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Hi Alex, Steve from Warrington in Cheshire here. I am “guilty as charged”, I have a tendency and bad habit of ‘swaying’ and not staying centred that has plagued my game for far too long. As a regular subscriber, I know how good your and Shawn Clement’s advice is. Haven’t seen this particular video before but so helpful and potentially as you said “gamechanging”. I really appreciate all that you do, keep up the great work please mate.....! 👍😉⛳️
I am so sorry for my delayed reply... hundreds of comments a day at the moment and some get lost. Apologies. Hope the game back in Cheshire is going well!!
Absolutely spot on Alex! The terms turn your shoulders, rotate your body hv caused many problems for so long. You hv thrown a lot of light on it, it's like pushing the trail shoulder back and up and let every thing else follow. This way, It gets your back to fully face the target and still keep you fully centred. Great advice !
Neat! I'm 62 and my dad used to tell me to just "get out of the way of the club". You are effectively getting the right side out of the way when winding up (which is a great thought).
Well that is very good to hear! (Although don’t count all your pro v1’s at once ) golf is fikkle even for the best in the world. But stay on track, work on the feel you have got and refine your process and intent for each shot :)
I want to thank you. I messaged you 3 months ago when I just started golfing and you told me about a few things. You are the best teacher. I feel my legs now stomach the turn up in back swing. The load and my pressure on front leg. You a great great great coach. If ever in Miami please respond and let me know.
Very helpful. My swing had deteriorated over the summer to the point where I was considering giving up the game. This along with the video with advice for senior golfers gave me concrete ideas to take to the range. I am encouraged by the results. Thank you for so generously sharing your understanding.
Hi once again Alex, you’re totally awesome bud. I’m really blown away with how you present your instructions in such a deconstructed manner. I’m 60yrs young and a 24 handicapper, my goal this year is to get to a single digit handicap, I’m afraid to say, you’re coming along for the ride. 😂 I’ll keep you posted. Cheers my buddy I hope you have a brilliant 2023 and keep the great videos coming. We need you more than you know. 👍🏻 right I’m off to the range.
Fantastic tips for me👏🏻👍🏻😁 after a long period widt bad golf this tips get me back on track. No more swing thoughts in my back swing. Greetings from Norway😊🇳🇴🏌🏼
I tried your wind up swing last Thursday and I found that I was getting much better contact and distance with my clubs. It's like a light bulb went off in my swing. I am 79 years old and in the past I was around a 10-12 handicap. I had a different swing every time I played but now I have the best swing I have ever had. I played again this past Saturday and did not have quite the swing I had but that was because I was not winding up properly. I look forward to playing again this Tuesday and I am going to concentrate on the 3inches on the trail shoulder and winding up. Thanks for this video.
Oh this is excellent to hear!! Better late than never as they say :) you might also benefit from the other fairly recent lesson on the longer as you get older and how to release speed arms. Perfect combo without complication:) please do let us know how it goes!
What an unbelievable tip ! Just tried on my carpet and immediately everything felt connected and 90% simpler ! I know I will play well tomorrow. Big Thanks
was getting on a plane for Palm Springs this weekend and came upon this video. literally took this to the course and used it immediately. Worked great. striking the ball crisply. Actually had good divots. Amazing.. Thank you
Well that is awesome! But have to say a wee bit jealous as buried in with snow here! Hope the next round goes well too! Remover to always react to a specific shot feel and target. Be precise with objective and have the swing that you are feeling now.
With the sheer volume of comments you get, I don't expect this will be read, but had to enter my 2 cents. Sometimes you have to search for just the right word, the right turn of phrase that will click with a student. You have done that for me. I have improved my game 1000% with two simple techniques. 1) Keeping my head stationary (which is not the same as keeping your eye on the ball and 2) drive the downswing with the butt (end) of the club. I have played 3 days in a row, and feel giddy as a schoolgirl. My undying thanks.
I am delighted to hear this has resonated with you and delivering the results! It is indeed all about what triggers you and your swing. It can be a word or a feel.. that's the key. Not being told what positions Rory hits so you should as well. Your swing keys that you mention are perfect. Keep at it and glad you are with us.
This is another school of thought ; feels like it reduces the “evil sway” crossing over the right knee and thus a better weight shift - keeping it centred as you mentioned, for the back swing; also a simpler way of keeping the right shoulder higher than the left with the back facing the target, hence keeping a better rotation along the plane, in my opinion.
