Stop Casting and COMPRESS the Ball! 

Holy cow. Not only does this address casting problems, but it ties together all of the fundamentals of a sound golf swing. Well done, Steve. This is one of your better videos.

One of the best explanations in laymans terms I've listen to in 30 yrs.

Finally, someone who explains why I am casting and showing the right way to get into the right position! Great Teacher

WOW!!!! Finally. I’ve looked a a hundred videos. . Listened to a hundred people. This guy explains the relationship To a T!!!! Thank you So Much!!!!!

This video is incredible. I have a golf net and an R10 at home. Video analysis told me that I'm casting the club so naturally I tried to fix it directly with hands and wrist positions. I started almost wearing out my hozel from the shanks. This video opened my eyes in what leading with the body actually feels like and deals with the actual cause of why your mind feels it needs to cast the club to make any contact. If I even just slowly rehearse what you were explaining the hands immediately drop down the body by just trying to maintain the "7". Thank you so much for this

This is fantastic! I have worked so hard on not casting by manipulating the wrists and delaying all to minimal but occasional success. This video changes everything. Thank you Steve.

Agree-this is the best video I have seen to help me understand what is needed to solve the right arm casting problem. Great explanation and thank you! This made an immediate difference for me.

Thank you Steve. I had a stroke back in March. I couldn’t even hit a ball. I tried all sorts of different swings natural golf, stake and tilt. My driving distance was 160 - 170 yards. So when I saw your RU-vid posts I’ve started hitting my 210-230 yards. My irons are straighter and more distance. I got my first set of clubs at the age of 12 55 years ago. Had a decent game. I thought I ‘twas going to quit until I found you. I can personally recommend your instructions to anyone that wants great distance and consistent golf swing.

The best drill I’ve see on you tube, and I’m a you tube junkie when it comes to golf videos.I was hitting behind the ball and thinning my shots,thanks keep them coming.

Best video on youtube explaining lag or lack there of. Not only does it create power but helps the club face square naturally. Baffles me that other instructors don't address hip rotation when speaking on these issues.

Absolute facts. This helps fix early extension

Thanks Steve. This helps with early extension also. Love watching old footage of Mike hitting driver. His hips are so open at impact. When I started to get this it felt like I was going to hit massive hooks but this is a game of opposites. That’s why people teach the delaying of the hands when actually the opposite is true. Well done, superb video👏👏👏👏👌🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️ hitting balls with the left without using the right arm to pin the left arm then hitting balls with the left using the right to maintain the number 7 was a lightbulb moment for me.😄😄

Probably the best instructions I heard in 30 years of playing this game. I can't believe what I just heard and seen. Thnaks for saving my back and my game!

I’m commenting on the video where you swing a bucket of range balls. I didn’t have the bucket so I decided to just do the exercise with my sand wedge. This provided The “aha moment” I needed, I finally felt what tension free arms feels like. I can’t wait to play using this video on rotation and tension free arms.

Fantastic video. Took this concept to the course yesterday and shot my lowest round of the year. Should we use the same concept with the driver where we are trying to hit up on the ball rather than down on the ball as we do with the irons? Is the answer just a matter of ball position? Clearing this up will really help. Thanks so much for all the great videos!

Very similar to Monte Scheimblums swing teachings! Keep the torso moving! Thanks Steve!

This is a great lesson on the value of hip turn, weight transfer, rotation, etc and how you can get your hands (and handle) in front of the ball even if you cast. The problem for me though is that you are not actually casting in your demonstrations. In your slo-mo swing at around 7:30 in, you have a tremendous amount of lag at last parallel and show no sign whatsoever of dumping the club prior to that. I would like to see all the things you are advocating demonstrated by someone who is also throwing the club (and angles) away right at the start of the downswing. I can do the things you are talking about, but I still throw the club away early and lose speed and have flippy contact. It is like you saying that if you do the things you talk about, that you can't or wont cast anymore. Not sure that is true. If a person is prone to dumping the club at the beginning of the downswing it could be very hard to get out of that just by doing other things correctly.

Love it, good way to show the casting not moving threw to finish, wonderful video! It helped me when I practice getting into the finish position (posing) without a club, to train myself not to stall out at the bottom of the swing, many repetitions of that. the thought of hitting the ball makes you stall rather than like you say moving to the finish! Steve stay safe, with all going on in today’s world! be safe and well! And Yes we’ll keep watching!

Love this!

