Before seeing your video , I understood what the transition was about,but didn’t have a feel for how to produce it. Your drill has given me the feel I was looking for. Thanks for your insight and lucid explanation.
I think golf needs to be taught this way. Us novices really can't see these movements unless they are explained exactly the way you are showing. I really learn this way. I've heard a million times use the ground up but I just didn't get it. I'm not sure I get this but I think I need to practice. It's experimental learning really. Great video's thank you John blagg
Put this to work on the range today, and played a couple holes on the way home... power was effortless and ball flight great... hit 3 monster drives... Definitely a useful drill! Thanks Alex.
Excellent to hear! Don’t force the drill or over push the moves. And the best way to train it is several just the drill, then a practice swing with no cardboard. Repeat. Ideal for at home. If you are able to, strike a shot. Repeat.
In all my years of golfing weight/pressure transfer has always been an achilles heel in my game. This concept is not only clear but very understandable. Thank-you and keep up great vids.
love seeing teaching pros making it simple, the people like yourself who make it simple are the pros who understand what they are teaching.. so refreshing. nice work SIR.
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf ive been doing it for years, i just like to observe what guys are teaching on you tube, people i see teaching are teaching static moves all the time, ummm i think this is why the standard of golf has got worse over the years. its a fact that the technology has improved, but the people teaching now only understand positions, the need to understand your golf swing is like your fingerprint. as you can probably tell ive been teaching for years. its all in your title THE ART OF SIMPLE GOLF. it does exactly what it says on the tin. thanks.
Wow I found this video last night while on vacation. The following morning I found a driving range close by and couldn’t believe the results. Everything finally clicked after so many years. Omg thank you!
Thanks for this video; I've never seen it before but convinced that it will catapult me to learn Mike Austin's "blended" 3-plane swing into one effortless Single plane swing of my own --- at 73yrs of age...
Wow, this really works! The ‘trail leg slide’ is very natural for me as a former hockey player. It’s the same feeling of pushing out with your ice skates.
Genius ! I’ve played three rounds with the first right leg move and I’m telling you it works great! I just think lose arms at set up then think push toes away from me like the slide you do and I’m pretty pumped up with my game now… thanks so much.
Makes very good sense. I will try it. I like that you say find what works for you to make the club move faster; to make the “whoosh” louder. Thank you!
Nice job - have seen many swing biomechanics spend too much time talking trace and showing screen data they learned in a 2 hour seminar. Watch hockey players on ice using ground to make shots and the concept is in effect. Golf sure is counter intuitive. Keep the simple tips coming. Congratulation. Cardboard vs expensive force and ground measurement devices!
Great 👍🏻. Haven’t seen an explanation like this before. For us mid to high handicappers I would just add the need to disassociate your arms in order to let the lower body “drive” the downswing. It’s hard to learn, but Vids like this help focusing on the right stuff 👍🏻
Marvelous and thank you! Yes re the arms.. I talk a lot about flow in the swing so those that are doing that well enough will do well with this. Those that are too tense still need to allow softer arms and wrists
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf I’m a very tense person so INDEED 👍🏻 :) I’ve been working on this and discovered the idea I’ve been using of pulling the club down or using leverage in the downswing is similar but not as good a feel as this. Cheers.
Perfect use your legs /core / glutes to swing the club! This move gets me 15 more yards easy.. its also super easy to repeat. Your arms control path. But once you launch your arms go back to impact naturally. You swing from the ground up!
Who knew? All my right/back foot action has been ankle and heel focused versus leg and foot focused. Haven’t been able to try this move with a club yet but it sure feels like a game changer in my living room!
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf That went very well on the course. In order to make it a “feels natural” move for me, I substantially increased the pressure/weight on my front foot to say 90% at setup and gradually backed it down to approx 75% and allowed the skating move with my back foot to finish the job. Seems like it worked well (at least for me), but I am wondering if there is a downside associated with too much weight on the front foot at setup?
Not seen it but I know his general philosophy is along this for sure. Rotate and sling in simple terms. The key here is the opposing forces training. It's a game changer
This action with the lead foot seems counterintuitive but it sure does work. Another image that may help to visualize/feel this move, is to picture your lead foot on a skateboard with 4 wheels under it that slides towards the ball target line.
Alex I hit my irons really well with this drill, but struggle being consistent with my 3 wood and driver.. I think because i'm a bit further back and not over the ball. any suggestions with driver and 3 wood feel?
