That is the best explanation of the release I’ve ever heard and seen. I never understood the left shoulder’s role and the connection to keeping ur back towards the target. Brilliant, thank you for turning on that light bulb
I’m not sure if I missed this video the first time around as I have been a subscriber for a while, but I’m at a loss as to how it is possible that there are so many dislikes to this video. This is one of the best explanations I have ever seen for the move and all its parts. Most tubers have a difficult time with this. You mention how some people advocate keeping the back to the target. Rory sometimes advocates using his hips more to go after it. Most people will never understand it but you have explained this phenomenon very well here. It’s more about resistance and release than a visualization of over active hips throughout the downswing. Good job and thanks.
New TH-cam rule: in order to hit the thumbs down button you have to explain why in the comment section. Not a simple comment such as “because,” but a thoughtful well articulated explanation. After all, someone took the time to plan, execute, and submit a video. You shouldn’t be able to just be a jerk by hitting thumbs down and move on.
Your video has helped me more than any that I have ever watched. I have heard others talk about keeping the back to the target as long as possible. That confused me! I tried it and failed miserably. Your explanation that in fact it's the left shoulder not the back to the target. I applied that to my swing with amazing results. What a difference. THANK YOU!Ron Piko
Jonathan Taylor is an excellent communicator. By far, the best explanation of key components of the golf swing on you tube. Looking forward to implementing his instruction.
One of the most intelligent swing videos I've watched. Also, unlike the majority of golf instruction vids online, you don't waste time with needless repeating chatter. Thank you.
Loved the explanation of how the lead shoulder works. Never heard anyone speak about it before. Very informative from a swing and biomechanic perspective.
Jonathan: This is the best explanation of release that I have seen on the tube. Bracing for impact really does work. I tried it out on my own swing and had immediate results. Thank you.
Excellent explanation Jonathan I've been watching your videos for the past 2 weeks carefully on the hands wrists and arms movement and putting them into action at 77yrs old my distance from powering the ball with little wrists and hand movement has shrunk considerably but by practicing your instructions I'm back again moving the ball down the range at a greater distance and straighter with more consistentcy can't wait till the snow melts and back on the course thank you 😊
Just before May 11 this year (2019), I was stuck on an Australian handicap of 14.5 when I happened upon Jonathan's 3 tips for a perfect release. His clear description of the correct hinging of the right wrist was a revelation. In the 11 rounds since, coming into winter, I've had eight rounds under 87, the best 81. I've added 20m to 40m to my drives, the best measured being over 235m. I'm 69 years old. My handicap is now 10.7. I hope you get to read this comment, Jonathan. A big thank you.
I've watched this three times now this week it's so good. I play like this today, but still need to refresh myself with the fundamentals all the time. I wish I had known this 30 years ago because that part about the left shoulder pulling the club up in order to better release the face and add some speed, is something that took me at least TEN years of hitting it very poorly much of the time. I used eye hand coordination as an athlete for so long that is a hit and miss proposition at best. Wonderful break down of the parts of the swing here. Keep up the good work.
Thank you mr. Taylor for better explaining what Hogan first described in his book The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. My copy is underlined and notated with more than 40 years of reading. I appreciate your explanation of the release. Today I felt for the first time lifting the club with my left arm. Your description of “releasing the right arm angles” is spot on. Thank you sir!
I've struggled for a long time with contact, always had a decent swing except through impact. This is absolutely the best and most well described (with detail) video that I have seen on this subject. I feel it's really going to help me get my handicap down to scratch level. Thank you so much. Subscribed simply for and because of this one video.
I agree, very good analysis. Yet, unless you crawl inside Jonathan’s body, obviously impossible, and feel what the body, arms and hands doing comprehension may be lost.