It’s a whole new swing thought that I can’t wait to try!!!

GREAT JOB Steve!!! Brilliantly explained. Thank you

Well done video Steve. I will give it a try for sure. 👍👍

Steve just got back from range & hit it pretty darn good paying attention to the pivot. Thanks for sharing.

I’ve been casting forever. I’m going to work on your drills. Thanks

Great video!...I’m trying this tonight.

Thank you once again. I finally understand why I always casting shoulder , flip hands , and early extend. Not too difficult to comprehend now and do the right method.

This is a great video. It has helped me immensely to correct my ball flight and compression. It does seem that I have lost a little distance hitting this way, but maybe it will come back or significantly increase after working on it for several months.

I’m going to work hard on this, I think it’s the answer to my stopping my rotation and flipping the ball left Thanks for all your videos, great explanation of how it’s supposed to be done ✅

Excellent! Makes a ton of sense also, thank you!

Fantastic video. I have been trying to figure out how to stop casting. Watched many videos and tried many different approaches. Some helped me a little. However , this video laid it out for me. Did the frills with right and left arms. My golf hits were solid and consistent. Watching the video on the driving range really helped. Thanks again.

This is your best video ever. It reminds me of throwing a baseball from the outfield to home plate. You have to pivot to your left side and u load your right elbow and wrists.

Steve; you are a fantastic teacher. Thank you so much. Your enjoyment of this game and solving the riddle of the swing is fun to watch.

Very good explanation,i am impressed by the simplicity of your teaching,congrats,mate. And the power of release you will produce is amazing

This is the holy grail . When I do this correctly it's an amazing feeling.

Really nice driving range. The advice is pretty good too :)

Thanks for the lesson.

Thank U a million times for this exellent video. I love the casting metod, but now I realy understand I have to turn through more to avoid duffing and topping

Steve, I never understood Mike’s “7” until this video. I went to the range today. I was finally hearing the “click” of good contact with the ball. I didn’t learn the 7 from other Mike Austin instructors. Once again I am excited about the game of golf. P S on 6/8/‘20 I turn 79. .

Unbelievable well done. Coach 🏌️👍

Finally, a video explaining the root cause. Now, to de-program my body 😮

Great and succinct explanation of proper sequencing of hip rotation. Thank you, Steve! Excellent drill also.

So, we are really hitting off the right hip but the pivot, turn, and tilt has transported the club far enough left that the wrap around the pole with the 7 intact provides the proper release and good impact conditions.

Well done excellent information you are now my coach!!!!

I’ve been taking lessons for years and cannot stop casting and flipping. I’ve lowered my hndcp to single digits but this one position is keeping me from getting better. I hit balls 3-4 times a week practicing on my simulator. I’ll give this a shot tomorrow and see what changes I can make

Hay Steve is it the same way to stop casting the driver also? Thank You.

Good tip Steve ,must try it

Great lesson

Great tip. Cheers

@steve Pratt golf I’d love to send you a video to see if you think this is my issue !

How do we work on keeping left arm connected to torso?

Tried this last week and added at least 30 yards to my drives. AMAZING!

What’s the chair do Steve? I must have missed the explanation?

great teaching!

Thank you for this video Steve, makes sense. Question on what muscles are you using to unwind the torso at speed? I remember in an Austin video that he said that he did not use his shoulders to power the golf swing.

Nice one Steve.

Great video !

Hi steve, I have a question....it’s not related to this video per say but I didn’t wanna search through my history to find the right video..... When you’re flexible enough (as I am very flexible) to activate that shoulder blade bend at the top of the swing....is it ok to be slightly across the line due to that? Thanks

Awesome new tip and can't wait to use this concept. Just think of the number 7 throughout. My question is then is it okay to have your shoulders lined up left of the target line at impact? Many instructors emphasize shoulders lined up near the target line at impact. I believe it's more powerful if already opened at impact.

Another great video ⛳🏌️‍♀️🏌️🏌️‍♂️. I'm gonna have to put you on the screen and pick your swing apart so I can copy your swing.

I find when I rotate my upper torso early like this to get lag through impact, I end up getting my arms to far out thus getting a big out to in swing path. What should I drill to stop this? Cheers from Australia.

Steve, how far back from your left heel is the ball positioned? Also, during the rotation forward, is your head still throughout the entire rotation? How to ensure that while practicing this drill we don't inadvertently swing outside-in? It would be very helpful if you could wear a GoPro on your hat so that we could see what this looks like from your POV.

