Big fan mark I’m off 5 hit a draw I hit my driver 80% power find every fairway yes really boring goes 240 but when I try stepping on one I hit the ground a foot from the ball it’s coming in from a great angle I’d love to fix this but it’s not the end of the world thanks Shaun
Yeah completely agree. Although some channels may title their video's the same I have found that none of them go Into depth with the pro's and con's of a swing adjustment and some of the pitfalls to look out for.
There's really one main lesson we need to learn to get better at this game as fast as possible and that's that we aren't our own best teacher. I feel like I'm getting close to the next step and getting to scratch golf. And I know, if I want to get there before I die of old age, it's time to get more lessons. And Mark, your lesson today seems particularly timely. I played 27 holes today and the main swing thought I was using was keep the face closed on the take away. I was trying to hit a lot of stingers today but right now I'm thinking I should be using that swing thought more often. I tend to open the face up on the take away with my normal swing. I'm enamored with the tall ball flights I'm getting. But it does tend to lend a bit of chance to getting it back closed at impact. And today while just having fun I noticed my dispersion even with lots of cross breeze was better. I guess it could be just a good day. But I'd say that after years of watching your video's, Peter Finch's, Matt's, and even the Golf Mates and the Good Good guys and many others, I've learned how to turn better, my posture over the ball has improved, I'm using the ground better which has gotten me some of the distance back that age had taken and basically given me a better game in most every aspect. And I just want you to know, I'm grateful.
Really enjoying your instructional/drill videos! I'm getting back into golf after 20+ year (A combination of life, other hobbies and work) and your helping me feel more confident as I do so. Thanks!
#1 fix is what I've focused on to start the season....so much better thru impact so far! I was always a "fan it open" swinger. Now I focus on that takeaway and I'm squaring it much easier. Cheers!
Watching you swing keeping too much weight on your left side was a light bulb moment for me. I had tried ( with some success) the stack & tilt method before realising it was straining my left knee. I couldn’t feel why I was not striking the ball properly when going back to what I thought was a conventional swing until I saw you demonstrate it. Thank you so much Mark .
Great video Mark. Many thanks. I am working on loosening up my wrists to try to get more club speed - I can do it on my practice swing but I tense up when I have a ball in front of me and my wrists remain a bit too fixed.
Cheers Mark great video. I like to fan the club open causing thins hooks and occasional push hopefully this will help have to experiment and get more lessons !!!!
Mark, great video. I’ve been playing with a lot of different backswing, takeaway and delivery ideas to vary shot heights, directions, etc... I’m learning a ton and this video helps to calibrate my thinking and confirm some things that I’ve learned. Cheers!
Really good video. I think the takeaway is so important .. I feel that when I'm hitting the groove on takeaway I'm invariably hitting good shots. So much in here to help work it out. Thanks.
Working on takeaway just now, getting the hips more involved in the turn (to be less 'armsy and handsy') and trying to not rotate the hands to add loft as you suggest. Useful video!
Thanks for the video. Currently working on my takeaway as my first lesson the other week was aimed at this, due to my club face "opening" on the takeaway. But this has resulted in a few shots hooked out to the left.
I love your drill for starting your backswing with a bit of pushing the club into the forward swing and then swinging it to the top of the backswing. It helps me with my sequencing, pressure changes from front to back and takes the tension out of my arms and shoulders. I am currently playing that way with much more solid strikes and some added distance. I don't care why it works for me. I grew up playing baseball so I have a lot of hit in my golf swing as opposed to a swinging motion where the ball just gets in the way. In baseball we step into the ball with the lead foot/leg as the pitch comes toward us. Using this drill just relaxes me and takes care of the pressure changes without having to think about it...oh and btw, less painful to my old body. Would love to see you demo a step type drill. Cricket players do something similar don't they. Sorry, I'm a yank so haven't seen too much cricket over here.
takeaway blackhole. Thanks Mark, I might have to do a little bit of experimentation with how takeaway affects my delivery at impact. I played this morning and had no 7 iron, so I wanted to play a wipey cut with a 6 iron, and had a feeling of coming down from the top from the outside rather than on the way back, but this may be something to think about.
Takeaway Blackhole. Thanks for posting this one. Hoping it’s a series and you’ll be doing some more phases of the swing in the coming weeks. Top of the backswing, How to start down, halfway down etc. I know you’ve covered it all before. But good to get a refresh, in that new studio with the pressure mat involved too.
