Alex, this is everything any golfer needs. Understanding I must flow to the target while keeping the lead side and chest down and finishing with straight arms a few feet in front of the ball was like magic for me! I was mashing my irons, taking nice straight shallow divots just beyond the ball and consistently striking irons not just purely but almost perfectly. I heard a click and felt nothing, it was amazing. I looked up and the ball was already 50 yards away before I located it. If I may, I would add that you must commit totally to doing this. Don't hesitate or hold back, "trust". Let the energy flow through the ball to the target and stay down through the ball to a straight arm finish and the ball explodes off the club, absolutely astounding! Thank you my friend.
Love this and thanks so much for letting us know. And you are spot on.. committing to the event and task as well as the direction will yield the very best results. Very well done sir and keep at it!!
Excellent! Looking forward to trying these out! Left shoulder down helps me, when I remember to do it! Need to get more "programmed" to do it every time.
this guy is one of the best instructors. Honestly, every video. I've been playing for 35 years with low handicap but still learn and get reminded of the key simple things to remember when playing rather than a mild-melted with thoughts
No. They took elements of it from lots of old swings and models in modern era and created some principles that over emphasized. So there are some similarities but less rigid I guess
Will you try at least one of these tips to help you strike your irons? Do you tend to hit down too much or get shots fat? Also subscribe and get our free series here theartofsimplegolf.com/free
I focused primarily on just looking one inch in front of the ball, and it resulted in the purest iron contact I've ever had the last time I played. Still incorporating more flow and working through old bad habits, but it was so encouraging to finally make great contact with my irons. Thanks!
Alex this is the best video on TH-cam. I've just got back from playing today and I've never hit the irons so well . The 2nd tip about the weight shift really changed my striking. Keep up the good work 👏
Good to watch you focusing on typical shortcomings of the average golfer. Easily worth a handful of shots each round and all demonstrated without fuss or too much preening. Definitely coming back for more.
Man do I need this video. 90% of my iron shots are thin shots. I have a hard time staying down trough the shot. I am going to try this tips out at the driving range. Thanks for this video.
Your description of hitting down on the ball fit me perfectly. I tried your method of focusing one or two inches before the ball and had my best game in over two years. I hit through the ball and got great height and distance with my irons and driver. Now I will try to refine that method with each club. Thank you so much!
Ok, I stopped the video and went out in the back yard and tried tip one and I was immediately hitting ahead of the ball and following through!!! Each of a dozen swings was perfect- finished well forward and followed through (I have not been following through, probably because I was hitting down!). I’ll try this at the range with a ball!!! :)). Geoff
Just saw this video and I’ll play tomorrow using two of your tips. Focus eyes in front of the ball and keeping shoulder and chest down. The second move seems to help getting my hands ahead to my left thigh at impact. Eager to try? Feels right in the basement 😊
150% the best golf Instructor i've seen on here. Once upon a time i was a 5 handicapper and fairly decent at nurdling a golf ball around a course. Now i hit at the ball so hard I develop strain in my forearm like a tennis elbow. This brought me back to collecting the ball and completing my swing. Fantastic instruction and easy to do
Too kind!! But most importantly I’m delighted it’s got you back on track and the swing feel that works for you. I’m sure we can help you further too with other lessons and our online Club for the next level :)
Wow! TIP 1 Worked perfectly... my irons hits are cleaner, sharper and further!! Seen your Hybrid play video too. Likewise for Woods play, eyes focused 2" ahead of ball?
Alex the elevation of the arms in the backswing is difficult to be simply convinced about. But when I realized that by following my shoulder turn with my hands I’m making it impossible to be focused upon my left side rotating up and around in the follow through. My arms have to elevate in order to be capable of completing my follow through.
Alex, I'd been shooting in the high 80s for 2 years. Today I focused one inch in front of the ball & shot a 77 including 27 putts. I'm subscribing to you & unsubscribing to all other golf channels. Thank you !
If you are hitting down, you can’t focus upon hitting past the ball. Sometimes with my 8,9, & pitching wedge I’m very concerned with hitting down at the ball. Which raises the possibility of a fat shot.
You explained my iron shots exactly, I hit down without much follow through, my irons are low, without half the distance of the other guys, I am a 12 handicap, and I also chunk my chip shots, because I am not going through the ball, I always think it will go too far if I swing through, so my brain says to stop the follow through on chips, and I always chunk them, I will be focusing on swinging through every shot for now on. I don`t have a lot of hip rotation, I get too armsy, and my cousin is constantly yelling at me for stopping my follow through, he is a 3 handicap, his 5 iron goes 210, mine goes about 160 yrds, thanks for the tips. I`m swinging through, and turning towards the target for now on.