Great explanation .... I went to the range yesterday to try this method .... and oh boy was I hitting the ball straighter and further !!! Again your teaching methods and knowledge are gold !! Thank you
I started holding the lag an it really causing me too shank the ball an hitting behind the ball driving it in ground I was playing in the high 70's now i went up like i never played the game before watching people dont know how to teach
Stop trying to hold the club to create lag, lag is produce by a chain of movements ending with the sinking of the head in the downswing. More coming shortly:)
Thank you for your answer ,it is a good idea to compare with a trebuchet and the need of speed ;that is perhaps my problem i decelerate just before hittind the ball by fear to miss the ball . kind regards
Thank you! This particular video pulls it all together for me with unparalleled clarity and specificity. My folder name for your videos says it all - SwingPhD :)
Francis Kelly yes indeed .... I only watch Jonathan and Danny Maude .....these 2 guys really know how to explain the golf swing ..... try out a couple videos of Danny Maude ... I’m sure you will learn from him as well
One of the best clips I've ever seen regarding golf. I've always thought the release is critical in becoming a good striker of the ball but almost no teachers ever deal with it much less emphasize it. Great lesson. What bothers me to no end is that when you actually hit the ball it was ...let's just say, less than optimal. It was a poor, weak strike of no compression, no divot and no club head hitting AFTER the ball. It's great info, but a less than impressive example. Anyhow, keep up the great work. I'm a three handicap and work on the release concepts all the time. That's when I started to get to be a much better player.
Great Video..This was the video I was looking for...I take practice swings, with relasing my club at bottom of my arc...I listen for the swoosh noise at the bottom, the louder the swoosh the more speed I get....For my swing at the bottom, my head and eyes are fixed at bottom of arc, and I feel the top of my right hand turn over and face up towards the sky, timing my release at impact.....does this sound about right...PS...Always stretch for wrist, hands, before to insure felixability for better releasing....
Great video. I wish I were young again, but at 85 I can only admire a good golf swing. I will try this to see if it helps my flipping at the ball at impact. Thanks
nice bit about the left shoulder, it's not often talked about. Wasn't it Ben Doyle who said get it as far from the ball as possible at impact, you have suggested a good way to do that
Love this video. Is the left shoulder actively pulling the club all the way through impact or has it effectively slowed/stopped and that slings the clubhead into impact.
Hi i'm French, forgive my bad english; your videos are one of the best i've seen and i try to exercise my swing ;i have a question :why i can't realize this mouvement slowly without missing the ball .thank you for your explanations
jean fraysse it is difficult to feel all the move without going full speed. Your arms will drop naturally if you resist with your hips properly. It is complicated, and you have to more or less discover it with practice. But the best way to find it is by focusing on creating shaft lean throughout the swing. Strong core muscles and staying in posture is paramount. Good luck with it. When you get it you get it. Your speed will increase dramatically. Also, think of a trebuchet and how it works. Substitute your arms and body.
Great info, to feel that left shoulder working up and back on the through swing imagine a drunk guy putting his arm around your back and you quickly turn left to fling off his arm...
For me personally, getting to p6, or when the club is Parallel to the ground in the downswing was not the most difficult part. My struggle was reaching the post impact position where both arms are extended. Jonathon points out the need to continue rotating the upper body. My best results are the feeling of extension as the arms decelerate. And for me, that means pointing my chest toward the sky. However you describe it it is about not allowing the left side to break down. If the left side does break down the result is a flip/chicken wing. I wish I had Jonathon’s ability to articulate.
Great swing, great video. Would it fair to say you rotate your shoulders slightly less through impact, and you swing your hands past your body through impact a little bit more than most very good golfers? In no way am I suggesting anything is wrong with your swing, I was just wondering if you agree with me.
Jonathan, as I’m sure you know, the shoulder action you aptly speak on is called “protraction.” There are some golf swing theorists who think protraction was a significant part of Hogan’s fabled secret, and in my study of the golf swing, I agree whole heartedly! Furthermore, I feel that protraction (and depression) of the shoulders is best set intentionally in place at address, and (forgive me for contracting you somewhat) KEPT IN PLACE through out the entirety of the swing. I know that most pros today do not keep the protraction, but I think it’s a dynamic worth experimenting with. Perhaps the most commonly cited dynamic of Hogan’s swing is the way in which his upper arm seemed to be pinned to his torso/upper rib cage. Protracted of the shoulders, which causes the contraction of the serratus anterior muscles, essentially causes this biomechanical “lock down” and basically makes the upper arms and chest into a single unit in which, while still allowing the elbow and wrists to be supple and free. Add in forearm rotation, a great pivot (which you aptly describe here and elsewhere) and voila ... one becomes a ball striking machine! I love your work and discussions!
