Two of the best drivers of the golf ball, Team TaylorMade's Rory McIlroy and Maria Fassi, watch each other hit shots with the all-new SIM2 driver and talk about how they generate power off the tee.
power yes but not control..Rory has had a 2-way miss for a while now and its definately not the best swing on tour--if it was he would be in the fairway alot more and his wedges would be alot closer then the 20-30 feet away ..i hope his new coach can straighten his swing out....he has not been great for 7 years now ..and if he cant correct his swing soon I fear he may fall into mediocrity which would be ashame cause he has so much talent
@@guyrestivo "He has not been great for 7 years now..." Where the hell did you get this BS from??? Rory was the 2019 player of the year and he finished T2 2 shots behind Francessco M in the 2018 Open championship and he came 3rd in the 2022 Desert Dubi Classic; I could be here all day listing his achivements but I'm going to. If I'm not mistaken I think you've been living under a rock for the past 7 years. I think he's had a slight stumble with in his game as a result of covid and it's impact on professional golf, but 7 years is a huge exageration.
For me, the most impressive thing about Rory's swing is how balanced he is throughout the entirety of the swing. You get the sense that every motion he makes is under his complete control. Hard to explain but it's impressive to me.
These videos Taylormade is putting out are SO AWESOME!!!!! Its really informative to hear how our favorite pros think about golf and the golf swing. I love it!
Love this content. I like how Rory said he's trying to rip it back faster to get more pace going. I am now completely validated in my technique. Now I just have to hit the darn thing.
@@eagledetection4451 not wrong, but remember practice makes perfect. Of course adjusting technique will result in some errors. If Rory spent more time with it he could correct them.
In todays golfing world, so many coaches out there, and they all try to teach a cookie cutter swing. Its quite rare when you come across a coach that will look at what the student has, and develop that into a unique personalized swing. Its so refreshing to see unique swings.
@@MrYoshi-ly6me Majority of tour pros have the same fundamentals. Sure, everyone has a different swing, can’t deny that. However, many pros use the same points when playing.
Charlie does an incredible job of steering this. His bus videos and these are elite, he knows exactly what I want to ask as I'm watching. Great stuff all around.
Really like this new holistic approach to swinging a golf club. Harrington on his videos talks about it too. Not over coaching the swing and letting the body do what it naturally does
I think Rory had one of the if not the smoothest and best looking swing both in terms of speed and just fluidity and it just so good looking and so smooth and flowy it just not complicated so simple but works so well and is so fun and amazing to watch him bomb it
Maria has crazy, efficient power. In the cut scene where it broke it down, I was amazed by how compact the club and upper body were for that quick move.
She got crazy efficient power not staying in the fairway. Drive for show and putt for dough. It's why the Korean ladies will continue to dominate this sport.
Taylor made should have a round where it’s just Taylor made golfers that go and play each other for a couple holes or have almost like an Allstar skills challenge with everyone
To be fair, once it gets past 150yrds you can't see it anyways unless they have the shot tracer 🤷♂️ I sure would of loved to be standing behind them in person Watching them bomb it!!
4:51 - I count 4 full frames of Maria's hips/pelvis changing direction, initiating the downswing, while the club is still going in the BACKSWING, which she couples with a fast takeaway from the start. Very few Pros, men or women, have this big of an X-factor. Her swing reminds me of Cameron Champ, where their belt-buckle is literally pointing at the target BEFORE the ball is hit. 6:44 - Rory produces power much different than Maria, he has about 4 frames of moving his hip/pelvis linearly towards the target and squatting at the same time, then his primary hip rotation starts and some leaping. His belt-bucket is not rotated towards the target as much as Maria when the ball is contacted. Maria generates lag primarily through rotation and leaping, while Rory uses linear movement towards the target, squatting/leaping, and then rotation. Maria is more efficient, but both hit it plenty long!
Ahtletic Motion Golf has videos of some of the top PGA professionals doing this exact same thing. They move their pelvis BACK 1-1.5" inches at the beginning of the backswing, and move FORWARD during the backswing until they have recentered. They move forward a total of 4" plus into impact. This is more common among PGA tour winners than you might think. Do they do it as much as CHamp or Fassi? Probably not. But almost all top players move their bodies forward in their backswing, and they start doing it very early. Check out AMG
"Very few Pros, men or women, have this big of an X-factor. Her swing reminds me of Cameron Champ, where their belt-buckle is literally pointing at the target BEFORE the ball is hit." Yeah usually that's something that you see with junior golfers, and one of the main reasons for that is lost flexibility combined with knowing that you need to keep your eye on the ball through impact which is somethin that you learn as you get older. Another is that we tend to feel that we are putting more power into the ball by pulling the club across our bodies so we tend to stop rotating and pull the club with the upper shoulders and arms (something has to provide a solid base for all that power to get to the ball). That literally kills swing-speed. The club cannot be swung both "hard" and "fast". Power does not equal speed, and the more upper-body power we put into the swing, the more that we tend to fall over and behind the ball and rotate up off our feet towards the target, which, again, kills swing-speed and absolutely ruins ball contact. The key to good swing-speed is to realize that you accelerate the club by putting power into the swing when the swig-speed is low and then as it rises you want to simply guide the club maybe maintain clubhead speed not continue to try to put max power into it all the way through impact. So what you tend to see is young players and bad hitters doing just that because they are desperate to get the most distance... as players get older and stronger, an certainly wiser and get a better feel for a good swing, they realize that they neither need nor want to struggle so hard for good distance & they can just let the club flow freely and maintain good swing-speed while keeping good position, good stance and good rotation and arm and shoulder flow and most of all look at the damm ball all the way through impact and make good contact with good results. The problem is when players aren't satisfied with that and need to feel that they are crushing the ball and they go "over the top" with their swing and everything goes to shit. In my opinion you get power into the club from the top of the backswing down to where the club points laterally at the ground. From there on your goal is to maintain lag & clubspeed and align the swing and clubface with the ball, try not to ruin it all at impact by falling back and rotating away from the ball and especially not flipping (extending) the club down the shotline. To me this is why golf is so addictive, because it feels so damm good to get the swing & contact right and get good results, watching that awesome ball-flight and seeing the ball land in a great location. I could go out and hit shots all day long, just having this happen 70 out of 100 strokes. If I'm playing too well it's actually boring as the challenge is gone; and if I'm playing really badly I'm walking off the course thinking of chucking my bag and clubs into a pond and not playing golf again. I feel sorry for people who play golf to impress their friends and relatives as much as anything else. Seriously if you don't really like to play golf then don't beat yourself up over not being good at it. If you do like it then you probably can't get enough of it even if you can't break 110 from the white tees. The problem with playing too well is it gets to be too easy and not interesting enough so to a degree it's ok to play badly for a while at times. Which for most kids is just fine. Especially since most kids are going to play badly regardless.