Hi and yes it sounds like this will help you a great deal. Also look for our magic for effortless golf swing you’re not using but should lesson. Really important downswing move to help that
lots of great stuff most golfers need reinforcing from their own experience, thanks. And tell me, how do golf tutors on youtube always manage to find EMPTY spaces on golf courses or parks to film? Seriously, is there a down time on the course or is it your course, or do you book the place out? Would like to know. How do Pro Golfers get to practice also as I am sure they don't just play a round! Thanks if you get to reply.
Hi Mick! Thanks for the kind words and hope it helps you! It’s more of a challenge than it might seem :) but fortunate enough to be able to access places when they are shut etc
Hi I'm not understanding the shoulder down thing. I have to feel like my shoulders turn level while arms and clubhead swing more vertically so I guess like a two plane swing. Would this tip apply to me? Thanks! Love your videos and your swing is silky smooth
Another good video. I have never been a consistent iron striker. And I'm a senior golfer btw. So I have moved to hybrids in 4,5 and 6. I hit them well and really don't even have to think about it. I have recently purchased Cobra T-Rails in 7,8 and 9 hoping I would have the same success as hybrids but haven't. I think I may be trying to hit down at those as opposed to a more sweeping motion as I use with the hybrids. This video does help in giving me another way to approach those shots but basically do you think I should use the same swing as my hybrids? I know it's hard to say w/o looking at me. The T-rails look a little like a hybrid but not quite the same as one. I still have traditional irons in my wedges.
Great videos. Thanks. Do you have one that focuses entirely on release or rotation of the two hands through impact? It starts with left on top but ends with right on top (RH golfer). Where? It appears to be past impact but I'd like to see slow motion or multiple frames with the focus on this change. I still have a tendency to flip, not rotate and it is a hard habit to break..
I wish I'd found these videos about four years ago. I was getting close to a 15 handicap...my swing had flaws, but I at least had consistent swing thoughts. I found some golf coaching vids on here that improved my driver swing massively (added close to 30 yards right away), so I started watching more...a LOT more. Fell down the rabbit hole. Got so much information that I started second-guessing EVERYTHING about all of my swings. Dropped to worse than a thirty handicap and I've been struggling to get back to where I was ever since. Simplicity is something I really need. So much of what I've seen in the couple of your videos I've seen is saying the same things, in terms of swing thoughts (like "Release at your target") that I was using before I binged all those other videos. Looking forward to getting some simple instructions that will cut down on my second-guessing.
Well that sucks. Unfortunately it happens to many many golfers. Maybe that helps console you ;) the thing is, you have seen the light as it were. That you know your swing and style.. it’s just keeping it natural and simple with guardrails and principles. Ones that you can remember and apply easily. I’m sure we can help you here and when ready, in our Online Club or programs too:)
He is my favorite instructors on here. He speaks in easy to grasp bites size nuggets of info. Every time I go to the range or go to play I review one of these videos before I go out. not turning your shoulders or striking pure irons are 2 of my favorites. I go out and stripe the ball after these! It's just AMAZING GREAT instruction! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
Absolutely agree with focusing on a point ahead of the ball then you hit the ball on the way to that point - really improves strike, distance and accuracy. Why, oh why, did I not know and do this years ago??
I’m at the range trying out your tips, ending up trying nos 3,4 and back to 1. They all work and I’m hitting them 100% better than before. Thanks a bunch for your simple and very effective lessons. Keep them coming.
Are you keeping your front pec down thru the swing or shoulder? The pec is mentioned in the beginning then he talks about the shoulder. These are two different bodies parts which focus can cause a different result.
couldn't really understand the shoulder motion toward the end - do this not that. I struggle with how the left shoulder should move through contact and into follow thru.
The best tip I ever had on swinging through, or perhaps just the overall best golf tip was from my brother, who hadn't been playing long. He said "I get it, you have to feel the weight at the bottom of your swing, you have to have relaxed wrists and feel the force of the club pulling on your hands like in a practice swing". That was an AHA moment for me and I make sure I feel that, even in pitches etc. You have lag, and you're not steering or buckling your arms....you can't or you don't feel the weight with relaxed hands/wrists.
I love your videos. At 71 yrs young I've just started playing effortless golf better than ever before in my life. Retirement is brilliant thanks to you.
Maybe this is the key I need, I’ll try it tomorrow on the course. Thank you Alex. Do you have a videos on a driver swing, correct wrist action, and club face rotation?
