OH MY GOD, THIS MAKES SOOOOO MUCH SENSE!!! I've been struggling all summer with a vicious pull hook. I wasn't sure if I was casting, spinning out, throwing it over the top....etc. All I know for sure was that my face was close and my path was out to in. I was focusing on flattening my swing, almost feeling like I was dragging the club back along the ground as long as possible. After watching this video, it's absurdly apparent that I was exaggerating a counterclockwise move. I can't wait to go out and try this clockwise swing. Thank you!!!!
So I finally had a chance to get to the range yesterday. This video completely cured my pull hook. Even better, I feel like I've picked up clubhead speed just focusing on making a big clockwise movement. This is the single greatest piece of golf instruction I've ever recieved and I can't thank you enough
OK. So this video just changed my golfing life. I have never had such a transformation in my swing. This rotation and downwards rotation has made everything just work for me. I cant wait to get on the course and shock all of those players that have been telling me I lift my head. THANK YOU.
I’m glad you explained the perspective of who’s looking at the clock because I’m sitting here thinking this dude doesn’t know the difference between clockwise and counterclockwise 😂
Hahahaha - ditto. Took me an age to get it too, and perhaps the reason why this darned game is often Greek to me. But a fab illustration of how to get the feeling
Watched this video this morning. Practice 30 min and then played 18. Hard to "trust" not looking at the ball when swinging BUT, each time I kept my eye off the ball and 2" in front, every one of those shots went straight to the target and actually added 5+ yards. Great advice. More practice and I will have more moments of perfection. Thanks
I have seen days of folf lessons on outside to in swings…..this is the best…it really works. My 7 iron goes ten more yards minimum. Great teacher…makes it simple
Chuck, I am 75 and played golf for the past 60 years. I have been a member of your site for a few years now and I have so say that this is your best instruction series. I just went thru the intro AXIOM segment, then went out and hit about 30 balls. Boy I was I pleased, my swing seemed effortless and the ball flew like it did when I was 20 (160+ 8 iron). The right foot movement is a Godsend, just feeling that movement let my body react properly. Thanks
Amazing! Went outside with my GW and it works wonderfully. Had to get used to the motion but it came in 5 tries. The ball is flying high, far and straight! My thought that helped is to have the butt of the grip come straight down and snap the head. Thank you!
Great visualization for most high handicappers! I have the opposite problem where I can sometimes hit too far from the inside. Usually I hit very square and good shots but my bad shots tend to get too far inside on my downswing and I can hit a sweet duck hook. LOL To try to fix this I make my back swing more vertical but it's very uncomfortable and I can't really rely on it. I'm a 10 handicap but used to be a 6 many years ago.
This is a very inspirational discovery or explanation to amateurs. It finally dawned upon me that when we do swing, think the up swing is drawing the top half of a circle while down swing is drawing the bottom half of the circle, all clockwise. When I tried this way for over 200 balls, I got none of any counterclockwise dreaded over the top OTP.
I play 15 rounds a year. No time for the range at all! Practiced this in my living room everyday and my index dropped 5 strokes in one season. The only reason I haven’t dropped another 5 index strokes is seasonal. It’s November in Chicago and the clubs are in storage. I’m going to follow this pro and subscribe. I was once a 5 index and never hit it like today, ever!
Thank you so much, Chuck, I really cant believe this information is free, before I saw this video I played a round of golf hitting 75 percent of the fairways on a tight course, the next week a much wider course i couldn't miss the fairways if i tried, so i thought , im starting to think that I was using your method on the first round not even knowing it, the next week , very bad round, everything went right , now I know why, thank you so much , that was the answer. And I didn't even know it. Thanks again.
Well…talk about having an epiphany. Never before had I had this explained to me properly. Shaved 10 strokes almost instantly. Finally broke 100!!!! Thank you soooooo much.
Absolutely brilliant instruction Chuck! Your camera presence and ability to connect is on a much higher level than the instructors you have working on your site. Don't get me wrong, they're okay, but you're excellent, similar to Malaska in Arizona.
