Start Compressing Your Irons Like The Pros With These Drills 

This might just be the single best iron video on RU-vid.

Probably the best iron striking video I've ever watched.

Definitely one of the best videos on the subject of “striking irons” I’ve ever seen.

Thats the best COMPLETE golf lesson i have seen yet most you tube lessons just give us a portion of the swing which most of the time isn't a lot of help so thank you for putting in a exta effort your amazing knowledge and a lot your valable time to help us struggling amateurs to enjoy the game so much more

Oct 2023 still watching your tips and they are so helpful. Thanks for sharing

Amazing! Many thx

I am a 14 hndcp, I always hit the ground then the ball. I watched 3 of your iron drills, now i have some lag and im hitting the ball first. I am 58 yrs old. I shot a 47 and was very happy. You have the best instructional videos ever. I was never taught how to hit the ball first. THANK YOU SIR

Fascinating. Gregg McHatton studied the "release" and found that even pro golfers release the club 1-2" BEFORE the ball. At 25:46, your shaft is actually showing a release (based on the bend in the shaft)! Still, your instruction is amazing as I continue to struggle with "casting". I have never taken a divot (on purpose) and continue to do my best to STOP CASTING. Thank you for your work.

Awesome video Clay! Great content and to the point with clear explanations and reasoning. Can’t wait to try these drills and get to the range! Keep them coming you’re the best in my book!

I signed up about a year ago and it has definitely helped my game even though it’s hard to break bad habits. Everything that Clay has showed that is wrong I’ve done it. These videos are the best at explaining how to work towards a better swing.

Nice teaching on the beautiful place

Perfect lesson. He makes so much sense.

Great vidoe! Fantastic learning experience! Thanks, Clay!

OMG!!! you just taught how to play golf in one single video. Ha, ha, ha... I'm suscribed! Greetings from Spain.

Best golf lesson video ever!

Best video of the year. Great coach . Thanks ^^

this video was huge for my game!

Clay I saw this video a few days ago and understood it to the tee! I am an older golfer about to turn 60 in few days. When I was younger I could hit my irons a long way i.e. 150 - 160 PW. Of course now as I become older and I had stopped playing for 10 years and pick it back up beginning of 2019. Well when I began hitting again I had to start all over again and I've been watching many videos but this one really hit home. I took all you taught on this and wow. I was hitting my 8 iron max 160 before, well yesterday I was hitting 172 to 176! My 7 I was hitting 170 to 175 now 185 to 192!! Oh and it felt soooo good hitting them flush and it felt effortless. By the way I also used it with my Driver..... I hit one 302 and average 291 to 296 before avg 270 to 280. THANK YOU!!!

Fantastic content. These drills are what we need to consistently strike the ball pure. I refer to this video often. Thanks Clay

Great explanation!!! Thanks for taking the time and going step by step.

Great video! I found too that what helps me hit more in to out like people want is just focusing on my left arm. My left arm needs to stay tight to my body and really rotate across my body in my back swing.

I have to tell you, probably the best explanation the best video on all of RU-vid. Great teacher. Would love to take lessons from you

Gang, if you thought this was a good video, go join Clay's system. I joined last week and have started transforming my swing already. Was swinging 82 to 84 mph. Be surprised if I'm not over 90 when I hit the range this afternoon. While my 110 mph days are way behind me, looking fwd to getting into triple digits again! Thanks Clay and to everyone else, go pay the $50 or so for the system. You'll save that in golf balls in less than 3 rounds....lol

This is a great video to fix my swing. Thanks!

This really helped me solve a few problems I had. Great clarity.

Thanks Clay.

One of thee best videos on how to open and release hips to compress golf ball with hands ahead of the ball at impact. Thank you, Clay

Thank you

I just wanted to thank you Clay, your videos have changed my game. I feel no anxiety when addressing my iron shots these days, just grip it a rip it. You have a very rare ability in the way you can break down difficult and frustrating aspects of the game into easy to understand drills and tips. Keep up your great work, I tell everyone I meet on the driving range about your channel. Cheers, from Western Australia 👍

great teaching and well understanding

Very nice Iron throwing!!.. Definitely deserves a like

Excellent tip!

Just listen to the impact - absolutely pured!

Great demonstration, definitely try on the range tomorrow 👍🏌🏼‍♂️

Excellent use of tutorial language which is clear, systematically and easy to understand. I got the crucial points straight away! Most importantly they are effective.

U are right I follow your instructions and I wavered off into a another channel and it messed me up once I came back home I’m back on track thank u

Thank you for all the great descriptions of how to got the better at the game I love.

Great lesson I learned this from watching Zac Radford's videos, along with his slightly abbreviated swing it's really helped! Your advice is important and greatly received! Good job!

You sir, are a good golf instructor!