This maybe your best video yet. Your explanation of getting the left arm in front of the ball was an eye opener. Is it in front for the driver as well? And the pivot itself, I'm finding it has to be done fairly quickly, correct? You alluded to something like this in either a video or newsletter that the pivot must happen fast because in Austin swing there's no time to waste.

Where is that range?

Hey Steve I love your video’s, great teacher you are bud..I started following you last year and my game improved So much and I’m hitting the ball very well and finally center face..lol..playing about 10 hdcp and trying to get into single digits. Quick question? I use the 123 drill right handed, but having a little issue with the full swing timing..do I post up first then start the release From there or start both at the same time? Cheers and Thank you, Chris

I promise you the 14 people that thumbs down this video blocks their shot to the right or flips and push hooks the ball. You can't cast if you turn, you can not cast faster then you can turn. Remember as long as you turn and use your forearms correct you can't release the club early enough. Once you stop fighting this you will play the best golf and hit it longer easier than you ever had. Stop listening to t.v. announcers and pay attention to people who know what they are talking about. This is a great way to hit the golf ball, it isn't the only way to hit the golf ball but it is a very efficient way to hit the golf ball.

I tried this today and got much more distance but had trouble keeping my head behind the ball. That led to topping the ball. I’m not sure how my first move from the top should be initiated by, push off back foot or a lean toward the target.

I like this channel!

As someone who habitually gets under the plane and stuck this seems like it would lead to open faces and visits to the right OB marker. But I figured out that the answer wasn’t less body rotation, but more of it. If the clubhead path is roughly circular then I need to aim that circular path with the bent spoke (lead arm) that it travels on so that when I cease leading it and transfer all the energy down to the clubhead that the path and head spit out towards my target. This can only be done by more turn and not less. How to get there? I was just lifting my trail heel off the ground and releasing from the top by spinning my Palm about the trail forearm. Not enough. I had to start releasing the trail heel so that it pivoted toward the target line. Voila. Release as hard as you want with a square face. Austin demonstrated that a lot in his skeleton suit with the club looking like it was impossibly far behind. Granted, that wasn’t at speed, but the intent showed in his slow body work. He knew what he was doing.

Awesome ,,,ty

Great , as always, question Steve: If I think figure 7 with the driver, what position do I take the end of the club to, given that ball position is way in front with the big stick?

You can definitely cast if your torso and lower body get too far out in front too fast.

I’ve tried to order a training aid on your site to no avail.

I watch these vids, he says doesn’t matter when cast.. hold my beer

so is it a drive to "the post" then a turning of the hips??

Thanks Steve, do you have a training video on the power coil? I bought it but how do I use it to get better

Steve, Quick Question. I really like the feeling of the throw release, and I’m seeing results on the range. However, when I take it to the course, everything is pulling left. Is that just needing more turn? Also, I would like to see a future video talking about the most common mistakes your students do when trying to learn his technique. Just a thought!

Steve is there a problem with the torso out running the arms resulting in weak shots going to the right? (Rt.handed golfers). If so how, How would you correct?

Steve, don’t you have to worry about getting the shoulders too open and coming over the top?

Can you turn too much? I have been told to start the downswing by dropping my arms before turning. To be fair I think I hit the ball better by doing this. I am a little confused because my swing path can be anything from 4 - 12 deg right ( I am right handed) and tend to push draw (or hook) the ball and often hit it fat. Perversely, when I try and turn earlier, my strike tends to worsen.

Im a7 handicap but was told i cast. I have great shots and hit it further than most however my consistency is not what it should be. Im all arms in my swing. Going to try this hopefully help lower my scores with some practice. Do you do evaluations via email with videos etc?

Steve, is it ok to generate the turn using the right side rather than left side? Reason I ask is I have an old injury and find it hard to continue the turn through impact with my left hip, but if the right knee/hip take charge, it’s easier to let the left clear without exerting too much pressure on it?

Fantastico !...

How many degrees open is your body at impact?

Steve, can this be a different way of explaining how you are wrapping the swing around the pole or is this a different concept/way to swing the club all together from the Austin approach? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fniAGqLKbr0.html

My back then faces the outfield fence or the camera behind me. Now I can really throw that baseball or golf ball around my left lag post.

Did you measure the effect? There is no effect as the swing works like a trebuchet. You can not increase the club. Anyhow for me it does not work. Of course you must release and not hold.