Master the VERTICAL DROP - Have more DOWN in the DOWNSWING
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- Welcome to the WBGA TH-cam channel.
I really appreciate you taking the time out and stopping by, I know everyone’s time is limited, so thank you so much.
One of the tricky areas of the swing, transition. What you’re looking for is a down in the downswing. This drill will help you achieve this and give you the feelings too.
Watching, liking and even sharing is amazing, but if you’d like to go the extra yards by becoming a member of the academy, this would help me a great deal in keeping the wheels turning and getting me on the mat.
Have a great week.
Many thanks
Warren
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Very good instruction here !
Way better than the lesson I just got the other day. lol
Hi Chris thanks very much for getting in contact and leaving your feedback.
Appreciate your comment
Warren
Years ago, I remember seeing David Toms, an American professional, tuck the sleeve of his golf shirt into his lead armpit and keeping it there as he swung the club. Feeling that bit of pressure has helped me get that “Justin Rose” feeling of the lead arm sliding down my chest.
Love the dog having fun in the background.
Thanks Jack
This is the best instructional video I have ever watched… and I have watched hundreds.
(Larry San Diego) I just came across your "Vertical Drop" video and it was a real eye opener for someone who is best described for over 25 years as a "Over The Topper" golfer who has been stuck in the low 90's for years. I do have time being retired to do your suggested drill and I am hoping it helps my early extension as well
Thanks, Warren
Great video. I'm 72 and have been struggling with my swing for 10 years at least. This one lesson has had the greatest positive impact on my swing than any other I've watched. Swinging over the top and releasing my wrist to early have plagued my swing. Although I might hit a few good ones in a row, a really bad shot would soon follow. This lesson has helped with my consistency and power and also is a lot less stressful on my body. Thanks again.
You just blew my mind! This was the missing part of my swing. Now my arms and body feel connected for a more consistent swing plane! Thank you from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina!
Warren completely saved my golf game! He's giving pearls nobody else talked about
Thank you for your message and South Carolina sounds very very appealing atm!!
Sending you my best
Warren
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Super lesson Warren ! This concept of vertical downswing is the best idea I never had before.
Thank you for taking the time to message and to give your feedback. Very much appreciated.
Kind regards
Warren
The Bob Ross of golf. Nice
Can’t get a bigger compliment than that! 🎨
Best coach on TH-cam!! Easy to understand
Wow Nick thank you so much, very kind of you to say so, I’m just glad and happy I can be of some help.
Wishing you well
Warren
64 yrs old, 4 index. So happy to find your channel and enjoy the way you teach the feeling of the swing rather than just technical p4, p6, etc positions. Unfortunately, I grew up where the "reverse C" was the picture-perfect swing. Also, being taught that the hands must absolutely be the last thing to move on the downswing. This video isn't the first I've seen on the vertical drop, but certainly one of the best. Especially the part about doing it in slow motion... it can be hard to train that.
I've had a bit more than over the top- it's more like HIT from the top, like I can't wait to hit the ball. But if I can wait for the hands to come down a bit before I rotate, the results are fantastic. Just takes quite a few reps to train and feel that motion, as you said. Thanks so much for devoting your time sharing your knowledge about the swing, it's so much appreciated. I'm looking forward to catching up on your past ones that I've missed and seeing the new ones I hope you keep posting.
Great drill Warren. Thanks for your time.
Love the Detroit Tigers hat! 😅
After watching videos of my swing I noticed that the first move in transition was a slight forward movement (towards the ball) of my right shoulder, causing the club to become more vertical and creating an out to in swing path. To avoid that initial move I just started dropping/lowering my arms in transition. Instant cure. Watching your video has now solidified my thinking. My ball flight has turned from a fade to a consistent draw. Great video! I’m now a subscriber to your channel.
Thanks for this message and well done to you, it’s so great to know as golfers that we have a solution eh? Takes all the stress and pressure away as if we fall into the bad habit again, we have a way to cure it.
I wish you well going forward
Warrem
The best explanation I’ve seen on you tube ever
Thank you so much David 🙏
I don’t mind the waffling…just enjoy your teaching and watching your swing. Great lesson!
