Here are 3 simple things to remember before you start your next round. Jimmy Tropicana Tropicana Info and Merch: www.tropicanagolfshop.com #golf #golfswing #golftips #golfingtips #golflessons #tropicana #golfclubs
Just want to say, you're videos are fun to watch and your attitude is great. Your simple approach to the swing has helped me a great deal. Please keep em coming.
Jimmy.....I watched a hundred different tutorials and my golf suffered as I was more confused everytime I stood at the ball. You have simplified it SO MUCH! I'm enjoying golf again Thank you primohermano. Gladi found your site!!
Was thinking about my game a week or two ago, Jimmy, and recalled way back in the day when I first tried golf, I went to KMart and the beginner set included a Driver, 3i, 5i, 7i, 9i and PW. With exception of a SW, I reduced my bag to this bc I'm not accurate enough for all the other clubs and the ones I carry, I CAN hit. Love the content, the attire and the occasional stogie. Thank you!
Hey Jimmy it even works in Austia habadabadu 😊 thanks tried it out after seeing 2 Of your videos, I gave it a try, went Strate down from 24 over to 13 over in 3 days and now I am playing it every time 4-6 over par great, Golf makes much more fun know, was the best lesson I ever have had. My pro just can’t believe it.😂 HIS words what what did you do only doing that, he didn’t believe me until we played 18 holes, 🎉 Thanks was a great support cheers Ernst
Thanks Jimmy. It works I used the Ben Hogan swing yesterday evening was hitting pretty much dead straight with good distance. Great content keep up the good work
I have to say, between this video and the "take 8-10 stroke off your game" video, I've shot the best round I've ever shot at my local club. I usually shoot between an 88 and 95, and today, while taking shorter shots and taking OB out of the game (played with the same ball the whole round), I shot an 82. My local course is a par 70. Thanks, Jimmy. awesome videos!
Thank you Jimmy. Really like and appreciate your version of golf as I believe it represents a truer picture of what most of us encounter on the golf course. Any chance you can review your clubs with the viewers? I believe it would be very interesting. Thanks again.
Okay, I’ve been watching this before every round for last few weeks. Finally getting through my thick skull. Shot a very good, for me, 80 today with one sloppy double bogey. Thank you Jimmy. Really looking forward to my next round (which usually means trouble). It’s an adventure.
Ty for upload...I'm a 10 handicap and had been struggling off the tee...a few weeks ago I started using irons only and immediately noticed a difference in score and enjoyment...I already was a subscriber to the abbreviated back swing but your video reminded me about my head movement and right arm flair, so I'm going to implement this tomorrow morning... I'll let you know ⛳️
I've learned that when teeing it up on the course, I don't use swing thoughts, I just play. As a single hdcp. I don't use your swing method, but I am adopting your approach to the game. Casual, low stress golf is fun. You're teaching attitude here. Well done JT.
Hi Jimmy, my name is Gary I love the game of golf just like yourself, I've been watching some of your videos on playing better golf, not only have you been making me smile with your humerous manirism, but your whole outlook and antiude to helping golfers with a different approach not to hit the he'll out of each shot, but to think to slow it down ets.etc. can't wait to get onto my course in England and enthusiastically give it a try..thanks Jimmy for giving me a view on how I may be possible to improve my game..cheers my friend, hey who knows if my wife and I come to the u.s.a for a holiday we may be able to have a game together. All the very best to you Gary.
I must admitt yrs and manolo approach to playing simple golf has suddenly given my game a new dimension. I feel a lot better on the course and i see my scores improving
Definitely like the thought of ball in the back of the stance. I have trouble lifting and not compressing when it's in front. Also been taking a short backswing too, like you said it seems to eliminate a lot of over movement of the wrists. Love how you put these together Live man.
Jimmy I follow a lot of golf guys on RU-vid , including Manolo, and when I first saw your channel I thought, "meh, I already see him on Manolo's videos ". But I love the way you simplify the game. You've earned a follow and are now with Manolo as the only 2 that I follow and try to learn from. Awesome work
Jimmy I have been using this and my game has improved dramatically Long and straight plus stress free Love your videos How about an unedited 18 holes!! Now that would be a video 😊
Wow this is powerful. I watched this today and shot so much better. Would have broke 90 for first time today except for 2 blow up holes:(. This is a great video, just wanted to share. Thanks. Mike PS are you up in San Gabriel valley?
