Been playing 9.holes good, just tried bringing hands close to my right hip trying alsorts. Nailing it. Looked on utube for answers. Great drill thank you for confirming. Been playing 37years never had a golf coach teach this to me. Again big thank you.
Thanks a lot for the great video. whilst I haven’t followed the whole drill, just thinking about the tip of getting hands close to right thigh in downswing has done wonders to my ball striking
This is fantastic Jon. Thanks. This synergizes so well with your video in which you use the Impact Ball for a "body release". This is new territory for me, even after playing for 25 years.
I was thinking the same thing! I’ve a real problem with hands moving away from my body and hit some hosel rockets. No good and coming up out of the shot doesn’t allow for ball compression. I know where I’m wrong...just need some practice advice like this video! Thanks and play well guys!
Hi, i do agree with what you say, but why is it a lot of coaches including Chris Ryan, that your hands go outside the ball line and then come low and back in, can you explain. thanks great video
I guess it depends what you mean by the ball line? I definitely wouldn’t want to see the hands move out as far as the ball to target line, and guess you would fall over trying to achieve that. Keeping the arms in front of the body and hands a little away can help shallow the shaft for sure. It would also depend on the shot shape you were trying to hit. This video would really help tons of golfers that get there arms too far away and end up pulling hard into impact, losing posture or standing the shaft up into impact. Does that make sense?
interesting video and drill...I love how u shared the data, but curious as to why u don't address the dynamic lie angle. looks to me that either ur lie angle is too flat, or ur not getting ur hands low enough? curious on ur thoughts.
Used hands close to body yesterday on an executive course and birdied first 2 par 3's, went long on 4 other greens with increased distance and accuracy, clubbed down and hit a second ball, resulted either pin high or had nice uphill putt. Best swing change I have made besides keeping my right heel down longer to prevent spin-outs and sway. The group in front of me kept looking back on the next tee to watch in amazement..lol FYI, 13.6 HCP and biggest problem is not hitting Greens in reg from 150 & in leads to chipping, bunkers, woods & trying to save the hole...
At set up? If so, The hands should be by the inside of lead thigh with all clubs, just the ball position that changes. So more forwards with driver meaning hands more level with clubhead
I really struggle with this. The longer the club the worse it is too. With driver, I swing my arms straight at the ball and it takes my club MILES off plane. I have to cast from my wrists like crazy and often hit a lot of high right slices as a result.
@@TruGolfAcademy Yes. I actually did a very similar drill in my most recent lesson too, using an alignment rod. I also found that limiting the follow-through to just where my shaft points at the target helped me to focus on that bottom part of the swing and feeling the shallow path. I've gone from chunking the ground so hard that it was damaging my wrists to flushing my 7 iron 160+ yards carry! This is a great drill!
@TruGolf Academy this is a great drill but i need you to explain something for me. Have you ever watched Lee Trevino swing? He was the complete opposite of a hands and arms player. He had the body the most open out of any one in his generation and an extremely stable club face. Hated flipping at it with the hands and stated that many times. Can you explain?
I’ve been having an issue where I stand up out of my golf swing and it’s because I always let my hands get away from body so to make space I have to stand up. I think this is the tip that’s really going to help my swing by keeping my hands closer to my body and using ground force and rotation to create speed and power instead of my hands and arms
+Ben Gillmor Hi Ben, I think your'll find your body is straightening into impact, head moving back to strike out the toe. Try to feel your head stays forwards and backside stays back to maintain posture. A Bow movement. See some of my videos on maintaining posture / shoulder plane. Send a downline video through to jon@trugolf.co.uk
There are about 1,000 minutes in a 16-hr day of being awake..... if he hit a ball per 30 sec, without ever stopping for 16-hrs, & w/o eating, resting, etc., that’s still 2,000 golf balls max, per day. And that’s a big stretch haha. He didn’t hit 5K per day...... cmon.
A much easier drill is the water bottle drill in your trail pocket. Don't worry about the tubing, just try to scrape the edge of an empty water bottle, will be an easier set up, and less to worry about looking down.
The club doesn't bend because of centrifugal force because centrifugal force doesn't exist. The bend is caused by a combination of inertia, acceleration and centripetal forces.