Thanks Warren…and Trev.
Thank you so much for your support 👍
I’ve watched similar videos on this routine and they were game changing. The subtle difference with this video is the slowing motion practice…absolutely excellent
Thanks for your message Martin, appreciate your feedback and wish you well.
Warren
You are super amazing ❤. This drill made visible change in strike and feeling of swing is awesome and zero stress .. Thanks a ton sir … you are doing a selfless service by being genuine and sincere to your passion ❤
Thank you for your kind words and taking the time out to message and to share your feedback. I’m glad it has helped you.
Many thanks
Warren
YES, Warren doesn’t Rush the Exercises! Makes them MUCH easier to follow& hopefully apply inside on my mat👍
Thank you very much for your not only watching but also taking the time out to send me your message and feedback, it is very much appreciated.
Many thanks
Warren
A great drill and what is really noticeable is the tight cluster of golf balls on the ground in the net which demonstrates your consistency. Thanks.
Thanks wish they are like that on a range!
Many thanks
Warren
You have certainly described my swing issues! I have tried this "drop down" exercise before but the tendency to swing out and over the top always comes back. I video my practice and I can't tell you how many times my first couple of swings at the range looked and felt good, but then the remaining 90% of the session was the "old" swing. I'd go home thinking that I'd made good progress, but when I watched the video it was the same old story. I'm going to take your advice and do the SLOW drill for the entire practice and see if it really can become "muscle memory". Thanks for the encouragement!!
Hi Don, thanks very much for your message and I understand your frustration of probably what you’re feeling and what you’re actually seeing are two different things, that can be very hard sometimes. Having an over the top full is one of the hardest moves to cure as you’re dealing with an area of the swing like I say in many of the videos, that’s putting the most pressure on the shaft and the clubhead so putting more down in the downswing is always going to be more difficult than say, changing a backswinging where there’s no speed and pressures on it or much less anyway.
I really do encourage you to really do slow motion swings, even if you hit the ball 20 yards, and then work your speeds up to say six or 7 out of 10 and see any differences there. Then you can build the swing through repetition is the key. The good and bad news is an over the top swinging is not something that you can completely change overnight due to what I mentioned earlier in the message, it’s something that must come in slower increments and other areas of the swing. There are other factors like the backswing that helps it too..
I wish you well in your journey and if you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to buzz them over to me.
Kind regards
Warren
Glad to hear you mention Rosie! The best explanation I've ever seen. Moe Norman said this was the secret to his swing. Hope all is well your way!
Hi Jesse, good to hear from you. Yes all well thanks hope you are too, and thanks for the continued support. If it’s good enough for Rosie it’s good enough for most I say! 🌹
So well explaining what to do instead of focusing on what not to do. You repeating makes it understanding how to swing properly and how to practice.!
Thanks Warren
Hi Kristin, many thanks for taking the time out to message and appreciate the support.
Regards
Warren
Das Video kommt wie gerufen, an dem Senken der Hände arbeite ich jetzt seit einigen Wochen. Das bringt mich weiter. Danke!
Glad to be of some help to you. Thank you for letting me know.
Much appreciated.
Warren
I've been working on the "vertical drop" sort of 'on my own'. Your lesson clarifies my efforts! Thank you very much for posting!!!
Thank you very much for watching and commenting Maurice, much appreciated.
Wishing you well in your golfing journey.
Warren
Thanks Warren - that looks great; I'll get started on it.
Thanks Steve appreciate the message and feedback
Warren
Thanks for the amazing video. The drill to get the arms to drop is excellent to build memory. But even more helpful for me is to turn the hips afterwards! Concentrating on turning on the backswing and downswing created severe faults in my swing.
Hi Robert, many thanks for your message, yes a lot of problems in golfers can happen before impact and I’m an advocate of matching the club up to impact and then a pivot/twist happens post impact to support the release.
Wishing you well
Warren
Hi Warren,
Another great video thanks. I’ve never thought you waffle.
Thanks Ian 👍
I discovered your channel in the wee hrs this morning! Wow! What an exceptional discovery! Love your teaching method, drills and explanations. I feel confident I will be a "regular" from now on!
