Holy moly. For years and years, I've been solely rotating my lead forearm (well, I was doing a lot of garbage but I've fixed a bunch of the other stuff), but I tried starting to rotate my whole arm and suddenly the clubface is no longer super closed at the top, I'm able to shallow the club (I FINALLY can feel what it means to shallow), and I can stay behind the ball. A real game changer for me!! Thank you thank you!!
This has literally changed my game. I was one of the people trying to hold the face towards the ball in the first few feet of the takeaway and would do exactly as you say, get across the line and steep. Now I feel as though I'm rotating the face off the ball and its so much more effortless and easy to make consistent contact. Thank you!
Thought id found a Big Golf Secret so put "upper left arm rotation in golf swing" into YT and Monty was 8 years ahead of me! I've probably spent years of over rotating my body or occasionally my forearms = inside deep and across the line! just like he shows! Ive spent years of effort, counteracting this reasonably well,ive managed to get down to 3 hcp! But with this new move, sub par here i come! I discovered this move in my attempt to feel like i move level not rotate then realised something had to.Early years of stuffing things under my armpits had deadened my upper arms.
Have been playing golf for about five years and couldn't stop spraying the ball. Despite numerous lessons and website subscriptions. Tried this move yesterday and played my best round in forever. Thanks, Monte!
This has TOTALLY transformed my golf game - I have been the person who has rotated my left hand for years - this is a must watch for every golfer THANK YOU
One of the only few instructors that I know the actually gets it. That rotation of the left arm makes it almost effortless to go into the down swing from the inside
MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP i HAVE EVER HAD TO CHANGE MY GOLF SWING. Tried it on range then shot 1 over for 5 holes before I had to leave. Thank you.
Oh wow. That was great advise. I have been battling with this for so long and I thought it was the plane, take away all the other stuff but the root cause. Thank you!!!
Thanks Monty. Finally someone explains the root cause of that grotesque looking across the line move which made me quit playing golf after seeing my swing on video lol. Well done sir. Back to the range.
I searched "left arm lift" & found this video. My biggest problem involves my left arm. I just looked back at one of my swings and saw that my left arm does not lift but turns with my body and stays flat under my sternum. By doing this my turn is deep into my backswing and I get stuck... which then leads to shanks. I don't know why I've never payed attention to my left arm but when I lift, as explained in this video, I can feel my turn is much more compact/coiled. The club feels much more in front of my body and a lot easier to drop it into the slot. I've tried many band aids for my swing it's frustrating. This demonstration set off a light bulb in my mind and it makes total sense why my flat swing is causing so many problems. Thank you
Easy to understand and makes sense to my body! I couldn't figure it out until I heard this. And it feels so natural. Much better than how I was trying to make it happen. Thanks!
Using this concept helps so much in keeping my arms in front of me instead of getting stuck all the time. I don't even know how it works, but it does, and with a minimum of intrusive mechanical thinking. Thank you Monte!
If I do exactly what this video says I hit fantastic shots! I come back to this instruction time and time again, excellent instruction! Monte is 100% right - keeping the clubface facing the ball is the stupidest instruction I've ever been given and it's taken me a long time to unlearn that. If you let your target arm rotate as shown you also get a golf swing that feels so smooth and very natural. As he says it's how you would naturally hit a ball if it was teed up at waist to chest height.
I"'ve been searching for 8 months for this explanation! Finally consistency, repeatable swing. If I could just add one thing, try straightening your right arm at impact and you actually trap the ball and turf at the same time, ball really jumps. Thanks Monte you've made the game fun again.
Thanks for putting up this clip, not understanding left arm rotation which lead to bad wrist hinge has always been my problem. You shed a lot of light in this matter.
Thanks Monte!!! Me and my 10yr old junior thank you for this. We both over swing pass the line and this tip has corrected that for both of us. After years of searching I now have a great looking and functional top of the backswing. The club shallows out much better and we both are hitting more accurate shots.