Excellent content, one of your best videos to date.Always been a good iron player for the last 40 years until I had a fusion op pins inserted in my left foot, Since then I have been struggling with taking the club back on the inside and weight transfer back from my trail foot to lead foot-do you have any drills for transfer of weight back to lead foot that would help.
Mark, great video, thanks! Are you a fan of hips and shoulders moving in unison on the backswing? Is so, when should they separate. If not, what is your preferred sequence? Thanks!
Great tech allied with great knowledge & communication skills - superb! Your members ought to be taking advantage of the opportunity in a massive way!👍
🤦🏻♂️ this would have been handy for the golf on Saturday. Left grip far too weak. Left thumb was down the shaft and felt like I was rolling it open. Contact was poor as your expect and so inconsistent. Great vid
This si something that was changed during a lesson, that was all my Pro did. Paid for an hour lesson just to have my backswing changed. He filmed it and showed me how the club wasn't square for very long, after the lesson it was squrer for a longer period. So basically increased the hitting zone increasing my consistency.
I'm no coach Mark but what I got from this is if you know your grip and where it should be at impact you could swing the club on any path and work strike out?
Brill instructions. My biggest problem is when I start the down swing tension takes over as I try to connect with the ball with all my strength. How can I relax and let the club do the work. I am a newbie to golf.
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE Great video really enjoyed it, I can relate to most of them issues 🤦🏻♂️ my grip definitely needs addressing, looking forward to trying out a few of fix’s at the range keep these videos coming 👍🏻
Takeaway Blackhole. Trying to get the takeaway with the face pointed more towards the ground usually results in me hitting the ground three inches behind the ball. Needs more work.
"TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE" I just love the breakdown of each issue, causes, and little drills for correction. LOVE IT Mark!!! My takeaway is... I need to manage my issues. Take it however you will... LOL
When I start thinking about my takeaway my golf gets worse, as it makes me focus on my hands and I start to steer everything……usually into the long rough 😔. Avoid the takeaway blackhole !
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE. Love these videos Mark. There's always something in them that relates to my swing! This time, weight on the front foot all the way through.
Not really worked on takeaway a great deal. Did have a lesson with an old school coach! I wasn’t in the textbook position at parallel 1 (pointing a little more too the ground ‘closed’)so he had me working on. Hit the position no problem! When I put it into practice lost a club and a half distance could only hit weak fades 🙄
My swing trigger has unconsciously become a slight forward press which with the irons is not really an issue but with the driver it causes the straighter face to open up, not the best when my bad shot with the same club is over the top 🤨 over exaggerating my high rights
This is precisely why most people struggle with golf. So glad I got out of positional golf. Simply throw a golf club low at your target, let your body get out of the way naturally both ways. Work on your grip. Your elbows and wrists fold and hinge automatically as it’s built in with our evolution. Science has proven that positional golf swings are inferior to natural movements. Watch some Brandel Chamblee or Shawn Clement. Stick to course vlogs Mark, they’re great.
it a bit like riding horses you have work horse in there body frame as they all move difrently due to conformation (body build) wear on the body and so we are no different we have to work with in are own frame and ability!!
For me it’s always about being to loose whenever I keep the swing tight and don’t over swing then I connect much better and more solid. Drop the club at the top then hard to get the club head back on the right plain.
Disclaimer: This comment is nothing to do with what you are teaching, just a comment about this type of video. For me most of this type of stuff is way to generic and very this is the only way to do X. I used to try one thing, then another and another. Obviously that is never going to work. You have to practice, practice practice, with the intention of trying to grove a certain thing in your swing. For me, I spend two to three weeks practicing a swing movement before I am satisfied I have fairly well grooved it before I move on to the next thing. Sticking with one coach that works with you and your specific abilities to progress forward is the way to go for me. My main critique is I don't think all this helps anyone at all. Have a look at TH-cam and the amount of Channels about improving your golf and compare that to say Football, Tennis or Snooker. You will find the Golf channel's outnumber them all put together. Why is that. Obviously because golf is so bloody hard and everyone is searching for a fix for one fault or another. Practice does not make perfect, the right practice and slow progression does work, but that's boring so most people don't bother. Hence average handicaps barely budging for decades.