Thank you so much Phil, appreciate you taking the time out to message, and lovely to hear you will be stopping by the channel, hope to be of some use.
Kind regards
Warren
Cheers Warren, I need to get on my mat and net at home again and work on drills. I have been going to the range a lot more over the last couple of weeks and I feel I’ve got control over a few areas but the connection with arms and body needs some more work. Better get back to drills at home! I do love your drill halfway back in backswing to halfway through on follow through, and keeping head down. That’s really helped me keep my right elbow tighter to body in downswing and generally keeping width in my swing, that’s a real doozie of a drill! Cheers mate
Thanks for you message, it’s never a bad thing to get away from drills from time to time, you’ve got the most important bit right, you have the awareness to get back and know what works for you. In Tuesday’s video ‘Game Changer’ I talk about that drill 👍
Many thanks
Warren
@ look forward to it!
Thank you. This is wonderful! This drill is just what this "Over the Topper" needed and looking forward to practicing. Thanks again from St. Louis, Missouri.
Thanks for your message and wishing you well with the move. Have a soft spot for St Louis as my dad played for the soccer team in the 70’s. I remember it being very very hot in the summer.
Regards
Warren
@ The St. Louis Stars! Yes, a very humid hot at that.
That’s right, we still have his shirt he wore and framed it this year for his funeral.
@@warrenbennettgolfacademy That's a nice remembrance. I'm sorry for your loss.
This was a great lesson Warren. Thank you. I could watch your smooth, easy swing all day.
Cheers Tom many thanks
Warren
Haha nailed it. The pump just ends up going over the top if you’re not careful.
Hi Keith,
I totally agree with you. It can very easily be done wrong and I’ve seen many golfers do the pump drill with the over-the-top move, so if that’s you or if someone’s reading this, like I said in the video be very careful to not start fishing your hands and club outside.
Many thanks for taking the time to watch and to leave your feedback. It is very much appreciated.
Kind regards and wishing you well
Warren
Thanks! Great explanation!
Wow, THANK YOU SO MUCH this is SO kind of you. Sending my best.
Warren
Great video woz
This concept is something I have really struggled with and got me to the point of giving up the game, look great to the top of the backswing but falls apart at the transition (too handsy, hitting at the ball, no consistency). Thankyou for the clear explanation I have searched relentlessly on the internet for a solution to remedy it and this is the best I have found.
Hi Gary,
Thanks very much for taking the time to view the video and send in your message. I hope it’s something that can really help you and any questions you need answering. Please let me know and I’ll be more than happy to answer them as best as I can for you.
Many thanks
Warren
Hhooohh yess!!
😊 loved the content. Thanks for sharing the finer details
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and to message, it is very much appreciated.
Kind regards
Warren
What a great lesson. Exactly what I need. And I love how you throw in aspects of awareness and mindfulness into your exercises!
Thanks for your message, think it’s an important aspect to golf 🙏👍
The Bob Ross of golf instruction ❤
Wish I had his hair and to carry a squirrel around in my pocket would be quite cool 🐿️
Today was probably a “Warren Bennett swing day” for me. This drill transfers easily onto the golf course. I hardly left the fairway today. 2under my hcp so came in 5 over the golf course. All without feeling I was breaking a sweat in wintry conditions. Thank you sir!!
-Charles
Wow Charles, that’s amazing to hear well done, glad to be of some help, and chuffed to hear.
Thank you for your support of me on the channel, very much appreciated.
Warren
A perfect swing & release alpha on this vid ✅
Outstanding lesson Warren. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much 🙏👍
Thanks, Warren. I just returned from the driving range using those tips you gave. I see results and something to focus on when targeting our body movement and timing. Indeed it is so true ... "Repetition is the mother of skill!"
Warren Super Video!!! from Newport News, Virginia U.S --- simple golf instruction I will work on this drill during the winter months.
Thank you and great to know you’re in Virginia, have some motorbike friends who have ridden there.
Wishing you well for this side of the pond 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Just subscribed. I knew I had to drop it but couldn’t figure how. The way you taught this lesson made everything make sense!