After a 6 wk. winter break, I played this week. Video showed I was raising up at top of swing and through the swing. I narrowed everything down to left arm rotation (or, lack of). Today, I was able to even hit my bladed irons center of the clubface, compressing the ball and this was on winter grass. This tip is right on point!
Damn. I've had that no pronation "C" shaped backswing for years and a lot of lessons now. I stumbled on this in the mirrors in the yoga room at the gym. Now your video absolutely confirms it. It's a PROBLEM that I've spent so many years even visiting a Top 50 Instructor and NOBODY ever mentioned this. There is so much crap instruction out there.
Sounds ridiculously simple. Have a 10 a.m. tee time to try it. ALL your examples of what it SHOULDN'T look like are ME to a TEE! If it works, i'll be subscribing forthwith.
Have just returned from my practice net after trialing Golf Swing Left Arm Rotation and Lift. I have been playing golf for around 35 years, and, never have I heard of this golf tip. If the contact and impact of my practice in the net is a sign of what to expect on the course proper, my weekend won't come fast enough. I have always struggled to get my arms back and in a good position to hinge my wrists. But, just gently rotating my left arm has not only helped me lift the height from a flat back swing, but, I feel in a powerful position to return to the ball. Now for a bit of guidance with the grip of the right hand. Thank you so very much, now who do I see about reincarnation, I want to relive the past 35 years with my new swing!!!!
This video is fantastic my ball striking has improved dramatically also by rotating the left arm correctly I am now turning my core in the backswing and not sliding a big Thank you
Great video, thanks a ton. I was using the club always pointing at the ball concept and it was a disaster! Left rotation makes a massive improvement and it feels so right. I still struggle with a practice swing that feels fantastic but put me in front of a ball and I default to some ugly hybrid of the two, but I know and feel this is where I need to get to. More repetition without a ball should ingrain the correct movement. Thanks again Monte!
Wow! I never really understood what you meant with "lifting the left arm in the same angle as the body" but today I think I got it. I've been trying to lift it vertically but you're saying it should elevate some 35° outwards to make it end up where you want it. Feels so wrong and yet the arm ends up exactly where I want it.
With a problem with my spine and setting up turned a little bit to the left it is always been a problem moving the left arm correctly. Problem solved!!!. All I can say is thank you
@montescheinblum I have to admit that I’ve always whipped the shaft to the inside like you first explained in this video, and I thought in order to correct it, I had to take away the club with the face super closed, which created massive problems. I just watched this video for the first time yesterday and then went to the range tonight ONLY focusing on left arm rotation and I have to say that I’ve never hit the ball so well in my life. I can’t wait to keep grooving this new feel as I move forward with my game. I absolutely love the way you explain the golf swing man! Not overly technical, however, are able to get to the point so well and in a concise manner. Would love to come visit you down in Long Beach at some point for a proper visit!
Great vid for understanding and starting to think about what your body parts are actually supposed to do. So here is my issue with this: When I set up, my left elbow points at the target - so the left arm is already rotated (in its shoulder socket). Then I only turn my chest and lift my arms. No further rotation of my left arm is required. Unless of course you set up with both your elbows pointing at your chest then you would need to rotate the left arm. Or have I missed something? I agree with the rest of the vid.
@@RollYourRock LOL. Good find. I think I've solved this puzzle over the last 5 years: I still set up with my front shoulder internally rotated, but during the backswing I turn it externally. So on top of the swing the elbow points into the DTL camera. Vice versa with the trail shoulder: Externally rotated at set up and turning it internally by the time I reach the top. I love Monte, Gankas and Miyahira because they teach you how to move the specific parts of the body.
Dear Monte, I tried this and it greatly improves my swing . Would you pls shed some lights on ‘the left arm lifts at the same angle that I bend my hips and waist’? The left arm is going backward while the waist angle is bending forward. Thanks!
I think it is easier to just preset the left elbow outward at setup as Bryson suggests. This removes the need to think about rotating left arm during backswing. Either way, good concept.