I just tried this indoors on my swing path practice Mat (no ball) but every swing is perfect no fat shots no mis alignment. I’ve been scoring low 90s and this may be the trick to breaking through to the 80s. If it’s solid on the range with a ball in place I’ll be watching this before every round going forward.
At the driving range today to work on my swing, which is a hybrid of Kirk Junge’s Set up for Impact and the Jimmy Tropicana Wave to the camera swing. Good contact,but everything going right. Finally realized that I was forgetting to start the down swing with the hip bump. Once I did that, straight ball after straight ball. Really looking forward to my round tomorrow. Thanks again.
I like the course management you employ, hit fairways within your capability and eliminate the double bogies. I am playing comp tomorrow so lets see if I can beat my HC (17)
Thanks for this. Love it brother. Especially the waist high and jacuzzi example. Can't wait to try this on my next round I'm tired of blasting my ball past the hole and then three putting.
@TropicanaEntertainment, thanks for the reply. I just got back from the range, and dude, I can feel it already. I know I'm going to score much better, thank you, thank you for the great tips. I was wondering if you posted anything regarding the driver because I'm sure the swing thoughts must be different compared to the irons and Fairway Woods
Don't take this the wrong way but, I love you! When people die and go to the other side, they get paired with you and shoot their personal best. Love the vibes man! ✌️🤟❤
This is a wonderful clip, Jimmy! Love the simplicity and the easy thought process prior to each shot and makes playing golf fun 😁. I love the ball position cos that's where I always feel like my golf balls are near my back foot. How about explaining the actions of your knees if you don't mind next time? Thank you so much for sharing your great video here!
Great videos Jimmy. I just found your channel about a month ago and look forward to watching. Can’t wait to try this approach to my game. Unfortunately, winter is starting to set in here in the northeast so it may be a while. Thanks for the entertainment.
Great video. I like the mental approach, and the hot tub metaphor is pretty cool. I'll try the "backswing to the waist" thing next round ... and see if it helps me. Inconsistent contact is a bane to my existence on approaches to the green 😢
I have a real problem compressing the ball, even after lessons. I keep my head still and everything, but never thought of putting the ball back in my stance ... one thing my instructor mentioned is that I have no problem getting height, which is one of the reasons I don't hit the ball far as well. Going to try next time I'm out! :D
Just went and had a 2-hour practice session, setting up difficult shots on my home course practice grounds. Implementing a mix of the theory you're showing + a toned-down version of Jim Venetos's setup, my confidence is now sky-high. I can chip better than I ever have in my entire life and I really am starting to feel crispy contact with my iron shots. Between the pair of you, I simply can't thank you enough for switching off all the pointless brain chatter during my swing.
Teeing off at 8 this morning ....a former 3 handicap...my best advice is to enjoy the game ....and realize it just that .....a game .....my best friend and i were playing about 4 years ago now and at the time his son was in high school and a very talented golfer .....so for his practice ......we would literally go at it on Saturdays like we were in a major .....and had some knock down drag out matches ....untill.....one Saturday we were battling it out ....match was very close ....and serious .....every little shot thay didnt go as planned ....even if the result was realistically an ok shot ....but not lets say perfectly as planned ....which ever one of us hit it ....we would just be torn ...mad cussing even ...after about an hour of this ....on the approach shot on the 8th hole ....my friends son came up 10 yards short on his second in on a long par 5 ...and yes ....was mad ...tore up ....and i follwed with a wide right missing gren by 2 yards .....both good shots but not what we wanted ....both of us showed are ass for a min....when my best friend who was playing with us as well says to us both ....." i am not coming back with you two anymore ...." " I am going to shoot 90 plus today "...."You both are going to be in the low to mid 70s...." " and both of you ...stay mad as hell all day anymore " ....."and thats not any fun for me , and thats why I play" .....I looked at my best friend and said.....you know what ....your rite ....and i apologize.....from now on i promise ....this will never happen again ....now i dont get to play as much anymore as i did at that time ...still once or twice a week ...and i am probably at least 10 strokes worse than then .....but my fun level is off the charts .....i also had a health scare ....and at 46 i thoughy i would never be able to play again ...and i truly love the game .....it was heartbreaking ....thankfully god blessed me and i did manage to get back to the game ....and i had a whole new outlook on life and the game ....and i promise you this today when i tee off in couple hours ....i will only have one swing thought ....one thought really at all ....how blessed i am to be here ...how beautiful this day ....and to enjoy myself ....take it all in ....good ....or not so good ....because honestly....there are no bad shots ....they are some better than others ....but all of them actually are great shots ....simply because we are able to take them .....some people would literally love to just even be able to go play ....so i want you to know Jimmy ....I Love your approach...attitude ...and vlogs ....keep it up ....and your old school vintage swagger ....top notch
Love watching but one thing most course I play around the greens can't use Peter like that the fringes r not as short but I get the ideal watching how u play has taken 8 strokes off my game I might hit driver once a round i went from a 12 handicap to 6 thanks so much ,but can you play a different course that the fringes r not so short the you have to chip more thats what hurts me because it a feel type chipping that gets me in trouble just curious how you would play them ,thanks for the tips help me so much
After watching this video, I cleared out all the other RU-vid golf videos I'd been saving in the Favorites folder. KISS from now on! It's freezing cold here in the Northeast, courses are closed, and I'm dying to get out to the range and work these techniques that Jimmy is giving us. The only question I have is about the ball placement. Putting it back in my stance seems so counterintuitive. I'm afraid to top the ball because I'm not making contact at the bottom of my swing. Thoughts?
