Having watched a number of your videos I compliment your teaching style- you are showing exactly how to develop a foundation golf swing. Absent that progression is effectively impossible with it the player is limited only by athletic ability and determination. This is the best basic skills acquisition teaching I have seen on you tube. Thanks -
Wow. Came to this video for one thing (the subject matter) and left with a ton of nuggets. I appreciate your "ladder concept", which helped me to identify a couple of other swing issues throughout the process. Was able to fix quickly and got back on track. If all of your teaching is similar, you have a new fan in me.
I try to stay very consistent with my message and the way I teach it. It’s the real way to get people changes. Happy that you found the channel and please let me know if you have any questions or need any help along the way. Cheers to better golf in 2025.
Good vid. Last summer, I took an old set of clubs and spent the morning throwing them as far as I could. I could test all kinds of technique and it taught me a ton, including the importance of delaying my wrist break, forgetting about my arms and relying on my legs & torso. I strike the ball better now than ever, but the range manager banned me for life. :) I''m serious about the striking.
I have a really comparable story that I'll have to share sometime BUT it wasn't with an old set and it wasn't for "testing" purposes:) Thanks this one hahaha.
Great succinct, progressive instruction. Not only did I subscribe, I unsubscribed guys I’ve watched for years, who tell you what to do, but don’t connect the dots of kinamatic sequence. I’ve incorrectly been trying to throw down the line AND trying to fire the wrist. Now it makes perfect sense to me. I can’t wait to work on this.
Chris - very good explanation! The one thing I think might be worth expanding on is the need to pronate the trail forearm/wrist as you throw/straighten it. You allude to it in the motion you describe, but don't explicitly discuss it. Most golf instructors don't mention it at all, and I know from personal experience that without pronation, especially with a driver, the ball will be pushed to the right. Pete Cowen talks about this, but he calls it "spinning" the forearm and it's somewhat hard to understand. It would be great if you could go into it in more detail, as I think most amateurs have no idea how important it is to consistently square the club face.
Thanks so much! I actually address the squaring of the face in quite a few other videos on the channel. You can get it from the pronation from the trail side or you can get it from supination from the lead side. You can even get it from a little bit of both. It should be a small input and should be done before the hands and arms get fully down into the hitting area so you can reduce the body turn and let the club fully release at the right time. Thank you again and I’m working on some cool stuff for the near future on this topic. Stay tuned:)
Really appreciate the right field concept, I tend to use with driver and woods, but neglect with irons. Obviously this is causing me inaccurate contact and direction. Great content and exercises
Two questions for you, coach. 1) At 6:25 when you said trail elbow is “anchored” at the trail hip. Do I drop my arms from the top of the swing to the anchor spot with only gravity force and not purposely pulling down? 2) from the anchor position, do you feel like using your hip to generate power through your trail arm and throw the club to the bag . Where is the power generating from to help you throw the club? If only extend your trail forearm doesn’t feel “powerful”. Thank you!
It won't really be anchored to the hip at the end of the day. It's a visual and feel of how to get the right arm to fire at the end of the sequence. You can have some pull down from the arms if you're proficient with your leg and hip action and you're impact position is buttoned up. The hips should be opening up and stopping as the release is starting. The entire sequence of movements from the big muscles in the swing through the trunk and core are moving the hands and arms fast in the downswing so you can eventually slow it all down and release the club. That's where power comes from. Hope that helps.
The passive aggressive toss into the water and then the walk of shame over to pick it up was right up there with Scottie crying over the wedge that skipped off the back. Come on boys. We show more frustration then we do excitement these days.
Hey Chris , great stuff as always! Quick thought . I always have a short backswing w irons. Just always thought to have my underarms connected. I am thinking if that was a " fault" in a swing. Now thinking for me in golf is a real killer but wanted to know. Keep up the great work !
Thank you!!!!! I don’t like the “maintaining of connection” like this because it forces you to keep width in the swing minimal and will generally make your release more body driven which lacks efficiency in the speed department and can put your back under stress. A minor connection at the very top of the bicep to the pec is totally fine.
