In short, 1. No hands forward, 2. No sway, and 3. No low take-back! Great content, Matt. So much packed into this nice short video. If you could do a video on hybrid vs. long-iron, that would be fantastic. Keep up the great work...appreciate your efforts! 👌
"no hands forward, _at address_ " You still need to have some lag, which means your hands will be slightly forward at impact. If you get the proper turn, your hands should be slightly ahead at impact.
How this guy doesn't have 2 million subscribers (yet) is beyond me. Matt.....you've changed my golfing life dude. My wife doesn't let me watch your videos past 6:00 PM anymore.
Best youtube golf instructor i've found. Practical tips, short videos, and to the point. Barely had to skip sections of the video. Great for his algorithm but better for us! thanks matt
Yes, yes, yes!!! Screwing yourself into the ground is the perfect visualization!!! Went to the range today and saw immediate improvement with my contact. Looking forward to the weekend when I try it on the course. Thanks!!
In my experience, when too much forward shaft lean is presented at address the fault is simply ball position. People will fault the grip or the stance but really the ball is just a tad too far back. Nothing wrong with a punch 4 iron... but you need to know how to control the face to avoid misses. Shaft lean with long irons is always a good idea, just make sure the ball is kept a little forward of middle.
Used to be a hands forward player on every shot but putts until I found your channel last year! Every few rounds I add something else I learned from you in. New step is working on the early release causing extreme backspin on the driver(getting around 5-6k rpm) taking away easy 50 yards distance
Thanks for the tips! Number 1 tip was the major nemesis for me first learning the game. Possible 4th could be ball position/stance. I used to struggle with long iron ball position. My reality for "ball position" was actually my stance. I was too narrow. I play the same ball position regardless of club(irons). What changes is the width of my stance. Unless I'm going for a particular ball flight. Works for me anyway! Thanks again!!
Man I love you. !! I didn't really understand the backward motion until now. One word saved me, screwing down..aaand bingo. As a winelover, now I know what to do!!! thank you. Subscribing, hiting notification bell, liking everything!!!
Mr SG, I love the screw lesson. I play 2 to 3 times a week. I have so much info that I have to clear my mind when playing. I love your positive mind set.
That screw move and making sure Keeping hands centred has changed my golf dramatically thankyou so much! went from shooting 90 odd to 82-80 consistently
I love your videos. I enjoy watching them and I always try to go back and watch them over helps a lot. So thanks for all the advice and it's very informative. Not sure if you already have or haven't, could you make a video about different lofts of wedges and how to use them? For what distance or in what types of scenarios you'll use what wedge/club?? Much Mahalo 🤙
While I am 5’10” I do have a strong upper body, so I learned how to hit long irons. I did most of what you show by figuring it out on the range. It took a while. But once I got the 5 going a consistent 180 - 200 with just a natural swing. I started working on club head speed and then going to the 4, then the 3. Not unusual at all for me to play a 3 iron off the tee and get a predictable 230 - 260 ish. Which is about what I get with a driver when I don’t get all of it or Mr Snappy rears his head. The driver clean will go 300ish, but why risk it when I have a long iron and a wedge or 9 iron to most greens. Or even better, if it’s a long par 5, that 5 wood will pick it clean off the fairway for a high dropping 220 nearly every hit. Love seeing you encouraging players to get out those long irons, figure it out.
I’m a 11 handicap & I feel like i hit my long irons about 60% good & 40% bad. I’m pretty sure I sway sometimes instead of screwing into the ground. Great video & can’t wait to go work on that move.
point 3 , something that really helped me on this, keep the left arm against the chest, can even see when you twist the club(hand rotation @ 5:59) how it moves away which causes all kind of inconsistent shots.
Thank you. I've felt that hands forward ruined my golf swing. I've been working to neutralize my hands and found that old habits are hard to break. When I swing hands neutral, I get MUCH BETTER results.
Wow, I had instant results, Matt! Using the screw technique shaved 8 strokes off my score the very 1st time. Thanks so much for the advice! My game has totally improved.
your swing looks so good..... thanks again for your help...i loved it when you said "your paying someone money to fix things you could fix yourself".....
