DO YOU PUSH OR THROW THE CLUB? A KEY TRANSITION MOVE 

Always a treat, no matter how old the video is. Thanks man. Canada JP.

Hi Cris I’m 68 years young , and just got back from the driving range, and that was exactly what I was doing wrong. Your explanation of throwing the club head and using the weight of the iron head to advance through the ball instead of pushing it was one of the best explanations I’ve heard. Thank You so much for your videos.

Golf has been my passion for over 50 years and NO ONE ever adequately explained this concept of 'throwing'..until now. Brilliant!

Arguably the best golf video on RU-vid

The best golf lesson I’ve seen. Thank you Chris.

I just searched this question on Google and guess who shows up? My favourite RU-vid PGA pro! Excellent stuff, can’t wait to practice!

Wow..back to back insightful videos from Chris...never been told these swing thoughts. Thank you!

Thank you very much Chris for all the help you give us in improving our game with simple and easy tips. I look forward to watch for your next video.

Great drill -simplicity is the key. Thanks Chris (NZ)

I really learned how to use my right arm -Thank U so much for this video.

Thanks Chris! Great video as always! So often I feel like my trail arm is "stuck in the way" of my back swing. Resulting in a powerless swing, out-to-in club path, shanks, you name it. This is something I really need to fix.

Thanks for another swing video that is focused on feel rather than mechanics. The mechanics will happen once you have the proper feel. Thank you!

Hey Chris. I absolutely love the way you explained this. I've always had a bit of problems with that coming over the top on the downswing but never really knew how to fix it or the feeling I should have (which you explained so well). I've watched a lot of videos on this but yours is the BEST explanation on how to correct a poor start to the downswing. Thank you so much.

I was always trying to shallow the club by doing something with hands and wrists. Seldom worked. This motion really seems to help. Thank you from Michigan, USA

Great video. Keep them coming. Helping my game a lot.

This is my main problem to work on. I am able to do it with a pause at the top, but a continual motion yet unfortunately. Thanks again for another great video!

I was in the park this morning before I watched this video throwing a ball with my son and I was thinking EXACTLY about this!!! You are reading my mind. Love it. Great analysis.

This is a very useful tip. Thanks.

Awesome video Thank u

Thanks - great drill for me right now.

I love how you start this video showing the push against the wall vs. the long throw. It makes sense. Then a little further into your lesson you revealed a wizard move: keep your left arm stationary and initiate the right elbow forward. It's a strange feel, like it's not even my body swinging the club. It feels like the effort I put into into the swing is better sequenced and more powerful. For anyone trying this this or any other drill check if your head is directly over your right thigh at impact and follow through. Thus is how Pros end up on their lead foot and rear toe while their chest id up and their hips are forward.

Love all the videos, by far my favourite instructor to watch and learn from. I have noticed a major change in my game since following this channel and doing all the drills. Thank you! #teamtayloremade!!!

Great feeling. Great result. Very little curve on the ball. Thank you.

Best friend is doing this. You sourced it to the right elbow. This corrects so many other things that would never be remedied without first identifying the elbow as the root cause and starting there. Respect! Thank you Sir!

This is a must see video for everyone.. Nice work!!!!!!

This is a great video . Thankyou for sharing ⛳️

This is the best golf video I have ever seen. You are incredible Chris Ryan! Can we come and see you later this summer ?

thank you for that valuable explanation

Great video! I will be working on this in my backyard also!!

Great drill. Thanks

Bravo...great clip!

Another great "lesson" Chris. Your teaching is so easy to listen to, and most importantly, easy to understand and internalise. THANK YOU for all the great videos over the last few weeks. Keep up the great work.

Pure gold right here.

This was the one video that I needed. I always tried to get into all these positions in the right sequence at the right time to move the club through the ball. I found it really difficult. Now that I throw the club. I find all these positions happens by themselves in the right sequence at the right time. When you throw underhand you only think of throwing with your arms but the body does everything it suppose to. I had to unlearn the body movement first and I had to learn to throw down the line and allow the body to support the throw. The harder I throw the more intense my body movements but I don't really have to think about it. I just think of throwing to the target.