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Have you worked on your takeaway?
Big fan mark I’m off 5 hit a draw I hit my driver 80% power find every fairway yes really boring goes 240 but when I try stepping on one I hit the ground a foot from the ball it’s coming in from a great angle I’d love to fix this but it’s not the end of the world thanks Shaun
Lots and it caused a few issues. Lost strike
Since 1994. Constantly.
Even top pros, ala Justin Thomas, seem for focus on good club face position during practice swing. Not a bad exemplar.
Mark your so articulate but make it easy to understand best on TH-cam period 👍
Yeah completely agree. Although some channels may title their video's the same I have found that none of them go Into depth with the pro's and con's of a swing adjustment and some of the pitfalls to look out for.
There's really one main lesson we need to learn to get better at this game as fast as possible and that's that we aren't our own best teacher. I feel like I'm getting close to the next step and getting to scratch golf. And I know, if I want to get there before I die of old age, it's time to get more lessons.
And Mark, your lesson today seems particularly timely. I played 27 holes today and the main swing thought I was using was keep the face closed on the take away. I was trying to hit a lot of stingers today but right now I'm thinking I should be using that swing thought more often. I tend to open the face up on the take away with my normal swing. I'm enamored with the tall ball flights I'm getting. But it does tend to lend a bit of chance to getting it back closed at impact. And today while just having fun I noticed my dispersion even with lots of cross breeze was better. I guess it could be just a good day. But I'd say that after years of watching your video's, Peter Finch's, Matt's, and even the Golf Mates and the Good Good guys and many others, I've learned how to turn better, my posture over the ball has improved, I'm using the ground better which has gotten me some of the distance back that age had taken and basically given me a better game in most every aspect. And I just want you to know, I'm grateful.
Thanks Mark
I took away quite a lot from this one. Many thanks and keep up the good work
Ian
Glad to see you are back into the instruction mode.
This video helped me enjoy golf again. The pressure shift fault isn’t talked about often, and the drill/feel is great
One of your best Mark. Probably too much info in one go. Lots to work on tomorrow.
Really enjoying your instructional/drill videos! I'm getting back into golf after 20+ year (A combination of life, other hobbies and work) and your helping me feel more confident as I do so. Thanks!
Can relate, where did that time go?!
#1 fix is what I've focused on to start the season....so much better thru impact so far! I was always a "fan it open" swinger. Now I focus on that takeaway and I'm squaring it much easier. Cheers!
First fault was definitely my problem. A driver fitting showed me that. Best lesson I ever had. Zero swing path but holding the face open.
Watching you swing keeping too much weight on your left side was a light bulb moment for me. I had tried ( with some success) the stack & tilt method before realising it was straining my left knee. I couldn’t feel why I was not striking the ball properly when going back to what I thought was a conventional swing until I saw you demonstrate it. Thank you so much Mark .
Great video Mark. Many thanks. I am working on loosening up my wrists to try to get more club speed - I can do it on my practice swing but I tense up when I have a ball in front of me and my wrists remain a bit too fixed.
Brilliant as usual Mark, I tend to fan it open taking it away so this will help
Cheers Mark great video. I like to fan the club open causing thins hooks and occasional push hopefully this will help have to experiment and get more lessons !!!!
Mark, great video. I’ve been playing with a lot of different backswing, takeaway and delivery ideas to vary shot heights, directions, etc... I’m learning a ton and this video helps to calibrate my thinking and confirm some things that I’ve learned. Cheers!
Really good video. I think the takeaway is so important .. I feel that when I'm hitting the groove on takeaway I'm invariably hitting good shots. So much in here to help work it out. Thanks.
Working on takeaway just now, getting the hips more involved in the turn (to be less 'armsy and handsy') and trying to not rotate the hands to add loft as you suggest. Useful video!
Great content! I am working on my take away with my pro and I relate to your approach.
Thanks for the video. Currently working on my takeaway as my first lesson the other week was aimed at this, due to my club face "opening" on the takeaway. But this has resulted in a few shots hooked out to the left.