+seth1455 Your right, something I had read, must have been 500! 😂I know VJ wanted to hit balls for 8hrs a day during his 10 year plan to be World number 1. Point is it's hard work not god given talent 👍
... sorry ... but it took me over 7 hours to hit 1200 balls ... including some rapid fire pitching of the mat ... and my hands really suffered ... 5 000 balls a day ... ?!? ... somehow i doubt that ...
Wrong on both then, putting his righthand in his pocket on the downswing was one of Lee Trevino's stated swing keys, so that's hardly a 'arms and hands' player.
Been playing 9.holes good, just tried bringing hands close to my right hip trying alsorts. Nailing it. Looked on utube for answers. Great drill thank you for confirming. Been playing 37years never had a golf coach teach this to me.
Again big thank you.
👊🏼 glad to hear it helped. Apologies for the delayed response. Hope it’s still going well?
Five star drill and very nicely put together. Thanks Jon
Many thanks
Thanks Jon. Excellent. The drill I was searching for.
Happy to help, let me know how you get on!?
Best tip ever! Changed my game completely 👋 Also helps immensely with chipping.
Soo glad to read this 👊🏼
Thank you so much , can't wait to bring it to the range.
Very welcome 🙏
Thanks a lot for the great video. whilst I haven’t followed the whole drill, just thinking about the tip of getting hands close to right thigh in downswing has done wonders to my ball striking
Glad to hear it! Keep up the good work 👍
This is fantastic Jon. Thanks. This synergizes so well with your video in which you use the Impact Ball for a "body release". This is new territory for me, even after playing for 25 years.
+Vance Weber Thanks again Vance. This is a tough drill but something consistent golfers all have in common!
Excellent presentation
Many thanks, it’s one of my very early videos, so hopefully things moved on further since then 👍🏻
Great drill, and also can help if you are swaying on the backswing since you would lose sight of the ball.
Spot on 👍🏼
Very interesting, shall give this a try. Thank you!
Nice video Jon! I believe Trevor Immelmann does this effortless.
+Anthony Viola Definitely, great swing
Nice video. This will eliminate the shank as well.
+HmoobMNxwb Correct, keep your backside and hands tight to your trail thigh pre impact and your'll completely eliminate heel strikes
I was thinking the same thing! I’ve a real problem with hands moving away from my body and hit some hosel rockets. No good and coming up out of the shot doesn’t allow for ball compression. I know where I’m wrong...just need some practice advice like this video!
Thanks and play well guys!
Hi, i do agree with what you say, but why is it a lot of coaches including Chris Ryan, that your hands go outside the ball line and then come low and back in, can you explain. thanks great video
I guess it depends what you mean by the ball line? I definitely wouldn’t want to see the hands move out as far as the ball to target line, and guess you would fall over trying to achieve that. Keeping the arms in front of the body and hands a little away can help shallow the shaft for sure. It would also depend on the shot shape you were trying to hit.
This video would really help tons of golfers that get there arms too far away and end up pulling hard into impact, losing posture or standing the shaft up into impact.
Does that make sense?
interesting video and drill...I love how u shared the data, but curious as to why u don't address the dynamic lie angle. looks to me that either ur lie angle is too flat, or ur not getting ur hands low enough? curious on ur thoughts.
I think Foresight tends to always suggest the toe is low. My clubs are already upright but yes a I would like my hands to return lower into impact 👍🏻
Used hands close to body yesterday on an executive course and birdied first 2 par 3's, went long on 4 other greens with increased distance and accuracy, clubbed down and hit a second ball, resulted either pin high or had nice uphill putt. Best swing change I have made besides keeping my right heel down longer to prevent spin-outs and sway. The group in front of me kept looking back on the next tee to watch in amazement..lol FYI, 13.6 HCP and biggest problem is not hitting Greens in reg from 150 & in leads to chipping, bunkers, woods & trying to save the hole...
Wow awesome to hear how much it’s helped! When used to the change, get a gaping session on a launch monitor to check distances 👍🏼
Should the hands be in front of the right thigh for the driver swing also?