Kudos for the Video! Forgive me for the intrusion, I would love your opinion. Have you heard the talk about - Paneevelyn Swinging Clubsman (search on google)? It is a smashing one off guide for revealing an effortless golf swing technique without the headache. Ive heard some super things about it and my m8 at very last got great success with it.
Pushing down with your right arm you mentioned? I assumed all these years that the right handed golfer swings with with his left arm (DOMINANT) arm, is there something am missing here?
If you have two arms why not use both:) When we are describing what one body part is doing don't think that everything else is doing nothing. Often one body parts actions are easier to feel because they are more difficult or need more exertion, on top of that everybody's feelings are different.
Personally I think good players load and release the shaft, in fact focusing on swinging/striking with the whole club as we do in other sports has improved my striking tremendously.
quick question - am i correct in thinking that it's the speed of the wrist hinge release which creates the power - assuming at the right moment - or am i completely off track please
The absolute best description ever, Brilliant! Subscribed Unfortunately for you Jonathan, I will be keeping this a secret from my fellow golfers so I can empty their wallets! ; )
Thanks! Finally fixed my release issues! Puring every shot now. You are best instructor on TH-cam in my opinion, I love all your videos.
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the best theoretical explanation I have erver seen for the release ! Thank you.
Hey, this is one of the greatest videos explaining many concepts all at once in ways that are reasonably easy to understand. Thank you.
That is the best explanation of the release I’ve ever heard and seen. I never understood the left shoulder’s role and the connection to keeping ur back towards the target. Brilliant, thank you for turning on that light bulb
I’m not sure if I missed this video the first time around as I have been a subscriber for a while, but I’m at a loss as to how it is possible that there are so many dislikes to this video. This is one of the best explanations I have ever seen for the move and all its parts. Most tubers have a difficult time with this. You mention how some people advocate keeping the back to the target. Rory sometimes advocates using his hips more to go after it. Most people will never understand it but you have explained this phenomenon very well here. It’s more about resistance and release than a visualization of over active hips throughout the downswing. Good job and thanks.
probably the best description you'll find on the net - i'd love some lessons with Jonathan
New TH-cam rule: in order to hit the thumbs down button you have to explain why in the comment section. Not a simple comment such as “because,” but a thoughtful well articulated explanation. After all, someone took the time to plan, execute, and submit a video. You shouldn’t be able to just be a jerk by hitting thumbs down and move on.
I finally found a way forward. Thank you very much
I think these tips were shown very well and in a very simple way for a lay man to understand. Thank you.
Excellent vidéo la meilleure explication sur les 3 phases du downswing bravo et 🤩 🙏
Your video has helped me more than any that I have ever watched. I have heard others talk about keeping the back to the target as long as possible. That confused me! I tried it and failed miserably. Your explanation that in fact it's the left shoulder not the back to the target. I applied that to my swing with amazing results. What a difference. THANK YOU!Ron Piko
Jonathan Taylor is an excellent communicator. By far, the best explanation of key components of the golf swing on you tube. Looking forward to implementing his instruction.
After 50 years of playing golf this video has made it so easy to understand how to swing a golf club and how the wrist and arms work.
Many thanks .
I believe this is one of the most useful video on the down swing. Thank you for posting this clip. You are amazing.
Excellent description! Best I’ve ever heard. Makes so much sense.
One of the most intelligent swing videos I've watched. Also, unlike the majority of golf instruction vids online, you don't waste time with needless repeating chatter. Thank you.
Loved the explanation of how the lead shoulder works. Never heard anyone speak about it before. Very informative from a swing and biomechanic perspective.