This is awesome. I hate how teachers nowadays (and I mean really good teachers) are always trying to teach no forearm rotation and almost try to teach students to play with a shut club face. I think maybe they are trying to get quick results for their higher handicap students. I get why tour pros want a stable face and don’t ever want to go left, but for us recreational players, we really have about a zero percent chance of over hooking the ball. If you’re over hooking the ball and hitting it in the middle of the face then you’ve got a very enviable problem. Im pretty sure Ben Hogan went from having that problem to being the greatest ball striker the world had ever seen. I’m my experience with my swing hitting like a million golf balls with several different top notch teachers who charge up to $500/hr, the no face/forearm rotation produces an across the line disconnected transition and a steep downswing and will wear the toe out on your clubs
Great video! I'm definitely guilty of the too flat & lift (or not at all) and trying to overdo the steeper b/s to get to a more on plane one. You helped confirm my suspicion. thanks
Monte dead on!! Left arm rotation puts you right on plane whereas the alternative club outside the hands like you show at 1:16 sets you up for disaster for a bad hook/pull!
That's exactly what happened to me. I took the advice to keep the club face closed on takeaway, and starting pull/hooking like crazy. Finally figured out what I was doing wrong (thanks to Monte's video and a few others) and now I'm hitting it straight.
Monte, great video - easy to understand and to the point. Question for you, do you believe the lack of left forearm rotation causes early extension in the downswing? My thought here is that if you are steep you need a way to shallow the club to hit the ball and to do that with the wrong arm position is to stand up out of the shot. Thoughts?
Wonderful wonderful stop could you just do one thing when you say gradually let the left-arm gradually could you explain the word gradually referring to the left arm when does it happen
From watching this video am I assuming the difference in rotation of the left arm is one is at the elbow and the other and more correct is at the shoulder?
Monte this is brilliant! ! As the left arm rotates gradually and lifts at the same time on backswing, would it be a correct feeling to describe a down and unwind of left arm on downswing? I suffer from unwind without down which results in over the top but when I think down and gradual unwind of the left arm it keeps the important secondary tilt for me, I don't block my weight shift and no OTT. Should I continue down that path?
Thank u for this video, quick question...I’m a right handed golfer...I’ve been training my right forearm to rotate when the club is parallel to the ground “takeaway” is it fair to say that’s the same thing ?
thanks for this video...my biggest problem is crossing the line in my back swing..and now i see why i did this. Every video helps my golf game get a little better. keep the videos coming! (*^_^*)
Does anyone have any feedback from Joe Dante's 4 Magic Moves, where he advocates pushing the the right thumb into the left hand where it almost bows the left wrist as a preset before the beginning of the swing, and keeping that angle with a tight grip?
ranmangolf Try to search for vids on " the flying wedge" (the Golfing machine's term), that suggests side angles between left and right wrist vs the shaft is not to be changed throughout the swing. You can see the same Stack and Tilt. All is about solid contact, well compressing the ball and draw. Pitching is the same way.
My swing is quite upright with irons and i barely rotate my wrist at all. Good contact results in straight ball flight and massive distance. I hit a Mizuno Comp CT 6i 204 yards off a tiny tee the other week. I guess my point is, you're coming at this video as if 'XYZ = bad' when that's not necessarily the case. I've been playing 2 months and shoot in the low 90's on a decent day. That's not bad for a rank beginner and as long as the face presents at impact to do what you want to do and gets you the distance you want then there is no 'right' or 'wrong' to me. Nevertheless i think i'm gonna give this a try and see what it feels like.
Might sound like an insult but I mean it as a compliment: the only other person I’ve heard/read talk about the backswing this way is Hank Haney. So good! It’s been the best swing change I’ve ever made.
Great video and explanation, Monte. So would it be accurate to say one piece takeaway from P1 to P2 and then start rotating the left arm once you get to P2?
Holy moly. For years and years, I've been solely rotating my lead forearm (well, I was doing a lot of garbage but I've fixed a bunch of the other stuff), but I tried starting to rotate my whole arm and suddenly the clubface is no longer super closed at the top, I'm able to shallow the club (I FINALLY can feel what it means to shallow), and I can stay behind the ball.