Thank you for the follow and glad to he,p in any way.
Kind regards
Warren
I love your dog.
Thank you 👍🐾
Can't tell you how much your pateint description of this previously elusive part of the swing began to resonate with me. One important thing, though...I noticed that your kept your back facing the target while you dropped your hands and arms down to the trail pocket. It wasn't until I incoporated this that I began to have some good results.
Your action is just like Ernie els and who wouldn’t want to swing like Ernie. Great drill. C Robbers PGA TEACHING PROFESSIONAL
Thank you so much, to name drop Seve actually came up,to me on the range at Wentworth and said the same thing! That’s unfortunately where the similarities, if there is one end!
Appreciate you taking the time to message me.
Regards
Warren
Too many golfers have taken the game up late in life and 99% of them want to hit the ball longer. I try to tell them it’s not how hard you swing it’s how good you swing! The woods are full of long hitters!
Great video, very well explained. I'm looking forward to trying this out as I have a tendency to come over the top.
Hi Lloyd, many thanks for taking the time out to message and leave your feedback, it is very much appreciated.
Wishing you well.
Warren
Thank you for taking your time with this video. I loved it
Cheers Jay 👍
Superb instruction- just brilliant thanks
Great drill. The process reminds me of Ron del Barrio’s swing YT lessons: “thumbs up - drop & turn”. I recite it through the swing - helps both in the swing process and to keep relaxed.
Hi Daniel, thanks for your message and the reference.
Wishing you well
Warren
I just love that! I struggle with over the top
Many thanks 🙏
Thanks and I will add this to my practice guide. Much appreciated from Austin , Texas
Thanks Thomas, great to hear you’re in Texas, wishing we had your weather here in the Uk!
Regards
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Enlightening, thank you.
Thank you Robin, appreciate you taking the time to message me and watch the video.
Many thanks
Warren
Tack!
THANK TOU VERY VERY MUCH. This is so kind of you 🙏
I've been working very hard on take away, position at the top, etc. Very much looking forward to tomorrow's video practice. My over the top is only, maybe four inches but I notice my left arm is nowhere near pinned to my chest....which probably leads to a consistent chicken wing....even as a 9 handicap. Aim for the pocket, arm pinned to the chest.....and don't try so darn hard. That is my goal tomorrow. Thanks....from a Tiger baseball fan in Michigan.
Hi, thanks very much for your message and great to hear from you, and great to know that you’re listening and watching from Michigan, pretty cold I’m guessing that there? Really hope you’ve been able to get that left arm closer to your chest and please let me know how you’ve gotten on or getting on.
Sending my best
Warren
What a great training drill exactly what i need to practice
Cheers Wayne, wishing you well
Warren
I would love to see the two types of releases combined with this!
Hi Josh, many thanks for your message and I will go into a little bit more detail on a future video hopefully very soon regarding these releases as I know I did skim over the surface of them on this video.
Many thanks for the suggestion
Kind regards
Warren
Thanks!
Oh WOW, thank you SO MUCH. This is so kind of you and very very much appreciated.
Kind regards
Warren
Excellent video!
Cheers Andy, appreciate you taking the time out to watch and to leave your feedback too.
Warren
I seen the Detroit Tiger hat and I was like that boy knows what it's doing
I love it too ⚾️
This is the best
Thanks for the video, i needed this refresher
My pleasure and I wish you well.
Warren
This so good. TY.
Great video, I've seen a video where Justin Rose does this exact drill. Have subscribed 😊
Hi Paul, thanks for taking the time to watch and also to send me a message. Really appreciate the support.