Jonathan: This is the best explanation of release that I have seen on the tube. Bracing for impact really does work. I tried it out on my own swing and had immediate results. Thank you.
Excellent explanation Jonathan I've been watching your videos for the past 2 weeks carefully on the hands wrists and arms movement and putting them into action at 77yrs old my distance from powering the ball with little wrists and hand movement has shrunk considerably but by practicing your instructions I'm back again moving the ball down the range at a greater distance and straighter with more consistentcy can't wait till the snow melts and back on the course thank you 😊
Hands down, no pun intended, the best golf instruction on the internet!
Just before May 11 this year (2019), I was stuck on an Australian handicap of 14.5 when I happened upon Jonathan's 3 tips for a perfect release. His clear description of the correct hinging of the right wrist was a revelation. In the 11 rounds since, coming into winter, I've had eight rounds under 87, the best 81. I've added 20m to 40m to my drives, the best measured being over 235m. I'm 69 years old. My handicap is now 10.7. I hope you get to read this comment, Jonathan. A big thank you.
Brilliantly explained. Thank you Jonathan
the best lecture ever i have watched on releasing.
This is really helpful. I tend to flip my wrist so this should help try and control that a lil bit 😅
Mr. Taylor is one of my favorite thinkers in the game. Always insightful and much appreciated.
I've watched this three times now this week it's so good. I play like this today, but still need to refresh myself with the fundamentals all the time. I wish I had known this 30 years ago because that part about the left shoulder pulling the club up in order to better release the face and add some speed, is something that took me at least TEN years of hitting it very poorly much of the time. I used eye hand coordination as an athlete for so long that is a hit and miss proposition at best. Wonderful break down of the parts of the swing here. Keep up the good work.
Brilliant description as always. Thank you Jonathon....you are the Best!
Thank you mr. Taylor for better explaining what Hogan first described in his book The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. My copy is underlined and notated with more than 40 years of reading. I appreciate your explanation of the release. Today I felt for the first time lifting the club with my left arm. Your description of “releasing the right arm angles” is spot on. Thank you sir!
I've struggled for a long time with contact, always had a decent swing except through impact. This is absolutely the best and most well described (with detail) video that I have seen on this subject. I feel it's really going to help me get my handicap down to scratch level. Thank you so much. Subscribed simply for and because of this one video.
Hi Matthew. How did this work for you? i have the same problem.
Hows it going??!
Best instruction of any video I've seen. Thankyou.
Excellent explanation
Great explanation. Best I've heard in 4 yrs of playing golf.
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Absolutely stellar analysis and description of the release, and comprehendable too, fantastic!
I agree, very good analysis. Yet, unless you crawl inside Jonathan’s body, obviously impossible, and feel what the body, arms and hands doing comprehension may be lost.
Great explanation .... I went to the range yesterday to try this method .... and oh boy was I hitting the ball straighter and further !!! Again your teaching methods and knowledge are gold !! Thank you
Great explanation! I was always confused about how to release the club. The fact that the wrists release automatically if your rotation is correct.
Bracing the left side and the importance of the left shoulder (or the feeling of keeping your back to the target) are little nuggets of golfing gold.
thats right i understand what you saying I been enjoying your videos...Not many people understands how to be a teacher you really good at this
I started holding the lag an it really causing me too shank the ball an hitting behind the ball driving it in ground I was playing in the high 70's now i went up like i never played the game before watching people dont know how to teach
Stop trying to hold the club to create lag, lag is produce by a chain of movements ending with the sinking of the head in the downswing. More coming shortly:)
Best discription, I ever heard for 3 years when I have played seriously. Many thanks from Seoul!
Very impressive explanation on the release , really enjoyed , time to try the timing thing , great job, Rick
Rick Joslin the only thing that upsets me is not being able to practice these techniques fashionably 😂
Thank you for your answer ,it is a good idea to compare with a trebuchet and the need of speed ;that is perhaps my problem i decelerate just before hittind the ball by fear to miss the ball . kind regards
Best explanation ever.....USGTF Teaching Professional.
