I discovered your videos recently, and they seem to all be exactly what I’ve been working on improving. Great stuff. I might have to sign up and pay you out of guilt.
Lots of different components moving in sync ..tilts and turns … Lag and compression! That’s why i put together WorldClassGolf.com because youtube is full of crap! 😊
Excellent!! I spent so much time trying to get ball first contact and it took me literally thousands of balls to realize that I was early extending and now I reached the stage when I know immediately when I have early extended and it’s so frustrating knowing exactly what you are doing wrong but not knowing how to fix it. This instruction really seems to do it!
Craig - Thanks for all the great instruction and your dedication to exploring the common elements of the best players and then applying that to your instruction, videos, and drills. Been following and watching your video posts for over a year and your advice and body of work keeps getting stronger - this may be one of your best explanation / instruction videos yet. TY !!!
Very useful. One really good thing I am seeing here and in all your videos is how your left shoulder moves up very high as you continue the downswing through and past contact. You have spoken about getting the chest up. But it is also the tip of the left shoulder. My pro was pushing me hard on this last week. It is to overcome an unconscious tendency I have had when trying to concentrate on rotation of the hips that I also turned my left shoulder too horizontally. That causes early extension, reaching out with the forearms. He wants me to do exactly what I see you doing - bringing the right elbow down bent and close to the right hip, left wrist bowed and right wrist bent back in extension, and then allowing the momentum of the weight of the club head to continue on toward the target so my left shoulder is up and my hands finish high. Moving like that also makes it easier to combine with getting the left hip forward past "the wall" and letting the right knee come up to the left knee. Here I am at 82 on June 17 learning how to swing better!! Thanks.
Ok. This is something I started working on last year and will never change it. Amazing compression. The feel as you reach the top of your swing would be falling against a wall towards the target.
My best ball striking has always been when I have a sensation of going down into the ball, just like you're teaching - such an overlooked aspect. Hold those angles and let centrifugal force square that club head. PS you have fantastic rhythm and tempo.
Hey, great video, I'm going to have my friends look at this. They are newer, and I think the thought of swinging into the ground scares them a little. I, on the other hand, with driver, lower and do a kind of squat in my backswing, my head dropping about 6-8 inches. I do a bit of a JT jump through impact, which raises my head up to around 3 inches, but never higher than where I started. This feels comfortable to me. Is the window where the head position really critical from arm or club parallel through impact?
My feel is that your trail shoulder has to race past the ball before the club face. We amateur focus too much on the BALL. As your shoulder races down past the ball, your left hip should clear for impact.
When I feel like my head really goes down I’m just not raising it as much. What sort of exaggeration would you recommend to actually get the head moving down ? Cheers
Hi Craig, I've just taken up golf in March. I'm hooked and want to become a single digit player by xmas. Can you help me? I'm willing to hit 100 balls per day and pay.,,
Hi Rob, Have a look at the Packages on WorldClassGolf.com Silver or Gold memberships When you join i’ll send you my private mobile number for Whatsapp contact as well. Looking forward to assisting you with your golf 👍
Tried this today Craig. I had been hitting the driver thin. I really helped fix my contact with driver. I hit a lot of iron shots fat though. And ideas? Thanks
keep practicing Larry 👍..you don’t habe enough shaft lean by the sounds of it… Have you ever had a Swing Analysis off a top instructor? or do you just try yourself and keep sort of guessing?
Since I'm not a Pro I don't really care what they do or how they control pace of play! I'm more interested in how or what the USGA can or would/will do to speed up play at the club level.