Since the age of 7 years old, this has always been my issue. My dad and I spent hours upon hours trying to figure out why I cant hit the ball straight (right slice). We tried everything, I mean everything! This video solved years of frustration in just 20 mins. Now I'm ready to finally defeat my dad on the course. Thank you so much!
This works. It doesn't feel incredibly comfortable at first. Baseball players who were internal with the trail shoulder when batting will recognize the feel. Stick with hit. You'll hit thin shots at first but you can tell the ball just wants to go home. This is probably the most important thing most recreational golfers should be doing at the range
Thanks a lot Chuck! Really ...really instructive lesson. Big thanks and cheers from France ! One question...in holidays in Spain far from my irons, do you have any exercise to improve the swing or body move without any shaft in hands? Great continuation to your channel!
I totally understand the clockwise motion. I was definitely changing directions. No wonder why I've been so inconsistent and my back aches after playing.
That's the way to hit the ball from the inside works for fade or draw watch sergio or Rickie fowler from behind they really flatten the club on the down swing.
The most important video to stop hitting fat shots is Video 2 in the description as I specifically talk about what causes this 99% of the time rotaryswing.com/lp/3-pro-secrets-yt-vid-2/
Okay I get it! The problem is we are looking at the screen from a face on view and we should be looking at the golfer in question face on and then the clockwise and counterclockwise Concepts are accurate
Thanks Chuck, this is really helpful. I struggle with losing my spine angle...and have a bad habit of shifting my weight forward on the downswing (onto the balls of my feet). This leads to frequently hitting the ball off heel of the club. I suspect part of this is a tempo issue...where I tend to overswing on my downswing. Do you have your weight back on the downswing?
Two things, though #2 might be answered by #1. 1. What perspective are you talking about for clockwise? Its a 2D video and I want to make sure im clear. 3D would make it more obvious, Im sure. Do you mean if you were to pull back, then turn your head to look at your hands? So like its a clock on the wall to the right? Or do you mean its a clock behind you and your hands will do a clockwise circle relative to that (and on a flat plane with your back)? 2. Do I need to reverse this as a lefty?
Hahaha, at $1800 an ounce I guess the billions being spent on ads that no one is watching this year put a dent in the medal budget! Glad you enjoyed the lesson! Let me know how you like Consistency Secret #2!
@@Rotaryswing I really enjoyed it, somewhat similar to Leadbetter’s take on the “A” swing but making it make more sense. Well done you!!! When I was at college it took the way a certain professor explained math to make absolute sense... he was delivering the same message in different words. He was the best as are you👍☝️💪🙏
@@simmo5071 Thanks for the very kind words - except for the comparison to the A swing lol! The AXIOM has literally nothing to do with anything Leadbetter has ever said or taught, I can assure you. The hand path is really a tiny piece, the pressure shift of the foot is what matters most.
@@Rotaryswing That must be one of the reasons I don’t learn well. I didn’t mean to disparage anything you said. I am a woefully short hitter and yet I score pretty well. I have watched many of your videos especially the road trips.
Hi Chuck. Thanks for the videos. I struggle with a heel strike with the driver which gives me left to right shapes and robs my distance. Irons are good and actually a baby draw shape. Any ideas why this happens?
The clock viewpoint confused me the first couple of times watching this video. Aha moment: at address, look to your right (if you are right handed) at your takeaway and "see" clock hanging on a wall there. Then it's easy to think of the hand path going in a clockwise motion -bam!
Just trying to help golfers stop sucking at the game we all love! If you want to support my work you can experience the full AXIOM program at rotaryswing.com
For left-handed you want a counter clockwise movement when shallowing. How much of a handle drop in inches is necessary to get the club on plane - on average?
Hi Paul, the club should be squaring relatively automatically but there is a video on the site called "Squaring the Face Early" that should help you visualize it better. If the club is on plane, you simply need to allow the club to release to square.
Chuck and his stable are awesome.....if you become a member and start from the beginning to end the of instructions to help you to become a better player like I have and I am not being a smart ass making this comment you should find another sport.
