"Any golfer should look at everything.....tailor your swing to your body"....priceless advice......so many coaches teach as if their methods are the only ones that work....they can be so dogmatic in their teaching...your humility sincerity and non-patronising manner are engaging...keep up the good work 👍👍
Tried this yesterday at the range and saw great results: was compressing my irons more consistently than I ever had. Thanks for all the helpful instructional videos - you do an incredible job of making things simple to understand, and demonstrating them effectively.
I've been doing that as well as a slightly open stance to help with rotation. I have a little "valgus deformity" in my left knee making my left side harder to get into as I get older (56) and add a little age around the mid section too. I've had to start with my weight on left side. There are a lot of your videos that I've watched that have helped me, especially with driver and strike. Putting my weight left as has led me to a shorter back swing and acceleration through the ball. It is a "Frankenstein" swing with a little traditional, a little stack and tilt and a little open stance. I've gone from shooting mid 90's to mid 80's. Still a work in progress. I really look forward to where this journey leads you and how your videos will evolve!
Stack and Tilt. I've been doing this with my wedges, 9 and 8 irons for years. I use the traditional pivot method for anything lower. I feel stack and tilt gives me a lot more control.
I was doing this and I was taking divots for the first time. I decided to take a lesson at my club and this was the first thing he wanted to change. Other things he suggested were solid but I went back to weighting up the lead leg as the strike with irons and even hybrids and 5 wood is much better.
I like this move. I discovered it by accident when I was trying to solve strike problems. The key for me is that it's set-up only. The rest of my swing is the same, it's just easier to get on that lead side, if you are already closer to start with.
I’ve been doing this John as had sway to the right - also with left shoulder down drill helps me stay more centred. Still sometimes move to right a bit on backswing as old habits die hard ! A WIP but good shots feel much better than I used to hit, more height on shots too 👍😁 Cheers, Ken.
Once I did the weight forward I drastically reduced my fatty shots. Really minimized the inconsistencies and I don't feel like I have to sync up everything perfectly. However, it has not worked great with the driver. JChown - let us know if you have found it works for the driver/woods too?
I agree with this approach, put more weight on your left leg. Everyone shoud try it. Stack and tilt is not for everyone. I think if you're well built, atheletic, young and fit, yes, do the stack and tilt. Weekend warrior like me, a 50yo 5' 8" male who enjoys his food more than the gym, putting the weight on left leg is the way to go. Give it a try, it will make your golfing more enjoyable. 😊👍
Lead side weighting (S & T) got me back to loving golf again. At 79 years old, it is virtually impossible to synchronize the process of weighting the trail leg then shifting to the lead side and getting to the low point in the downswing consistently.Too many moving parts. Definitely worth a try if you struggle getting weight forward and hitting the low point consistently. Also strongly recommend playing from the tees that are appropriate for your off the tee distance, not the ones that your ego tells you. IMHO.
If you're never really moving your COP (not much), then what "triggers" your downswing? I find when I transfer pressure to trail side early I can "push off" (externally rotate trail leg) to help me rotate and shift in one move but I've always been more of a lead foot player so this could potentially help me and thus why I'm curious. Would love to see your pressure traces before and after.. Love hearing about your own swing and its quirks. I guess I'm a golf nerd.. ;)
I’ve tried stack and tilt a few times and it was so easy to get good contact each time. Haven’t fully switched over tho because it feels a bit unnatural indeed
Interesting, I have a problem not getting my weight on my right side during my backswing thus leaving to much weight on my left side. My problem (as I've gotten older) is when I leave to much weight on my left foot on setup. My body stops turning to the left on my downswing and then it causes me to hit pulls or hooks. In my best Nick Faldo impression "the body stops the arms keep going and left it goes"... Iow's, when I start with to much weight on my left side my body thinks it's completing the swing (to early) because it "feels" like the weight has already transferred when actually it's my body stopping when it shouldn't. I hope I'm making sense in what I'm describing? Anyway, I certainly understand why it works for you! Btw, those shoes you have on look great, what brand?
Depending on which golfer adopts this 70% pressure on front foot at adress, might result in reverse pivot... But for me your advice is something I adopt, may be not 70 but slight pressure
A reverse pivot won’t happen from this. Only if you have poor pelvic movement in the backswing via excessive slide. More goes into the production of reverse pivoting than the weight just being forward
If you’re not giving up distance or accuracy, it would seem to me that weight on the left side at setup would be a default rule. Otherwise, you’re just adding needless weight shift and timing issues. Right?
I would recommend this for almost all golfers, just found for me as an individual with my limitations, the pressure shift is too delayed. Again, this is purely for my swing, this won’t be the case for you guys as you don’t have the disability I have
What is wrong with stack and tilt? I feel like a lot of what stack and tilt is (tilt lead shoulder down, and swinging more around the body) is what people teaching a “modern” golf swing advise. Only thing is the weight shift and keeping it forward.
