How to Discover Your Most Optimal Golf Swing 

I spent a day with ZEN and Marcus earlier this year. This concept is fantastic for me. I don’t go to the range to practice golf swing anymore, I go to practice my own awareness of my golf swing. I also do this when I do a pre round warm-up. Where do I feel tight?, where is the space my body is choosing to swing into (today)? I love it, and would fully recommend a session with Marcus and his team. The most influential day of coaching I’ve ever had in sport. Enjoy!

I bet the PGA, hate you, you must be the most innovative Golf Teacher ever, absolutely brilliant. Turning the golf world upside down cant get enough of your videos.

Hold on. "The center of mass of the club has to be behind the center of rotation to use the pivot forces, to use centripetal acceleration." I'm not sure I've ever heard that explained in the hundreds of golf videos I've watched. Seems like a game changer.

This is very true. Thanks to my coach I found that my best backswing happens by me lining my feet to the left of target, "picking the club up" at takeaway and then turning late. It looks weird but it gets me back to the ball on the right line at the right speed.

Wow, everytime i watch one of these lessons and think they cant get more informative they all blow my mind more than the last, this content is just amazing 🙏🙏 . You sir are a genius. Thank you

Marcus, words cannot adequately describe your teaching philosophy for golf. I’ve been watching for about 10 days and after 7 years of RU-vid Golf University brainwashing, I can’t believe the revelations coming my way and the change to my ball striking. Thank you for your generosity.

Brilliant. Like the old Taylor Made advert ... "Find your swing"! Or Golf in the Kingdom ... the sweet spot and the ball were joined before you even took up the game"!!

I’ve never resonated with a video more than this one. Not just the concept of the swing but of subjective reality. I’ve not heard this brought up before and it’s awesome that you do so.

Where were you thirty years ago when the pro giving me lessons said 'whooooa your swing is too flat' even though I was creaming the ball consistently. That comment alone left me in the golfing wilderness for years. Thanks for giving me the long awaited confirmation that it was alright to feel comfortable instead of wearing a straight jacket for so long.

Over the last 3 or 4 years I have totally paralyzed myself with different video and books,I have gone from a 8 handicap to 16 ,I feel like I’m bound up in a straight jacket,this video and your others have started to undo that feeling thank you. Rich from Hilton head south carolina

"The clubs got to behind you", so simple and important but I've never heard it before in the billion of vids I've watched. Subscribe.

Such a revolutionary way to think about training, same movements as throwing a ball, a Frisbee, punching a bag, pulling the lawnmower cord.... 🤣 Endless things we do perfectly without thinking just translate it to the shot. Worked wonders for me, I couldn't hit my long irons any further than my 6i until I let go of the "ideal swing" and just swung what's easiest/fasted for me and now everything is more consistent, straight, powerful and it's more fun!

I have become addicted to this channel...was a super technical player stuck at +1 started listening to you and went to +3 this year

I've had 3 different Golf coaches and they've all given me different advice and wanted me to swing a certain way all different from each other. I've had 3 swing rebuilds over the years and I'm probably as far away from my goals now as I was when I started 😡 if not getting worse. Half the time my heads so full of swing thoughts I'm not playing golf when I go out on the course it feels like I'm always practicing a movement. After lockdown I'm going straight the range without a single thought just picturing shots and then hitting them 👍🏌️‍♂️

As a golf junkie and 4 hcp, I say this is the best explaining video I have ever seen and it breaks it down to the point of effortless power and smooth feel in the golfswing. Combine this with the other motions for the lower body, with the rotating plates and you will have the best feeling effortless golf swing you ever had. Sadly I'm from Germany and I'm not able to take any real lessons from this genius. I'm doing this for at least 2 month now on my own and hope I can break par this year in a real tournament....

Been working on my swing for 20 years. Watching videos and reading every book possible…This is truly great. Makes so much sense. For sure one of the best I ever watched. Not just trying to sell another gadget or system which never seems to work. Thank you so much!!

Have built the Zen board and discs, but when I started concentrating with the Green swing, I picked up 20+ yards down the middle, hitting my 6 iron 175 instead of the 160, shot 77 from the golds (tips) Heron Lakes Blue course Portland Oregon… I am static on the progress… thank you so much

Absolutely spot on in us all being different and you are a first too point this out! Our hands/arms hang down differently, so why make them move or turn to a different plane position when swinging a club! The golf swing is like a maize. so we all have to go down different routs! Play great one day, then the next again day you play crap! Yeah we have all done it! So Zen - yes it would be great to have the time and work out conditions for one to find his/her swing/s out and to find our correct swing path to suit us! But most of us are weekend golfers, so when next again Saturday arrives one forgets how they swung the week before lol! Great video's Zen!