Thanks....
Excellent instruction. Thank You for Sharing your knowledge.
That was as good a go at explaining the upper body's role in the golf swing that I've heard for a while.
Great lesson. That's what Jack said also
Great video👍🏽! I’ve always thought that I am dropping my arms down and around. The release position.
Thank you! This particular video pulls it all together for me with unparalleled clarity and specificity. My folder name for your videos says it all - SwingPhD :)
You illustrate it well...welldone
Simple brilliant explanation.
Ok, This video actually explains it right for me. Thank You!
Excellent lesson
Excellent Video. I Think that the best I have seen.
Great lesson, Jonathan!
Jonathan explains things beautifully.
Francis Kelly yes indeed .... I only watch Jonathan and Danny Maude .....these 2 guys really know how to explain the golf swing ..... try out a couple videos of Danny Maude ... I’m sure you will learn from him as well
One of the best clips I've ever seen regarding golf. I've always thought the release is critical in becoming a good striker of the ball but almost no teachers ever deal with it much less emphasize it. Great lesson. What bothers me to no end is that when you actually hit the ball it was ...let's just say, less than optimal. It was a poor, weak strike of no compression, no divot and no club head hitting AFTER the ball. It's great info, but a less than impressive example. Anyhow, keep up the great work. I'm a three handicap and work on the release concepts all the time. That's when I started to get to be a much better player.
I’ve seen them all but I’m afraid your the best lol., I’m 72 and learnt more in an hour than 50 years of struggling.
Great Video..This was the video I was looking for...I take practice swings, with relasing my club at bottom of my arc...I listen for the swoosh noise at the bottom, the louder the swoosh the more speed I get....For my swing at the bottom, my head and eyes are fixed at bottom of arc, and I feel the top of my right hand turn over and face up towards the sky, timing my release at impact.....does this sound about right...PS...Always stretch for wrist, hands, before to insure felixability for better releasing....
Great video. I wish I were young again, but at 85 I can only admire a good golf swing. I will try this to see if it helps my flipping at the ball at impact. Thanks
quite good
Great teaching! Where are you located and wondering if you give face to face instructions?
Munich, Germany if you are passing give me a call:)
nice bit about the left shoulder, it's not often talked about. Wasn't it Ben Doyle who said get it as far from the ball as possible at impact, you have suggested a good way to do that
Superb!!! Great explanation....thank you
Great explanation...THANK YOU!
Your technicality is amazing. Is there a specific drill you would recommend for feeling this instruction?
Love your instruction it is so sincere
Great explanation!
Great video.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention how and when the left shoulder returns to it's original position.
Well done, Jonathan.
I was thinking exactly that too.
Fullkornsglass
How. To. Change. A. Spotlight. Bulb
Yes I agree. I hadn’t heard anyone mention that before but it makes perfect sense. Good Show Jonathan.
Pay very close attention to Taylor’s descriptions in this video. Spot on.
Great great great explanation!
Love this video. Is the left shoulder actively pulling the club all the way through impact or has it effectively slowed/stopped and that slings the clubhead into impact.
Hi i'm French, forgive my bad english; your videos are one of the best i've seen and i try to exercise my swing ;i have a question :why i can't realize this mouvement slowly without missing the ball .thank you for your explanations
jean fraysse it is difficult to feel all the move without going full speed. Your arms will drop naturally if you resist with your hips properly. It is complicated, and you have to more or less discover it with practice. But the best way to find it is by focusing on creating shaft lean throughout the swing. Strong core muscles and staying in posture is paramount. Good luck with it. When you get it you get it. Your speed will increase dramatically. Also, think of a trebuchet and how it works. Substitute your arms and body.
Brilliant
Best explanation ever, thx
Great info, to feel that left shoulder working up and back on the through swing imagine a drunk guy putting his arm around your back and you quickly turn left to fling off his arm...
Could you show us your hands at impact?
Really great !
Awesome video, Jonathan!