Three very important points about making consistent shots….so well explained Jimmy. How does wrist cock work in your backswing? Do you just have oily wrists and let it happen or is it manufactured? Keep this kind of content going and maybe you’d consider a 3-part series on pitching, chipping and putting.
I dont think about anything except what I said in this video. There is no time to think about wrist cock in a 1 sec swing. Dont do too much. Try this and let me know what you think. Thanks for watching.
ove your style! Question on this video you discuss keeping head still, placing ball to the right of center of your stance. swing to waist during back swing and keeping upper arms on your chest ( my words) during swing ( obviously not during follow thru). Then I watched "new year new swing video and you discussed all the above except for the upper arms resting on the chest during swing. It also appeared in the new year video that you didn't do that either. Was that ommision on purpose? Can't go out and try it we just got 6 inches of snow in Connecticut. Thanks.
Great stuff Jimmy. What kind of drill would you recommend doing to make sure the club doesnt come over the top on the backswing when doing the full swing? from a down the line view, my club head gets in front of my hands on the backswing. this happens even when just bringing the club to my waist seems like. Thanks
We dont wave to the camera anymore Jimmy or is this earlier for the wave? 😊. Love your videos and you're all i watch now. Great videos. I played Menifee Lake and it took names n kicked my ass. I got in my head and rhe ego showed up pullimg out that driver like everyone else trying to thread it to a small patch of grass. It worked some long holes. Hopefully this Cali rain lets up so i can get out there n apply this.
I think the reason most of us reach for the driver is because we can't hit a 180 yard seven iron. But... the course management, I like it. I remember a few rounds where we sky the driver, topped it, and STILL parred the hole. We alway used to joke " the drive is immaterial"...🙂
Great vid...just subbed as I've played this way with success . My swing tends to get too big, and gonna strip it down again. I will admit I was dying to see you hit "controlled" driver...any thoughts on making driver swing shorter/ more controlled?
It is all the same, but my goal is to break it down to as minimal thoughts as possible. If you do this correctly, your right hand will still wave to the camera and you will sweep the ground but just keep your head down
My feels: take it back way way inside to knee level, don’t cock wrists (they do anyway), extend bowed right butt of right hand to 11 on clock with impact at 3 on clock (avoids hook release)
Yours is the only golf channel i subscribed in youtube. Why? Coz you are one of us, man. Simple people with day jobs who try to enjoy the game of golf once in while when opportunity to play comes. Aint trying to be mcilroy or john rahm 😂
You nipped the tree on your second hole drive. With my luck, the ball would have dropped straight down. Think you'd be better off hitting a 5 wood at least.
I like this guy I watch all his videos. He has great points I strongly suggest ravage golfer, watch it, but the reality of it is, he’s physically not doing what he’s saying when he starts stopping at his waist and goes to the ball and plays around like that then I’ll pay attention.
It entirely changes the concept when you have to go past your waist and he is on every single shot so physically you cannot do what he’s telling you to do. Doesn’t matter if he’s telling you it’s only I feel course it’s only I feel but the reality physically he hast to go up higher and that’s where most golfers get screwed up.