Love it! This makes so much sense and having watched a number of the tutorials with clients I’m an absolute convert. Thank you

This channel completely changed my game after one video I was hitting high draws instead of my usual slice, keep up the good work 👌

Love your content. Freeing me up to get away from the conformity that is preached time and time again. What I really get is that the brain is WAY WAY better than any external "instruction" because it KNOWS what to do, we just have to give it a chance!! Keep em coming Marcus.👍

How lovely and refreshing. I don't have the first tee jitters anymore. I go and play with curiosity and interest and enjoy the game and every round pull up some miraculous shots according to my mates. They often try to understand my swing mechanics and I tell them they are looking at the wrong place. Thanks Marcus guru for making golf more fun and meaningful and less of struggle and I haven't had a lesson yet. ha ha. Handicap has come down a lot. I was an excellent putter but now I look at the geometry and the read more as awareness rather than calculations and have putt the trust and feel. Got more better and the missed putts are not a sore or hurt. Invaluable for me. Merci beaucoup.

Great video and it's SO true. One of the first advice I got when first started is to learn the basics and then work on finding your own body swing. No one can find this but you.

Very good, I’ve tried to mould a 58 year old body into the mechanics of a younger mans swing, this has opened my eyes to allowing the innate skill to be optimised rather constrained, I will start practicing this. thanks

I have been the over thinker about how to get the club face where I want it to go, taking a few moments to feel where the club face wants to go by being aware of how my body wants to swing. Eye opening!! What a creative point of view on the golf swing, appreciate all your videos!

Marcus, these one to one sessions with the camera are exceptional....what a superb drill...its quite cathartic to go to the driving range and explore your swing, whilst everyone around you is desperately trying to get better with alignment sticks etc.....you really are the guv’ner when it comes to helping people to truly improve long term!

Never hit it better! All I have 'changed' is dropping what I thought I knew and using my natural swing. Awesome explainatiion,, great job.

You have me swinging more free and not confined. I’m hitting my irons more purely and further then ever before. All because I’m relaxing and using my athletic ability. Great teacher ! Thanks from Texas !

just watching your videos has given me a concept i never thought about when swinging the club. thanks to you and your videos i can now crush my driver when i could never do that and would fear the club. thanks !

I haven't seen this video before but I started doing a similar exercise to this out of frustration yesterday at the range. I realized that I needed the feel the club head behind me were as previously the club was in front and was swinging too steeply.

I love this approach to teaching. So many teachers forget about peoples natural ability. And its important for so it can be recreated. Im going to apply this to my practice session tomorrow play around a bit. Im about a 7-10 handicapper, trying to shoot in the 70's regularly so i've been working on my game a lot. thanks for the reminder to keep in natural. I'll keep you posted, cheers!

Absolutely love it. 👍 Where are you based, this is the sort of lesson I need for sure. Excellent stuff sir.

Good video Marcus. This is where I’m going. Especially after watching other videos about just walking up and whacking the ball with our natural movement. I’ve got an inexpensive setup to video my swing with the way I try these different moves. Just a thought here…. For those of us that hit behind the ball too upright, not shallowing the club, maybe a blue or green? Build in that shallowing, also keep the club behind, not swinging over the top. Etc… I do have some arthritis problems, in my fingers, really bad, and since getting 2 doses of the vaccine, now developing problems in my right knee. But I’m getting close to 70… I appreciate what you do. Most everything you say has helped me enjoy the game. Even though I keep getting physical challenges, I’m determined to defeat those in my own way. You have been a tremendous help, in giving me the confidence to do so…..

just got back from the driving range Marcus i had to try this new swing everthing you say is true.i am 60 years old.just about ready to give up golf then i found your page.everything has changed now.i know i have got a long way to go.for the first time i was realy enjoying my self at the range.i just let go off all my swing thoughts. your right the body can tell you amazing things if you let it .i will continue to watch everything you do.thank you. so much.

I had an instructor spend 45 minutes trying to get me to drop my hands at start the transition and lead with my hips. I never felt anything, I was lost. It was a total failure. I appreciate your approach and the path you are explaining. I'm a feel player. I don't get the "position approach" to learning the golf swing. I started trying more of a stack and tilt method and my scores dropped immediately. I agree with your philosophy, find what works for you. Not for the 99% of others. Great job! Love your methods!

Another great video. Also so simple to understand. Worst thing I ever did at the beginning of Spring was to film my swing. Made me change to try and make I look proper and it threw me off. When I went back to what felt natural I instantly hit it better, farther and scored better. Now with my surgeries and upcoming surgeries I will have to rework the swing. I can easily take this lesson and find what works for me after healing. Thank you.

Thanks for these videos. Sometimes I revert back to old habits and I make myself think I need to be play the game a certain way. Really enjoying the red to blue feel right now.