I think there's a lot of you tube instructors who forget it's about the impact
I love the fact you explain the different impact positions and results
I love your drill for starting your backswing with a bit of pushing the club into the forward swing and then swinging it to the top of the backswing. It helps me with my sequencing, pressure changes from front to back and takes the tension out of my arms and shoulders. I am currently playing that way with much more solid strikes and some added distance. I don't care why it works for me. I grew up playing baseball so I have a lot of hit in my golf swing as opposed to a swinging motion where the ball just gets in the way. In baseball we step into the ball with the lead foot/leg as the pitch comes toward us. Using this drill just relaxes me and takes care of the pressure changes without having to think about it...oh and btw, less painful to my old body. Would love to see you demo a step type drill. Cricket players do something similar don't they. Sorry, I'm a yank so haven't seen too much cricket over here.
Really enjoyed that I come inside on my take away so difficult to stop ✋given me something to work on cheers 👍
I find these videos relaxing and alarming in equal measures. I'm very inexperienced so with a lot of this stuff I haven't even thought about it.
Glad you like them!
great explanation Mark...its a lot to take in, but it all makes sense
Glad you enjoyed it
Great explanations of control and good guidances to all
takeaway blackhole. Thanks Mark, I might have to do a little bit of experimentation with how takeaway affects my delivery at impact. I played this morning and had no 7 iron, so I wanted to play a wipey cut with a 6 iron, and had a feeling of coming down from the top from the outside rather than on the way back, but this may be something to think about.
Mark this is a quality video so needed after the return to the courses ⛳ 🏌️♂️
Fantastic content Mark, I’ll be saving this for future reference as been struggling with my takeaway. 👍
Takeaway Blackhole.
Thanks for posting this one. Hoping it’s a series and you’ll be doing some more phases of the swing in the coming weeks. Top of the backswing, How to start down, halfway down etc.
I know you’ve covered it all before. But good to get a refresh, in that new studio with the pressure mat involved too.
Love all the content lately Mark its class! All boils down to match ups? Takeaway Blackhole!
Excellent content, one of your best videos to date.Always been a good iron player for the last 40 years until I had a fusion op pins inserted in my left foot, Since then I have been struggling with taking the club back on the inside and weight transfer back from my trail foot to lead foot-do you have any drills for transfer of weight back to lead foot that would help.
Maybe go over the ‘wooden man’ technique so they can practice at the range or a practice round of golf...😎
I'm going to have a look at fault 3. Also weight transfer. Last range session had huge pull hooks
Mark, great video, thanks! Are you a fan of hips and shoulders moving in unison on the backswing? Is so, when should they separate. If not, what is your preferred sequence? Thanks!
Great tech allied with great knowledge & communication skills - superb! Your members ought to be taking advantage of the opportunity in a massive way!👍
Excellent content Bruh. Driving range is calling me desperate to go and practice those drills.
Thank you so much for this lesson 🇨🇦
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic vid Mark. So practical.
I not only fall into a takeaway blackhole, but a hands too far behind me at the top of the backswing black hole. Good stuff as usual.
Flipping brilliant Mark.
Thanks
Love that 2nd drill Mark 👍👍👍
Absolutely I work on my takeaway all the time, mostly to make sure it's correct.
Great video thank you very much
Great stuff Mark! That palm drill is really helpful!
Let me know if it helps.
best video you've made in at least 2 years!
🤦🏻♂️ this would have been handy for the golf on Saturday. Left grip far too weak. Left thumb was down the shaft and felt like I was rolling it open. Contact was poor as your expect and so inconsistent. Great vid
This si something that was changed during a lesson, that was all my Pro did. Paid for an hour lesson just to have my backswing changed. He filmed it and showed me how the club wasn't square for very long, after the lesson it was squrer for a longer period. So basically increased the hitting zone increasing my consistency.
Hi Mark, what would you say is more important,.left arm staying firm to your chest throughout the swing or right elbow control?
Very good thank you
Great stuff thx
Hi do you always lift your left heel slightly on the backswing. .?
Great video 👍
I'm no coach Mark but what I got from this is if you know your grip and where it should be at impact you could swing the club on any path and work strike out?
Take away Black Hole, I’m in there trying to get out.
