks for the videos.
210 yds with a 6 iron ?! you're much better that the average PGA player you know ;)
@ it was playing uphill and I hit it past the green. My rangefinder said it was 201 playing 205 to the back of the green and I would say it was about 5-10 yards past that so it probably carried 200 and rolled off the slope. I’ve never hit a 6 iron that far in my life and I swung with no effort. Just followed what I’ve seen on Jim’s channel.
@@tim5749 just impressive man ! you must have a good swing speed anyway ;)
Hey Jim! How about a video with driver?
He’s got it out there already.😊
@ Thanks, found it.
You mean like baseball bat is for Fred Flinstone as compare to the golf club is to The Jetson!
@@vt20247 👊
I wanted to see the splash 😂
Ok so...
1. I hope you're using those floating golf balls?
2. Put a floating inner tube at 150 yds out. Can't really tell the distance, but the shots look good.
3. It looks to me like you have an effortless swing, but it looks like you're flicking your wrists at it. Need a split screen with front view to appreciate the move.
4. Really be nice if you used a Trackman or something similar so the differences could be more accurately measured.
5. I suck at golf and really need a miracle
@@dimtgco1428 lol, you’re pretty demanding too. Balls are floaters, all retrieved.
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”.
@davefiano4172 I been ready forty years hunting balls in the next state. Where the hell is he? I don't have too many swings left!!!
Bro tell me you are not pollution a pristine lake with Golf balls ! 😢
@@JHC63 I’m not. Floaters
Why not use a net instead of hitting balls into the lake!
@@johnbleckly3678 not into the lake, onto it. They’re floaters.
lol the quick cut at 7:10 and another ball clearly being used doesn't inspire confidence to the method. i'm not exactly hating as i play from a somewhat similar stance, but i'd just keep the fudged shots in, there's nothing wrong with a bad shot.
Good catch! I would learn more knowing why a shot went bad.
He did it again at 8:21
No cool. 😮
@@jont6541 incorrect, we cut out me going on about the set up. 🤦♂️
@@jimvenetosgolfthat doesn’t explain why there’s one ball missing from the tray😃 2 x dishonest-once in the video, once in the comment.
@@jimvenetosgolfdoes that account for the missing ball in the tray, to😀
Stack and tilt.
@@bruceford9413 nope. No tilt, no trail arm strike, no management of movements, no power loss. Not even close
@bruceford9413 This is very much not S&T, which I tried about 5 years ago. Not even close. S&T requires rotation, tilting of the shoulders and creates a steep angle of attack. This is a very different, and simple, animal and I am loving it. 🤘
NOPE. Tried that. No Bueno.
What gives you the right to throw golf balls in a beautiful lake! You should be charged with litter. Pathetic
@@LesHandford they’re floaters, all retrieved. What gives you the right to judge and say nasty things when you don’t know the facts? ☮️❤️
Let's freaking go 🏌️