Something I observed in my own swing and those of most recreational golfers, especially older ones, is a lack of side bending of the spine in the downswing and through impact. I first realized I wasn’t doing after seeing stop action photos of pros taken from behind at impact and seeing how much their spine was bent to the trail side at impact. It was by posing myself in that impact/ball release position and then moving incrementally backwards to the top I came to understand how that side bending action shallows and straightens the path of the club head versus a swing lacking it. My ball striking improved significantly. The biomechanics are very similar to throwing a ball to the ground sidearm, which most throwing a ball do with side bend reflexively because is part of the reflexive brains solution for staying in balance while delivering the ball to a target in front. So why do golfers fail to do it reflexively? I suspect it has something to do with how putting the swinging mass of the club head on the end of a stick changes the way the unschooled reflexive brain tries but fails to deal with the unbalancing forces. For example in golf swing with no side bend the brain can’t react fast enough to the change in force which occurs when a club head is allowed to first drop before releasing and accelerating around the hands. That’s why the beginner will either cast early or try to main the lag too long resulting in the club force pulling them off balance. What adding side bend at the point the shoulders come back parallel to target line does is drop hands and club head down and forward toward the target line before the forces try to whip it around the hands which positions the body in a way that anticipates the change is force in a way that allows the golfer to balance it-the same way the side-bending in a ball toss anticipates the mass of the trail arm being flung forward at the target. Once the side bend move is added into a swing previously lacking it the golfer can add progressively more force and power into releasing and accelerating the club head around the hands before impact without being pulled out of posture and off balance in the finish.
Hey coach I think your off here. My head goes down and my hips go back. My head stays the same amount out (by the wall). My legs have a little lateral shift with a slight bend. Despite this I still suck at golf. My juiced iron set (Taylor made m4) doesn’t go far (pw 110), I don’t have a lot of shaft lean.
Put it this way if your lifting up in the downswing or impact golfer’s have absolutely no chance creating shaft lean. If your doing all these things correct like you say you still have no shaft lean then you would be hitting every shot fat? Agree? Because if you’re closer to the ball then you started and have zero shaft Lean and 3 inches of lowering, then of course you would have to hit it fat?
Turn the volume up 🆙… what are you talking about it? Its interesting all tbe comments you get sometimes i have ti delete them, sone are abusive, some are selling stuff but i haven’t had one about the not being able ti hear it. 😊
I’m surprised it has taken you so long to make a video about this, one of the most important aspects is impact position, no one ever hit a ball in their backswing
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Thanks!
Thanks so so much Charlie 👍👍👍👍
I discovered your videos recently, and they seem to all be exactly what I’ve been working on improving. Great stuff. I might have to sign up and pay you out of guilt.
ha ha ha ha …( pay out of guilt 😆)
glad you like them WorldClassGolf.com is awesome.
Seriously it’s a library for success!
I just wanted to say thank you. I am a visual learner, and your style fits my eye.
I appreciate that we learn 40% visually
thanks
You have a beautiful and synchronized swing. Mastered the swing sequence and the pressure points. Good work!
Lots of different components moving in sync ..tilts and turns … Lag and compression!
That’s why i put together WorldClassGolf.com because youtube is full of crap! 😊
You seriously have one of the most beautiful swings I've ever seen.
Thanks so much 👍👍
Outstanding. One of the few teachers that speak on this ! Great job
Thanks for taking the time to post 👍👍👍 .. I really appreciate it
Excellent!! I spent so much time trying to get ball first contact and it took me literally thousands of balls to realize that I was early extending and now I reached the stage when I know immediately when I have early extended and it’s so frustrating knowing exactly what you are doing wrong but not knowing how to fix it.
This instruction really seems to do it!
Thanks Rob .. yes evidence based instruction 👍
spot on what I have been working on - this was perfect timing!
thanks Jeff👍👍..
Great video. Best golf channel
Been helping so many people with Online lessons 👍…full time job now..
Thanks 🙏 for posting
Craig - Thanks for all the great instruction and your dedication to exploring the common elements of the best players and then applying that to your instruction, videos, and drills. Been following and watching your video posts for over a year and your advice and body of work keeps getting stronger - this may be one of your best explanation / instruction videos yet. TY !!!