Chris,,,,,, an added wrinkle to your great work I was having trouble with gator lead arm / / I watched the video that directed me back to Go Zone and I just wasn't happy with my finish. Looked at your action very closely.....AND I was not rotating my lead shoulder enough... :) Maybe I missed the " complete the full rotation dummy " excerpt. If I did excuse my wrinkle.... I didn't ??!! might want to add it in. Awesome... In my mind you have studied.. Gravity Golf / Ballard Connections / One Move / Peter Croker and many others.... OR your just brilliant. :) jim b BTW... your covering the three basic modalities of learning / Kinesthetic Visual and Auditory... very brilliant
As a golf instructor, I feel its important that we take in everything that's out there, even if we don't agree with it and most importantly, instructors need to learn how the brain learns and figure out which modality a student falls so we can articulate the changes properly. That's that fun part of private instruction. It's always different. It's adaptive to you:) Thanks for the comments and I'll go back and watch to see what I may have left out.
Have you linked all these swing videos so we know which ones to watch in what order? I just finished the back swing one and am guessing this is number 2.
Thank you for the feedback. I believe there are many golf instructors that still teach the “skipping rocks” mentality. You may want to just search for that specific topic in the future. Wishing you success with your rock throwing and golf game this season.
Little drill to work on while your watching the masters! Enjoy:) Timestamps below for those with shorter attention spans... 0:00 - Intro 2:34 - Drill setup 3:23 step 1 8:24 step 2 11:47 step 3 hitting balls
I would probably work to try and set less angle at the top of the swing then as lag can be useful BUT it's definitely a double edged sword that can make it hard for you to manage the face.
Golfers who think you can watch a great pro like Jack Nicklaus and copy his moves in the downswing to become better golfers are misguided. That is because there is a difference between "feel" and "real." For example, in order to get the club square at impact you cannot just copy Nicklaus' position at P6 and move your body and hands so the club is on plane and squares up. That is because when you are swinging at any speed, the club will not move in the desired path you want it too. So when Tyler tells you to "feel) like you are throwing your trail arm 40 degrees or so to the right, the motion of your lower body, particularly your straightened left leg and your left hip moving back and up, will actually pull your right shoulder, right elbow, right arm and right hand so the club face will "really" move on the desired path squarely into impact.Great athletes, and great golfers, are those who have learned how to move their body parts in ways at great speed that allow them to get the result they want!
If you don't stop the elbow, then sure. Lead the elbow, stop it, and throw = full release. Now try shanking, nearly impossible. Also, (you get for free), what's nearly impossible is an early extension. With the elbow in the way, there is no room for that naughty trail hip to kick out. I suggest taking notice of this lesson, literally littered with golden nuggets!
I don't know. This guy has his system and he articulates it for sure. Interesting ideas but in my opinion, too much talking. Personally I would watch old tapes of a young Jack Nicklaus over and over and over again. If you get into a habit of thinking all the time about some position, you will be playing from your head and if your in your head all sorts of things can happen.
Thanks for the feedback and yes, I’ve been told I talk too much or I’m way too long winded. Watching old tapes of Jack or any other swings that you find to your liking can certainly help in the processes of creating movement BUT is not how any student is going to override the true biological processes of movement pattern development/change. I don’t want students to get bogged down in technical thinking. I want them to understand it, see it, feel it, and ingrain it properly. It’s a process and a tedious one at that. Visuals are good but only a small portion of the process to get better. Thanks for your comments and criticism. I very much appreciate it.
@@MyGolfDNA yeah, I started playing when I was 6 or 7. So when you learn at that age it become instinctual. I ended up in Long Drive competition at age 63, with me it was always practice and feel. One swing for sure I will never try and emulate is the guy who just won the Masters. Have no idea how he remains accurate with that downswing which tells us all how subjective the entire process can be. Be Well, Robert
Thank you for the feedback Kevin. I’ll work on consolidating the information down in the future. Thanks for watching and Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Having watched a number of your videos I compliment your teaching style- you are showing exactly how to develop a foundation golf swing. Absent that progression is effectively impossible with it the player is limited only by athletic ability and determination. This is the best basic skills acquisition teaching I have seen on you tube. Thanks -
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Wow. Came to this video for one thing (the subject matter) and left with a ton of nuggets. I appreciate your "ladder concept", which helped me to identify a couple of other swing issues throughout the process. Was able to fix quickly and got back on track. If all of your teaching is similar, you have a new fan in me.
I try to stay very consistent with my message and the way I teach it. It’s the real way to get people changes. Happy that you found the channel and please let me know if you have any questions or need any help along the way. Cheers to better golf in 2025.
Clear ... concise ...and practical ... thanks for sharing ... I subscribed ...
Thanks for the sub! Happy to have you on the channel.