We have several driver videos. But you certainly don’t want to be thinking about all that when hitting one ;) same feels as this, the set up is the same, you just feel like there is a wall in front of you that the arms and club can go through but not your body
Man I saw this just before going to the course yesterday. Didn't even get half way through and time rto go. Anyway, I had never heard of focusing just in front of the ball and I've been playing for over 20 years. Well I tried it and man that made a world of difference. Shot the round of the century for me. 73. Had been stuck around 78 -82 for years. Thanks man. I'm gonna try the other two tomorrow
Another great video Alex, thanks. We're in Covid lockdown (#4 for Melbourne, Australia) for at least another week but am looking forward to trying tips 1&4 as soon as we can get back on the course / driving range.
Sorry to hear that... A few of these feels and others on the channel can be done at home to a degree. We even have an at home series in the Club. Keep safe!
I've been struggling with my irons this year and this is going to help I'm sure. I have been trying to get the feeling that I'm shortening my back swing and lengthening my following through and turning to the target. The trouble is when you revert back to old habits when on the course!!
I have played golf maybe 4 times and all of your videos have literally helped me so much. I can hit it straight only like 4/10 times. I really think after watching some of your videos I am going to maybe get that to 5/10 maybe 6/10.
Alex thank you so much, you have explained it so well, I totally understand, and now I know why my ball flight is so high, my left shoulder was coming up too early.
Wisconsin Fish…. We have been grilled for years about hitting down and compressing the ball to the ground, so hard habit to change, but looks to be necessary. Thank you
Do these tips work with hybrids? I’m having a terrible time with my hybrids. By the way, thank you for your videos. They are a tremendous help! I’ve already started implementing your tips!
I look at the top of the ball because I always go way under it. I try to trick mind into thinking I’m trying to top it. But I never top it usually fat or more of a punchy shot
Even if I tee the ball up super high my club still goes down in the ground. I think it’s my mind making me hit the ground. If I don’t hit the ground and I just graze then it’s always better results.
Alex. Just come across this video and completely agree with you. I was instructed some time ago to look two to three inches in front of the ball and my golf shots began to improve immensely. I actual use the Jim Venetos method of swing and it works just the same for me.I am sure this video will greatly assist those golfers who have problems making good contact with the ball. This method ensures ball then turf and results in good contact at all times. Great instruction thank you.
Hi Alex, a very good instructional video, and resonates exactly with my main faults. I hit a good drive, and then either fat or thin the ball when hitting my irons. I’ll definitely follow your 3 steps, when next at the range. Very simple guides to follow, as the site name implies. Thanks
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf Hi Alex, just to update you, I played a new course today, but haven’t had the opportunity to practice the instructional tips in your video. However, I decided to incorporate the instruction during my round, and shot 5 under par which for me was unheard of on a course I’ve never played before. I struck most of my iron shots cleanly compressing the ball like never before. Hopefully this is the start of some better golf scores in future. Thanks John
Ok, I just subscribed. You are nice and clear, and your instruction is uncluttered with too much “don’t do this”, which gets in the way of other instructors. I will have the hardest time moving my left chest and shoulder down first, but I will practice it. Thanks. Geoff
Unless you’ve seen a lot of circus acts, you need to believe that you can do only one thing right at a time. Golf instructions are about swinging the golf club. The striking of the ball needs to be a consequence of swinging the club properly. When a golfer tries to hit the ball ,proper form of the golf swing can’t be most present on the golfers mind. It has to be those difficult lies that press a golfer to be more concerned with hitting the ball. Difficult lies I have avoided while learning to swing the club properly.
Lag is the killer of the weekend golfers. Frozen wrists. Let the club and arms release from the top as per Jack Nicklaus. It’s not a sweep shot but it gives a longer low point of the swing for more consistency.
This is a great video. Especially in combination with your “Simple Drills for an Effortless Swing”. I’m a decent player (3-5 hcp). Strike the ball pretty well. But I’ve been fighting a bit of a sway through my downswing. Which I think is costing me some distance. The chest move in this video really “clicked” for me. Really eager to put in some more work with these drills. But initial comparison on camera after a short while has me really happy.
Great coaching. I am from Québec City in Canada. I am 74 and your coaching help me to better understand the swing of golf with an easyest way. Thank you.
i subscibed to your channel some time ago after viewig your easy to adapt to instruction, Since then my poor play continued however !! - with all my woes covered with this hitting at the ball problem. It so very very touches on all my problems - I'm reduced to putting black lines on the ball to focus on and hit at it - -yeah?? Then wam !!!! you got me looking 2 inches ahead and hitting through Thank you for rescuing my golf game mate
Hi Alex, I watched this video about a month or so when it came out, so I thought I would come and say a huge thank you to you for reminding me what I had forgotten after all the years of me playing in fact 61 years of playing, so one again thank you
Alex, this is everything any golfer needs. Understanding I must flow to the target while keeping the lead side and chest down and finishing with straight arms a few feet in front of the ball was like magic for me! I was mashing my irons, taking nice straight shallow divots just beyond the ball and consistently striking irons not just purely but almost perfectly. I heard a click and felt nothing, it was amazing. I looked up and the ball was already 50 yards away before I located it. If I may, I would add that you must commit totally to doing this. Don't hesitate or hold back, "trust". Let the energy flow through the ball to the target and stay down through the ball to a straight arm finish and the ball explodes off the club, absolutely astounding! Thank you my friend.