Im really great full Andrew. Thank you so much. Its so good to hear. 👍👍
Very useful. One really good thing I am seeing here and in all your videos is how your left shoulder moves up very high as you continue the downswing through and past contact. You have spoken about getting the chest up. But it is also the tip of the left shoulder. My pro was pushing me hard on this last week. It is to overcome an unconscious tendency I have had when trying to concentrate on rotation of the hips that I also turned my left shoulder too horizontally. That causes early extension, reaching out with the forearms. He wants me to do exactly what I see you doing - bringing the right elbow down bent and close to the right hip, left wrist bowed and right wrist bent back in extension, and then allowing the momentum of the weight of the club head to continue on toward the target so my left shoulder is up and my hands finish high. Moving like that also makes it easier to combine with getting the left hip forward past "the wall" and letting the right knee come up to the left knee. Here I am at 82 on June 17 learning how to swing better!! Thanks.
ha ha ha love it .. great post 👍👍💪
Ok. This is something I started working on last year and will never change it. Amazing compression. The feel as you reach the top of your swing would be falling against a wall towards the target.
Great to hear. Thanks for posting. Appreciate you taking the time 👍👍
Finally new video !! Best coach out there 👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks so much for posting 👍
Really good video! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for posting
Great explanation. Looks like the left hip naturally moves back by moving your head down
thanks for posting
Good stuff and this move helps you not sway. Perfect
exactly
Brilliant thanks for sharing
Appreciate that Gina
Great video Craig. Can you explain what is the proper time to start extending. I am not clear whether it is before or after impact. Thanks.
Normally just after impact
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Thanks
My best ball striking has always been when I have a sensation of going down into the ball, just like you're teaching - such an overlooked aspect. Hold those angles and let centrifugal force square that club head. PS you have fantastic rhythm and tempo.
yes me too i have the same feeling
thanks so much for posting i👍👍👍👍
Wow! Amazing.. just watched a video and my head doesn’t move.. it’s like my neck is a gimbal soo much work to do on my swing..
Appreciate the comment 👍👍
Hey, great video, I'm going to have my friends look at this. They are newer, and I think the thought of swinging into the ground scares them a little. I, on the other hand, with driver, lower and do a kind of squat in my backswing, my head dropping about 6-8 inches. I do a bit of a JT jump through impact, which raises my head up to around 3 inches, but never higher than where I started. This feels comfortable to me. Is the window where the head position really critical from arm or club parallel through impact?
Good Question! No not really its the impact position where its important.
Thanks for sharing 👍👍
Which is shortest club this move applies to pls?
3/4 sand iron ..
Great content.
Thanks Kevin very much appreciated 👍👍
My feel is that your trail shoulder has to race past the ball before the club face. We amateur focus too much on the BALL. As your shoulder races down past the ball, your left hip should clear for impact.
Interesting 👍..thanks for sharing!
Nice job
thanks 🙏
When I feel like my head really goes down I’m just not raising it as much. What sort of exaggeration would you recommend to actually get the head moving down ? Cheers
Film it your practice swings until you get required amount. Then use that feel with the ball
Hi Craig, I've just taken up golf in March.
I'm hooked and want to become a single digit player by xmas. Can you help me? I'm willing to hit 100 balls per day and pay.,,
Hi Rob,
Have a look at the Packages on WorldClassGolf.com
Silver or Gold memberships
When you join i’ll send you my private mobile number for Whatsapp contact as well.
Looking forward to assisting you with your golf 👍
Tried this today Craig. I had been hitting the driver thin. I really helped fix my contact with driver. I hit a lot of iron shots fat though. And ideas? Thanks
keep practicing Larry 👍..you don’t habe enough shaft lean by the sounds of it…
Have you ever had a Swing Analysis off a top instructor? or do you just try yourself and keep sort of guessing?
@@CraigHansonGolf I’ve had several lessons. They usually tell me. I am too far inside.
Do you have a flat shoulder plane in your backswing? Is it around the 40° tilt with your shoulder plane?
@@CraigHansonGolf I am going to email you. If you don’t mind?
