This is the greatest golf video ever made. Without a doubt. This is gold. You have described the greatest move in golf. This is the secret to the game of golf. I have tried this I am smashing it. It has come together for me. This is the famous vertical drop explained. This is how you create lag. This is the million dollar move. I cant believe you have done this. This is incredible.
This is one of my favorite videos of all time and I give it all the credit for taking me from a 100-105 to the 80s. I find the random thoughts of the cameraman very interesting. He's getting the best advice in the world he's ever heard but it's going right over his head because he has all these other silly thoughts from random BS Golf magazines. It's absolutely fascinating to watch this. If I was ever a golf instructor, I'd show this to my pupils and focus on the interaction between the two.
If you are hitting it sideways I would be looking at two things. First is grip formation and pressure and second is your awareness of the toe of the club. To control the blade angle requires an awareness and feel for the toe of the club. If you know where the toe is you know what square at the bottom is. I learned this a long time ago but longtime pro Del Starks put it best . He said "Those in the know swing the toe. Those with no feel swing the heel." Get that and you will hit it solid.
I don't need to mention the cameraman won't shut up and listen to all these gems he's getting off Mike. Nothing like interrupting and telling a genius what he means and getting it wrong!
Yes. Keep that feeling going right through transition. The feeling never reverses. This keeps you inside as you move targetward with the lower body motivated from the ground up. The clockwise pressure just eventually disipates as the mass/pressure leaves the right foot and the right foot everts.
Thanks first of all! I wish my Golf PRO would have explained Hogans swing to me this way. I have been searching for over 35yrs for a more balanced power driving point to get more distance. Again thank you for sharing!
I've been playing for 40 years.Now I've discovered you and it's like a ne beginning .you're the man. you actually explain the swing. no-one before has apart from the golfers you quote
This method really does work and I have to say that the cameraman/interviewer does add entertainment value. And of course I laughed my head off the first time the dog wandered into the picture. Well done.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm a high handicapper who's been lost in a sea of confusion over all the contradicting golf instruction that's out there. I've practiced this move and taken it to the course. I'm hitting it much more flush and feeling much more grounded and in balance. When the move is done correctly you are literally pulled through the swing and dont have to time anything. This is just the beginning. Thanks again.
I've been golfing fifty years... Lessons from Austin, Norwood, and Count Yogi. Your enthusiasm, skill, and knowledge should be required viewing for anyone who picks up a club. Thanks
That's great to hear. You are simply firming up the right side by giving a specific diretion to the "Live Tension" that Hogan speaks about in 5 Lessons. It firms up the whole action.
this has completely changed my game...."brace" on the right foot and just turn your shoulders and then all i think about is hit the ball on the inside and follow the arc of the club....fantastic...thanks.
Your clips even know are short on this platform are truly amazing !!! As a scratch player , I can honestly say are the best information out there !! I would love to just sit down and talk about the game ...you are truly important to the game . I have sent each video you have out to so many young players , but they just don't get it ...its a crush it game but this 100% handicap guy , with one leg that works still out plays them .
This is Moe Norman.......tiger said only 2 people truly owned their swing: Hogan and Norman. This video is gold......unbridled enthusiasm is there BECAUSE he knows the secret!
sevam1...You're a flippin genius! You've described/explained mechanics I've experienced in a BRIEF flash but could never replicate as I confused "effect" vs.cause. On one magical evening on the range MANY years ago I was aware of 2 sensations, ball of right foot/resistance/weight shift & a freakish bowing sensation of my left wrist prior to impact resulting in shaft bending torque in the hitting area. Watched ur vids & got ur e-book & finally understood what was happening and why. THANK YOU!
@Dreama40.... Complicated? Step 1) Turn the right leg into the ground to firm it up at address; Step 2) Turn the upper body into the brace of the right leg that you have set up at address; Step 3) Send the navel back to the target to reverse the action; Step 4) Smash the heck out of the ball with everything you have at your disposal. This is not The Goldberg Variations I can assure you.
sevam1 love the Bertholy reference, Moe loved his book and saw him frequently. Bertholy’s left knee buckle to start the downswing along with your Rt foot move is a great combo! Thx Mike
I was skeptical of this but tried it. I don't know if it will work for everyone, but it works for me! I am hitting the ball much better now, thanks to this. Thanks, Sevam!