Regards
Warren
Another awesome video Warren. Really love the slow move transition and extending and turning (getting speed). Hope all is well
Cheers Dan, still avoiding the snow I see! Loving the course videos, I’m phoneless so catching up as and when I can atm. Have a great week my friend 🇨🇦👍🇬🇧
@ yeah I love making the videos, we are into our last two weeks of work before the Christmas vacation, we stripped one of the tea decks and that’s gonna be a big job with only a couple staff left on hand
I’m really excited for next year, I am going to buy one of those selfie sticks for my golfing videos and my buddy Dave is going to come out with his drone and we are going to try and ramp it up a notch, I’d love to talk sometime about how you do your video production because I’d love to learn how to get it a little bit better
Really sorry to hear about your phone, I went to a friend of mine 70th birthday last night and oh my goodness didn’t I run out of data on my phone 😂. 5 days left til the reset for the phone for next month
Take care and talk soon
Hi Dan, it’s definitely not Spielberg stuff I assure you, maybe we can arrange a face time or zoom call etc to have a chat and just chew the fat etc? Or do you think I should do a TH-cam live and just answer some comments? Maybe whilst I’m practicing.
Yeah phones a bummer, only a few things I miss, mainly connection with YT comments etc.
Saw the reno on the tee looks great but I’m sure a lot of work!
Take care 🇬🇧🐾🇨🇦
@@warrenbennettgolfacademy Lots of work.. we are down to a crew of 4 with the cold and frost settling in... it will indeed play awesome next season though. I'll be in touch. Hope your days great warren. Talk soon
Love how all his shots are collecting in the same spot
I've tried this vertical drop exercise drill from other coaches on Y-T, but all I manage to do is consistently have toe strikes. I hope your drill makes a difference.
This can happen Dennis, two things really.
1. Do you need to do it? Being too inside coming in to the ball will give you toe strikes.
2. If you do need to work on being more inside because you’ve been say too OTT, you may need to feel your hands and club releasing away from you, feeling of hitting right. Because if you’re steep and out coming down, you’re probably used to cutting across the ball and if you do that release from this drill position, you’re probably used will always toe strike it.
Hard to k ow for sure but hope that can help.
Warren
Warren it’s 23 degrees F and snowing outside a desert island sounds great right!
Another winter hit into the net drill to be added. Thank you.
Also agree the indoor ranges get pricy. Besides I’m looking more for positions in the swing not ball flight during the off season.
Good stuff...thanks for posting.
Steven fron Ohio
Hi Steven. Thanks for your feedback and great to hear you’re in Ohio. Pretty cold up there I’m guessing!
Thanks I needed this lesson !!
Thanks for watching 👍
Sweet swing
Good drill.
Thank you for letting me know and good luck 👍
Simple and effective
Cheers Mike I appreciate that.
Many thanks
Warren
Great drill
Do you have a video that shows the movement in the lead wrist in the downswing and release? ... Love your videos...best I've seen anywhere!!!
Hi and thanks very much for your message and I really appreciate your support of me on the channel and I apologise for the late response to your message, I seem to have lost or not picked up a number of messages a couple of weeks ago. Maybe the video regarding release like this may help you?
Many thanks and wish you happy and healthy 2025
Warren
The vertical drop and the horizontal tug.
That’s the one ‘ the magic move’ 👌
Love it
Thank you Alan
I have been watching your videos on an off for a while, and you have been so admit about shallowing. Laying the club down was the reason you started the academy. Now you are teaching this? What should a person be trying to achieve for a neutral swing that doesn't have to many extremes? This hand drop from the inside swing or hands out shallow swing.
Hi Nathan, thanks for the good question. I would always favour the hands out/shallow move, but in my experience this is more for the elite golfer, or/and it needs quite a lot of continued practice. So when I do these videos I always say it’s an elite move.
For the club golfer and especially the one that is over the top and steep, I always favour for this drill, much more user friendly and easier to grasp.
Hope that makes sense and answers your question.
Regards
Warren
@ thank you. That helps. So lowering the hand also rotates the clubface square for impact? Trying to understand what squares the face. I went down the TH-cam rabbit hole and now I’m all confused. Any video you can point me to would be greatly appreciated.
You should watch his latest video where he suggests taking the forefinger and thumb off the handle…. He mentions the shallowing affect and other positive things. 😊
It's like David Attenborough's son doing golf lessons.
Now that has made me chuckle!
Exactly what I’m working on atm. I’m very upper body dominant which often causes OTT swings. When I get this right on the course it’s money
Wishing you well and thanks for you for watching and messaging.