A real game changer for me!! Thank you thank you!!
You are me. I’ve been dead shut at the top forever. Thank you Monte!
This has literally changed my game. I was one of the people trying to hold the face towards the ball in the first few feet of the takeaway and would do exactly as you say, get across the line and steep. Now I feel as though I'm rotating the face off the ball and its so much more effortless and easy to make consistent contact. Thank you!
Thought id found a Big Golf Secret so put "upper left arm rotation in golf swing" into YT and Monty was 8 years ahead of me! I've probably spent years of over rotating my body or occasionally my forearms = inside deep and across the line! just like he shows! Ive spent years of effort, counteracting this reasonably well,ive managed to get down to 3 hcp! But with this new move, sub par here i come! I discovered this move in my attempt to feel like i move level not rotate then realised something had to.Early years of stuffing things under my armpits had deadened my upper arms.
Have been playing golf for about five years and couldn't stop spraying the ball. Despite numerous lessons and website subscriptions. Tried this move yesterday and played my best round in forever. Thanks, Monte!
This has TOTALLY transformed my golf game - I have been the person who has rotated my left hand for years - this is a must watch for every golfer THANK YOU
Been chasing a swing for 40 years ‘till now. This is a no shit deal. Thanks Monte
One of the only few instructors that I know the actually gets it. That rotation of the left arm makes it almost effortless to go into the down swing from the inside
MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP i HAVE EVER HAD TO CHANGE MY GOLF SWING. Tried it on range then shot 1 over for 5 holes before I had to leave. Thank you.
Oh wow. That was great advise. I have been battling with this for so long and I thought it was the plane, take away all the other stuff but the root cause. Thank you!!!
Thanks Monty. Finally someone explains the root cause of that grotesque looking across the line move which made me quit playing golf after seeing my swing on video lol. Well done sir. Back to the range.
I searched "left arm lift" & found this video. My biggest problem involves my left arm. I just looked back at one of my swings and saw that my left arm does not lift but turns with my body and stays flat under my sternum. By doing this my turn is deep into my backswing and I get stuck... which then leads to shanks. I don't know why I've never payed attention to my left arm but when I lift, as explained in this video, I can feel my turn is much more compact/coiled. The club feels much more in front of my body and a lot easier to drop it into the slot.
I've tried many band aids for my swing it's frustrating. This demonstration set off a light bulb in my mind and it makes total sense why my flat swing is causing so many problems. Thank you
Easy to understand and makes sense to my body! I couldn't figure it out until I heard this. And it feels so natural. Much better than how I was trying to make it happen. Thanks!
Using this concept helps so much in keeping my arms in front of me instead of getting stuck all the time. I don't even know how it works, but it does, and with a minimum of intrusive mechanical thinking. Thank you Monte!
If I do exactly what this video says I hit fantastic shots! I come back to this instruction time and time again, excellent instruction! Monte is 100% right - keeping the clubface facing the ball is the stupidest instruction I've ever been given and it's taken me a long time to unlearn that. If you let your target arm rotate as shown you also get a golf swing that feels so smooth and very natural. As he says it's how you would naturally hit a ball if it was teed up at waist to chest height.
I"'ve been searching for 8 months for this explanation! Finally consistency, repeatable swing. If I could just add one thing, try straightening your right arm at impact and you actually trap the ball and turf at the same time, ball really jumps. Thanks Monte you've made the game fun again.
Please explain the right arm thing a bit more...when would it be fully extended?
This video and your broom videos are the best. I wish you would merge the teaching of the proper left arm rotation to your broom series.
Thanks for putting up this clip, not understanding left arm rotation which lead to bad wrist hinge has always been my problem. You shed a lot of light in this matter.
Wow so simple. I’ve watched so many videos on why I’m across the line and this is by far the best for me. Thanks Monte!
Bingo!!!! Sound of penny dropping, lights coming on......thank you so much, brilliant lesson.