Thanks! This was the last secret I couldn't figure out, once I started anchoring and using my foot and leg the way Hogan and the rest did, it all fell into place. Now I'm making it second nature!
I just want to log in to say thanks! i recently got back in the game and your videos have revolutionized my swing and amped up my enjoyment. Its refreshing to know there's someone out there who just wants to share the love of the game and isn't all hype.The 'Moe' swing has saved me a lot of pain and i'm longer and more accurate on all my clubs. :D
I believe pre setting the weight into the right side ( r.h.player) is the key to a good move into the ball. Hogan and Moe Norman did this. It still requires rhythm and timing, the two things most people struggle with. Love the dog!!
A slight stall is sending the club out a little over it. Just keep that ability to push in the ball of the right foot until the hands are passing the right toe. You will stay better inside this way and the release will be smoother and more natural and easier to control. You want your speed at the bottom. That happens when the last bit of leverage leaves as the hands move past the right big toe. You want to be moving left while always maintaining the ability to push from the right.
This guy has a nice swing. When I hit the ball, I never think about positions nor could I without being "too conscious"of what I'm doing.. but this guy is able to .. He still maintains a nice free move into and behind the ball
No drill, just make sure you get shorter, as in less tall, on the backswing. If you don't stay level or even better compress then you lose the tension and pressure that you want to build on the backswing.
The right foot is perpendicular to the flightline while the left foot is flared slight ly targetward. I follow the setup exactly as prescribed in Ben Hogan's 5 Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. That is where you start. The Move gives the "live tension" Hogan advocated a direction.
The reason I want the shift "through the ball" is because once I lose the pressure in the right side the stall begins and I have lost my ability to both push and pull the clubshaft. The only thing left to keep the clubhead going at that point is a flip. By retaining pressure in the shaft I also have better control of the blade angle. Power through momentum of the body is not the point. It is all about preserving leverage to swing against. Power is nonetheless the byproduct.
The" toes in the shoes" really helped me. I was bad about falling forward on the downswing, especially with the irons which was causing a lot of toe pulls. Great advice there!
Mike... I have adopted the pre-torque of the right leg into my swing. I just finished a personal best back to back rounds. This change has helped with my OTT move. Thanks for this info.
I can do it either way but I like to put some early inertia into the clubhead with a slight body shift away from the target so that I have somethinge to react to. When I do that the base of the spine moves away from the target and then returns toward the target in transition. So the spine tics and tocs. I can also at address preset the spine where I want it at the end of the backswing. If I do that then there is only the toc part. Basically I swing spine and shift the axis on every pass.
My left wrist is in a flat to bowed position at impact and that position depends somewhat on the shot that I am trying to play. I do not set it that way throughout the backswing. It moves into this position on the downswing because I am rotating the handle and therefor also the clubhead slightly as my hands drop and the right arm extends.
Nice work man, started adopting to this technique yesterday and I can honestly say that I got it right away! My driver and metalwoods are dead straight. Hit my driver dead straight today on a par 5 in soggy conditions 335 yards.A couple more days on the practisefield to get my irons in order, and then I'll be deadly! :) Moe talked alot about "the feeling of greatness". Think I get what he meant, this swingtechnique feels just seems so natural. Thanks alot for posting your vids on youtube!
@maginick24 That is a good way to feel this. What is staying stable and centered is the shoulder harness around the vertebrae between the shoulder blades. The spine reorientates but the top remains pretty stable. Thew movement is through the middle. The Navel. This puts you where you need to be to move through the ball. It puts you into position to strike the ball.