Perfect. I saw an Alex Elliot video in which he compared the winding up to pulling the starter rope of a lawnmower engine. Great to hear the same advice from 2 instructors.
Hi, he’s got some good tips for sure. But... I see too often that feel going a little wrong because we are too strong with dominant side and we pull arms across chest. So same feel but be wary
This is just unbelievable! I tried this way of thinking on my last round... and it was amazing. Sure, I did have some mishits but overall everything felt so much easier. Thank you!!
Optimal! Clear and easily practicable explanations. Not only do you explain what is right to do but above all how effective is it. I follow 5-6 online instructors but I have to say that with you I got immediate results. After this video I finally saw my driver traveling straight and with high trajectories, gradually increasing the distance as I practiced. And only after an hour of training on the pitch. Go on like this. Greetings from Italy Andrea
This looks fantastic I’m gonna try tonight. It reminds me a bit of Hank Haney philosophy of keeping the same angle on the shaft at address as the top of the back swing. Loved this video well done and thanks for sharing 👏
Perfect swing thought, I saw a visual of pulling a string to start a lawn mower and tried it but I wasn’t confident it was the correct move until today’s affirmation of this very useful tip even for a septuagenarian like me with spinal issues. Thank you and pls continue what you are doing. Salute!
Thanks Alex another great tip. I will have to take it to the driving ranch. I know it works because I have tried it before but sometimes, I forget these key movements.
Great tip and excellent video! As an instructor, the “wind up” resonates with lots of golfers, especially those struggling with activating hips, core, chest. Well done!!
Brilliant 😉 the battle in the mind versus biomechanics can be the most brutal fight in any sport. "Am I doing this right?" creates hesitation, doubt, makes things feel "weird" ultimately causing so much stress that the game ceases to be fun. Thanks coach 👍
Great advice. Thank you for doing this. I am trying to get a better pivot, a shorter back swing and eliminate a sway. I think focusing on my right shoulder moving up and behind me and my right side stretching will help me achieve this. I'll look out for your review of that training aid.
Very excellent to speak out the truth by saying winding up instead of rotation , a concept that hurt my golf dream finally almost ruins my spine for making rotations here and there.
Another great video- I still can’t figure out the feet - watched 2 videos you made about the feet and I’m still struggling with the sequence/ how the feet move, apply pressure etc - that being said, I hit the range with some goals - shoulder tilt, applying pressure on my right ribcage and moving up vs shoulder moving too much side to side , and the backswing. I let my fore arms be relaxed and pushed the butt end of club up as I go back- it was the funnest range sessions yet . I hit a lot of good balls- I hit my 6-PW really well, unlike I have done before, but I still can’t hit my driver/3wood/5 iron worth a damn. The longer the club gets the more I stink- but wow my shorter irons make a cracking noise that sounds kinda cool- The feet and weight transfer are my biggest issues - I watched your videos and tried to take notes, I lifted my right foot up , dropped it and then started swing, I just can’t figure out how to do it and ‘understand it’ You are a good teacher.. wish I could get lessons from you - I love golf, but I love ‘starting to understand’ what I’m actually doing even more - the best golf I play, I like to call ‘the 200 yard game’ I can’t hit the long clubs, so the farthest I can hit a hybrid or 5 iron if I get lucky is 200, I stray from that way of playing because the cats I play with can hit there long clubs 225-290. Then I try to hit my long clubs and the swing is so horrible I forget how to hit my shorter irons, then I’m lost again. But shit is changing! I know with what you taught me I’m going to be able to play my 200 yard game even better. I just don’t understand why as the clubs get longer my swing get worse - I’m not a great golfer got my handicap down to 14.8 last year briefly- but its back up to 32 now- haven’t played in a couple weeks, I’m just practicing until weather is better. I commented to the foot video asking if you could ‘spell out the footwork’ you let me know you had no clue what I meant! Understandably! I was just hoping when those little boxes pop up in your videos they would spell out the steps a little better. ( like, right ft up,left on heel, left down etc.) Thanks for making videos, you do a damn good job at it - could you do one that is the whole swing and maybe list out all the steps? From address to grip, feet work, backswing etc? Abbreviated , not every little thing obviously , just some checkpoints- I know it’s a lot but to have a checklist of things would be great, even if it’s 20 things, something we can screenshot and go work on. Then we can watch the different videos to work on individual things as needed- Thanks again!