Love this and thanks so much for letting us know. And you are spot on.. committing to the event and task as well as the direction will yield the very best results. Very well done sir and keep at it!!
I just found the game. Everyone has “their” guy to watch and I just found mine. Gonna soak all these videos up and enjoy. Thanks!
Well you’re very welcome ! Glad your with us! 👍🏌️♂️🏆
Long overdue comment, thank you for your ability to identify our flaws and explain the fix in such an easily understandable approach
Much appreciated! Hope it's helping!
Excellent! Looking forward to trying these out! Left shoulder down helps me, when I remember to do it! Need to get more "programmed" to do it every time.
Great let us know if one or more suit you
this guy is one of the best instructors. Honestly, every video. I've been playing for 35 years with low handicap but still learn and get reminded of the key simple things to remember when playing rather than a mild-melted with thoughts
Very kind of you to say and I appreciate you. Glad it’s resonated and helped! Keep at it:)
Totally agree
Totally agree. Sometimes I focus so much on different things I have to remember his videos to put me back in reality.
Are you teaching the stack and tilt ?
No. They took elements of it from lots of old swings and models in modern era and created some principles that over emphasized.
So there are some similarities but less rigid I guess
What is the ball position?
3-4 inches from front heel
3-4 inches from front heel
Will you try at least one of these tips to help you strike your irons? Do you tend to hit down too much or get shots fat? Also subscribe and get our free series here theartofsimplegolf.com/free
What does the body feel at the moment of straightening the arms, a wall at the left side of the body?
@@ST-xg3gy I think yes if I understand your question correctly
I focused primarily on just looking one inch in front of the ball, and it resulted in the purest iron contact I've ever had the last time I played. Still incorporating more flow and working through old bad habits, but it was so encouraging to finally make great contact with my irons. Thanks!
Excellent and a new release is coming that discusses it a bit more:)
The 1 inch in front of the ball I am going to try. Does this also work for the driver?
Alex this is the best video on TH-cam. I've just got back from playing today and I've never hit the irons so well . The 2nd tip about the weight shift really changed my striking. Keep up the good work 👏
Well done you!!! Keep at it and glad yo are with us her. Maybe the Online Club will be good when you are ready to take to next level. Cheers!
Good to watch you focusing on typical shortcomings of the average golfer. Easily worth a handful of shots each round and all demonstrated without fuss or too much preening. Definitely coming back for more.
That’s great to hear and thanks for being with us! Hope it helps and keep at it 🏌️♂️🏌️♂️👍
excellent explanations Alex, I think these tips may finally get me to compress my irons and make ball then turf contact. Cheers!
That's the goal!
Man do I need this video. 90% of my iron shots are thin shots. I have a hard time staying down trough the shot. I am going to try this tips out at the driving range. Thanks for this video.
Let us know how you go!
If your name was backwards you wouldn’t need any golf instructions! 😄
@@jeffmiller1387 I tried reversing my name but it didn't help. Lol
Your description of hitting down on the ball fit me perfectly. I tried your method of focusing one or two inches before the ball and had my best game in over two years. I hit through the ball and got great height and distance with my irons and driver. Now I will try to refine that method with each club.
Thank you so much!
Very well done Mark! Glad to have nudged you in the right direction
Ok, I stopped the video and went out in the back yard and tried tip one and I was immediately hitting ahead of the ball and following through!!! Each of a dozen swings was perfect- finished well forward and followed through (I have not been following through, probably because I was hitting down!). I’ll try this at the range with a ball!!! :)). Geoff
How good is that! Excellent and don’t “try” too hard but let us know how it goes
Just saw this video and I’ll play tomorrow using two of your tips. Focus eyes in front of the ball and keeping shoulder and chest down. The second move seems to help getting my hands ahead to my left thigh at impact. Eager to try? Feels right in the basement 😊
Sorry… how did it go? 🏌️♂️⛳️
150% the best golf Instructor i've seen on here. Once upon a time i was a 5 handicapper and fairly decent at nurdling a golf ball around a course. Now i hit at the ball so hard I develop strain in my forearm like a tennis elbow. This brought me back to collecting the ball and completing my swing. Fantastic instruction and easy to do
Too kind!! But most importantly I’m delighted it’s got you back on track and the swing feel that works for you. I’m sure we can help you further too with other lessons and our online Club for the next level :)
Wow! TIP 1 Worked perfectly... my irons hits are cleaner, sharper and further!!