Your setup and backswing is NOT stack and tilt , but “ REVERSE K” . It has the added advantage of minimizing lateral motion going down because you have already weakened weighted your left foot at setup .
@@NicLewis just feel over time this will lead to people fatting more often when they try and keep their weight on front foot for longer clubs. Helps you become a great wedge player but there’s a reason all the top pros pivot and move pressure onto their back hip and then re-centre as they reach top of their backswing
Same/similar with the driver ... just bump your hip a bit to the left and keep the head behind the ball for most of the swing... It's been working for me... Tons of videos on driver with S&T out there. I combine JC's videos with all the S&T guys. It's all about finding what works for you. My favorite current pro golfer golf swing out there is Charles Howell III.
"Any golfer should look at everything.....tailor your swing to your body"....priceless advice......so many coaches teach as if their methods are the only ones that work....they can be so dogmatic in their teaching...your humility sincerity and non-patronising manner are engaging...keep up the good work 👍👍
Absolutely bud. Dogmatism is rife in the golf Instruction industry
Check out Jim Venetos
@@billhill4929 will do..thank you
Tried this yesterday at the range and saw great results: was compressing my irons more consistently than I ever had.
Thanks for all the helpful instructional videos - you do an incredible job of making things simple to understand, and demonstrating them effectively.
I've been doing that as well as a slightly open stance to help with rotation. I have a little "valgus deformity" in my left knee making my left side harder to get into as I get older (56) and add a little age around the mid section too. I've had to start with my weight on left side. There are a lot of your videos that I've watched that have helped me, especially with driver and strike. Putting my weight left as has led me to a shorter back swing and acceleration through the ball. It is a "Frankenstein" swing with a little traditional, a little stack and tilt and a little open stance. I've gone from shooting mid 90's to mid 80's. Still a work in progress. I really look forward to where this journey leads you and how your videos will evolve!
I have been doing this for about two months and it has helped with my distance and ball striking. Thanks for confirming what I have been doing.
Just saw this one after the "ball forward" drill. Pure gold!!
Stack and Tilt. I've been doing this with my wedges, 9 and 8 irons for years. I use the traditional pivot method for anything lower. I feel stack and tilt gives me a lot more control.
100% recommend this and yes, the lead heel can be lifted to facilitate the backswing.
I was doing this and I was taking divots for the first time. I decided to take a lesson at my club and this was the first thing he wanted to change. Other things he suggested were solid but I went back to weighting up the lead leg as the strike with irons and even hybrids and 5 wood is much better.
I like this move. I discovered it by accident when I was trying to solve strike problems. The key for me is that it's set-up only. The rest of my swing is the same, it's just easier to get on that lead side, if you are already closer to start with.
This really worked for me. I struggled to shift my weight with long irons. Thank you for sharing
A great tip, it could surely help a lot of golfers having problem with golf swing...
I’ve done this myself just a few weeks ago , wow I’m hitting it lovely, just gives you the confidence of already being in a good delivery position
Funnily enough I've started doing the same this year and it works wonders!
I’ve been doing this John as had sway to the right - also with left shoulder down drill helps me stay more centred. Still sometimes move to right a bit on backswing as old habits die hard !
A WIP but good shots feel much better than I used to hit, more height on shots too 👍😁 Cheers, Ken.
Once I did the weight forward I drastically reduced my fatty shots. Really minimized the inconsistencies and I don't feel like I have to sync up everything perfectly.
However, it has not worked great with the driver. JChown - let us know if you have found it works for the driver/woods too?
I agree with this approach, put more weight on your left leg. Everyone shoud try it.
Stack and tilt is not for everyone. I think if you're well built, atheletic, young and fit, yes, do the stack and tilt. Weekend warrior like me, a 50yo 5' 8" male who enjoys his food more than the gym, putting the weight on left leg is the way to go.
Give it a try, it will make your golfing more enjoyable. 😊👍
Lead side weighting (S & T) got me back to loving golf again. At 79 years old, it is virtually impossible to synchronize the process of weighting the trail leg then shifting to the lead side and getting to the low point in the downswing consistently.Too many moving parts. Definitely worth a try if you struggle getting weight forward and hitting the low point consistently. Also strongly recommend playing from the tees that are appropriate for your off the tee distance, not the ones that your ego tells you. IMHO.
Would you say it helps to keep the left knee a bit more towards the ball on your weight forward swing. ?? Would love to know your thoughts.
I just watched 3 vid on stack and tilt in the last 24 hrs. I was wondering how you felt about it. Now I know. Great vid. More please on the subject
Definitely a lot of aspects I like 🤙🏻
If you're never really moving your COP (not much), then what "triggers" your downswing? I find when I transfer pressure to trail side early I can "push off" (externally rotate trail leg) to help me rotate and shift in one move but I've always been more of a lead foot player so this could potentially help me and thus why I'm curious. Would love to see your pressure traces before and after.. Love hearing about your own swing and its quirks. I guess I'm a golf nerd.. ;)
Great Video. I do this and noticed that when I forget my ball, striking is not the best. Would you do this with your driver
I wouldn’t recommend with driver for most
Great stuff..