Love how you mention the problems of conventional coaching. I am mostly self taught, I’ve done under 20 hours of lessons my whole life and I’ve felt that I did get better in the 20 lessons but I could have gained all the knowledge of those lessons in 2 lessons. How the wrists work for example. It wasn’t explained easy to me like you explain it. Turning the screw, so simple, so easy. Would love some advice though!!! I have a strong left grip and I’m a right handed player. I find I can’t turn the screw as much because it shuts the face down too much. Should I consider going neutral with my grip?? I’m able to get some forward shaft lean at impact which is awesome because even after 10 lessons at golf Tec years ago I was still flipping.
I just got new irons and I’m hitting my 7 longer than my 5 😩 I can’t wait to try these. Tip 1 might be the trick, considering it’s a longer club I should have more neutral hand position similar to how I would hit my driver. I’m going to try and also keep in mind tip 3. I’m hoping to add 40 yards to this 5 iron.
Thanks for reminding me about the sway. Way back when when I learned this it was also described as don't let the swing pull your body out of line with the ball.
I kinda figured out tip 3 by myself thankfully. Had the biggest struggle to hit it straight, mostly either pushing right or hooking. With the club on the outside i can feel my arm coming across my chest a whole lot better and giving me the room to swing freely. These are the kinds of things you just forget if you don't play for 3 years
Great video! I struggle with your first point as I can't get my long irons air-born. Just have one questions. With the hands being more neutral or back does not close the club face somewhat?
Such a BA room! Great show man...SG move, hands in club out and middle of the road setup AND a driving iron.....do you have a Driving Iron review episode?
I have srixon zx5 irons absolutely cracking. Gained distance. So pure to hit until my 5 iron. 5 and 4 are so slim and so small and seem like I don’t hit them the distance I need. I hope this video helps
My favorite golf guru...when I'm hitting my sand, gap or pitching wedges, I do set my club up off my back foot where it's going to contact the ball. Should I do what you're doing with my wedges as well? Or is is ok to set up where the face is going to contact the ball?
Hopefully this fixes my hooker problem. Love the vids, I just started really playing this year and you’ve helped me compete with my friends playing for 10+ years. You do a great job of breaking it down in plain english so it’s simple and easy to understand
I need desperate help! I have forgotten how to use my legs in my swing, sounds dumb I know, but I forgotten how. Will you please do a video showing some drills on how to make sure you are using your legs.
Any recommendations on building flexibility and strength off the course for better golfing. I'm in my 50's and find I have sore knee on the leading edge.
Number 3 is exactly what a teacher told me to do. Worked fine at first but then I started going way over the top. It was a hard road to get back to status quo.
Hey Matt! I wanted to ask you to experiment this single length Irons. I always thought that long irons dont need to be actually long. What do you think? Seems like if my 4 iron was 9 iron loft i would have a much easier time hitting it no?
Love the bud, once I get my tennis elbow healed up I’ll be back at it! Hey ever consider side to side comparison of cold weather vs warm weather ball flight? Also soft vs firm ball? 🍻
:52 just come from in to out and draw the ball with hands forward its how you do one part of the stack and tilt swing. Don't sway strait back leg and throw left shoulder towards the ball
Would the first one apply to game improvement irons with a lot of offset? I have a set of Callaway X2 Hot and they seem to require my hands being forward.
Awesome!! You continue to amaze me with your knowledge and helpful instructional insights. Thank you again! I believe you could play with the pros on tv if you wanted to.
The thing about professional golf is the margin in scoring average between the top 150 players in the world is a fraction of stroke. I can’t even begin to explain how competitive it is.
The older long irons are hard to swing because they have heavier shafts than short irons as they are basically the same shaft but cut longer. A lot of modern shafts are now made with constant weight throughout the iron set and easier to handle, a few models even gets lighter as the shafts get longer. Utility long irons are even easier to swing, big hollow heads with light graphite shafts these play almost like a hybrid but ball flight could be high or low depending on where they place the weighting in the head.
I just recovered from shoulder surgery, I'm in my fourth day to be back hitting clubs easy and good habits make for strong good player in b three weeks. Any tips to help me Mike