I get the idea of using opposing force, but where should I be loading my weight? On my front foot so I can push back into my back foot? Or on the back foot so I can shift the weight into the lead foot and get my body weight through the shot more? Or keep it more centered?
Hi Alex, After practicing with each side individually, in the real swing with no cardboard are you trying to do both moves at the same time or picking either the trail or lead foot to work with?
I’m guessing the right side force will preceed the left force by a fraction for correct sequencing but it will be close to simultaneous as downswing to impact is about 0.2s , so more of a feel thing than something you can measure.
I get the feeling that my hips are settling towards the target from behind me kinda downhiill just before I get to the top of the backswing it actally is my transition
How do you feel about Mike Malasta's thoughts on "rotating"? He says he doesn't even think about rotating and explains that during the backswing, you're pushing the right side of your pelvis back and then on the downswing, pushing the left back. He says he thinks of it in lateral directions and when you do the pelvis push it looks like you're rotating when you're really not.
Sorry fo delay. MM is great but I can't speak for his method. All i can say is most things are related and the most important thing is what it feels to you
Do you think you use the ground well enough in your swing? Let me know below and if you will try this now! Really appreciate you watching, liking, subbing and commenting… really helps our mission here:)
What you are describing is the source of power. No it is definitely not effortless unless you mean by that the power in the swing is created as a by product of the leg pushing and pushing motions to create the catapult sling shot effect. Definitely the core and legs are is fully engaged. This engagement is not effortless at all. Just the contrary. You can not be relaxed and do this at the same time
It's important for folks to know the why... and ascertain whether it's valid for them right now. The issue is going from tip to tip.. drill to drill without knowledge or being applicable
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf Typical of online golf tutors telling us what they see amateurs doing wrong. Just show us in simple dialogue. 5 mins should be more than ample time to explain.
This is probably the best swing lesson I've seen on youtube
Well that is good to hear and thank you!
Best description of weight shift yet. Never really understood but I do now. Thank you.
Super :) hope it helps👍🏌️♂️
I played for 30 years. Now, I understand what I have done wrong. Thank you!!. You are the best golf teacher in the world!!
Too kind ! But glad you got there eventually;)
Before seeing your video , I understood what the transition was about,but didn’t have a feel for how to produce it. Your drill has given me the feel I was looking for. Thanks for your insight and lucid explanation.
I’m delighted to hear that!
I think golf needs to be taught this way. Us novices really can't see these movements unless they are explained exactly the way you are showing. I really learn this way. I've heard a million times use the ground up but I just didn't get it. I'm not sure I get this but I think I need to practice. It's experimental learning really.
Great video's thank you
John blagg
Excellent to hear that! Glad to clear some of the fog in this bonkers game:) keep at it and hope more videos here and on the site can help you
Great menthod that I have been searching, thank you so much
Glad you found it helpful!
Put this to work on the range today, and played a couple holes on the way home... power was effortless and ball flight great... hit 3 monster drives... Definitely a useful drill! Thanks Alex.
Excellent to hear! Don’t force the drill or over push the moves. And the best way to train it is several just the drill, then a practice swing with no cardboard. Repeat. Ideal for at home. If you are able to, strike a shot. Repeat.
In all my years of golfing weight/pressure transfer has always been an achilles heel in my game. This concept is not only clear but very understandable. Thank-you and keep up great vids.
Great to hear! Let me know how it goes when you train and apply it!
Literally my favorite person on YT. Most concise, easiest to understand instructor out there.
You make me blush :) Appreciate that a lot and very glad you are with us!
Thanks!
Hope it helps and thank you very much! 👍🏌️♂️
love seeing teaching pros making it simple, the people like yourself who make it simple are the pros who understand what they are teaching.. so refreshing. nice work SIR.
I appreciate that a lot. Thanks and hope it helps you!
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf ive been doing it for years, i just like to observe what guys are teaching on you tube, people i see teaching are teaching static moves all the time, ummm i think this is why the standard of golf has got worse over the years. its a fact that the technology has improved, but the people teaching now only understand positions, the need to understand your golf swing is like your fingerprint. as you can probably tell ive been teaching for years. its all in your title THE ART OF SIMPLE GOLF. it does exactly what it says on the tin. thanks.
This has changed my game. I've never been able to feel the sensation of the turn or good footwork at all but I do now.
Well that is good news! Well done and keep focused!
Wow I found this video last night while on vacation. The following morning I found a driving range close by and couldn’t believe the results. Everything finally clicked after so many years. Omg thank you!