Regards
Warren
Hi Warren I had a game of golf today and I really done well and I’m so pleased with this video as it showed me how to manoeuvre the club back to the ball with the vertical drop. and not holding the club at 8 out of 10 like the pro at my club told me,I took on board what you said and held it at about 4 out of 10 and I came first out of 29 in a competition,thank you 👏👏👍🏌🏿♂️
Hi Richard, wow thank you for letting me know and well done in your performance. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know and wishing you continued good play.
Kind regards
Warren
Great stuff, again. Perhaps that clip of Moe Norman saying, when asked the most important thing of his swing, he said without hesitation: "the vertical drop"....could be added/ inserted? Be great to see how he exaggerates the position so increasing the feeling of ,"greatness"...!😂😊
Hi Pete, yes love that bit of film too, I may do another film on Mo 👍
Thinking about golf when you have the snowblower going can be dangerous 😁.🇨🇦
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Great drill. Did you say don’t practice this drill with longer clubs? If so, is there a reason?
Hi there, you definitely can do it with longer clubs but I feel the instinct is too strong sometimes when doing it with say a 5i or driver, to try and hit it too hard and do too big a pump, because the golfer feels they have to create more speed to get the ball in the air. Hence more loft. If you can avoid these pitfalls, by all means it’s very beneficial for all clubs.
I hope this helps
Warren
Great Drill .
Would it be same process for Wedge and Driver ?
Hi Darren, definitely yes for a driver, you can layer this for a wedge but can definitely get away with a steeper plane for a wedge.
Good luck
Warren
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just started watching your videos and they are very good but a bit too long!! maybe 10 mins max but keep them coming
Hi Paul, thanks for the message and the follow. Yeah I k ow what you mean, still trying to master that one! The waffle meter can go high sometimes! But on the other side of the coin, things and especially the golf swing isn’t as easy as just change or do that, there’s always consequences behind the action and where it can lead to etc. so I try and cover those eventualities too. But I am aware of trying to not repeat or go on but that is a bit of my personality.
Thanks very much Paul
Warren
Warren the concept of "pressure" coming down you and also Cowan have revealed is very fasinating. I have been pondering the true meaning of this "pressure". Can you help us clearly understand it?
Hi Carl, it will be a very long message to explain the concept. A very skimmed explanation is it’s a combination of movements of the legs, torso, and arms/hands that pressurises the club. It’s all a combination, but this drill shows how the arms help with this pressure, but doesn’t explain the movements of the torso and legs. I have a video coming out in a couple of weeks explaining a little more on this.
Thanks for your message
Warren
Repetition in the mother of skill 🤣😂👌
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Wow
By moving your lower body, arms will auto droppredd then turn snd release.
Hi Gary, yes I agree, the shifting definitely is one of the influences behind the drop down move of the arms and club, as explained in previous videos, especially the recent one, Shift & Separate. This is a drill to give the the arms and club a big reminder to behave as sometimes, if the OOT move is extreme, it needs a big nudge.
Many thanks
Warren
dont worry about the chatter , vids are perfect mix and pace , for me anyway
Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated 🙏
What club are you useing please because I have a net in my shed.thank you great video you explain it very well and easy to understand.
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Great video Warren but can you tell me where your net is from please ? Looks perfect for garden ( UK)
Hi Max, I’ll find you the link and send it to you.
Cheers
Warren
Hi warren I keep watching this video it is so good,my club slips and turns do you think I am holding it to loose about 3or4 out of 10 I slice the ball that is why I like this video,thank you so much 👍🏌🏿♂️
Hi Richard, it could be grip pressure, it may be caused by off centred strikes, toe strikes being one of the main causes for club head twisting at impact. If you’re a slicer that can happen as the club cuts across the ball, so hopefully this drill can help. You can check club face strikes by spraying on impact spray or even if you slightly dampen the face, do this only on a range though.
Hope this helps and wishing you well.
Warren
Thanks for this tip but when do we shift to our lead foot in the downswing..before or after dropping the arms?
I would encourage before, the shifting is always the steering wheel behind the drop, but golfers who have swung it OTT for a while or it’s quite exaggerate, this is a specific drill to train the arms the correct move.
Many thanks
Warren