This is huge for me. I’m poor and can’t afford golf lessons up her in northern VA and finally decided to video tape myself at the range and realized how much I was standing up and throwing my club at the ball. This video (namely the cheeks on the ground part) really gave me the right feeling to stay down and in posture. Thank you so much, hopefully I can start hitting bombs!
I tried it- based on recommendation of my PGA pro. it works great from stopping me from losing spine angle! Much crisper contact. Cant wait to keep practicing this move. Thank you!!
I paid a pro good MONEY for this same advice. This MAN talking on this video is EXACTLY CORRECT! I’m self taught, never had lesson till a week ago and we went over this exact problem I had for 20 years. Excellent Video!
This is so fantastic! For many years I’ve been pushing inwards with hips and weight on the balls of my feet at impact. Divots were often toe-heavy. Erratic results.
Thanks for the tip. I video my driver swing and i “jump up” out of it and can hit pretty well sometimes but i know i should be getting more distance. Gonna try this
Clay, i'm a senior golfer and have been standing up and hitting thin low shots. Today on the range I used this squat move ( ie. Did Not throw my right hip at the ball upon impact) result : effortless power with very high 7 iron. Bingo ! I can liken this move to throwing a bowling ball down the lane. Hips get cleared and spine angle is curved. Good , NO, Great Tip !
What's amazing it that I tried this today and put it on video . I really tried to squat *deep* , but you couldn't even see it on video . *feel is not real.* you really must feel the extremes to make any swing change.
Makes a ton of sense for me too early weight on the toes and result in losing balance at finish. I need this kind of great drills to “fool” my stubborn mind to get into the right sequencing and slot at the right timing
Thank you so much for explaining exactly what I am doing! I'm struggling to get the feel of keeping weight in my heels and turning and the opposite is so ingrained :s these couple of drills will help
Thanks for all the videos Clay, I find there is so much contradictory advise out there, I know I am coming out of posture because I have analysed my swing and I tend to top the ball but I play with my two friends, one of them an ex England player and the other plays off 3. They both tell me don't squat, keep the weight on the toes etc... I think there is a lot to say for the newer coaches such as yourself that really look at the intricate mechanics of a good swing, vs the old school style that ran on superstitions and based their ethos upon things that professionals said in interviews.
Yeah, there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you think is happening which is why you have to be careful. Your friends probably feel like they are in their toes and not squatting (and they very well might be) but I don't see too many good players who don't get some forward shaft lean which usually requires you to move your hips this way. You don't need to square down a foot but you need to get some flexion in the legs. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Hi Clay, some pros suggested me to push my left leg before doing downswing while keeping my left hip back, how does this relate to squat and turn like you show us in this video?
I truly appreciate all your information you share with us I'm trying to find the video you refer to turning a doorknob to help get into the slot and I'm having trouble locating that can you help me please
Feel and Real. Even Clay struggles with it. You are early extending as well if you look at your position at impact. Not denying that you have a great swing and hitting it really well, just over emphasising the lack of ‘real’ over feel. You believed that you were squatted really low and opened the hips through impact however it really wasn’t as much as you thought it was. I’m battling with this issue right now like the most of us and you have to take an over exaggeration, times it by 10 then you start to see a tiny difference haha. God damn I love and hate this game
Hey Jason, thanks for sharing. I agree that Clay doesn't have a lot of squat in his swing but he isn't early extending. The timing of his extension is right about where it needs to be. You're exactly right, feel is not real. Must people are extending in the backswing and beginning of downswing so they need to feel a deep squat in the heels move like what Clay is demonstrating to early extend less. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
@@TopSpeedGolf thanks Quentin, as you probably summized, I certainly wasn’t picking holes or putting his swing down, was purely over emphasising the difference between feel and real as he states himself. From the angle I’m seeing it looked like the hips had moved forward very slightly from their original set up position.
Hello Clay, I’m in Early Extension HELL, and have been for many many years! I have two instructors right now, an online and a local instructor, and I still can’t find a way to dig myself out of this hole. I’m ready to break my new clubs and just call it quits. I’ve tried several of your getting low, squatting tips from your videos but I always end up hitting the ground severely behind the ball and taking chunks of turf out, sometimes not even hitting the ball. This makes me stop the drill and look for something else to try and fix this standing up in the downswing, early extension, losing posture fatal swing flaw that I have. What am I doing wrong doing these drills not even getting these right hitting the ground first. I’m either standing up in my full golf swing or chunking the ground when doing your drills for this. 🤦🤦🤦😡🤬. Thanks 🙏!
Hi Kevin, sorry to hear you're having trouble with this. The first thing you want to make sure you're doing is squatting and rotating. If you're just squatting and not opening up the body at impact then you're going to release the club early and hit the ground. If you are getting the body to open up then that's great. Now you're in a position to be able to release the club more in front. Check out this video where we go over the release: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FOK92n_aeSk.html. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
@@TopSpeedGolf Thanks Quentin! My problem is though that the hips rotate fine on the backswing, and rotate fine going down until square with the ball at which time they just stop 🛑 ✋ and the L hip begins to move upward and not around causing ALL the requisite issues after. Any way you can take a quick look and recommend to me a specific Top Speed Golf drill that would benefit me the most for my early extension? I’m almost ready to just pack it in because I’ve tried multitudes to help me stop this move but nothing is sticking.
I would try alternating between both extremes. Really squat down on one and then stand way up on the next. You'll learn fastest by going this route even if you're hitting them horribly. After doing this awhile, find the right amount of squatting and shallow club path to hit the ball squarely. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
Hi Clay - Another great video. I’m a subscriber, and looking for a video that addresses standing up during backswing! I tend to do that and see others do it. I see your videos showing loss of posture during downswing. Can you do one addressing loss of posture during backswing? Thanks!
I could never hit my 3wood, kept standing up and hitting line drives or topping the ball. have tried this in practice 4 times and am hitting my wood like i haven't in years. hope it works next time i play!!!
I wouldn't say he is overdoing it. I would say he doesn't have a blueprint in his mind as to how to get to the ball from there. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Hey, thanks for the interest but Clay doesn't offer private lessons. He focuses all his time on making videos and running the business. This allows him to help as many people as possible. Robin, our Director of Instruction, does private lessons in the Orlando, FL area. If interested then follow this link: topspeedgolf.com/in-person-lessons-with-robin-rosado/. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
I would try to squat a little less then and pull that lead shoulder back and up. We over emphasize in practice to help get the correct feel. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
Haha...yeah. He wasn't doing this in The Match recently. He just didn't know how to get the club to the ball from this point. If you release the club early to square the face then you'll get down there and feel like you're going to stick the club in the ground. This is why Chuck would stutter then pop up. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Looks to me (very fast, so hard to see clearly) that you're making that "squat" more with your left side than your right. Clearly, you are way overexaggerating it in the explanation, for learning purposes. But man, it's not too deep and you don't hold it more than a millisecond or so.
If you have a bad back absolutely not. That's why Fred Couples has an upright stance - it's much easier on his back, much easier. I know, I've had major back surgery and an upright stance is much easier on my back. Ask any neurosurgeon.