Well, that was very humbling! After hitting about 30 shots utilizing the Chair Drill, I can confidently say that I did not have as much lead hip depth as I expected. The last few shots felt significantly better with the chair moving through downswing. This is going to be my only drill for the foreseeable future. Thanks, John!!
This worked wonders for me. I concentrated on the hip depth and hand depth and started hitting ball first and straight almost immediately. Thanks for this!!!
After months of trying various tips on the golf swing and not getting very far, I feel this vid really gets to the main point. Most tips don't work I've tried loads and whilst I make the odd improvement I just couldn't get the ball strike right and I still tended to scoop from behind the ball. Turns out I was using my shoulders well but why couldn't I improve.... I wasn't using my hips properly so tended to stay too square on the downswing. Now I realised how the hip turn gets the swing around properly (facing forward) but this particular vid with the chair really helps. Thx
Wayne Defrancesco talks about hip depth a lot, and also the hand path OTT move that many very famous players have made but many modern teachers seem to regard as toxic. Worth watching his videos, but this channel and Milo are the best for instruction.
@Ratz Patootie I've added hand path before OTT, which is what I meant to put. It's the retaining of/shallowing of the shaft plane that's important, as oppossed to the toxic steepening that amateurs do.
Hi Jonathan,this is your best video so far, for me ! The move where i bend over slightly when left hip going back,makes me cover the a lot more. My ball contact is super solid ,turf after ball too,especially when right elbow in front off my body. I did have problems extending too fast,now i can turn thru the shot much better just extending left side. Jonathan Taylor has a video on this move. The way you explain it, i understand the move in a totally different light. Thank you ( new subscriber)
Gold! Although I admit I didn't take a chair to the course I kept this video in my head during play. Worked brilliantly for me today... straight hits with nice contact... although I tended to slightly pull irons off tee. Eager to get back out there!
Thx for this video! I’ve been working on this very thing. I’ve been trying to find the right thought to stay down through the ball and turn through as you describe. I played with this in mind today and really focused on turning my hips on the back and downswing and hit the ball really well. More distance and even drew a few shots, which I never do. Subscribed!
Great drills. My issue has always been EE with lack of rotation. One of your previous videos that talked about proper side bend and hitting the ball with the right shoulder (RH golfer) made accomplishing these drills so much better. Hitting ball with right shoulder/side bend and left hip back are 2 good thoughts. Its funny, when I video my swing and run it backwards it looks like the swing I want. Play it forward, not so much! Cheers!
This works. I started working on rotating my hips to impact (based on an earlier video) then suddenly started shanking the ball. It took me a while to discover I was rotating my trail hip forward (thus crowding the ball) rather than my lead hip away. Problem solved !
Thanks mate! Love the way you teach. Very little fat on here. Straight to the point. Also I couldn't agree more. Repetition, repetition, over and over is the key to learning anything. It's amazing to me how many people don't know the actual difference between learning, practicing, training, and playing...
Great video and clear explanation of movement needed to increase hip depth. I know it takes countless reps of practice to get this move so it flows naturally. My difficulty is when I increase hip depth and bend downward toward the ball I sometimes pound the club well behind the ball. Is the main cause due to stalling with the rotation and not clearing the front hip? Thanks again!
I am constantly working on improving my swing but have never had a drill to improve my swing more than this drill. Well I don’t necessarily use a chair but something very similar. NO JOKE this drill is real!!!
Great drill this - as the clubs get longer I get worse!! My right hip moves towards the ball and I can't feel it!!!!! Aghhhhh just see it on video. I so want that rotation through the ball! Reps it is...😮
Thanks Kevin. Absolutely, check out my Skillest for online coaching. I’ve just opened up for new students today. There’s a link in the video description 👍🏼
Great advice. How do I keep from hitting it fat when I get low? I find that when I push the chair with the left hip, the club goes about 7-8 degrees down resulting in digging into the ground.
I’ve found that I hit the sweet spot if I stay above the ball and keep more weight on the ball of left foot through impact rather than pulling away to the left heel.
Take heart all you hind leggers or guys with cement legs. I am a legitimate 9 handicap golfer. I have shot a 69 once in my life. I’m usually around low 80’s sometimes high 70’s. I have never not once transferred my weight or cleared my hips prior to impact in my life. I just simply cannot do it try as I might. I have a very steep swing as well. All wrong I agree. I just cannot do it . All I do is concentrate on a good shoulder turn and then try and accelerate through the ball using mostly my hands arms and what little body turn that follows. So relax and torque up on the backswing and let it go down at the bottom and thru impact and beyond.
