This TINY driver (50cc) can actually IMPROVE your golf?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video Rick Shiels reviews a new 50cc mini golf driver that is designed to help you get better at hitting the middle of the club face and therefore hit longer, straighter drivers! The normal golf driver is 460cc so this 50cc driver is absolutely tiny!
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Rick, I grew up playing with persimmon woods and blade irons. If you can hit those very unforgiving old clubs you can hit anything. That’s the same theory here. It will help new golfers for sure. But it will take hitting many shots to get your swing grooved into hitting the tiny club consistently.
Set up with the tiny driver the same as with the regular driver. Same tee height, distance from your body and position in your stance. It will be extremely difficult to hit but, it will get you more accurate with your driver.
Honestly thought this was the point of it. How is changing the whole set up ever going to improve the normal driver
and a few windows, lol
I was thinking that, hitting it off the ground was silly ! Just like hitting a small club, but with it at normal tee height,it’s like you have to find the middle of the driver. But I think if he had done that he would have smashed his studio up lol !
My thoughts exactly as I was watching. I'm sure the normal driver would be easier to compare then. As you said, same height distance and everything. Rick did say the weight was the same.
A perfect setup for a training aid review series called the ABCs of Golf. Avoid, Buy, Consider. Would love to see more of these Rick!!
Go thrifting, find an older metal wood for $3, save the money you would have spent on this club, and have at it! I love hitting older, smaller-head drivers on the range and before a round, it puts things into perspective.
Charity shops in the UK have them for £1. Does make you hit the bigger deifer better totally agree
He doesn’t have to buy clubs he gets them sent to him
@@TripWalls His comment is directed at us, not Rick Shiels...
Rick can we please get break 75 back
Pretty sure he’s taking a break from it to film other content so might have to wait I’m afraid mate
He needs to rework it because he never breaks 75.
@@craciunator99 I agree, just referring to the whole long form content whether it’s scrambles or a break episode
It's too much work.... this is making him the same money, with much less effort
In fairness to Rick it needs to be break 80 and as a pro that is abit to hard on his ego
You're hitting it off the heel when you go back since the mini driver center of face is basically the heel of the big driver. Would maybe be more helpful for someone who has a issue with hitting off the toe on mishits
I thought this would happen as soon as he put them side by side tbf
Obviously adjusts his swing and poistioning for different clubs.
@@MatthewM770 if anything it proves the opposite....... Heel strike would be the same swing because the sweetspot is closer to the shaft on the training driver, so if ball contact is the same distance from the shaft, it's absolutely going to be a heel strike on the regular driver
@@darrenrider5676you completely missed Mathew’s point
@@MitchellBusterRymes how did I?
Play Bryson again and make him use that driver and the Hockey Putter Rick!!
Seconded
Third
I like it! I used blades a lot in practice. It makes my gaming irons seem easy to hit the sweet spot.
I want to see you do a wearables training aid video where you quickly try each individually and then stack them up until you can't swing, or hit the ball anymore. Training aids such as: Wrist gadgets, arm bands, rubber bands, weight board, molded grip, hats with plumbs, electric buzzers, and joggers (tight ones).
Reminds me of something I read in an old Guitar Player magazine. Roy Buchanan was a guitarist who had an old Fender Telecaster set up with large gauge strings and a very tough action. He would practice with it before a show and he said that when he played his regular guitar he felt like he could bend the strings right around the neck!
I love training aids like this because you generally get 1 of 2 reactions. Both were seen in this video. Complete amazement that you hit it well OR laughing because it was horrendous. I have the devil ball putting aid and it's so fun to hit it right, but I laugh when I hit it bad. It's a win/win.
I wouldn’t mind giving that a go honestly, my driver miss tends to be off the toe so I feel like this club could help my game. Good video Rick 🤙🏽
More training aids, and more golf tips for beginners. I learn something simple and obvious every month that dramatically helps my golf. Cheers Rick!
I’ve been looking for something like this. I’ve had “the little one” a small iron. I love it… I practice w it and, as you suggested, use it pre round…glad to find a wood version.
I was the last to change in my group when the big heads came in. I loved my Taylor made metalwood driver which was tiny. Great off the fairway too. Cheers Rick. I miss it now😅😅😅
10:09 i'll google "help me rick shiels", so trusted dealers can bid on my, wait
Rick, would love to see some ball (especially) and club comparisons for us older players with slower swing speeds. Please 🙏 and thanks you. 🤘😎
Toilet seat on the end of a stick was an interesting choice of an analogy. I’m here for it haha
Pure One makes a driver, a 7i, and a wedge super small for training. The best training aids I own.