@@larrypruitt3919 ok 👍
Since I'm not a Pro I don't really care what they do or how they control pace of play! I'm more interested in how or what the USGA can or would/will do to speed up play at the club level.
great post
No one cares what you think either
Something I observed in my own swing and those of most recreational golfers, especially older ones, is a lack of side bending of the spine in the downswing and through impact.
I first realized I wasn’t doing after seeing stop action photos of pros taken from behind at impact and seeing how much their spine was bent to the trail side at impact. It was by posing myself in that impact/ball release position and then moving incrementally backwards to the top I came to understand how that side bending action shallows and straightens the path of the club head versus a swing lacking it. My ball striking improved significantly.
The biomechanics are very similar to throwing a ball to the ground sidearm, which most throwing a ball do with side bend reflexively because is part of the reflexive brains solution for staying in balance while delivering the ball to a target in front. So why do golfers fail to do it reflexively? I suspect it has something to do with how putting the swinging mass of the club head on the end of a stick changes the way the unschooled reflexive brain tries but fails to deal with the unbalancing forces.
For example in golf swing with no side bend the brain can’t react fast enough to the change in force which occurs when a club head is allowed to first drop before releasing and accelerating around the hands. That’s why the beginner will either cast early or try to main the lag too long resulting in the club force pulling them off balance. What adding side bend at the point the shoulders come back parallel to target line does is drop hands and club head down and forward toward the target line before the forces try to whip it around the hands which positions the body in a way that anticipates the change is force in a way that allows the golfer to balance it-the same way the side-bending in a ball toss anticipates the mass of the trail arm being flung forward at the target.
Once the side bend move is added into a swing previously lacking it the golfer can add progressively more force and power into releasing and accelerating the club head around the hands before impact without being pulled out of posture and off balance in the finish.
very interesting thanks for posting 👍
All that talk from Brandel Chamblee about Tigers head dropping throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s 😅😅😅
👍👍👍👍
Hey coach I think your off here. My head goes down and my hips go back. My head stays the same amount out (by the wall). My legs have a little lateral shift with a slight bend.
Despite this I still suck at golf. My juiced iron set (Taylor made m4) doesn’t go far (pw 110), I don’t have a lot of shaft lean.
Put it this way if your lifting up in the downswing or impact golfer’s have absolutely no chance creating shaft lean.
If your doing all these things correct like you say you still have no shaft lean then you would be hitting every shot fat? Agree?
Because if you’re closer to the ball then you started and have zero shaft Lean and 3 inches of lowering, then of course you would have to hit it fat?
U r very good
thanks David i appreciate you taking the time to post
It's bcoz the first thing your told when you start golf is to keep your head down and still .
Gold dust 😊
thanks 🙏
This could be your most important video yet. If your head moves up you literally have to flip. The more it moves down the more lag you get.
Keep practicing it over larry weeks and weeks .. hundreds and hundreds if balls.
It slowly gets bettet the more lag and shaft lean you get
Yo no doy socket en la cancha de prácticas, y si doy 9 de cada 10 en el campo.
Empecé con los wedges, y me vá escalando a otros hierros. Para morirse.
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you don't mention right side of face above right side of right foot at impact!!!
ohhh my god
Probably a good video. Since I can't hear it I don't know what he's talking about.
Turn the volume up 🆙… what are you talking about it? Its interesting all tbe comments you get sometimes i have ti delete them, sone are abusive, some are selling stuff but i haven’t had one about the not being able ti hear it. 😊
These drills are impossible with a steep shaft. A good video would be how to get to p6.
ive done lots of those p6 videos probably 50
Looks more to me like the shoulders come up.
👍👍 thanks for posting
This happens because people can't shallow the shaft
and because the face is open
I’m surprised it has taken you so long to make a video about this, one of the most important aspects is impact position, no one ever hit a ball in their backswing
ive done lots if videos in this. I have spoken about in hundreds of videos actually