I’ve been doing this in every shot and it’s insane the difference in my lower body. My 2 issues are keeping my weight on the lead foot during impact and extending my arms all the way out. Is there an upper body drill to combine with this sorcery?
Ich hab immer das Gefühl ,dass sich meine Hüfte zuerst dreht und die Arme so gut wie garnicht aktiv folgen ist das jetzt falsch ? Mit Beschleunigung und schlägerkopfgeschwindigkeit hab ich keine Probleme
This looks nothing like the normal golf swing that was being taught just a few years ago. This move would require a complete overhaul of the downswing. The golf swing is supposed to be as repeatable as possible.... This swing looks like it's not at all intended for 90%+ of recreational golfers. In my opinion a normal golfer should work on their timing with their hands rather than reconstructing a completely different downswing.
If you want a swing as repeatable as possible, then this is the way to go. Working on timing the hands is the complete opposite to repeatability due to the uncontrollable variable of timing at the split second of impact.
This has got to be KING of all videos. The split screen section is an eye opener.
Thx for all your content.
Thanks bud! The split screen definitely showcases a good amount of things to see 🤙🏻
Well, that was very humbling! After hitting about 30 shots utilizing the Chair Drill, I can confidently say that I did not have as much lead hip depth as I expected. The last few shots felt significantly better with the chair moving through downswing.
This is going to be my only drill for the foreseeable future. Thanks, John!!
I'm sure that you helped soooo many people with this video!Thank you!
This worked wonders for me. I concentrated on the hip depth and hand depth and started hitting ball first and straight almost immediately. Thanks for this!!!
I just shared this video/youtube channel with four of my golf mates. That's how much I think of your content. Keep it coming!
After months of trying various tips on the golf swing and not getting very far, I feel this vid really gets to the main point.
Most tips don't work I've tried loads and whilst I make the odd improvement I just couldn't get the ball strike right and I still tended to scoop from behind the ball. Turns out I was using my shoulders well but why couldn't I improve.... I wasn't using my hips properly so tended to stay too square on the downswing. Now I realised how the hip turn gets the swing around properly (facing forward) but this particular vid with the chair really helps. Thx
Wayne Defrancesco talks about hip depth a lot, and also the hand path OTT move that many very famous players have made but many modern teachers seem to regard as toxic. Worth watching his videos, but this channel and Milo are the best for instruction.
@Ratz Patootie I've added hand path before OTT, which is what I meant to put. It's the retaining of/shallowing of the shaft plane that's important, as oppossed to the toxic steepening that amateurs do.
Whats OTT?
@@donzweig1223 over the top
Hi Jonathan,this is your best video so far, for me ! The move where i bend over slightly when left hip going back,makes me cover the a lot more. My ball contact is super solid ,turf after ball too,especially when right elbow in front off my body. I did have problems extending too fast,now i can turn thru the shot much better just extending left side. Jonathan Taylor has a video on this move. The way you explain it, i understand the move in a totally different light. Thank you ( new subscriber)
Thank you! I’ve been trying to get my left hip further back for 2 years now.
I got it now. Felt it and boom.
Gold! Although I admit I didn't take a chair to the course I kept this video in my head during play. Worked brilliantly for me today... straight hits with nice contact... although I tended to slightly pull irons off tee. Eager to get back out there!
Thx for this video! I’ve been working on this very thing. I’ve been trying to find the right thought to stay down through the ball and turn through as you describe. I played with this in mind today and really focused on turning my hips on the back and downswing and hit the ball really well. More distance and even drew a few shots, which I never do. Subscribed!
Great drills. My issue has always been EE with lack of rotation. One of your previous videos that talked about proper side bend and hitting the ball with the right shoulder (RH golfer) made accomplishing these drills so much better. Hitting ball with right shoulder/side bend and left hip back are 2 good thoughts. Its funny, when I video my swing and run it backwards it looks like the swing I want. Play it forward, not so much! Cheers!
This works. I started working on rotating my hips to impact (based on an earlier video) then suddenly started shanking the ball. It took me a while to discover I was rotating my trail hip forward (thus crowding the ball) rather than my lead hip away. Problem solved !