Good vid. Last summer, I took an old set of clubs and spent the morning throwing them as far as I could. I could test all kinds of technique and it taught me a ton, including the importance of delaying my wrist break, forgetting about my arms and relying on my legs & torso. I strike the ball better now than ever, but the range manager banned me for life. :) I''m serious about the striking.
I have a really comparable story that I'll have to share sometime BUT it wasn't with an old set and it wasn't for "testing" purposes:) Thanks this one hahaha.
Great succinct, progressive instruction. Not only did I subscribe, I unsubscribed guys I’ve watched for years, who tell you what to do, but don’t connect the dots of kinamatic sequence. I’ve incorrectly been trying to throw down the line AND trying to fire the wrist. Now it makes perfect sense to me. I can’t wait to work on this.
Welcome to the channel and thank you for the kind words. Let me know if you have any questions and or need any help along the way.
Chris - very good explanation! The one thing I think might be worth expanding on is the need to pronate the trail forearm/wrist as you throw/straighten it. You allude to it in the motion you describe, but don't explicitly discuss it. Most golf instructors don't mention it at all, and I know from personal experience that without pronation, especially with a driver, the ball will be pushed to the right. Pete Cowen talks about this, but he calls it "spinning" the forearm and it's somewhat hard to understand. It would be great if you could go into it in more detail, as I think most amateurs have no idea how important it is to consistently square the club face.
Thanks so much! I actually address the squaring of the face in quite a few other videos on the channel. You can get it from the pronation from the trail side or you can get it from supination from the lead side. You can even get it from a little bit of both. It should be a small input and should be done before the hands and arms get fully down into the hitting area so you can reduce the body turn and let the club fully release at the right time. Thank you again and I’m working on some cool stuff for the near future on this topic. Stay tuned:)
Really appreciate the right field concept, I tend to use with driver and woods, but neglect with irons. Obviously this is causing me inaccurate contact and direction. Great content and exercises
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching:)
Fabulous, simple and helpful. Going to use for warmup.
FRANK!!!! So great to see you!!!! Hope you are doing great my man. Miss working with you and wishing you the very best with your game.
Aww man! I just did the hanging left arm swing, brought my hips in to the motion, and boy! What a difference with power
Two questions for you, coach. 1) At 6:25 when you said trail elbow is “anchored” at the trail hip. Do I drop my arms from the top of the swing to the anchor spot with only gravity force and not purposely pulling down?
2) from the anchor position, do you feel like using your hip to generate power through your trail arm and throw the club to the bag . Where is the power generating from to help you throw the club? If only extend your trail forearm doesn’t feel “powerful”. Thank you!
It won't really be anchored to the hip at the end of the day. It's a visual and feel of how to get the right arm to fire at the end of the sequence. You can have some pull down from the arms if you're proficient with your leg and hip action and you're impact position is buttoned up.
The hips should be opening up and stopping as the release is starting. The entire sequence of movements from the big muscles in the swing through the trunk and core are moving the hands and arms fast in the downswing so you can eventually slow it all down and release the club. That's where power comes from. Hope that helps.
good lesson, made my swing simple. I tried, no more fat shots. Thanks!
Love to hear it!!!! Fat shots drive us all bananas 🍌
Just played here last Tuesday! Nice course!
Next time you come out and play stop by the back of the range when you drive from hole 8 to 9 and say hi! Hope you played some great golf.
Rory gives pretty good advice on this ...
The passive aggressive toss into the water and then the walk of shame over to pick it up was right up there with Scottie crying over the wedge that skipped off the back. Come on boys. We show more frustration then we do excitement these days.
Hey Chris , great stuff as always! Quick thought . I always have a short backswing w irons. Just always thought to have my underarms connected. I am thinking if that was a " fault" in a swing. Now thinking for me in golf is a real killer but wanted to know. Keep up the great work !
Thank you!!!!! I don’t like the “maintaining of connection” like this because it forces you to keep width in the swing minimal and will generally make your release more body driven which lacks efficiency in the speed department and can put your back under stress. A minor connection at the very top of the bicep to the pec is totally fine.
Chris,,,,,, an added wrinkle to your great work I was having trouble with gator lead arm / / I watched the video that directed me back to Go Zone and I just wasn't happy with my finish. Looked at your action very closely.....AND I was not rotating my lead shoulder enough... :)
Maybe I missed the " complete the full rotation dummy " excerpt. If I did excuse my wrinkle.... I didn't ??!! might want to add it in.
