I dont think most average Joe golfers get how crucial a patient, gravity initiated, soft & smooth transition is. Without it, all kinds of hell breaks loose. People could really change their game if they'd put serious time into this part of their swing. This is why pros don't look like they're swinging out their shoes to hit it far. They let physics happen and dont interfere with it. Slow to a stop, slow to drop>>> body rotation and ground force to WHIP IT!
I’ve really been working on dropping my arms. But I noticed yesterday, as I was dropping my arms nicely in front of me, like in front of my right leg, the club was right on my foot line. I found I was pushing the ball right. So I need to still drop the arms, but the club should be more from the inside like in the video, correct?
My problem has not been over the top. When I deliberately let my arms down, it creates amazing flush shots but sometimes I also hit behind the ball. So, I feel I cannot trust this with dropping arms, but I wish I could use it. Any comments Thanks.
I think I finally understood this, it’s not just a drop of the arms but a feeling of the arms unfolding away from the body as they drop. My tendency is to hold my arm angles too long even while I restrict shoulder movement and drop the arms. I’ll spend the rest if my winter muscle memorizing this……Ty!
Thanks for the comment 🙏 I really appreciate it! Marno is a great communicator so it was great to collaborate with him on a difficult to understand topic.
On the subject getting the hands and arms to drop downward from the top of the backswing what do you think of the concepts of keeping the rear hip back (turned over /behind the rear heel as it is at the end of the backswing) while either feeling like both elbows lower straight down at the same time or rate, or feeling like the hands get thrown under the shoulders to impact position?
IMO, This is the ideas that the Mike Malaska talked about. Especially the initial short drop of the hands and relaxed right shoulder. Thi s is a very good explanation of what I’d forgotten. Thank you both so much.
Hi Kerrod, great videos great content as always. My sincere question: Wouldn't drop the arms automatically when I shift weight and then turn? (or not really?) Thanks.
This video and conversation made a huge improvement to my irons and short club swing. The articulation and ease for me to hear and understand is excellent. 78yrs old and u finally understand the drop, which promotes inside out, the turning of dropped hands actually gave me a sense of the lag. Thanks gentleman!
Excellent demonstration gentlemen on letting the arms "free fall" on the downswing! I have experimented with this method and was surprised how easy it was to get through the ball. When making this move however, I had to remember that at the same time the arms are falling, the right shoulder needed to come down with the right arm scraping against the right side of the body and not out away from the body. I learned a lot from viewing this video! Well Done!!
If you are massively inside out you probably are doing something similar to this already. Wouldn't hurt giving it a try, but it's hard to know if it would help you without seeing your swing.
I think the challenge for the everyday golfer is the idea to get open at impact hence spinning plus the fear letting club drop will result in hitting fat shots. Probably good followup videos on the open idea and not hitting fat shots
When i played OKish, i was a 6. I always felt that my arms would drop. Thanks i have never heard anyone speak of this. I had my hip replaced and have never got the feeling back of my arms dropping. This will help,cheers
Love Ur channel basically I model my swing Exactly like this. I wish you could have incorporated this swing and how it works or matches ur 130 mph video .. good stuff keep it up !
Great tip Kerrod I’m topping my fairways and getting comments ‘your hitting too hard’ but now tilting more and trail shoulder down. Your comment and not swinging your lead shoulder towards the target a great feel so thank you.
Thanks for the comment and let me know how you get on. Sometimes all you need is a small change and you start seeing all the other manipulations come together.
Great vid! I wonder how does this move reconcile with "leading with the hips" in the downswing? I fwel like it throws me off sequence when i try to drop my arms. Thanks!
Honestly, it's a combination of both techniques, with the hips initiating the downswing while the arms drop naturally into the slot. It will take some experimenting to find a balance/ what works best for your swing.
I have similar problem. With dropping arms creates amazing flush shots wıth beautiful high trajectory but sometimes I hit really bad behind the ball. It is possible sequence issue. Not sure when you start with dropping. Maybe at the same time when downswing starts?
@@kerrodgraygolf No just not hitting it flush. I practice at my tennis club hitting balls before I play tennis. I said let my try dropping my hands and it worked very well.
Why don’t you define what the chest of the engine is. Is it the upper torso only ? So the lower back doesn’t rotate ? So many enigmas ? Define it, show exactly what you mean. I’ve gone through every video, all your website content. It just doesn’t explain it. No one even explains the lead should either.
Yes, upper torso is the chest. "Chest is the engine", is a metaphor for the chest being the power house of the swing that drives the power. Your whole back should rotate, but the chest should lead the rotation.