That is awesome! Keep at it!
Thanks for this video; I've never seen it before but convinced that it will catapult me to learn Mike Austin's "blended" 3-plane swing into one effortless Single plane swing of my own --- at 73yrs of age...
You do you :) Keep at it
Wow, this really works! The ‘trail leg slide’ is very natural for me as a former hockey player. It’s the same feeling of pushing out with your ice skates.
Yes exactly! Well done!
This is an amazingly good lesson! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I would pull a groin with that drill . Lol. The idea of pushing is perfect. Thanks Alex, you rock.
Lol for sure take it steady
Ps you rock too!
The best way to feel pressure to hip in Golf.Thanks a lot.
Genius ! I’ve played three rounds with the first right leg move and I’m telling you it works great! I just think lose arms at set up then think push toes away from me like the slide you do and I’m pretty pumped up with my game now… thanks so much.
That is great to hear well done! Keep at it and don’t get too forceful trying to get “ more”
So you make the rear leg move prior to finishing your back swing, correct?
Makes very good sense. I will try it. I like that you say find what works for you to make the club move faster; to make the “whoosh” louder. Thank you!
Yes! Go for it but take it steady
Nice job - have seen many swing biomechanics spend too much time talking trace and showing screen data they learned in a 2 hour seminar. Watch hockey players on ice using ground to make shots and the concept is in effect. Golf sure is counter intuitive. Keep the simple tips coming. Congratulation. Cardboard vs expensive force and ground measurement devices!
Exactly! Great comparisons and yes… certainly a lot more affordable lol ;)
Another Awesome video! Not only for clearing the hips, but for starting the bump weight shift to the left before initiating the downswing. TY!
Too kind! Hope it helps you!
Awesome, simple drill..thanks for the tips
More than welcome and hope they are helping!
Really good way of explaining sensations, helpful thanks
Much appreciated!
Really interesting, Alex. I will work on this. Thanks.
Super and let us know if any questions and how it goes
That’s a beautiful Ben Hogan bag. They make stunning clubs
They are perfect
Just wonderfull, watching Alex Fortey is the best thing you can do to lift up your golf game
😊 making me blush . Thank you! Hope this is what you need right now to get the shots you want!
Ok.. This has been solid on the right leg for me.. such a better a pivot.Left leg is a work in progress.. 😊
Good! Stay focused on the right for a while
Absolutely brilliant 👏👏
Much appreciated!!
Great 👍🏻. Haven’t seen an explanation like this before. For us mid to high handicappers I would just add the need to disassociate your arms in order to let the lower body “drive” the downswing. It’s hard to learn, but Vids like this help focusing on the right stuff 👍🏻
Marvelous and thank you!
Yes re the arms.. I talk a lot about flow in the swing so those that are doing that well enough will do well with this. Those that are too tense still need to allow softer arms and wrists
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf I’m a very tense person so INDEED 👍🏻 :)
I’ve been working on this and discovered the idea I’ve been using of pulling the club down or using leverage in the downswing is similar but not as good a feel as this. Cheers.
Great Advice
Thank you Lenard! You must have seen almost all our videos now 😀💪🏌️♂️👍
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf, yes, trying very hard to put it all into my brain..
building new patterns 😊
Super!!
Really like this a great lesson thanks.
Appreciate you letting me know but really hope it’s what you need today :)
Perfect use your legs /core / glutes to swing the club! This move gets me 15 more yards easy.. its also super easy to repeat. Your arms control path. But once you launch your arms go back to impact naturally. You swing from the ground up!
YES. Exactly the goal! Well done
Wow this is a game changer!!!
It certainly can be
Who knew? All my right/back foot action has been ankle and heel focused versus leg and foot focused. Haven’t been able to try this move with a club yet but it sure feels like a game changer in my living room!
Go for it and let us know how you get on!
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf That went very well on the course. In order to make it a “feels natural” move for me, I substantially increased the pressure/weight on my front foot to say 90% at setup and gradually backed it down to approx 75% and allowed the skating move with my back foot to finish the job. Seems like it worked well (at least for me), but I am wondering if there is a downside associated with too much weight on the front foot at setup?
Best tip ever
🏌️♂️👍thanks and let us know how you get on :)
good stuff
Cheers and love the TH-cam name:)
Nice move.
Hope it helps you if you try it:)
Thank you for another great tips. Could you do another one for backswing using oppossing force?