I like how you emphasize the importance of the trail arm in the downswing. I don’t get the impression that it’s talked about a great deal on RU-vid instruction. It was a game changer for me

Great content, Chris! I love your coaching content. Absolutely helps my game. If you’re ever out in Chicago, I’d love a lesson...or 5

Rarely comment on RU-vid but just want to say your content is the best of all the golf contributors I watch. Many thanks.

Another great video Chris, Thank you. I have actually tried this shallowing move a few times and what I feel is the weight of the club head fall behind my hands at the start of the downswing which makes my trail elbow stay in the throwing position. At first it felt sooo wrong but when I concentrate on doing it the ball strike is so good.

Very good.

Great video as always Chris, thank you for the regular content. I've been working on this recently but found that I'm hitting more shots high in the toe, and suggestions on fixing that please?

Your explanations of the trail arm positions in the golf swing have helped me immeasurably thank you so much

I will try this move right away 👍👍

Such a good, simplified explanation of this concept. Easy to understand the concept, the theory behind it, and the drill to improve. Thanks!

Thank you for this lessen, helped a lot!

Great lesson and drill demo(s)...helped me to better understand what throwing the clubhead (and not just pushing the shaft) at the ball is all about. I was struggling with the (late) Mike Austin's suggestions to just start throwing the clubhead at the top of the backswing..I could not get the timing aligned with this method at all!! Your trail elbow drill: pointing down to the ball, is a terrific suggestion and perfectly usable technique for really throwing the clubhead with power and good contact. Thanks for posting.

excellent, currently downswing slightly steeper (not too much) than backswing, been working on trying to start downswing by pulling down trail elbow, good to see a video vindicating that motion. Andrew rice describes the same thing. Hoping for some more distance when I can hit a proper ball again!

I see this as my second biggest problem (pushing instead of throwing) in my overall golf swing. Thank you Chris, I am eager to drill this out of my swing!⛳️🏌🏽‍♂️

You communicate swing essentials very well. Thanks! Very helpful!

Great golf swing!!

That is a fantastic golf tip I'm going to be practicing that next time I get out to the range. You are amazing in your golf videos keep up the great work. Thank you

Really awesome vid. I've seen videos on the "throw" for years but could never connect that concept to swinging a golf club. This video has unlocked my athleticism.

That's me hitting the garage in the morning an hour to practice. Good explanation. Keep them coming 😁

Great video, I been a push and a throw golfer. Prob every year. Early in the season I’m a push golfer, by end of the season I’m throwing. Reason I push is because it give me more control some consistency with shaft lean and compress the ball. Throwing require more timing and “accuracy” on not miss hitting. End up hitting fat a lot or sweeping the ball. But by end of the season my swing is in good sequence and timing is on point. I can throw the club at the ball and have a much consistent low point.

Excellent explanation and demonstration. Best I've seen. Great drill as well. It's clear to me finally what I am doing and how to fix it. Thank you!!

I hope to try this on the range. I am a left handed player but your video makes pretty good sense

Great video, it all makes so much sense. Can’t wait to practice it on the driving range.

Another great lesson , you have really helped my game .

Great lesson Chris .. funny thing is that when i go out to the range and briefly go over my saved videos of your swing tips and lessons, it will take me an hour before I Wack the first shot :))). your amazing my friend !!

Thanks, Chris. In my experience, golf instructors seldom explain the various downswing movements yet for must of us it’s an area in which we really need help. Thanks for yet another helpful, clear lesson. Cheers, Steve

Great video. It took me years to figure out this move. It is the most important move if you want to improve distance and accuracy. The throwing move also helps get the weight shifted forward as a side benefit which helps eliminate fat shots. Keeping the backswing swing on plane is important to help the throwing motion be consistent and accurate.

Throw in favour of push.great key words I can remember the pictures in my mind now. Great lesson so well executed. Thanks Chris 😊 John blagg

best explanation of a proper transition i have seen

Great lesson. Thank You.

Nice instruction! Thanks. By the way, can anyone tells where to buy the net used in this video?

Great lesson. In your opinion how does a wedge swing different from what you just presented today.

Spot on again Chris, top top fella, cheers ⛳⛳🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️

Damn .... That makes so much frickin sense. I've heard the push and throw and always thought it was rubbish, till now. Cannot wait to incorporate this on the course.