Monte you have cleared up the left arm for me. Thank you so much..You should be teacher of the
year..You tell it like it is.
There is some amazing advice in this video that I haven't heard other instructors talk about. I am a believer in Monte Scheinblum.
I've seen him at the range. He definitely exists!
Tiger Woods does this left arm turn
This has helped my game tremendously by curing a massive hook with the longer clubs. Thank you so much!
Thanks Monte!!! Me and my 10yr old junior thank you for this. We both over swing pass the line and this tip has corrected that for both of us. After years of searching I now have a great looking and functional top of the backswing. The club shallows out much better and we both are hitting more accurate shots.
After a 6 wk. winter break, I played this week. Video showed I was raising up at top of swing and through the swing. I narrowed everything down to left arm rotation (or, lack of). Today, I was able to even hit my bladed irons center of the clubface, compressing the ball and this was on winter grass. This tip is right on point!
Damn. I've had that no pronation "C" shaped backswing for years and a lot of lessons now. I stumbled on this in the mirrors in the yoga room at the gym. Now your video absolutely confirms it. It's a PROBLEM that I've spent so many years even visiting a Top 50 Instructor and NOBODY ever mentioned this. There is so much crap instruction out there.
Sounds ridiculously simple. Have a 10 a.m. tee time to try it. ALL your examples of what it SHOULDN'T look like are ME to a TEE! If it works, i'll be subscribing forthwith.
Six years old . . . and still a great tip. Thank you !
Have just returned from my practice net after trialing Golf Swing Left Arm Rotation and Lift. I have been playing golf for around 35 years, and, never have I heard of this golf tip. If the contact and impact of my practice in the net is a sign of what to expect on the course proper, my weekend won't come fast enough. I have always struggled to get my arms back and in a good position to hinge my wrists. But, just gently rotating my left arm has not only helped me lift the height from a flat back swing, but, I feel in a powerful position to return to the ball. Now for a bit of guidance with the grip of the right hand. Thank you so very much, now who do I see about reincarnation, I want to relive the past 35 years with my new swing!!!!
Great tip, seems simple to rotate the whole left arm. I hope it keeps working.
This video is fantastic my ball striking has improved dramatically also by rotating the left arm correctly I am now turning my core in the backswing and not sliding a big Thank you
Some of the best information on the planet, spot freakin on!!!
One of the best explanations on forearm rotation.
Great video, thanks a ton. I was using the club always pointing at the ball concept and it was a disaster! Left rotation makes a massive improvement and it feels so right. I still struggle with a practice swing that feels fantastic but put me in front of a ball and I default to some ugly hybrid of the two, but I know and feel this is where I need to get to. More repetition without a ball should ingrain the correct movement. Thanks again Monte!
Finally ! Best explanation I have heard!
Wow! I never really understood what you meant with "lifting the left arm in the same angle as the body" but today I think I got it.
I've been trying to lift it vertically but you're saying it should elevate some 35° outwards to make it end up where you want it.
Feels so wrong and yet the arm ends up exactly where I want it.
This has improved my driving no end , thank you
this just fixed my backswing. I have been really fighting a too inside backswing. thanks for your clearly presented help!
Great explanation. All of these short videos are great.
With a problem with my spine and setting up turned a little bit to the left it is always been a problem moving the left arm correctly. Problem solved!!!. All I can say is thank you
@montescheinblum I have to admit that I’ve always whipped the shaft to the inside like you first explained in this video, and I thought in order to correct it, I had to take away the club with the face super closed, which created massive problems. I just watched this video for the first time yesterday and then went to the range tonight ONLY focusing on left arm rotation and I have to say that I’ve never hit the ball so well in my life. I can’t wait to keep grooving this new feel as I move forward with my game. I absolutely love the way you explain the golf swing man! Not overly technical, however, are able to get to the point so well and in a concise manner. Would love to come visit you down in Long Beach at some point for a proper visit!
Email me.
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Fixed my swing! So thankful for this video!!
Great, great video. This has been a huge problem for me. Thanks!