At set up? If so, The hands should be by the inside of lead thigh with all clubs, just the ball position that changes. So more forwards with driver meaning hands more level with clubhead
thanks for the video
+Stephen Cook No problem, I hope it helps Stephen
I really struggle with this. The longer the club the worse it is too. With driver, I swing my arms straight at the ball and it takes my club MILES off plane. I have to cast from my wrists like crazy and often hit a lot of high right slices as a result.
Have you tried the drill now?
@@TruGolfAcademy Yes. I actually did a very similar drill in my most recent lesson too, using an alignment rod. I also found that limiting the follow-through to just where my shaft points at the target helped me to focus on that bottom part of the swing and feeling the shallow path. I've gone from chunking the ground so hard that it was damaging my wrists to flushing my 7 iron 160+ yards carry! This is a great drill!
@TruGolf Academy this is a great drill but i need you to explain something for me. Have you ever watched Lee Trevino swing? He was the complete opposite of a hands and arms player. He had the body the most open out of any one in his generation and an extremely stable club face. Hated flipping at it with the hands and stated that many times. Can you explain?
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Trevino is the definition of a body swinger.
@@chadb2738 haha yeah he might be the posterboy for a pivot driven golfer... made no sense to me. go sixers!!!
I’ve been having an issue where I stand up out of my golf swing and it’s because I always let my hands get away from body so to make space I have to stand up. I think this is the tip that’s really going to help my swing by keeping my hands closer to my body and using ground force and rotation to create speed and power instead of my hands and arms
How did you get on in practice?
This is a good anti-shank drill
This is the number one issue in my swing. Cannot keep my trail arm close enough to my body and consequently I hit a lot of pulls.
This drill will help and easy to set up on the range!
I find when I do this that I hit the ball off the extreme toe - what has to happen to still miss the tubing and yet hit the centre of the club face?
+Ben Gillmor Hi Ben, I think your'll find your body is straightening into impact, head moving back to strike out the toe. Try to feel your head stays forwards and backside stays back to maintain posture. A Bow movement. See some of my videos on maintaining posture / shoulder plane. Send a downline video through to jon@trugolf.co.uk
Keeping arms closer to body thAN NORMAL WILL ENCOURAGE MORE BODY POWERING THE SWING AS OPPOSED TO THE HANDS/ARMS POWERING THE SWING
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There are about 1,000 minutes in a 16-hr day of being awake..... if he hit a ball per 30 sec, without ever stopping for 16-hrs, & w/o eating, resting, etc., that’s still 2,000 golf balls max, per day. And that’s a big stretch haha. He didn’t hit 5K per day...... cmon.
😂 yeah thanks I already admitted the wrong number, I think it must have been 500 I had heard!!
A much easier drill is the water bottle drill in your trail pocket. Don't worry about the tubing, just try to scrape the edge of an empty water bottle, will be an easier set up, and less to worry about looking down.
i doubt lee hit 5000 balls a day, thats roughly a ball every 5 seconds for 8 hours.
😂😂 yes sorry I’ve admitted before I think I added a zero to the daily number! However my point is talent is made not born with.
5,000 golf balls a day!! ... If he hit a ball every 20 seconds for 24 hours straight he would only have hit 4320 ...
Yep my fault, I added a zero, think I heard 500 and rounded to 5000 🤣 I’ve already been corrected in the comments, cheers 👍🏻
Jon... You said Lee Trevino hit 5000 balls a day?... Do the math, it's impossible! If he said that he is either a liar or superman!
Apologies I have replied to another comment I believe I added an extra 0!!
I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating!
The club doesn't bend because of centrifugal force because centrifugal force doesn't exist. The bend is caused by a combination of inertia, acceleration and centripetal forces.
Lee Trevino 5,000 balls per day... I don't think so. 2 balls per minute = 42 hours
+seth1455 Your right, something I had read, must have been 500! 😂I know VJ wanted to hit balls for 8hrs a day during his 10 year plan to be World number 1. Point is it's hard work not god given talent 👍
... sorry ... but it took me over 7 hours to hit 1200 balls ... including some rapid fire pitching of the mat ... and my hands really suffered ... 5 000 balls a day ... ?!? ... somehow i doubt that ...
Wrong on both then, putting his righthand in his pocket on the downswing was one of Lee Trevino's stated swing keys, so that's hardly a 'arms and hands' player.