The most basic and important skill we need to play good golf. This drill will help everyone if we stick to it long enough.
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Let me help you get an effortless golfswing with speed and accuracy. I call it the circle of speed. A good release will help you to a better impact and longer drives and irons without slice and hook. How to swing a golf club need to be adjusted to your skill level and experience.
Long and straight is the goal for everyone but it takes time. Try to focus on one thing not everything when you practise. Impact, face control and swingpath will always be the most important part to drill. We focus too much on rotation but no good golf shot will be executed just by rotating.
I’m naturally right handed but all my tips works for both left handed and right handed golfers playing either way.
We also need to understand that many myths in golf are misleading. Everything that you find on the internet isn’t true. Ben Hogan, Sam Snead are two of the legends that are often misunderstood. To understand golf we need to take it step by step and learn every part of the swing before we move on to the next. It’s like a big jigsaw puzzle that we all can figure out.
Some pro’s that hit draw: Rory McIroy, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Reed, Sepp Straka and many, many more.
We shall not keep our head still, only start with the hips, look only at the ball or keep the left or right arm straight. Understand what do do with the club and let your body find the best way possible.
If you use callaway, ping, titleist or taylor made clubs doesn’t matter you can learn to hit good golf shots. Your loft or your shaft on the club will not change but you can always get better.
Find what inspires you. Golf basics are the same for everyone. The pga tour, longdrivers or other good golfers can all help you find better golf shots. Watch what they do instead of listed to what they say. Listen mostly to your body and figure out what you need to do to produce the same results as the pros on TV. Be careful when you watch a golf swing in slow motion. The result isn’t always what the golfer is trying to do. Feel and real are seldom the same.
Mike Malaska, Mike Austin, Mike Dunaway, Pete Cowen and Steve Pratt are some of my favorite golf instructors online. Find the tips that make your golf better. Decide what you want to hit. I teach a draw but many like a fade and nobody likes a hook or slice.
Your hips or your lag is not the key to golf. Your hands will decide the shot and you can do like Tiger Woods and trust your hands. Teach your hands to hit different shots. Hit big hooks and slices to understand what happens. Only straight is not gonna teach you anything.
Bryson Dechambeu and Kyle Birkshire can inspire you to hit it longer. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson can give you inspiration and motivation to test new things and new golf shots. Linn Grant, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg can show you the future of golf.
The Masters, Players Championship, The Players, The Open and US Open can make you love golf even more. See the best in the world solve all the problems we all need to master any golf course. Golf is a craft and you need fantasy, feel and skills to master it.
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12 Comments
I always like how Marcus tells his students that changing the golf swing is hard and needs months of practice. No easy shortcuts in golf
I had this problem for many years. It didn’t help how many times I tried to do what you said
But one thing fixed it, in the backswing feel that you are inside of your right foot. Because if you sway too much in the backswing at least I couldn’t get back to the ball and take a divot.
After I started being on the inside of right foot in the backswing it was never a problem
Great video highlighting the need and value of a disciplined approach. So easily said. So difficult to stick to programme
I dont really lift the ball and if anything I do the opposite, however, I do find it mentally challlenging to combine the 'scoop' which feels similar to a lifting up motion whilst still hitting down. I know with an iron the scoop will technically happen after hitting the ball first, and the club has to go down first, but the two ideas seem in contrast with oneanother conceptually and so it is definitely a bit mindbending.
Great video. Though might someone start swinging too steep then?
This drill is a "must do" for me.
Christmas Question— what is the proper wrist hinge? What direct to hinge and when to start hinge in the golf swing?
I’ve been trying to do this for five years and still inconsistent. Have a long torso, shorter arms, and legs if that makes a difference.
So put the towel in-line with the back foot. Also so you are applying applying force, pushing down with your back hand? I am just trying to use centrifugal force…
I have been basically do this drill now for two weeks without a ball. Just a relaxed practice swing. Hit the towel for the first three days. Now I am hit it maybe one in 20 swings. I think the key is to do it without a ball. We focus to much on the flight of the ball when we should just focus on swinging the club and proper swing sequence. Great video and I’m loving the daily Christmas questions! Great idea, Marcus!
Golf would be so simple if there was no ball involved… 🙃
Thanks! Wish I could tip your more…you have saved me hundreds of $$ in lessons and you are the BEST teacher out there for golf. Your instruction has been priceless. Quick question…any idea why my divot is going way too left but my ball flight is straight?