This was the lesson I needed today! One double, two bogies and six pars for nine holes.

This makes so much sense!!! You don't see everyone throw football like Tom Brady, a baseball like Nolan Ryan, or shoot a basketball like LeBron, they go with their best based on their physical traits. And I am that idiot that watches all these other channels worrying about being in the slot, lead with the hands, keep your elbow tight, etc... I went out to play yesterday(1st time in 6mos) having these thoughts and thought about Marcus' teachings. Then I let my body do the work, I wasn't hitting those bad shots or getting frustrated. I'm going to stick to this plan so I can get out of my head and enjoy the game. #GospelofMarcus

from all trainers out there, you are the only one who really bring me step by step forward, i have to thank you a lot for what you are sharing here day by day !! you bring my 7 iron up to 200 and my driver over 300 yards... thank you a lot for the way how you are explaining the game to beginners like me.. 3 months in the game now !!!

Love this, definitely the way golf should be taught and played👍🏻

Another class video mate. You and Danny are doing amazing things. All my lessons have been absolute gold dust. Look forward to more in 2021

What a diamond of a channel. Glad I came across it. Great work.

Awesome content with sensible and assuring words that bust many myths! Your viewers seem to opine about their wasted lessons and how much they have learned from watching, listening and practicing your no-nonsense approach that acknowledges the individuality of both your body and mind allowing you the freedom to swing to achieve the results you need. A fabulous masterclass Marcus, thank you!

I feel like this knowledge can be applied to everything in the universe....

Top notch advice again Marcus, I’ve been having a lot of fun with your teachings...thank you!

I came across this channel two weeks ago and I’ve watched some videos everyday. Really well explained and I like the easy mechanics you talk about as I have problems with distance. I play off 6 and get on average between 130 and 140 out of a 7 iron. Surely swinging a 7 I should get more then this. It’s a miracle with my distance I got to 6 any ideas thanks

This is a good topic, a lot of players try to swing ‘perfectly’ and get frustrated when they can’t. I have never cared for the concept of swing plane, I prefer club path instead. Great vid Marcus! 👍

I'm here cuzz after 4 years of working on a swing I'd hit a wall (9.0 index). Was regressing. Your idea of 'momentum' - especially concerning the backswing, has helped me to, finally, feel things described for eons in the golf world; I was 'placing' my body parts and not reacting. So, I played my first round with these ideas (after 2 days of whacking it into a net and filming it). Two things... 1) It feels really un-constrained - which is your whole point I guess. But those 'constraints' had gotten to where they felt natural. Comfortable even. This idea you propose feels really 'out there'. Took some getting used to. "Feel vs Real" is always in my mind: on video the swings look really, really good; I'm not all over the place like I sense I am, based on the positional techniques I've been using; the hips work the best I've ever seen them. 2) It takes some re-conditioning of the brain. And I've come to conclusion the swing actually starts before you take it back. Had nasty 3-hole stretch where the conscious and sub-conscious collided for a bit (+2, +1, +2 = +5 for a three hole stretch. Ugly, nasty, clanky swings). But I finished +6 for the day, so there's that. Short irons seem to feel like a 'lighter' version; I've been a good iron player but not so much today; it's like I'm actually hitting my long irons better than my short ones this way. A reversal. Thanks, sorry to go on but, you've awakened me from the navel down...wait, that didn't sound right..you know what I mean :)

This is very cool stuff. I've been watching Athletic Motion Golf videos and have gone from 78 to 90 trying to put body parts in the precisely "correct"positions defined by what "most" elite players are doing. I'm not picking on AMG - there's a boatload of instructors doing similar stuff. Furyk might be out 71 million if he had signed on to this body parts golf being taught today. I'm happy I found ZEN GOLF to clear my head.

This is the most eye opening and mind blowing golf swing video I’ve seen. I’ll never practice or play golf the same again. (And that’s a good thing!)

Absolutely brilliant Marcus, such refreshing ideas and great approach to the golf swing, it feels liberating to just think about it, thanks

Love this video, makes so much sense. I just did a quick calculation, during my reaction time of about 0.3s, my hands move at least 3 feet during my swing, and the club head much more. This means that when I feel that I’m at impact, my hands are already a few feet past! So it makes a lot of sense to only think about the shape of the swing, not a single position at a given time. My mind is lagging many feet behind reality.

Marcus, you'll get thrown off RU-vid for making it so simple!

Very rare such a great Lesson!

Great video Marcus impact is king that is what Wolf, DJ, and every great golfer knows, Love your teaching style, keep it up.