I figured this out a very long time ago, feeling the move first by accident and then figuring a way to preset something to make it repeat. I discussed it with Moe and his comments about it let me know that it was basically correct. There is more though and I will be doing a segment shortly on Hogan's pivot and the mechanics of the mythical Hogan Fade.
as i have watched this I thought it was a joke than it started to make since to its all fantastic info the swing has a whole new feel to me and the feel is correct thanks a ton. cheers
Oh my gosh Mike!!!!! I stumbled onto your video discussing the tension in you feet, ankles and legs and went straight to the range and although it feels a bit weird for now without a doupt it has greatly cleaned up my wide range. Almost all my balls went pretty straight and still just as far or further !!! I love how patient you are with your camerman's questions as you keep talking on your thought :)
Thanks for the video!!! the explenation on the "Focus on my right leg and the preassure i have to feel.... fix my BALANCE" Now i can almost 100% of the time finish in Balance!! and my ball strike is more consistent !! Thanks>>> wish other pro-teachers make it simple as you do!!
Good question, because the left leg can do several different things. If you are Moe the lead knee just keeps leading targetward. The same with Byron Nelson. If you are Ben Hogan, however, the left butt cheek moves back and to the left somewhat as the left hip joint acts like the hinge on a door. As you move left the pressure is rotational resistance followed by a hard turn to the left in the entire left leg once it is has recieved that mass. I feel it more in the left leg than in the core.
Sevam I absolutely love this instruction. So just for a check. I feel like I turn my footb to the right which I feel the pressure all throughout my right leg. I've always had a problem with a real long swing. And when u get about hip height u really feel like u start goin toward tge target. Love the vids man. Cheers
That is right. The feeling of that rotational pressure does not reverse in transition. It leaves when the weight leaves and the last of the weight leaves the right side rather late in this motion. You are moving left in the downswing but you achieve the move to the target by moving the middle of the body back to the target. The mass follows this. When the pressure leaves the right leg the right heel releases towards the target as it rises.
Great advice and observation with respect the back foot . I've done this for years realizing that it is a key element to Moe's move . Easy on the camera guy , it sounds like he is trying to build his game and keep Casey from getting drilled by a golf ball ! Many videos show Moe's back foot action and position , for me , the ball joint of the front hip is even more important ! If it is incorrect the transition forward is disrupted ruining the center point of balance . This may be a personal issue but it is an absolute necessity for me . You have a great swing that contains a lot of natural rhythm and timing so this may not even factor into your thought pattern .
Funny this is I started doing this AGAIN my last round last week. I had been out of golf for a while and wasnt hitting the Irons solid at all. The all of a sudden. Then I accidentally find this video while searching for music. And yes he reminds me of Moe Norman in more ways than one. And that's a compliment
Dan Shauger teaches a pendulum style release. Very powerful. Mike Austin style as you mentiuon. The hands move from bowed to cupped through the impact area. It is a long drive style action. I think that it is good to know. The pivot you will learn is very simlar to the pivot that I am advocating where the body acts somewhat like a bow in transition. Enjoy your lesson and get back to me about how it goes. It is not how I like to swing, but you can't argue with the power of that release.
Great insight...that extra spike is a great focal point..when Snead was a little out of whack he took his shoes off..most likley to get the feel of the dirt.. the footwork..balance..Like Mick says in the movie "ROCKY", "When you have your balance you become a very dangerous person ! You know the physics.. and I think you are saying the rules can be bent a little to your advantage..the foundation can flow a bit and still be harder than rock solid..I think I get it..Great stuff
I like and enjoy Camera-man. Sevam1 is obviously naturally quite gifted and Camera-man has a good sense of advocating, for clarification and focus, for those of us at the other end of the talent spectrum.
The golfswing is a two sided affair. No doubt and the left side is very important. I never leave my left side completely either. In fact I also never lift my left heel which as you note Hogan actually did with the driver. I always want to retain some pressure left so that the left leg never disengages. It has to remain engaged or it becomes a wet noodle and is unreceptive in transition and cannot support the downswing.
Hello Mike. I have had Hogans book for years and really believe in it, but never really got the full benefit. I watched your vid on "the move" and bingo.... screw the right leg into the ground!!! Thats all I needed to do . Cheers mate.
It is hard to advise on this without seeing your swing, but I would say that compressing on the backswing is a better idea than standing up. My right knee may straighten a bit on some shots but I never allow it to lock out.
That sounds about right. Your main focus should be on how that right leg feels on the backswing and through transition. There are several ways to move into the left leg, but how you get to the left leg is the key to everything.