How do you time your release or the crossover? Do you try to time it or happens naturally?
One of the best videos i've seen on youtube!
Brilliant!
For me personally, getting to p6, or when the club is Parallel to the ground in the downswing was not the most difficult part. My struggle was reaching the post impact position where both arms are extended. Jonathon points out the need to continue rotating the upper body. My best results are the feeling of extension as the arms decelerate. And for me, that means pointing my chest toward the sky. However you describe it it is about not allowing the left side to break down. If the left side does break down the result is a flip/chicken wing. I wish I had Jonathon’s ability to articulate.
Fantastic. Many thanks.
Very clear. Thanks.
Engelbert Humperdinck, nice, San Jose State’s women’s coach, Mark Gale, used to sing that to help remind students to release the club.
A lot of this would depend on grip pressure...?
great video.cheers mate
it really is the turn of hips that creates angle, I think too many people quit the turn and lose angle
That was good
You are brilliant... I was on the brink of giving up golf for good. Your pdf and videos changed everything. I am so very grateful. Thank you
Isn't the deceleration of the hands is a direct reaction to the acceleration of the club head?
well said !!
Great swing, great video. Would it fair to say you rotate your shoulders slightly less through impact, and you swing your hands past your body through impact a little bit more than most very good golfers? In no way am I suggesting anything is wrong with your swing, I was just wondering if you agree with me.
How about if your hands or just outside thigh at p6 but ahead at impact? What could be the issue? Love your videos.
I don't understand the question, could you have another try please.
Jonathan, as I’m sure you know, the shoulder action you aptly speak on is called “protraction.” There are some golf swing theorists who think protraction was a significant part of Hogan’s fabled secret, and in my study of the golf swing, I agree whole heartedly! Furthermore, I feel that protraction (and depression) of the shoulders is best set intentionally in place at address, and (forgive me for contracting you somewhat) KEPT IN PLACE through out the entirety of the swing. I know that most pros today do not keep the protraction, but I think it’s a dynamic worth experimenting with. Perhaps the most commonly cited dynamic of Hogan’s swing is the way in which his upper arm seemed to be pinned to his torso/upper rib cage. Protracted of the shoulders, which causes the contraction of the serratus anterior muscles, essentially causes this biomechanical “lock down” and basically makes the upper arms and chest into a single unit in which, while still allowing the elbow and wrists to be supple and free. Add in forearm rotation, a great pivot (which you aptly describe here and elsewhere) and voila ... one becomes a ball striking machine!
I love your work and discussions!
Kudos for the Video! Forgive me for the intrusion, I would love your opinion. Have you heard the talk about - Paneevelyn Swinging Clubsman (search on google)? It is a smashing one off guide for revealing an effortless golf swing technique without the headache. Ive heard some super things about it and my m8 at very last got great success with it.
Pushing down with your right arm you mentioned? I assumed all these years that the right handed golfer swings with with his left arm (DOMINANT) arm, is there something am missing here?
If you have two arms why not use both:) When we are describing what one body part is doing don't think that everything else is doing nothing. Often one body parts actions are easier to feel because they are more difficult or need more exertion, on top of that everybody's feelings are different.
Ben Hogan said he wished he had two right hands.
Personally I think good players load and release the shaft, in fact focusing on swinging/striking with the whole club as we do in other sports has improved my striking tremendously.
quick question - am i correct in thinking that it's the speed of the wrist hinge release which creates the power - assuming at the right moment - or am i completely off track please
Anybody after 3:00 just watching the two in the background! 😁
Guys I'm filming here!
If the club is going up wouldn't you hit it thin
I struggle with not taking a divot. Especially with mid irons
I pick the ball, most of the time
pull and flip swing style.
you used to have a DVD Swing Simply for sale...do you have that DVD or maybe download link for purchase here in the U.S.?
Sorry, just the youtube now:)
The absolute best description ever, Brilliant! Subscribed
Unfortunately for you Jonathan, I will be keeping this a secret from my fellow golfers so I can empty their wallets! ; )
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