Thanks for the help.
haha
GC2 says 7 iron but you’re holding an 8; which is it! Thanks great video Mark!🙏🏻
Mark, thanks 👍🏻
Brill instructions. My biggest problem is when I start the down swing tension takes over as I try to connect with the ball with all my strength. How can I relax and let the club do the work. I am a newbie to golf.
brill more of this please
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE
Great video really enjoyed it, I can relate to most of them issues 🤦🏻♂️ my grip definitely needs addressing, looking forward to trying out a few of fix’s at the range keep these videos coming 👍🏻
You have all that wonderful equipment, it's nice to be able to see the swing broken down. (shouldn't your game be a little better?)
Having tools doesn’t make anyone a builder my friend. 👍
Was that a Monty Python reference at 16:20? 🤣
Takeaway Blackhole. Trying to get the takeaway with the face pointed more towards the ground usually results in me hitting the ground three inches behind the ball. Needs more work.
"TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE" I just love the breakdown of each issue, causes, and little drills for correction. LOVE IT Mark!!! My takeaway is... I need to manage my issues. Take it however you will... LOL
I've been working on my takeaway for 50 years!!! (You'd think I'd give up by now....)
I also hate it when you get back with what you thought was a perfect takeaway, just to realize that they got the order all wrong. 😁
When I start thinking about my takeaway my golf gets worse, as it makes me focus on my hands and I start to steer everything……usually into the long rough 😔. Avoid the takeaway blackhole !
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE. Love these videos Mark. There's always something in them that relates to my swing! This time, weight on the front foot all the way through.
CHEERS MARK
hope it helps
Takeaway Blackhole. Sounds like a character from a Thomas Pynchon novel.
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE. Once again you are making so much sense. There's a theme happening here.
What does Mark mean when he talks about “fats and fins?”
Not really worked on takeaway a great deal. Did have a lesson with an old school coach! I wasn’t in the textbook position at parallel 1 (pointing a little more too the ground ‘closed’)so he had me working on. Hit the position no problem! When I put it into practice lost a club and a half distance could only hit weak fades 🙄
mark you should take a high handi capper out on the course and work with him or her.a lot of people would benefit
"TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE". great tips as always Mark
My swing trigger has unconsciously become a slight forward press which with the irons is not really an issue but with the driver it causes the straighter face to open up, not the best when my bad shot with the same club is over the top 🤨 over exaggerating my high rights
This is precisely why most people struggle with golf. So glad I got out of positional golf. Simply throw a golf club low at your target, let your body get out of the way naturally both ways. Work on your grip. Your elbows and wrists fold and hinge automatically as it’s built in with our evolution. Science has proven that positional golf swings are inferior to natural movements. Watch some Brandel Chamblee or Shawn Clement. Stick to course vlogs Mark, they’re great.
it a bit like riding horses you have work horse in there body frame as they all move difrently due to conformation (body build) wear on the body and so we are no different we have to work with in are own frame and ability!!
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
🙏
0:34 Takeawy?? 😄
Takeaway black hole
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE!! Good video, Mark!
thanks Josh
For me it’s always about being to loose whenever I keep the swing tight and don’t over swing then I connect much better and more solid. Drop the club at the top then hard to get the club head back on the right plain.
See the black hole
Disclaimer: This comment is nothing to do with what you are teaching, just a comment about this type of video.
For me most of this type of stuff is way to generic and very this is the only way to do X. I used to try one thing, then another and another. Obviously that is never going to work. You have to practice, practice practice, with the intention of trying to grove a certain thing in your swing. For me, I spend two to three weeks practicing a swing movement before I am satisfied I have fairly well grooved it before I move on to the next thing. Sticking with one coach that works with you and your specific abilities to progress forward is the way to go for me.
My main critique is I don't think all this helps anyone at all. Have a look at TH-cam and the amount of Channels about improving your golf and compare that to say Football, Tennis or Snooker. You will find the Golf channel's outnumber them all put together. Why is that. Obviously because golf is so bloody hard and everyone is searching for a fix for one fault or another. Practice does not make perfect, the right practice and slow progression does work, but that's boring so most people don't bother. Hence average handicaps barely budging for decades.
Takeaway Blackhole
Takeaway blackhole
I’ve been working on my ball position & the length of stance between ball as seen in this video th-cam.com/video/bSwE0fEBJAs/w-d-xo.html
Note to self, bring a club inside and practice this in front of a mirror.
"TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE"
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE
I read as takeaway bumhole. Sorry.
Another brilliant vlog. Thank you.
Takeaway blackhole
TAKEAWAY BLACKHOLE.
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