The center of balance is towards the back of the body at the top of the spine. From the front that is straight through the top of the sternum. That is what you turn around in the golf swing. Hogan never discussed this to my knowledge.
THANK YOU for posting this stuff! I went from a 12 to 6 hcp this year, and shot 2 under (with an 8 on my card!) on a 128 slope course. All did was: Think about your concepts, get Tommy Armour's book, look at Sam Snead's swing on RU-vid every night before I went to sleep, and FINALLY get a good grip, thanks to Holy Grail Hogan video on the beach. I am in command of my golf ball now. For you guys still early in your journey, SEVAM1 and classic fundamentals he stresses ARE the path U CAN DO IT
I guess you could say then that what I do is the antithesis of what you do but I am just trying to tell it like it is the same way it was told to me. If that gives "golf instruction" a bad name well I won't apologize for it. At least not while so many folks are improving from this series of videos. Apart from that you are most welcome to any future business that this creates for you.
If you keep the pressure on the inside of the right foot between the ball and heel your knee will be kicked in sufficiently. You should feel the entire right leg firm up as you do this. That is the feeling you want.
I happened to stumble upon this video by accident and I thought Sevam was just another youtube hack instructor with a crazy theory. But for some reason I still decided to try it out. I've gotta tell you, I was completely wrong about Sevam. His advice has knocked nine strokes off my score. I really think Sevam is on to something here. If you don't believe me, give it a shot. This guy's good.
Thanks for your response. On the downswing, I would describe the feeling as though my left elbow points toward the target when the club is parallel to the ground (this is where I feel "stuck" and feel like I am holding the angle too long and will not release to square up the blade) and then elbow moving left of the target line (not down). This parallel position to the ground through impact is where I am lost. Not sure about the right shoulder movement in the downswing. Thanks!
I have been watching these videos and like others I was skeptical (no offense). I was trying to find something wrong... But mike is puring the ball over and over. The balance and pure release are blantant on every swing. I have been implementing the footwork into my game and it's a huge improvent. Screwing my leg into the ground has changed my swing in ways I can't describe.
Great tips - guy I was playing with a couple of days ago was going on about Hogans 5 fundamentals book --so here I was looking for Hogan vids and I found you giving in depth insights - and also showing one plane Moe Norman insights too. As you other side of the Atlantic folks like saying - Yoooo the Maaaan :)
I would disagree. If there is a top anchor it is below the head. I know this from football, basketball, soccer and hockey and from the teaching of George Knudson. In every sport we are taught on defense to watch the top of the sternum because where it goes so must the offensive player. He can fool you with his head. He cannot move the top of the sternum without the rest of the body following. The center of balance is at the top of the spine to the rear of the body.
Hey, these people need to know that the infamous Cameraman is as importaint to Mike as Hogan's famous 13th spike. The Cameraman says all the dumb things that the rest of us would say except for the fact that we're afraid to sound stupid. Which of course we are, compared to good ol' Mike. When you make it to Letterman, Mike, I hope you have the Cameraman beside you, interruptions 'n all! And MIke, have you seen the Somax sports site, and their ideas about starting down with the left knee etc.?
Mike, Of the three methods you mentioned of moving the club through impact, "push", "pull", "rotate"; which do you typically use? Thank you, and thanks for sharing your knowledge. Jon
I guess that is where the last 10%. It feels like a lot more because the ball of the right foot is a pretty small area. Imagine the difference between feeling weight carried on the whole foot versus weight that is still concentrated on the ball of the right foot. Like the difference between weight on the tip of a nail versus on a bed of nails. Hogan was going tagetward, no question, and moving into the left leg hard when the hands enter the hitting are, but there is still pressure right too.
I should have said "curl under" instead of "cup under" when I was talking there. I am referring to an extreme bowing of the left wrist accompanied by a cupping of the right wrist through impact. That is what I meant when I said "You Johnny Miller it!"
this could be a show on t.v. these guys are hilarious together, camerman is clueless and its so funny how obliges his ridiculous commentary. very entertaining
hi dave. try rotating your elbows towards your hips enough to take the "slack" out of your arms. Maintain this feeling through your swing. This should help.