Seen your Hybrid play video too.
Likewise for Woods play, eyes focused 2" ahead of ball?
Great to hear! Off the fairway it can work well. Off a tee not always. But test it out for sure
Alex the elevation of the arms in the backswing is difficult to be simply convinced about. But when I realized that by following my shoulder turn with my hands I’m making it impossible to be focused upon my left side rotating up and around in the follow through. My arms have to elevate in order to be capable of completing my follow through.
Check this out th-cam.com/video/aPlbngw1bH4/w-d-xo.html
Alex,
I'd been shooting in the high 80s for 2 years.
Today I focused one inch in front of the ball & shot a 77 including 27 putts.
I'm subscribing to you & unsubscribing to all other golf channels.
Thank you !
Delighted to hear that and glad you’re with us!
If you are hitting down, you can’t focus upon hitting past the ball. Sometimes with my 8,9, & pitching wedge I’m very concerned with hitting down at the ball. Which raises the possibility of a fat shot.
One of these can help
You explained my iron shots exactly, I hit down without much follow through, my irons are low, without half the distance of the other guys, I am a 12 handicap, and I also chunk my chip shots, because I am not going through the ball, I always think it will go too far if I swing through, so my brain says to stop the follow through on chips, and I always chunk them, I will be focusing on swinging through every shot for now on. I don`t have a lot of hip rotation, I get too armsy, and my cousin is constantly yelling at me for stopping my follow through, he is a 3 handicap, his 5 iron goes 210, mine goes about 160 yrds, thanks for the tips. I`m swinging through, and turning towards the target for now on.
Hi and yes it sounds like this will help you a great deal. Also look for our magic for effortless golf swing you’re not using but should lesson. Really important downswing move to help that
lots of great stuff most golfers need reinforcing from their own experience, thanks. And tell me, how do golf tutors on youtube always manage to find EMPTY spaces on golf courses or parks to film? Seriously, is there a down time on the course or is it your course, or do you book the place out? Would like to know. How do Pro Golfers get to practice also as I am sure they don't just play a round! Thanks if you get to reply.
Hi Mick! Thanks for the kind words and hope it helps you! It’s more of a challenge than it might seem :) but fortunate enough to be able to access places when they are shut etc
Hi Alex, how would i apply this with my driver? Inch behind the ball. Thanks. Your a great great teacher. I enjoy your videos
Absolutely give that a test yes.
Short, sharp, to the point. No frills. Great tips. You speak to us like a normal bloke, not overly PC with choice of words. Two thumbs way up.
Much appreciated thank you and glad it resonated 🏌️♂️👍
Hi I'm not understanding the shoulder down thing. I have to feel like my shoulders turn level while arms and clubhead swing more vertically so I guess like a two plane swing. Would this tip apply to me? Thanks! Love your videos and your swing is silky smooth
Hi! Yes it will. It’s down and around 🏌️♂️👍
Another good video.
I have never been a consistent iron striker. And I'm a senior golfer btw. So I have moved to hybrids in 4,5 and 6. I hit them well and really don't even have to think about it. I have recently purchased Cobra T-Rails in 7,8 and 9 hoping I would have the same success as hybrids but haven't. I think I may be trying to hit down at those as opposed to a more sweeping motion as I use with the hybrids. This video does help in giving me another way to approach those shots but basically do you think I should use the same swing as my hybrids? I know it's hard to say w/o looking at me. The T-rails look a little like a hybrid but not quite the same as one. I still have traditional irons in my wedges.
Just a couple of weeks ago we did a video touching on hybrids. That should help :)
Great videos. Thanks. Do you have one that focuses entirely on release or rotation of the two hands through impact? It starts with left on top but ends with right on top (RH golfer). Where? It appears to be past impact but I'd like to see slow motion or multiple frames with the focus on this change. I still have a tendency to flip, not rotate and it is a hard habit to break..
Yes. Hands vs body golf swing. Check it out
I wish I'd found these videos about four years ago. I was getting close to a 15 handicap...my swing had flaws, but I at least had consistent swing thoughts. I found some golf coaching vids on here that improved my driver swing massively (added close to 30 yards right away), so I started watching more...a LOT more. Fell down the rabbit hole. Got so much information that I started second-guessing EVERYTHING about all of my swings. Dropped to worse than a thirty handicap and I've been struggling to get back to where I was ever since.