Awesome... In my mind you have studied.. Gravity Golf / Ballard Connections / One Move / Peter Croker and many others.... OR your just brilliant. :) jim b
BTW... your covering the three basic modalities of learning / Kinesthetic Visual and Auditory... very brilliant
As a golf instructor, I feel its important that we take in everything that's out there, even if we don't agree with it and most importantly, instructors need to learn how the brain learns and figure out which modality a student falls so we can articulate the changes properly. That's that fun part of private instruction. It's always different. It's adaptive to you:) Thanks for the comments and I'll go back and watch to see what I may have left out.
Thanks Chris
My pleasure.
Have you linked all these swing videos so we know which ones to watch in what order? I just finished the back swing one and am guessing this is number 2.
No, we haven't link them in that sort of order but we can star working on it for sure.
Thanks!
Thank YOU for the thoughtfulness!
totally agree on the baggy pants thing Chris! Good lesson - thanks
The only thing worse than the baggy pants is some of the players now playing practice rounds with their shirts untucked. Glad you like the lesson:)
Great way to have five more swing thoughts. Just swing like you're skipping rocks and you're good to go
Thank you for the feedback. I believe there are many golf instructors that still teach the “skipping rocks” mentality. You may want to just search for that specific topic in the future. Wishing you success with your rock throwing and golf game this season.
Little drill to work on while your watching the masters! Enjoy:) Timestamps below for those with shorter attention spans...
0:00 - Intro
2:34 - Drill setup
3:23 step 1
8:24 step 2
11:47 step 3 hitting balls
I struggle to throw the club. I have extreme lag but don’t release it well
I would probably work to try and set less angle at the top of the swing then as lag can be useful BUT it's definitely a double edged sword that can make it hard for you to manage the face.
Golfers who think you can watch a great pro like Jack Nicklaus and copy his moves in the downswing to become better golfers are misguided. That is because there is a difference between "feel" and "real." For example, in order to get the club square at impact you cannot just copy Nicklaus' position at P6 and move your body and hands so the club is on plane and squares up. That is because when you are swinging at any speed, the club will not move in the desired path you want it too. So when Tyler tells you to "feel) like you are throwing your trail arm 40 degrees or so to the right, the motion of your lower body, particularly your straightened left leg and your left hip moving back and up, will actually pull your right shoulder, right elbow, right arm and right hand so the club face will "really" move on the desired path squarely into impact.Great athletes, and great golfers, are those who have learned how to move their body parts in ways at great speed that allow them to get the result they want!
That’s a great way to shank it 😂
Mmk.
If you don't stop the elbow, then sure. Lead the elbow, stop it, and throw = full release. Now try shanking, nearly impossible. Also, (you get for free), what's nearly impossible is an early extension. With the elbow in the way, there is no room for that naughty trail hip to kick out. I suggest taking notice of this lesson, literally littered with golden nuggets!
I don't know. This guy has his system and he articulates it for sure. Interesting ideas but in my opinion, too much talking. Personally I would watch old tapes of a young Jack Nicklaus over and over and over again. If you get into a habit of thinking all the time about some position, you will be playing from your head and if your in your head all sorts of things can happen.
Thanks for the feedback and yes, I’ve been told I talk too much or I’m way too long winded. Watching old tapes of Jack or any other swings that you find to your liking can certainly help in the processes of creating movement BUT is not how any student is going to override the true biological processes of movement pattern development/change. I don’t want students to get bogged down in technical thinking. I want them to understand it, see it, feel it, and ingrain it properly. It’s a process and a tedious one at that. Visuals are good but only a small portion of the process to get better. Thanks for your comments and criticism. I very much appreciate it.
Agree....😂
@@MyGolfDNA yeah, I started playing when I was 6 or 7. So when you learn at that age it become instinctual. I ended up in Long Drive competition at age 63, with me it was always practice and feel. One swing for sure I will never try and emulate is the guy who just won the Masters. Have no idea how he remains accurate with that downswing which tells us all how subjective the entire process can be. Be Well, Robert
😊😊😊😊😊 2:22 2:26 3:18 3:28 3:43 f to find the perfect 😅😅qwwwwwww
Good luck with that.... If you can figure out what Jack is doing and figure out why and how you might get it.
Far toooo much talk - I did listen until the end because some very interesting ideas - but I continually wanted to switch off
Thank you for the feedback Kevin. I’ll work on consolidating the information down in the future. Thanks for watching and Enjoy the rest of your weekend.