Lee Treviño said "Your first movement on the downswing, should be your left knee moving toward the target. By doing that, your club will automatically drop giving you a better swing"
I love the Rotary Swing methods, but... as an engineer/scientist I like to question cause and effect a lot. From a technical point of view, I can see no intrinsic advantage of clockwise versus anti-clockwise. I believe that anti-clockwise results from hitting from the top and not vice-versa. Clockwise results from commencing the downswing with the lateral hip shift, keeping the back to the target and the shoulders and torso relaxed. This results in the hands dropping down vertically while the torso is "wound up" like a spring. The release of this torso spring accelerates the arms and gives the power to the swing. So clockwise is correct, and a useful picture, but not the core of the issue?
The hands won't just "magically" drop down as you suggest. Every instinct in your being is wanting to unleash back toward the ball and that is what causes swinging over the top. If your torso is wound up as a spring as you put it, it would be impossible to "hold your back to the target", thus your arms will come over the top again.
I find the initial counter-clockwise motion forces my weight forward over my front leg before staring the downswing. Then the body feels the need to unwind.
Tiger uses the thumb/index finger sided to roll up the forearm and club. The clues are we can find the thumb goes quicker and the "eagle peak" at back of left elbow faces to the frontside. And we can also find that the power comes from the chest muscules. However, contemporary players like DJ roll the club with the ulna bone, which lay in the inner side of forearm to drive the last three fingers. We uses them to hold the shaft grip. The palm rotation at takeoff is different than Tiger whick we see the lower palm leads the thumb. This causes Tiger Woods should uses the left side to drive the club instead of the right side which is far more efficient.
At the transition, notice, too, that the left arm stays glued to his chest. It must fall DOWN which allows the right elbow to fall to the players side which allows in to out path!
The vertical drop does not come from an arm swing but core and shoulder rotation. They really don't start swinging the club until hands hit waist level.
LOSE THE CLOCK! The clock is not intuitive, we don't look at it backwards. You have a great lesson here, "over the top" or hands going forward from the top is the fault. Some pros, like Sergio Garcia, describe the first part of the downswing as "pulling the chain down" taught to him by his dad. There is a small loop created as the swing plane slightly changes from there (see Hogan on plane, brilliant). The difficulty is teaching your body to sequence properly as you are shifting weight towards the target just before the backswing ends and starting rotation . . . complex, difficult, and fun to try to get perfect. Xander came pretty close to perfection doing this at the Open Championship, the rest of us continue the struggle ;)
Basically looping the club at the top of the swing. I have been a head football coach I would have lost my players 10 minutes ago. But thank you for your time anyway
Had this lesson 20 years ago, and although I know its right and what to do, I can't do it. I've come OTT for 35 years and continue to do so despite 5000 Utube fixes. 4 years at art college and I still can't draw.
Great lesson, but as a long time follower of you, Chuck, you have radically changed your theory. You used to shout “passive hands” and “hands go along for the ride.” I know because I followed your advice. For most people I believe this makes more sense. But please don’t say it’s easy. Simple in theory but not intuitive and easy for 99% of us.
@@Rotaryswing sure, I used to follow you pretty religiously and one of ur big principles was passive hands and arms. You put the emphasis on correct body pivot/squat in transition suggesting the arms should passively go along for the ride and centrifugal force will naturally follow suit and hold and release the lag. Now that “shallowing” is all the rage it’s not surprising (and not a bad thing!) to see you hit on this active wrist motion but it does seem to go counter to your passive hands/arms philosophy. I can send u direct links of those lessons if it would help.
@@pm1a ahh i see. I am and always will be all for keeping the hands quiet. That being said they have to be trained what to do in golfers who dont have a clue and need something to give them the correct feeling and that’s what this is for
@@Rotaryswing makes sense. I’m one of those who needs to consciously make the shallowing effort. If I take a long John Daly style swing I can just relax and go passive as my hands have time for gravity to naturally pull them down. For me, it’s tougher with shorter less floppy swings.
@@pm1a ya that’s not uncommon at all. In general this is almost always due to the right arm having too much tension and that prevents the hands from shallowing. If you take the right arm off you’ll see you have no choice but for the left arm to fall
