The Golf Sensei teaches golfers of all ability levels how to improve their game, break through plateaus, and shoot lower scores.
As a tournament player, Ed Schwent was one of the best amateurs and professionals in the St. Louis, MO area. Ed has achieved some of the highest levels in St. Louis golf by coaching at Saint Louis University and becoming the Head Golf Professional at The Missouri Bluffs, Gateway National. He's also been the head PGA Professional and Instructor at Old Hickory Golf Club since 2013.
Ed has been named one of the Golf Digest Best Teachers since 2005, and twice as the Gateway Teacher of the Year.
Hi Guys, like the one handed right arm swing drill, So does this drill increase your side bend keeping you straighter through impact, in stead of spinning out to the left do ing pulls and slices , is that correct
Finally, someone says it like it is. I've sort of known this but this has bugged me about the various youtube coaches advice since Adam was a boy.. Thank you!
So do you not swing along your path that is set to your feet ? Also do you go more into that release where the flashlight is pointing in front of that front alignment stick ? I’m struggling getting into that position.
This is excellent instruction… I like the fact that your teaching is not putting a square peg in a round hole, like so many others do in their teaching! I am a 325 lb man and cannot rotate like a pro so my swing cannot possibly resemble tiger or Rory etc…. Also, when you look back at some of the greatest ever like Bobby jones, you find his release sooo different from todays pro players!
the whole premise that if you hold the golf club with 10 fingers you're holding it in your palms is absolute nonsense... I have way more speed with the 10 finger grip
The opening “Tip”/ “mistake” of hands getting ahead seems to be my latest fault .. going to range shortly to try and work out my latest case of the miss hits 😬. So , i am early to this video but I’m curious if I’m trying to get the club head to the ball first like it needs to ….. how do I not start flicking my wrists at least a lil? That was my old swing that I’d have some luck with , but struggled w consistency… lately I’ve been trying to get a flat or bowed left wrist , for obvious reasons… and this where I’m getting hands ahead at the ball like you show .. assuming I’m correct in this mistake I should be able to work it out today … thanks for these no nonsense explanations … not trying to get everyone to swing exactly the same , “correct way” or s very helpful … most of us need to work out our own swings for our circumstances not completely change them.
How in the world can you say most slicers have their hands too far forward? That’s crazy. Most slicers and throwing the clubhead WAY early and have a massively extended lead wrist with an open face and a left path.
Great video thanks for sharing. I am just getting back into golf and realizing that I'm flipping my golf club. I enjoy the motorcycle release and have worked at it and my compression has come back and I'm starting to feel much better about my swing. Thank you again 👍👍
You do a great job of keeping your head "on the wall" and not moving up and down. What's the secret to that? Also, you guys don't spend much discussion on the need of the bent back wrist at impact, do you suggest just trying to let that happen naturally? Thanks!👍
That’s something I’ve never consciously worked on much. I’ve done the wall drill a few times with my head against it, but luckily I seem to do it somewhat naturally. I think part of it is from using Ed’s light stick over the years since I was a kid! It helps with learning swing plane and only moving how you need to in order to keep the club on plane. - Patrick
Absolutely love the practical application of these simple, inexpensive instructional aides. Mag lites in hand, about to get busy on my swing saber ... stick. Thank you for another great video guys!
Very cogent advice. The dilemma is; every player has their "own" swing, or, every player conforms to a "norm". Despite being different, we all use the same body parts which are capable of producing the same types of motion (albeit to a greater or lesser extent based on age, talent and flexibility). Learning, practicing and executing the best possible swing is not the same as producing the best swing possible.
I am so impressed with your style of teaching. I teach tennis and love how your experience is beneficial to understand the different tips for each style of golfer. Also your drills are effective and your viewers can practice these themselves. I look forward to watching more videos.
When he said "when there's a ball there our instincts tend to take over and our bad habits show up". Never heard anything more true of my golf swing. I'm in the exact same boat as Patrick. My short game is the game of a guy consistently shooting in the 80's but my driver is so inconsistent I'm lucky to break 100.
Here's me thinking I should take a pen and paper and scribe some notes as Sensei explains things.. but i'm too hooked up into the instructions and the video is already over :') Time for replay hehe
I feel like the release of the club is natural as long as we aren't tense through impact. If we aren't "trying" to "make" the club do something with our hands and arms as we come through, then it's all about setup and backswing which bear results through the downswing. I think this is historically my problem when I'm trying too hard to hit it, I tend to short-arm my swing and baseball the thing to left field which either snap-hooks because my right shoulder comes forward or slices because I've rolled my left hand back or overturned my hips and the face goes wide open. I really appreciated your double-miss video, I learned a lot from that one!
I’ve tried this today at the course. I’ve been pull hooking or pushing/fading. The one arm under straight arm drill…. I’ve hit the ball further than ever with 2 over 300 yards ( that’s 3 more than my longest ever and 50 more than my average!). I think it’s because I’ve moved the needle from 1.35 to closer towards 1.5 max in quality of strike. This is now my pre shot routine!! Don’t work with irons tho… 👌
Great description of the release types. I believe the body rotation release is for younger people. Ernie Els and Tiger Woods probably have the most successful forearm roll releases and they have plenty of control over their shots.
Thanks for sharing the arm drill. Though towels and rods, swing aids may be helpful off course, I am a big fan of simple drills that I can use on the course to get my mind back on track with what I want to do. Using something I have with me, a part of my body. Keeps things simple, within golf rules and without holding up play on the course.
My diagnosis of his wedge problem, in addition to the things addressed in the video, is how he grips the club on the ground. Any muscular contraction in the forearms /fingers when gripping the club inhibits free radial-ulnar deviation. I had the same problem until I switched to gripping the club in the air with shaft vertical as suggested by Martin Hall with his EDPU method. Start with Elbows Down / Palms Up with arms tucked in at sides bent 90°, rotate both hands 90° as when praying 🙏🏼 then insert club gripping it normally then lower and hover just over the ground. The first step puts both arms in the middle of their range of 180° pronation / supination when gripping the handle. The lowering and straightening of the arm causes both forearms to rotate inward ( ) which STRETCHES the muscles in the forearms which in turn causes the fingers to curl around the handle tighter. You get ideal control of the club and can freely waggle it up / down with radial / ulnar deviation while at the same time the counter-torque stabilizes the arm triangle and keeps hands in sync with the shoulder turn regardless of which club is being used. His spin rate improved in the latter part of of the video when he waggled the club as part of his pre-shot set-up, the test of whether or not there is too much tension in the grip.