Great vid for understanding and starting to think about what your body parts are actually supposed to do. So here is my issue with this:
When I set up, my left elbow points at the target - so the left arm is already rotated (in its shoulder socket). Then I only turn my chest and lift my arms. No further rotation of my left arm is required. Unless of course you set up with both your elbows pointing at your chest then you would need to rotate the left arm.
Or have I missed something? I agree with the rest of the vid.
Hi Benny, is your day job a professional contortionist? 😉
@@RollYourRock LOL. Good find. I think I've solved this puzzle over the last 5 years: I still set up with my front shoulder internally rotated, but during the backswing I turn it externally. So on top of the swing the elbow points into the DTL camera.
Vice versa with the trail shoulder: Externally rotated at set up and turning it internally by the time I reach the top.
I love Monte, Gankas and Miyahira because they teach you how to move the specific parts of the body.
@@3rdgroove With a little help, self discovery is a wonderful thing! - How's your season going? ⛳️🏌️♂️
Dear Monte, I tried this and it greatly improves my swing . Would you pls shed some lights on ‘the left arm lifts at the same angle that I bend my hips and waist’? The left arm is going backward while the waist angle is bending forward. Thanks!
I think it is easier to just preset the left elbow outward at setup as Bryson suggests. This removes the need to think about rotating left arm during backswing. Either way, good concept.
This is awesome. I hate how teachers nowadays (and I mean really good teachers) are always trying to teach no forearm rotation and almost try to teach students to play with a shut club face. I think maybe they are trying to get quick results for their higher handicap students. I get why tour pros want a stable face and don’t ever want to go left, but for us recreational players, we really have about a zero percent chance of over hooking the ball. If you’re over hooking the ball and hitting it in the middle of the face then you’ve got a very enviable problem. Im pretty sure Ben Hogan went from having that problem to being the greatest ball striker the world had ever seen. I’m my experience with my swing hitting like a million golf balls with several different top notch teachers who charge up to $500/hr, the no face/forearm rotation produces an across the line disconnected transition and a steep downswing and will wear the toe out on your clubs
Great video Monte! This left forearm rotation, along with arms swinging back at same level of shoulders really feels amazing. Thank you.
I've never heard or seen anyone mention left arm rotation
Seems good to work on
Great video! I'm definitely guilty of the too flat & lift (or not at all) and trying to overdo the steeper b/s to get to a more on plane one. You helped confirm my suspicion. thanks
Thanks!!!... Monte "flat out excellent explanation".
As Mr. Welk use to say: Wonderful, Wonderful.
Brilliant instructions
Such a simple move and VERY helpful!!
Magic, great explanation. This is a light bulb moment for me.
Amazing video . I was whipping my wrists
Great stuff as always. I definitely have some left arm rotation issues. Now just waiting for it to warm up outside!
Monte dead on!! Left arm rotation puts you right on plane whereas the alternative club outside the hands like you show at 1:16 sets you up for disaster for a bad hook/pull!
That's exactly what happened to me. I took the advice to keep the club face closed on takeaway, and starting pull/hooking like crazy. Finally figured out what I was doing wrong (thanks to Monte's video and a few others) and now I'm hitting it straight.
Hi Monte. great video as always. one question at 1.48 the clubface appears to be open, is this correct? Thanks..
Best tips! Work for me! Thank You..
Monte, great video - easy to understand and to the point. Question for you, do you believe the lack of left forearm rotation causes early extension in the downswing? My thought here is that if you are steep you need a way to shallow the club to hit the ball and to do that with the wrong arm position is to stand up out of the shot. Thoughts?
Fantastic stuff as always Monte.
I think this is a good explanation of what's going on .... BUT... is there a part ii for how it comes back down to the ball?
Wonderful wonderful stop could you just do one thing when you say gradually let the left-arm gradually could you explain the word gradually referring to the left arm when does it happen
Another good vid from MS.
Good stuff Monte, this causes for me an open club face at impact. Do I need to rotate my body through more to get it square?