I have a 3 wood from 1980 and it is a similar size to the small driver here and I don’t know how to explain it but it goes 250 yards straight every single time I hit it. I’ve actually taken it out for multiple rounds and put it to use.
Spoke with some fellas that had one of these. They use it in their Sunday games. If you tee off and go OB you have two options 1) hit the tiny driver no penalty or 2) hit off the tee again with penalty. 😂
I still use an R7 driver.It seems tiny when you pick up a newer one but I still prefer it.
The R7 is 460cc, same as any new driver
@bigtoon8300 Mine is 425cc.I've compared it to other drivers and it's a lot smaller
I'm buying this for exactly the reason Rick suggested. Any of my 4 ball 3 putts has to use this off next tee, will be hilarious!
Many years ago I played in a pool league. My club was pool and snooker. 20 mins practice on the snooker table made pool feel easy 🎱
The idea behind this is the same as a training dartboard. A training dartboard has mucher narrower trebles and doubles. And it's to help with accuracy when throwing your darts. So when you do back to playing on a standard board, the trebles and doubles look enormous and are easier to hit. But that comes after many hours of using the trainingboard. So, the same would be done with that club.
Training aid reviews or tests would be great. GM golf has done some Amazon golf gadget videos and I found those extremely interesting
I’ve thought a good idea would be to make club normal size but the ball will only go anywhere if you hit ball off the screws. That way it doesn’t mess your site line up over the ball but it’s still necessary to hit it dead center.
should do a break 80 using the small driver or use on the front nine and your big driver on the back nine.
RICK, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM VERY INTRIGUED BY THE TINY DRIVER. I would be willing to buy one and try it as a training aid for sure.
BUY !!! Also Highly recommend the "Tour Striker Pro".
Basketball training has been doing this for years with a bigger ball 🏀 for warm up and then you get the normal size ball in your hand the hoops like a giant peach basket. It actually works several universities use them for warm-ups. ( please bring back break 75 with out Guy😎)
I love seeing top instructors reviewing training aids. I actually work for Precision Impact if you’ve seen that training aid at all? I'm sure I could send you one if you could do a review of it? That would be great!
Here's why a tiny driver is not a good training aid:
Tee height and ball position are entirely different so you are training a different strike position.
After using the TD Rick hit the ball out of the heel. That makes sense as you have been training yourself to hit a sweetspot where the heel is.
Please bring back break 75, it was the essence of "Real Golf" and showed what golfers endure and enjoy.
Really enjoy your content Rick😊
There is a company making a similar product in an iron. PSP is the name. I use it to warm up with. Not as difficult as a driver and really focuses your attention on strike location.
Personally I’d like to see some more stuff on putting. We are going into winter and some putting tips/drills etc. would go down a treat for winter practice.
Not seen enough use out of the Zen putting green!?
Try the butter blade training aid next time. I’ve been thinking about buying that or this one for my next training aid purchase.
Elton John coached me how to use this club, and he pointed out I was standing too far away from the ball. What he recommended was:
"Hold me closer, tiny driver"
Haha nice one 😂
😂😂
Cringe
I approve of this content as extra stuff but definitely need a series. I understand the break from the break 75 series but pure gimic stuff will impact channel
No need. I still have my Haig Ultra 4 wood from 1965, with aluminum shaft!
Awesome video！！Mazel Golf Mini Driver Golf Clubs Swing Trainer Aid👍
I literally just went to a driving range and they gave me one of those😂
It would be great if the main brands could produce a similar size loose head to put on your current shaft. So you just swap the head with a 'training head' and everything else stays the same.
Great show and yes more on training aids , cheers mate.
Rick you should check out the new Tour Edge 725 drivers and also all of Sub 70's clubs (irons and putter especially)
The concern I have for using this as a training aid is that it seems like because the head is so small that the sweet spot in the tiny driver would line up with the heel of a normal driver in comparison to the shaft. I wonder if that’s why you heeled/faded the ball with your last few shots on your regular driver.
Old school could use that,easy....😊
I think the issue is the distance of the center of the club from the end of the shaft is not the same which may explain why the first shot with your proper driver after hitting the small one was out the heal.
I think this would be more interesting if you did a 30 day test, get baseline regular driver numbers - hit 100 50cc driver shots per day 30 days - retest regluar driver shots and see if it can actually make you better
Might have to take a look at that. I feel like this will get me to stay in place better.
I gotta be honest, im impressed with rick on this one
Would love to see you play a round with normal clubs against a tour pro using training aids like that
Rick, please review PXG 0311 Black Ops driver before the year closes. Cheers!