Can you show us your hitting space set-up?
I'm rebuilding mine with more coverage so not to disturb the neighbors on a miss hit.
I never understood why Stack and Tilt has traditionally been frowned upon. It just seems to simplify things.
S&T certainly does simplify low point control, tough for speed generation though for most
@@jchowngolf I've been messing around with s&t lately and agree. It's certainly hard to generate the speed that I had with my usual swing.
I’ve tried stack and tilt a few times and it was so easy to get good contact each time. Haven’t fully switched over tho because it feels a bit unnatural indeed
Interesting, I have a problem not getting my weight on my right side during my backswing thus leaving to much weight on my left side. My problem (as I've gotten older) is when I leave to much weight on my left foot on setup. My body stops turning to the left on my downswing and then it causes me to hit pulls or hooks. In my best Nick Faldo impression "the body stops the arms keep going and left it goes"...
Iow's, when I start with to much weight on my left side my body thinks it's completing the swing (to early) because it "feels" like the weight has already transferred when actually it's my body stopping when it shouldn't. I hope I'm making sense in what I'm describing?
Anyway, I certainly understand why it works for you! Btw, those shoes you have on look great, what brand?
Before it came out of your mouth, I was going to say stack and tilt. If this is simpler and effective for you... do it man!!!
Est ce que. C’est la même chose avec le drive cela me semble plus compliqué à faire avec un stance large ? Merci
Did you find this to result in a lower ball flight?
Depending on which golfer adopts this 70% pressure on front foot at adress, might result in reverse pivot... But for me your advice is something I adopt, may be not 70 but slight pressure
A reverse pivot won’t happen from this. Only if you have poor pelvic movement in the backswing via excessive slide. More goes into the production of reverse pivoting than the weight just being forward
If you’re not giving up distance or accuracy, it would seem to me that weight on the left side at setup would be a default rule. Otherwise, you’re just adding needless weight shift and timing issues. Right?
Hey JC. Quick question. Can you still raise the left heel with this amount of weight on the left leg? Thanks in advance and keep the pro tips flowing!
You can indeed. Tough to maintain the correct pressures for a more lead side backswing but still possible
Is that 70% maintained as you move your arms back to the top (P1 to P4)?
Absolutely, pressure increasing as approaching p4
John, not lifting front heel to encourage hip turn?
I would recommend this for almost all golfers, just found for me as an individual with my limitations, the pressure shift is too delayed. Again, this is purely for my swing, this won’t be the case for you guys as you don’t have the disability I have
Those pants are dope. Can you link them please?🙂
This is instruction from 1930s. Love it
What is wrong with stack and tilt? I feel like a lot of what stack and tilt is (tilt lead shoulder down, and swinging more around the body) is what people teaching a “modern” golf swing advise. Only thing is the weight shift and keeping it forward.
Your setup and backswing is NOT stack and tilt , but “ REVERSE K” . It has the added advantage of minimizing lateral motion going down because you have already weakened weighted your left foot at setup .
Jon rahm style
Start left stay left go left.
cuts off the having to step into it for me.
Absolutely
I do that alot because I am rubbish. With poor movement so instead of going right to left I just stay left
Barrie join a pitch and putt club for your short game, you won’t be rubbish for long, guaranteed
😁👍
Thanks bud!
I no longer see you on Skillest - just wanted to make sure this was your intention and not a glitch or mistake on Skillest's part
I’m on vacation Jonathan, I’ve hidden my profile so I can relax whilst I’m away. It will be re-activated tomorrow
Thanks for the reply - enjoy the vacation!
Most vids are top drawer but this is dangerous
What makes you say that?
@@NicLewis just feel over time this will lead to people fatting more often when they try and keep their weight on front foot for longer clubs. Helps you become a great wedge player but there’s a reason all the top pros pivot and move pressure onto their back hip and then re-centre as they reach top of their backswing
But we are not top pros
What Jim Venetos said for years already!
For irons crispy, clueless with driver
This won’t be beneficial for most with driver. Irons preferably
Same/similar with the driver ... just bump your hip a bit to the left and keep the head behind the ball for most of the swing... It's been working for me... Tons of videos on driver with S&T out there. I combine JC's videos with all the S&T guys. It's all about finding what works for you. My favorite current pro golfer golf swing out there is Charles Howell III.
..you’re obviously a Saguto golfer when you mention crispy irons, I think the correct word would be crisp but it’s not important, it is comical though
I do this weight on the left side its helped my game massively 🏌👍🙂
Good to hear Roy!