Really awesome stuff, I definitely struggle with this, can’t wait to get to the range tomorrow and give it a shot!

Well explained, excellent video! Thanks!

thx Chris, great job as always

Fantastic tip, very well explained.

Definitely going to binge watch this COVID-19 series. A ton of extremely useful tips that I wish I was shared with me when I was learning to swing a club. Can't thank you enough for these Chris...extremely well done.

You just gained a new subscriber!!!! You tip was so easy to understand!!! Made the light bulb go off in my head. Now I know what to do the fix my problem. Thanks Chris!!

Very clear and good, as always. Natural-born teacher !

Great Video is it the same with the driver

Cracking video and explanation as always. This and moving my hips independently to initiate the downswing are my biggest work in progress currently. Luckily, one leads into the other - just a question of getting the syncing right. Question: struggling to maintain a short thumb towards the top of the back swing - almost always turns into a long thumb on the downswing/post impact- it’s like my thumb has Pinocchio traits and grows on the way down - any drills/ideas please?

Great video as always, keep safe and stay sane!

Hi Chris, thanks for another great tip

Great Video Chris! What size net are you using?

I'm looking forward to trying this. I got a big problem with pushes to the right. I suspect that my face is too open at impact and hopefully this can alleviate that somewhat.

Class Explanation . . . . . 👍⛳

I think the idea of getting my right elbow starting towards the ball instead of the right hand starting towards the wall is going to help. It's a concept I've not heard before. Thanks for all the help on these great videos. Cheers from Aus.

as always great information clearly explained and its free from the best golf coach on youtube

Been trying to change my swing path from out to in with lots of videos saying shallow the shaft, but none have explained it this well!

Thanks Chris, its not going to be easy to make this happen, but the results will change games!!

Have been viewing ur vids for awhile trying to repair my upright throwing swing and many were interesting but not relevant as have to swing upright due to back issues. Then just saw this gem and just nudging the end of my right elbow to ball gets the whole shebang shallowing and throwing like the skip rocks or overhand throw. I used to overly push the right elbow or try to drop/unload onto ball or throw with excessive elbow movement into body and none of these worked well or hurt too much, and when and if they temporarily worked did so for irons only. Now I do a one piece mostly L arm takeaway then load the R elbow/arm into slightly more vertical but still wide BSwing. Then by nudging the R elbow down to lead, everything falls into place, hands lead shaft and nice shallow path into ball with all clubs. I try to rotate thru with R hip closer to target in the finish, feels like I am getting body involved for more power and consistency not just an arm throw. THanks, will look at a few of ur other related R elbow and throw vids but this one is golden.

So we need to throw it. Thanks a lot for the usful video.

Would doing some slow swings holding two clubs have the same effect, with the weight of the clubs making the trail arm go into the desired position?

Hi Chris what model gfore spikes are those ?

Marathoning through a week of videos! Always appreciative of your videos.

Seems like this would help me also dealing with cupping my lead wrist at the top. Thoughts?

Awesome drills mate🤙

Superb video Chris! As someone who tends to pull hard from the top, this will help me feel the club behave as it’s designed. Love the drill.

Very helpful Chris. Snow here this afternoon and tonight. Grrr.

New subscriber, can I just say that 8 minute video will be a god send to my casting lead arm! Thank you so much! 👍

Hey Chris, I like video. I think (i know) I do this push but not all the time, mainly when I get lazy lol. That net is cool, who makes it? Thanks

Encore une fois Cris Ryan explique très bien cet exercice. Je suis droitier dans la vie de tous les jours mais je joue gaucher au golf et mon coude gauche est moins flexible que l’autre. Donc cet exercice est difficile à faire pour moi. Je suis trop vieux pour jouer droitier.

During downswing, particularly when moving the trail elbow towards the golf ball (shallowing) do we glue our inner biceps to our armpit?

It’s the ‘ hold the towel under the arm’ drill but this explanation and demonstration makes much more sense. Thanks!

Hello from Italy. Can I ask what do you think the launch on the downswing starts? Hands, arms, shoulders, hips or foot pressure? Personally I only think about swinging the club back relaxed but fast to load the shaft...I've been using this technique recently with mixed results. In the competitions it's like I brake and I'm afraid to let go. I have to work on it...thanks