Simplicity is something I really need. So much of what I've seen in the couple of your videos I've seen is saying the same things, in terms of swing thoughts (like "Release at your target") that I was using before I binged all those other videos. Looking forward to getting some simple instructions that will cut down on my second-guessing.
Well that sucks. Unfortunately it happens to many many golfers. Maybe that helps console you ;) the thing is, you have seen the light as it were. That you know your swing and style.. it’s just keeping it natural and simple with guardrails and principles. Ones that you can remember and apply easily.
I’m sure we can help you here and when ready, in our Online Club or programs too:)
He is my favorite instructors on here. He speaks in easy to grasp bites size nuggets of info. Every time I go to the range or go to play I review one of these videos before I go out. not turning your shoulders or striking pure irons are 2 of my favorites.
I go out and stripe the ball after these! It's just AMAZING GREAT instruction! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
Absolutely agree with focusing on a point ahead of the ball then you hit the ball on the way to that point - really improves strike, distance and accuracy. Why, oh why, did I not know and do this years ago??
It can be quite remarkable:) keep at it!
I’m at the range trying out your tips, ending up trying nos 3,4 and back to 1. They all work and I’m hitting them 100% better than before. Thanks a bunch for your simple and very effective lessons. Keep them coming.
That’s excellent!! Well done. Now pick specific shots and targets and change club every ball.
Will do that next. Thanks
Are you keeping your front pec down thru the swing or shoulder? The pec is mentioned in the beginning then he talks about the shoulder. These are two different bodies parts which focus can cause a different result.
Either can work. One may resonate more than the other
The eyes thing. I wouldn’t even say I look at the ball. I tend to look at my clubface. I thought about focusing on the front end of the ball
It could help
Thanks a million from Indonesia 😊
Terima kasih
That left shoulder dowm!! Definitely a must for me!! I spin up out of the shot if that makes sense.
It does. And left soulder down with lowering of pelvis will help. Keep at it
couldn't really understand the shoulder motion toward the end - do this not that. I struggle with how the left shoulder should move through contact and into follow thru.
Down and around to up in a u
about the momentum, can I also lift my left foot heel right before i start my takeaway to gather momentum? I find it way easier.
That’s good!!
Man, I'd love to play a round with you. One of my favorite instructors.
One day perhaps!
The best tip I ever had on swinging through, or perhaps just the overall best golf tip was from my brother, who hadn't been playing long. He said "I get it, you have to feel the weight at the bottom of your swing, you have to have relaxed wrists and feel the force of the club pulling on your hands like in a practice swing". That was an AHA moment for me and I make sure I feel that, even in pitches etc. You have lag, and you're not steering or buckling your arms....you can't or you don't feel the weight with relaxed hands/wrists.
Very very well said!!
Those sound like wonderful descriptions of the feels that help the most.
Thank you for this timely lesson. All I need now is to apply the concepts you've presented.
Let me know how it goes
I’m doing tip #1, #2 & #4 and then I saw this 👍 thanks Alex for giving a confirmation 👌
Exactly lol!
FLOW; best adjective ever for golf swing instruction.
It should be a primary one for many
I love your videos. At 71 yrs young I've just started playing effortless golf better than ever before in my life. Retirement is brilliant thanks to you.
Why thank you kindly ! Well done for using the things that make it enjoyable and simple! Keep at it and thanks for being with us 🏌️♂️👍
Maybe this is the key I need, I’ll try it tomorrow on the course. Thank you Alex. Do you have a videos on a driver swing, correct wrist action, and club face rotation?
We have several driver videos. But you certainly don’t want to be thinking about all that when hitting one ;) same feels as this, the set up is the same, you just feel like there is a wall in front of you that the arms and club can go through but not your body
Man I saw this just before going to the course yesterday. Didn't even get half way through and time rto go. Anyway, I had never heard of focusing just in front of the ball and I've been playing for over 20 years. Well I tried it and man that made a world of difference. Shot the round of the century for me. 73. Had been stuck around 78 -82 for years. Thanks man. I'm gonna try the other two tomorrow
How good is that?! Very well done!
I tried the first tip, my seven iron was making sweet music as I was practicing. Thank you.
Well that’s great to hear! Keep at it well done
I put these tips to work during a round yesterday and they worked extremely well. Had my best and most consistent round of the year! Thanks
Well how good is that! Well done you and keep at it ;)
This is totally amazing, Alex your broke the swing down perfectly for me to work on 😊
Delighted to hear it!