Hi, I’m afraid too much cover here especially as not seen your swing. You can order an online lesson or join The Online club. Just remember to focus on the target and shot you want to hit on the course.. not so much mechanics. We can only think of 1 set up cue and one/two moves at most. Certainly noted on your comment for the pop up instructions etc. we have done it on many but will refine some more in future :)
Great instruction. I would love to see a video where you address "combining" the wind up thought with keeping the arms in front of the chest in the backswing with the "supple" right arm. In other words, how not to get "stuck" with the wind up thought process / movement. Thanks!
I took this to the range today to try it out and it feels really strange - almost as if i'm just lifting the club up and not turning at all. But it seems to keep the club more on plane so i'll keep trying it.
Turning the thoracic spine brought my score from a 51 on the front nine to a 42 on the back. I know that golf tips only work for a day, but I'm thinking this might be my breakthrough moment...
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf I gave it a try today (30 degrees, brrrr!) and it made a huge difference. I'm 69 and have bee struggling with a flat backswing for awhile. This has got me started on the comeback trail . Thanks!!
@@jawjuh1005 many lol! Here’s just one! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yM8NFtTsyds.html you have to focus more on responding to your target Over an intermediate point as well
Good video. The first motion on your video with turn you can do it without moving too much to right side but you can stay central and turn which I do. The other motion would be more tilted which is not good for my lower back. Any comments would be appreciated.
Yes turning is fine if stay centered ... but too many don’t. Hence the lesson. I would try and combine the feels but allow your hips etc to turn behind and not restrict the upper/lower body. Turning right toe out as well will help that
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf Thank you. Yes, I do not keep my lower body restricted at all. I turn my hips and stay central. My shoulder turn is just around on from the setup position. It is also the feeling turning my back towards the target. Thanks again.
Suggestion only: when you watch on youtube shoulder turn/rotation in backswing, they show always the same more or less. So maybe you can show forms of shoulder turn (just focusing on shoulder turns )...what happens exactly to the left shoulder but without sway etc...Thank you
Thanks for the video, can you elaborate more on the leg action in the wind up motion? The leg motion in the back swing and then the forward swing transition is where I need more help. Thanks again
Ok... number 1 lesson for you... try not to think of everything as segmented too much. It’s one golf swing. Fluid and flow. Think of Bobby jones or Snead.. got a great video coming in that very subject ;) But in the mean time... The feel is right hip height and going behind. And the leg motion for the most part can reverse that but avoid letting rip hip move too much to the ball as you come down. It depends on what you are doing right now of course :)
Would you do this motion also with driver? I am asking this question since with driver I am turning my shoulders around (so it looks flat or levelish but I do not raise up in backswing)Thank you.
I love the thought, turning and how much of it has always been a concern of mine. What about the follow through? Could it be the same winding up on the other side?
I was an over turner/rotator for years, amazingly straight shots but could only carry it 210. Ive sorted it out now but this video would have saved a few years of frustration!
I try to simply match the motion of the arms with the chest, hips and shoulders. Once the shoulders cannot go any further,, that is the end of the backswing......no independent "arms up". Pause and start downswing, continuing to match the movement of the shoulders, arms, chest and hips. Very easy to repeat.
@@TheArtofSimpleGolf Truth. For me though, a similar tip from Paddy Harrington completely changed my swing from a swaying inside swing where I pulled everything to a nice easy winding swing on proper path that now produces a piercing high straight shot. Funny part is it’s so much easier than doing it wrong, LOL :)
@@thenextgreat8652 we all can make golf way more stressful and harder than it need be. But for too long the instruction and golf industry like it that way :) some of it for sure helps.. but too much overthinking hinders
Good players have a better from the hips body turn. For me one of the reasons tiger was so good he just turned from the hips so much better than everyone else
Firstly, great video. As you know, there is a certain feel when hitting. My experience has been that when I feel like I wind up and don't think about the swing, I hit pure the majority of the time. The minute I think about the rotation and try to force a long rotation, I sway and start skulling it when I was just hitting them pure without the swing thoughts. Watching too many videos has often confused me when I should have stayed with the game plan. Someone once told me that if its working then it must not be wrong
the late Payne Stewart in my opion had the greatest takeaway ( Jack as well )....it all starts with a slow and smooth one piece takeaway which only really has to be a few inches to then let the body simply takeover...don't think....trust :-)