As a training aid, is it not going to mess up timing as a 460cc is, by comparison to the tiny one, dragging through the air and moving slower? Just a thought. I'm buying a normal mini driver asap, I hate my 3 wood but I hit my G400 driver pretty well off the deck, so a mini is for me, but not 50cc! Great video as always :]
Interesting - how about applying a semi circular sticker say 70mm diameter to the top of your normal driver and pretend THATS the club? Like the Odyssey two ball putter concept, only for a driver! Also, interested in your perception of what caused the bad hits on Tiny - shoulder dip, casting out, trapped inside? Did you then consciously carry that learning over to the Big Head? Possibly not I would suggest (without being too harsh mate 😂).
If they can somehow weight this thing properly I could see the appeal and I’d use one as training aid if reasonably priced. This might be a tiny bit too small tho, maybe 75 or 100cc.
Rick, the best way to test if this helps is this:
First take 5-10 shots at your regular speed with your driver. Your GCQuad gives distance in mm left/right and above/below from center, write those down, calculate the hypotenuse (ie distance from center) and then calculate average and standard deviation.
Next use that mini driver and take however many swings with it as you want to test the results with. Try to keep the same clubhead speed as your regular swing.
Finally switch back to your regular driver and take the same number of swings as your start/control set, again keeping the same swing speed. Calculate the distance from center of these shots. Is the average closer to the center? Is the standard deviation smaller? If so, the training aid helps.
Love these videos Rick 😂
I've got an old McGregor persimmon head 1 wood and when I take it to the range my buddies can't hit it. It serves a similar purpose to the mini-driver.
the Dunlap 442 theory series #1 is slightly a fraction larger. in the 70's wasn't this normal.
We need a course vlog with this bad boy
My issue is that the center of your normal club is not the same location as the center of this club. They needed some sort of offset to match the center of a normal club. I feel you’ll heel a ton of shots after using this.
It seems like it would be only help to hit that specific tiny driver. The specs are so different with the sweet spot in a completely different place that it doesn't seem like it would translate that well.
would love to see some slow-mo close ups of the ball striking here
I played a persimmons for a long time after metal woods came out. I have often wondered what if they took a 3 wood and make it a 9* loft which may give me more comfort because it looks like a 3 wood.
Years ago the biggest driver the Big Bertha was, like swinging a bread tin. I recently started at the range after 20 years. I bought a Ping G2. Cumbersome and horrible.
That with a jumbomax grip looks like your new gamer
I’d like to know how the face size compares to a modern 3w, could you not just develop similar strike drills with that club instead?
I would be interested what distance can you reach with a normal driver(10.5 deg, regular stiff shaft)
consider Rick, would love to see more videos on training aids
Would love to see this be used on a course
Interesting suggestion Rick.
Awesome video
Thanks!
I started playing with an old 4 wooden head club and it help me to find middle
Definitely would like to see more training aids!
This must be the 3rd video about this club today. Do you all get together and chat about it or does the manufacturer just send out a truck load and hope for the reviews?
Yes. Same thing happens no matter the subject.
That was a giggle. 👍
Training aid videos would be good. Like the club reviews but how often does the average golfer buy new clubs?
Whats the difference then between maybe practicing with this vs practicing with a 3w? The tiny driver is smaller for sure but couldnt you be in the realm of this while using a three wood? Smaller face, marginally tighter sweet spot?
Hold me closer, tiny driver
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today.
Set up a Bryson tiny driver challenge 😂
I like the training aids!
Try hit the tiny one with a normal peg, and then you have a challenge that should help you with normal driver :)
take it onto the course :D
I agree with this but its much easier to go to a thrift store pick up a dunlop or Taylor made burner driver at 180 cc for 5 dollars'50 cc is to small
I got a 2000$ Scotty Cameron for 30$
It would have been better for you to test out your 3 / 5 wood after hitting this, since you’re going off the deck. That would of been a better comparison.
This video provides a welcome reminder of how good Rick is at golf compared to your average Joe. Now just bring back Break 75.
Reminds me when I had a titleist PT13 wood but I don’t think the head was that small
Classic Rick content!
It might actually be helpful to use it before a round.
She was really good in Good Will Hunting
Get it out on the course! :)
Great idea, buy straight away.
I like it for bring out for your mates to use as punishment. I just bought the 💩 emoji putter for the same reason
I was waiting for the GCQuad to get taken out 😂
Surely this would only work if you set up the same? If you dont follow the same routine then youll just end up changing your swing to suit the tiny driver I would think.
Waiting for the Taylor Made version releasing next year 😂
Similar to when Deadpool lost his hand and was growing it back???
Try out a Scottie Scheffler style training grip
I wonder if that mini driver would help with hitting hybrids and fairway woods… 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Would certainly focus your mind