Yes! This is something I'm trying to exaggerate in drills currently. Great timing, thank you for the video! 🙏
You're actually the best man
Thanks mate! Love the way you teach. Very little fat on here. Straight to the point. Also I couldn't agree more. Repetition, repetition, over and over is the key to learning anything. It's amazing to me how many people don't know the actual difference between learning, practicing, training, and playing...
Great video and clear explanation of movement needed to increase hip depth. I know it takes countless reps of practice to get this move so it flows naturally. My difficulty is when I increase hip depth and bend downward toward the ball I sometimes pound the club well behind the ball. Is the main cause due to stalling with the rotation and not clearing the front hip? Thanks again!
This is the secret in the golf swing if their ever was such a thing, these two points get misinterpreted or misunderstood by many golfers
Great lesson all golfers can benefit from
excellent video!
Best video ever!!!!!!!
Thanks Jamie!
I am constantly working on improving my swing but have never had a drill to improve my swing more than this drill. Well I don’t necessarily use a chair but something very similar. NO JOKE this drill is real!!!
I agree on the Milo and JChown!
Great drill this - as the clubs get longer I get worse!! My right hip moves towards the ball and I can't feel it!!!!! Aghhhhh just see it on video. I so want that rotation through the ball! Reps it is...😮
This is spot on. You have to really exaggerate the move and force it through repetition. there’s no other way.
Excellent- do you do 1-2-1 lessons please
Thanks Kevin. Absolutely, check out my Skillest for online coaching. I’ve just opened up for new students today. There’s a link in the video description 👍🏼
Great advice. How do I keep from hitting it fat when I get low? I find that when I push the chair with the left hip, the club goes about 7-8 degrees down resulting in digging into the ground.
Probably casting the club early. It's a two step fix. Not easy.
I'd love to see a video on how to unload the tension from the trail buttocks and thigh to the left as you rotate through
Nice drill! Your neighbours might be happy if you tightened up those seams in the hitting net though. One bad push away from disaster.
Thanks David. There’s a back netting
I’ve found that I hit the sweet spot if I stay above the ball and keep more weight on the ball of left foot through impact rather than pulling away to the left heel.
Can u please show us some front views of your swing!!!
Got a good amount on the channel 👍🏼
Great video but FYI- a ton of TH-cam instructors talk about hip depth.
i have those shoes. nice vid.
100%, but connection with entire upper activity in sequence
Tiger throwing back that fat dumpy in the thumbnail 😂
My favorite golf thought is to feel like my left leg is a post that my body turns around and through
Great
Take heart all you hind leggers or guys with cement legs. I am a legitimate 9 handicap golfer. I have shot a 69 once in my life. I’m usually around low 80’s sometimes high 70’s. I have never not once transferred my weight or cleared my hips prior to impact in my life. I just simply cannot do it try as I might. I have a very steep swing as well. All wrong I agree. I just cannot do it . All I do is concentrate on a good shoulder turn and then try and accelerate through the ball using mostly my hands arms and what little body turn that follows. So relax and torque up on the backswing and let it go down at the bottom and thru impact and beyond.
I’ve been doing this in every shot and it’s insane the difference in my lower body.
My 2 issues are keeping my weight on the lead foot during impact and extending my arms all the way out. Is there an upper body drill to combine with this sorcery?
Ich hab immer das Gefühl ,dass sich meine Hüfte zuerst dreht und die Arme so gut wie garnicht aktiv folgen ist das jetzt falsch ? Mit Beschleunigung und schlägerkopfgeschwindigkeit hab ich keine Probleme
There are a lot of people that talk about this.
😁👍
Thanks Milorad
This looks nothing like the normal golf swing that was being taught just a few years ago. This move would require a complete overhaul of the downswing. The golf swing is supposed to be as repeatable as possible.... This swing looks like it's not at all intended for 90%+ of recreational golfers. In my opinion a normal golfer should work on their timing with their hands rather than reconstructing a completely different downswing.
Then move on to another instructor who can teach you how to repeatedly flip your hands.
If you want a swing as repeatable as possible, then this is the way to go. Working on timing the hands is the complete opposite to repeatability due to the uncontrollable variable of timing at the split second of impact.
George Gankas effect
Such a great tip..... 🏌️🏌️🏌️🏌️
Thanks Wayne!