Ok, THIS is the best golf tip video I've ever seen. The fact that you just took the time to make this video, cover so much information, and make it perfectly understandable is amazing. These were literally all the things I was doing wrong. Things I didn't even know I was doing wrong! I can't thank you enough for this. Excellent instructor.

Wow love the way you break everything down. Great stuff!!

Well explained .This will help me thanks

great vid thanks

Good golf lessons

Excellent lesson, clear, effective & easy to follow. Thanks

Clay u are phenomenal!!!

Thanks for this video on hitting solid shots with the irons. I binge on this the night before and played 18 holes the next day. All my iron shots off the fairway were solid. On one par five, my third shot went over the green.

Ok ,I got you perfectly for the down swing to the focus with hand first , thank you,tjk

I've been trying your tips on compression - thank you - works better!

Clay's videos are like fine wine. You have to revisit the same videos once every couple of months. Each time you watch it, you gain a deeper understanding of your game.

good stuff

still working on this. It's been over a few months of practicing in the living room at home and at the range to get just a slight amount of forward shaft lean. The more I try to push my hands forward I shank it pushing the club away from my body. The only thing that has allowed any forward shaft lean has been body rotation focusing strongly on my left hip and shoulder pulling back towards a wall behind me feel. But even then I'm only slightly in front and my hands are just getting past not the 10 degrees that most club pros and actually professionals do. How could I work on my hands releasing a little later in the swing without topping the ball from not releasing? I am releasing just a tad bit too early compared to when I screenshot your impact position. Also in regards to your voice caddy, would you still recommend it as the best for distance and club head speed or is there a different device now that you would recommend. I've seen several people recommending the Flightscope Mevo as being very accurate with club head speed, ball speed, and spin. Have you tested any others or had any other experience with other devices to know which is the best.

Great videos. Clear concise info that is easily applied.

Great lesson, now i will give you one. The big patch that you leave on the ground when you take divots wll take about 2 to 3 months to grow, but if you leave grass between each row (about 3 inches) then the grass will grow back in about 3 weeks. Greenskeeper.

Love this video. I watch your vids everyday. Ive been almost 2 mnths into golfing and everytime I go out to play with my friends, they always notice how much Ive improved my iron and driving game. Thanks to #topspeedgolf and yourself!

Excellent video, golf swing is an underhand toss with the dominant hand. Body responds naturally.

Just went out in the backyard and tried the drill you suggested at the 28-minute mark using the two alignment sticks and I was very impressed with the results! Kind of like Moe Norman's vertical drop and horizontal tug on steroids! The feeling of greatness! Looking forward to taking it to the course! Great video thank you! Keith from New Jersey

Superb, something I'm actually working on at the minute!!!

Great video for hitting solid. How to ensure hitting the ball first rather than ground inch behind the ball? Thanks in advance.

🙌🏻 today for the first time in my life I hit the ball with shaft lean. I video from time to time and I flip the club and I don’t post up on my lead leg. But today I got shaft lean. I still have to work on posting up on the lead leg.

Great video. Thank you, these techniques are making a big difference in my performance though I'm still working on consistency. When I get it right my 7 iron is good for 145 - 155 yards. When not it's more like 125. BTW did you notice the Trackman data is very similar for the first 4 shots?

I had a huge “aha moment” with this video. As a beginning watching as much content as I could, I’ve always heard the term shallowing the club but never understood it. I pull the handle straight down, now I know that angling the handle when coming down is shallowing this club. Makes total sense now

I went through the TSG system this summer and was struggling with covering the ball. That was until one of your recent videos where you stated that it’s impossible for your hands to provide forward shaft lean without opening your hips at impact. I’ve always guarded my lower back from pain due to early extension and that held back my hips but keeping my posture at impact and rotating my hips (versus bumping them out) doesn’t hurt at all. Now I’m getting more distance, control, and consistency out of my irons!

Hi Clay when I cover the ball like your showing my hands are ahead of the ball and club face at impact but all my shots are going right to left have I my hands to far forward or what’s wrong thanks love the videos

I would love to see a collaboration between you and MIcheal Newton, Specifically you and him playing a round talking about your approach to golf in general. I think you two are the best youtube has to offer. P.S. Don't ever drop the beard Clay.

Early extension has been the source of my inconsistancy for a long time now and you depict this flaw perfectly here. Your solution is genius and you show how to implement this beatifully. Finally i have something really constructive to take to the range. thank you Clay.

Thank you so much for your lesson. I've been wondering why I hit so much top balls when I believed that I was doing everything correctly. Now I realized I was doing the Early extension. I gotta head to the range and practice again. Thank you!

Great video Clay - compressing is exactly how we play on the UK Surrey courses squeezing out the ball between turf and head - trouble is when you shoot over to Spain you have to sweep - crazy game huh!