Just love your theories on the golf swing

Love it. Got some low back pain from the driving range. Can't wait to try this once I'm healed up and hopefully find something that's not as restricted

brilliant ! Thanks God you dont belong to the mainstream that wants us to swing in the same way.If I ask Jim Furyk to change his swing with a conventional one ,do you know what he will tell me ? No comments.We are all different and there is not only one swing good for everybody.Swings vary from person to person in accordance with his physical characteristics

Can’t wait to get out and try these moves. So frustrating with lockdown.

I have been experimenting with swing space for a few weeks now as I was struggling with my driver. I discovered my optimum space was green fro driver blue for woods green for long irons and red for wedges, all your advice “just makes sense” I don’t actually think about my swing and just let my body work it’s magic.

I trained these moves since 3 weeks, and it is great to feel coming closer to a comfortable golfswing! Thx

This is really some wax-on wax-off miyagi son type activity. Of which I am a total believer! Keep it coming mate!!! You’re changing the mindset.

More Zen Magic, many thanks Marcus! PS I'm hoping that Boris does another U-turn so that my lesson can still go ahead later in November, but I have booked another lesson in March next year anyway. Take care & stay safe👍

Great video. Your approach to tuition is refreshing. Exactly what I need, having become entirely constrained by theory. Be down for a lesson post-Covid. Keep it up.

Brilliant vidio Marcus golf is simple mechanics I'm sure your teachings would help most golfers who tend to get obsessed with positions

How healthy this sounds to me! Thank you!

Just love the way you explain things saying we are different is spot on 👍🏻

Love that lesson, and the way to explore and develop self awareness . Will be exploring the feeling as to be able to self correct. Brilliant as ever Marcus. Stay safe and well guys.

All makes so much sense and such a refreshing alternative view. Really looking forward to my lesson with you next year and hope to get a lot from it.

You're the best Marcus! i've become big fan! Looking at the golf swing like other sports is genius!

I actually love this idea I’m always trying to get into a certain position.. but it feels so wrong for me .. definitely going to try this out this weekend.. great video

As always absorbing watching and will try this when range is back, i am defo someone that thinks to much - a decent all round sportsman that reacts freely in all other sports other than this game

Isn't everything in the golf swing start or determined from grip, stance, posture/setup/fundamentals? Many golfers, new and experienced can come in and be all over the place with the fundamentals. What do you teach them? Doesn't there have be basic fundamentals with some freedom since everyone interprets the golf swing differently? My meaning is that if someone never saw a golf swing before and you gave them a ball and a club and told them the task, how would they compete it, how would you correct them to accomplish those fundamentals that are needed to complete the task of hitting the ball to target repeatedly with speed and efficiency? I absolutely love your channel and content btw. I sure wish I could afford a trip to your location for lessons.

More pure gold from Marcus.

I just swing it with whatever makes it easier now, before I conformed to the so called text book way and fell out of love with the game it was too frustrating Even with lessons So your way makes perfect sense to me Cheers pal

Literally a game-changer. Excellent.

Your method is working for me... Thanks for sharing the knowledge .. Finally I got my game ✌✌

Nice video, this is something new and refreshing. To bad your so far away. But i’ll keep watching you. Thanks for all the advices.

excellent presentation and interpretation of the proverbial swing plane! pretty much unlike the cookie cutter manufactured traditional teaching methods. BUT still mindful of the basic structure which contributes to a functional swing path so to speak! 👍

Awesome video. Excellent intuitive instruction. Continued success.

Great stuff Marcus I have been easing in to your philosophy over past few months and it works! That feeling of freedom is fantastic.Its taking a little time to dial in complete accuracy but hey that's golf. But can dial up fades, draws, and straight shots. Keep em coming.....

Golf Mechanic? No. Golf Therapist! 🙂👍🙏⛳️🏌️🍻

Love the content!

Love watching you videos. Unique point of view!

I'm crying right now.

Brilliant, so mind opening

Marcusssssss. You are the Man!!!!!!! You are my golf god.

Great lesson.. that's a true teacher..

Your videos are so good every time.

Marcus another informative video. I love the way you go through the motions explaining what you're trying to get across. I can advise I still get headworms during a round, but your videos have been invaluable at getting rid of permanent mechanical thoughts. Great work and if I'm ever in the your hemisphere I'm definitely coming for an in person lesson.

Just awesome,, unbelievable were you just brought me,, I love it, only because I am a natural athlete and I am no doubt going after the swing that fits my body,, ty so much,,,,, incredible!!!

Great video, I find it different for each club

I'm coming to see you after lockdown ends. Been meaning to make time to do it for ages. I've already told the Mrs that there is loads of good things to do up your way and we can have a nice weekend away together 😆

10:03. the sound of my driver.

Fantastic. Really thought provoking. Thanks

One of the best instructions

Marcus, selection of shoes is important then?

Hey its tempo and feel and a pause for me count if you like it works

Thanks for the video always something to work on.