Another great video Alex, thanks. We're in Covid lockdown (#4 for Melbourne, Australia) for at least another week but am looking forward to trying tips 1&4 as soon as we can get back on the course / driving range.
Sorry to hear that... A few of these feels and others on the channel can be done at home to a degree. We even have an at home series in the Club. Keep safe!
I've been struggling with my irons this year and this is going to help I'm sure. I have been trying to get the feeling that I'm shortening my back swing and lengthening my following through and turning to the target. The trouble is when you revert back to old habits when on the course!!
Just keep to simple feels on the course and react to target more
Will try this. looks promising to get out of hitting down fixation.
Yes indeed 💪👍🏌️♂️
Excellent video, Alex! My left shoulder pops up way too soon so definitely need to do #3 (lead arm and chest down)
You got it!
very familiar :(
Hope this alleviated and reduces the familiarity:)
Superlesson, will try it out inpractice and on course
Let us know how it goes
This is my biggest fault. Chunking irons. 🤬
This should help
Makes sense to me … start with 1 then 4 then eventually 2 & 3
Good! Don’t try doing all at once
can hit irons where i want to go but with little power. 8 iron 127 max. going to give this a shot
Confident one or more of these will help that. Let us know how you get on
Love this. Brilliant teaching. Tried looking ahead of the ball today with amazing results. Has anyone tried this with hybrids or woods? Does it work?
Crystal clear as always love your content and easy to understand.
Glad to hear it!
If it's muddy and wet...
I'm not golfing
😂 🏌️♂️
this channel has helped me the most and I have watched a lot on you tube !!!
Very glad to hear that!! Well done
I have played golf maybe 4 times and all of your videos have literally helped me so much. I can hit it straight only like 4/10 times. I really think after watching some of your videos I am going to maybe get that to 5/10 maybe 6/10.
Alex thank you so much, you have explained it so well, I totally understand, and now I know why my ball flight is so high, my left shoulder was coming up too early.
Yep!! Just don’t over emphasize with longer clubs
Wisconsin Fish…. We have been grilled for years about hitting down and compressing the ball to the ground, so hard habit to change, but looks to be necessary. Thank you
Do these tips work with hybrids? I’m having a terrible time with my hybrids. By the way, thank you for your videos. They are a tremendous help! I’ve already started implementing your tips!
That's me Alex.
Thanks for the tips.
More than welcome!
Yes it resonates! When I’m playing bad my swing is more of a V shape than an arc. Problem is being able to fix it when I’m playing and reset.
Hopefully this will help
I now understand the ball IS NOT though focus or the “enemy” to be hammered….It seems to be more about the swing itself 😮
I look at the top of the ball because I always go way under it. I try to trick mind into thinking I’m trying to top it. But I never top it usually fat or more of a punchy shot
If it works :) keep at it but if not…
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf it works better than anything else but I only get good contact maybe 3 out of 10
Even if I tee the ball up super high my club still goes down in the ground. I think it’s my mind making me hit the ground. If I don’t hit the ground and I just graze then it’s always better results.
Alex. Just come across this video and completely agree with you. I was instructed some time ago to look two to three inches in front of the ball and my golf shots began to improve immensely. I actual use the Jim Venetos method of swing and it works just the same for me.I am sure this video will greatly assist those golfers who have problems making good contact with the ball. This method ensures ball then turf and results in good contact at all times. Great instruction thank you.
Thanks for sharing and appreciate it.
Hi Alex, a very good instructional video, and resonates exactly with my main faults. I hit a good drive, and then either fat or thin the ball when hitting my irons.
I’ll definitely follow your 3 steps, when next at the range.
Very simple guides to follow, as the site name implies.
Thanks
Excellent to hear that. Appreciate it ;) let us know how it goes !
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf will do 👍
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf Hi Alex, just to update you, I played a new course today, but haven’t had the opportunity to practice the instructional tips in your video. However, I decided to incorporate the instruction during my round, and shot 5 under par which for me was unheard of on a course I’ve never played before. I struck most of my iron shots cleanly compressing the ball like never before.
Hopefully this is the start of some better golf scores in future.
Thanks John
@@johnhampson9962 Wll that's brilliant! Well done! Get some practice to naturalize them and you will be good to go. Keep at it and enjoy the process
Wouldn’t that be like moving the ball back in your stance?
It’s about the intention as well as specific. It alters one’s objective to stop going down too much
It’s about the intention as well as specific. It alters one’s objective to stop going down too much
Bloody loving this channel. Follow all the big boys but been dead impressed. Considering joining the channel. Thanks
Wonderful and glad you are with us:) One day soon we may be a big boy lol
Another fantastic video, Alex. Learning so much. Hope I can improve my swing this year, regardless of score.