Rotate your arms more at impact. If you rotate your body your arms will lag causing more of an open club face. Throw your hand at the ball.
Does sticking the left foot sooner help to rotates hips better and promote the arms to rotated through more??
From watching this video am I assuming the difference in rotation of the left arm is one is at the elbow and the other and more correct is at the shoulder?
Is this essentially the shallowing move? Seems like it accomplishes that too.
Monte this is brilliant! ! As the left arm rotates gradually and lifts at the same time on backswing, would it be a correct feeling to describe a down and unwind of left arm on downswing?
I suffer from unwind without down which results in over the top but when I think down and gradual unwind of the left arm it keeps the important secondary tilt for me, I don't block my weight shift and no OTT. Should I continue down that path?
Sounds like it’s working.
Thank u for this video, quick question...I’m a right handed golfer...I’ve been training my right forearm to rotate when the club is parallel to the ground “takeaway” is it fair to say that’s the same thing ?
I'm going to try to not pinch my bicept against my chest. I'm guessing that tension prevents of full backswing, and cause the left arm to bend.
Great video. Wondering, is the left arm rotation something you consciously do, or is it something that happens if you do other things correctly?
Sometimes, moves in the golf swing have to be conscious at first.
I'm taking his philosophy to the driving range right now here in Thailand. Wish me luck.
Excellent !
awesome explanation
King 👑
thanks for this video...my biggest problem is crossing the line in my back swing..and now i see why i did this. Every video helps my golf game get a little better. keep the videos coming! (*^_^*)
I’m crushing my driver with this lesson in mind.
Hi Monte a problem with me. What happens if I preset at address with the left arm on top of right?
oldie but goodie @monte. Classic tip
Monte, how about a former body builder with a big chest and a surgically repaired left shoulder?
I owe you money sir. Thanks.
Good stuff!! This helped me so much :)
Very useful video. Thanks!!
Does anyone have any feedback from Joe Dante's 4 Magic Moves, where he advocates pushing the the right thumb into the left hand where it almost bows the left wrist as a preset before the beginning of the swing, and keeping that angle with a tight grip?
ranmangolf Try to search for vids on " the flying wedge" (the Golfing machine's term), that suggests side angles between left and right wrist vs the shaft is not to be changed throughout the swing. You can see the same Stack and Tilt. All is about solid contact, well compressing the ball and draw. Pitching is the same way.
How is this club in a good position? It’s laid off?
Feels like you expose your left armpit, do you continue that feel in the downsing?
My swing is quite upright with irons and i barely rotate my wrist at all. Good contact results in straight ball flight and massive distance. I hit a Mizuno Comp CT 6i 204 yards off a tiny tee the other week.
I guess my point is, you're coming at this video as if 'XYZ = bad' when that's not necessarily the case. I've been playing 2 months and shoot in the low 90's on a decent day. That's not bad for a rank beginner and as long as the face presents at impact to do what you want to do and gets you the distance you want then there is no 'right' or 'wrong' to me.
Nevertheless i think i'm gonna give this a try and see what it feels like.
You shoot in the low 90's and think you are qualified to critique Monte? lol
What a great tip!
How does this not prompt laid off and open club?? Struggling to understand how this actually works…
Might sound like an insult but I mean it as a compliment: the only other person I’ve heard/read talk about the backswing this way is Hank Haney. So good! It’s been the best swing change I’ve ever made.
how does this rotation happen? Is it automatic or do I have to think about it every swing?
Like it.
Great video and explanation, Monte. So would it be accurate to say one piece takeaway from P1 to P2 and then start rotating the left arm once you get to P2?
hey Monte, athlete nation is closing correct? where can we go to get your help now?
I will have a new platform soon and will announce it on golfwrx and my blog.
Thanks Monte for fast response. Maybe v1 golf?
EXCELLENT 👍 thank you
DOH! thanks monte. good info.
How about arm rotation on the way down?
Howcome the pros teaching the one piece takeaway never talk about the left arm rotation? Or is it a different theory?
Mind blown
Good stuff!.....