Its two different swing feelings. You can get away with hitting off your back foot with a driver (actually makes it go longer, see long drive guys hitting), but you can't hit anything else that way. Whats a 100% sand wedge go? I don't know because you should never do it. Take an extra club and make a compact swing.
The motor cortex supports the intent of the dominant hand. (80% of sensory and motor neurons are in the hands and face+Homunculus) In a complex throwing motion, the lower body moves to maintain balance (to keep our head, brain upright= survival evolution) while "throw" with the dominant hand. Does a baseball pitcher think about firing his legs? DS(1/4 second) happens too quickly for conscious control. Maria understands to not consciously mess with the lower body. As Ben Hogan wrote: “It has always seemed to me that, in its general character, this motion is quite similar to the one an infielder makes when he throws to first base after scooping up a ground ball,”
@@josh111222100 That's debatable, giving the fact that Fassi out drives both of them by 10 + yards. She's a beast and better looking than both the Korda sisters
@@brandondornan9524 Korda sisters actually win, and who cares if she out drives them. Regarding looks, I don’t dig the Leno jaw look. Korda sisters all day for me.
@@josh111222100 The sisters have been on tour ALOT longer 🤷♂️Fassi has only been on tour for a year give or take. She has just as much talent as the Kordas. She has plenty of time to out shine them with zero fear. She kicked so much ass at Augusta last year
I love (but actually strongly dislike) the TM equipment plug. Trottie is talking about tee height and somehow connected it to the forged aluminum ring.
Its not the club is the player bro. These guys would probably only lose 10 yards with an older driver look at what Bryson has been using on tour recently
You opinion shouldn't matter, when you can measure which one fits your game the best... that might very well not be SIM2. You can have an opinion about looks, but if you measure the performance, opinion has nothing to do with it!
The long drive competition guys are doing the fast backswing to get the whip going in the club. However, they don't have to worry much about hitting a finer target...
02:19 look with her it's simple, that awesome physique of hers is just very good at hitting golf-balls and she doesn't let her mind get in the way of her body just doing what it does. So that's an important factor with everyone. If you take the mind out of the swing and just hit a casual drive, you're very unlikely to hit bad drives and they often are surprisingly long given the effort.
I just checked the LPGA distance off the tee average....there are girls averaging 296 off the tee??? my god, I cant imagine how short they make the course
To drive far you either have to just be strong and have a smooth swing. Or have trained hard and swing hard. Ive never worked out but am a naturally big guy. I hit around 280-300
@@mickclarke5741 Doesnt need to be. His wedge game is outstanding now. He hits that nice 315 yard long cut off the tee. He will take top 10 in driving distance to keep it in the short grass
Golfers should take tips from Javelin throwers. It's literally the art of injecting power into a single point. I bet Jan Železný would have been a monster driver, or maybe he was and nobody knew.
True. Jan would probably have great advice if he retired into golf. One player that comes to mind is Schauffele and his father's javelin throwing background.
@@ineed8800GT Love his move into the ball. Crunches it for a small guy. Also, his confidence, almost cocky. Misclub at the Masters on 16 cost him, but what a player!
Totally different swings. Fred lifts his club high, with not much hand depth. But he does that recentering move that all great players have, that gives him time to create speed.
It’s funny to here Rory say the same thing I say all time to my buddies as a single handicapper off the first tee just trying to make solid contact speed isn’t a priority on your first hole tee shot and a good or bad drive on the first could make or break your entire round. I don’t think I agree with the faster back swing I’ve even heard Jack say when he wanted to step on one he would slow down his takeaway rushing it could cause loss of tempo, and contact I mean look at hideki he might not be as long as Rory but he can still move it
@@jackarmstrong1838 yeah that’s a given with driver I see to many people swinging with there arms and they are amazed how much more power they have when they get there legs and the ground involved. The step and swing drill is very effective in creating that feel when done properly
There is some truth to that. If you know how to turn your body into a slingshot you learned, it young and it's hard to explain it to people that can't do it.
You can get there, but you will have to develop it. Flexibility and strength. Rory had a add a lot of muscle to get to 180 ball speed. Men typically need to work on flexibility and women need to work on strength. Maria played a lot of soccer as a kid as you may have guessed from her lower body strength. There's a genetic maximum, but we can all hit it further and still have control.