You can do it and glad you're with us!
This is exactly my problem - I'm trying to hit down on my irons. I hit low shots and I am hitting on the low edge of my clubs
Very informative and practical!
Glad to hear it! 🏌️♂️💪
Great tips Alex I struggle with all of that lol I’m taking this to the range 💯 thank you!!
Hope it goes well and take it one step at a time. No rush! 🏌️♂️👍
Ok, I just subscribed. You are nice and clear, and your instruction is uncluttered with too much “don’t do this”, which gets in the way of other instructors. I will have the hardest time moving my left chest and shoulder down first, but I will practice it. Thanks. Geoff
Very glad you’re here
Really good solid golf tips and drills. Going to try to work through them and I’ll let you know how I do. Thanks
Please do!
there are 100 good teachers here but you have the real gift of intelligible explanations and, above all, of explaining feelings! Thanks for all!!!
Well I appreciate that very much!
Great instructions, great job.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow I’m going to practice practice practice until I get it
It should not require too many hours.. it should feel so pls and relatively natural.. then trust
Unless you’ve seen a lot of circus acts, you need to believe that you can do only one thing right at a time. Golf instructions are about swinging the golf club. The striking of the ball needs to be a consequence of swinging the club properly. When a golfer tries to hit the ball ,proper form of the golf swing can’t be most present on the golfers mind. It has to be those difficult lies that press a golfer to be more concerned with hitting the ball. Difficult lies I have avoided while learning to swing the club properly.
Well said🏌️♂️
Lag is the killer of the weekend golfers. Frozen wrists. Let the club and arms release from the top as per Jack Nicklaus. It’s not a sweep shot but it gives a longer low point of the swing for more consistency.
Very well said indeed!
This is a great video. Especially in combination with your “Simple Drills for an Effortless Swing”.
I’m a decent player (3-5 hcp). Strike the ball pretty well. But I’ve been fighting a bit of a sway through my downswing. Which I think is costing me some distance.
The chest move in this video really “clicked” for me. Really eager to put in some more work with these drills. But initial comparison on camera after a short while has me really happy.
I’m delighted to hear that and it resonated with you. Well done for connecting this to the other principle. Keep at it!
Amen, amazing and powerful swing tips. Explained in a simple manner. Best instructional videos!!! Cheers from Canada
Why thank you kindly and hope this and others help
excellent :-D！！！GODblessyou
Thank you 🏌️♂️💪👍
Thank you, Alex. Your teaching has made golf instruction concepts I have struggled for decades to comprehend and implement intuitive and attainable.
Wonderful and thank you kindly!
Great coaching. I am from Québec City in Canada. I am 74 and your coaching help me to better understand the swing of golf with an easyest way. Thank you.
Happy to help and thanks for sharing. Keep at it. 🏌️♂️👍 merci!
Now I understand why I always get fat shots ！Thank you for your patient explanation ！
👍 it’s a common problem! Happy it resonated with you
i subscibed to your channel some time ago after viewig your easy to adapt to instruction, Since then my poor play continued however !! - with all my woes covered with this hitting at the ball problem. It so very very touches on all my problems - I'm reduced to putting black lines on the ball to focus on and hit at it - -yeah??
Then wam !!!! you got me looking 2 inches ahead and hitting through
Thank you for rescuing my golf game mate
Phew!!! I’m glad to be of assistance! Very well done sir! Keep at it!
That’s me Alex, had probs with sway to right so trying to stay more centred but think my backswing might be too steep. Great video, cheers ! 👍🏌🏿♀
Sounds like it could well be a culprit 🤷🏻♂️🏌️♂️but glad to have nudged you in the right direction. Cheers!
Too familiar :-(
Let's hope one of these helps you directly :)
Fantastic video Alex just new to the channel, Nice to hear some talking about past and through the to your target 👏👏👏👏👏 cheers Peter
Glad you’re with us!
Hi Alex, I watched this video about a month or so when it came out, so I thought I would come and say a huge thank you to you for reminding me what I had forgotten after all the years of me playing in fact 61 years of playing, so one again thank you
Well that’s excellent to hear! I’m glad it resonated and appreciate you coming back to share. Keep at it 🏌️♂️👍
Been there, done that, do it….crap
Lol🏌️♂️👍
Look in front of the ball? When ?
Into impact. It’s not a precise thing.. it’s about intent
That makes sense. Looks simple but hard to implement especially when you've been doing it wrong for so long.
Give it a try and don’t stress :)
Excellent instruction. The eye and flow tips really resonate with me. Going to give it a go next time out. Thanks!
Marvelous and let me know how it goes. Don’t try and do all of them at once