The instructions in this video are amazing! I can’t wait to try these techniques out at the range and then hopefully on the course. Thank you so much; you have got to be the instructor of the decade!

Great video! What is the proper feel you want in your right hand?

I think I am flipping that right hand early. Should that right hand angle be present at impact for all clubs, including the driver? Wondering if that is causing inconsistent impact with the long clubs. Thanks for all the great content... love your videos and have learned a lot!

I hadn't played in about month i didn't hit the as good as i can when playing more so went to range made the ajustments ,hit the ball straight working on playing more to stay consistened

Videos are great. Suggest some frame by frame slow motion, especially on covering the ball in iron play.

Do you cover when you drive.? Does this work for all clubs. Ive been told im too strong for golf haha. I guess i try to muscle it always.

i wasnt sure about clay.....as he sounds like the type of guy that drinks homemade moonshine and watches NAS car. but slowly becoming my favorite teacher ....now driving straighter and hitting my irons purer!......thanks clay!

Hi, do we really have to flip the wrist upon ball impact ?

I just started playing golf a couple months ago and feel comfortable with left handed clubs but I’m naturally right handed. I’ve been hitting the ball terribly but I just feel comfortable swinging left handed. I just bought right handed clubs to see if that would make a difference with the power and accuracy but since I just started I hope it can be a smooth transition. I’ve hit a few with my right handed and feel I have more power but it just doesn’t feel right.Do you think it is a good idea to switch or should I just keep practicing with my left?

I saw wearing a UK shirt! Did you attend UK? Both me and my brother did. He played football for the Kats in the late 70's early 80's. Long shot: any relation to Gene Ballard of Lexington?

This has been great advice, which I am using to strike much better iron shots. Can this also be used effectively for hybrid shots as well, etc.?

The term "feel your weight shift" or "make your weight shift" almost ruined golf for me. I used to push so hard with my right leg trying to get my weight shifted to the left that by the end of the round my right leg was aching and my scorecard was too. I was sliding and swaying instead of turning. It wasn't until I finally found an instructor that taught me the proper way to turn which caused a perfect almost imperceivable weight shift. Now I never even think about the weight shift. It just happens. Thanks Clay for what you do.

how do you get high shots that land and stick greens if you do forward shaft lean. my ball is way lower and farther now.

I'm going to try the right wrist back at the range next time. I always try and think "pull through with the left side" which really helps me to take that right hand from dominating the swing and I hit a nice little draw. I try and imagine the back of my left hand hitting the ball so to speak.

great lesson.. one question, when pro said 'swing left' then what does it mean according to the drills in this clip?

Great video and thanks. What I fail to understand though is, why don´t you take on the covered position of your body and hands when addressing the ball? If that is how you want to hit it, why not start your swing like that? Wouldn´t it be easier to come back to the desired position at impact?

This is a great set of videos. I never took the lessons learned right to the range. Shallowing the club almost forces hip rotation. I’ve struggled with body rotation forever and instantly my form was more fluid and club speed was faster. Still feels strange, but with work I think this is really going to help my irons game which is by far what I struggle with the most.

Are your hands on the downswing the same as when you're using the driver, keeping the palm facing up on the right hand and rolling the knuckles on the left causing the left-hand flat, and squaring it up on impact?

Been trying the drill where you throw the club down the fairway, ive just ran out of clubs to throw, can i throw my bag?

Clay how long would it take for someone as a beginner to hit a 300 yard drive?

Snap release. Does it work with driver and woods as well??

Do you have a video similar to this like driver?

How important is lifting the right foot fully after impact?

What hat does Clay wear? Looks great for sun protection. Great instructonal video!

Clay....honest question. I realize we want power and speed from our driver. But is it really necessary to kill a pitching wedge 150+ yards? At what point does it make sense to develop feel with your irons? Is it necessary to hit your wedge with the same gusto as your driver?

Clay, is it accurate to say your left hand comes UP through impact, but your right hand goes THROUGH toward the target? At least that is the "feel"?

The problem I get when I really try to 'cover' the ball in a calculated way is that I leave the clubface wide open and I'll end up hooking or even duck hooking. I always worry that the shallower my plane the more 'timing' is involved in squaring the face to the ball at impact versus letting the natural arc of my arms/shoulders swing down on-plane. Is there a fix for this?

Would love to see this same drill hitting from tight and then spongy Kikuyu grass. I think you would need to make some serious adjustments to get anywhere near these results. Not a criticism, you rock Clay, it is just golf.

Thank you for explaining “cover the ball”. Golf language can be confusing...

I actually did break my 6 iron just like that. Was a sign from GG for a shaft change.

Does this applies to driver as well?

I cAn cover the golf ball well but have a hard time releasing the club after that. My follow thru feels so awkward