Starting with momentum is key and this video should help th-cam.com/video/Y9Y56-c-dOk/w-d-xo.html
Alex, don’t know if you saw it, but your friend Milo did a very complementary video on this!
Not seen it but I know his general philosophy is along this for sure. Rotate and sling in simple terms. The key here is the opposing forces training. It's a game changer
This action with the lead foot seems counterintuitive but it sure does work. Another image that may help to visualize/feel this move, is to picture your lead foot on a skateboard with 4 wheels under it that slides towards the ball target line.
It really does. That sliding feel could work, but i'd be wary of it causing lower body to be in the way a little
Alex I hit my irons really well with this drill, but struggle being consistent with my 3 wood and driver.. I think because i'm a bit further back and not over the ball.
any suggestions with driver and 3 wood feel?
You might be shifting too far forward. Look at recent lesson on driver vs irons
Do both feet work at the same time (feel just before the completion of the backswing)? Or is there a sequence to it? Fantastic video!
Sequence… trail foot then front 👍🏌️♂️
I get the idea of using opposing force, but where should I be loading my weight? On my front foot so I can push back into my back foot? Or on the back foot so I can shift the weight into the lead foot and get my body weight through the shot more? Or keep it more centered?
It’s centered for most part so you can shift and push both ways as we need flow in transition
Hi Alex,
After practicing with each side individually, in the real swing with no cardboard are you trying to do both moves at the same time or picking either the trail or lead foot to work with?
I’m guessing the right side force will preceed the left force by a fraction for correct sequencing but it will be close to simultaneous as downswing to impact is about 0.2s , so more of a feel thing than something you can measure.
You try both and see how it feels. But both work and might need to be done. Just not at same time
Perfect… I likes the right leg one better and hitting the ball really flush
What about staying back vs. shoving hips toward the ball in the downswing?
Which one to do?
I’m confused about when the front starts to push forward. Is it at the same time the back foot starts pushing back and away or after?
Unfortunately it depends a little on what else is happening. But… try trail foot first then into lead leg
the push is way before the backswing ends
💪
Like a forehand in tennis..?
Pretty much!
I get the feeling that my hips are settling towards the target from behind me kinda downhiill just before I get to the top of the backswing it actally is my transition
That’s a great great feel!!
I'm in pain just watching...but I am 72. Love the idear but I think I might do some damage if I try this. LOVE your videos.
It might not be for you, but the feel to YOUR level can help
We try at home. Practice
Good!
Please share how one combines this with the quick hands (supple wrists) from your prior video.
They are in harmony. But don’t try fix it all at once. Just focus on one for now
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf thx
How do you feel about Mike Malasta's thoughts on "rotating"? He says he doesn't even think about rotating and explains that during the backswing, you're pushing the right side of your pelvis back and then on the downswing, pushing the left back. He says he thinks of it in lateral directions and when you do the pelvis push it looks like you're rotating when you're really not.
Sorry fo delay. MM is great but I can't speak for his method. All i can say is most things are related and the most important thing is what it feels to you
It requires tension free muscles and soft wrists, I gues.
In one word souplesse....
Oui ;)
Do you think you use the ground well enough in your swing? Let me know below and if you will try this now! Really appreciate you watching, liking, subbing and commenting… really helps our mission here:)
Going to the range now going to work on this today .
No and yes.
@@randyvelder949 great
@@davidmayo3368 take it slow at first
What you are describing is the source of power. No it is definitely not effortless unless you mean by that the power in the swing is created as a by product of the leg pushing and pushing motions to create the catapult sling shot effect. Definitely the core and legs are is fully engaged. This engagement is not effortless at all. Just the contrary. You can not be relaxed and do this at the same time
We have some driver tiops to help you hopefully
Newton was a fool!
🤷🏻♂️🏌️♂️
Just to much to think about
This is training. You don’t think about it hardly at all during play
Tooooo much talky talky. Just show us. You made a meal of such a simple exercise.
It's important for folks to know the why... and ascertain whether it's valid for them right now. The issue is going from tip to tip.. drill to drill without knowledge or being applicable
The explanation is just right. I hope you learned from this. I did.
@@coolme653 I learned alright....fast forward and avoid all the bs.
It's his video. He's free to present it however he wants. I'm sure the majority enjoyed the talk.
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf Typical of online golf tutors telling us what they see amateurs doing wrong. Just show us in simple dialogue. 5 mins should be more than ample time to explain.