The Easiest Swing in Golf

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right welcome back to the channel and uh testing the tips where I as an average golfer very much like you try some of the tips from the leading golf YouTubers out there They’re tips and drills and ones that I found particularly useful And today I’m going back to a channel I really like Eric Kagorno Golf got some great coaching and tips for all kinds of golfers all types of skill levels And this particular drill has been designed for older golfers or senior golfers as they put it But I think to be honest with you a lot of what you see in today’s video can apply to a lot of golfers not necessarily just seniors And I’m going to break it down into sort of three or four different segments because there’s a lot of content within this 17minute video from Eric and I’ll try and strip it back for you and we’ll get straight into it The first thing this thing focuses on is about flexibility our ability to sort of maneuver uh the golf swing gets a little bit more difficult the older we get But like I said there’s plenty of younger golfers also struggle in terms of flexibility So like I said this will apply So they talk first of all about very basic setup positions and how you can make some slight changes to make life just a little bit easier The first one being in the sort of uh the the position that we see Rory in will be very much a sort of strong foundation very much a straight back He looks superb at a dress position but he’s very much more athletic than most of us will be and that causes a few restrictions Eric talks about or the guest on his channel does at least anyway about uh a slightly more hunchback if you like just giving a little bit of more of a relaxed feel And if we go back to golfers uh like Jack Nicholas for example um then they would literally that would be the standard position that they would adopt very much in their youth as well So having this kind of more relaxed uh effort at a dress relaxed setup at a dress weight and backside predominantly just over their heels Um little bit of flexibility in the knees and like I said just that slightly hunched hunched over position Don’t be afraid to do that It just gives us that little bit more maneuverability and flexibility First of all that one’s dead simple and straightforward The next thing he does is talk about this rear foot and how we can make an adjustment and take it backwards again to clear a little bit of room in a path to allow our shoulders to turn that little bit easier As you know we would naturally look to stand with our sort of two feet parallel to target What that does is when we start to try and move the top half if we’re kind of keeping this base fairly still and stable then again flexibility becomes an issue So we’ve seen this before on the channel I’ll do it that way for you to uh get a better view of it There’s no there’s a suggestion that there’s no harm in moving that right foot further back He talks about the kind of not the worst case scenario but the furthest back I suppose you could take it is as far as your right toe being in line with your left heel And that would be for something like driver and give you real room to sort of uh get turn into that back swing And to be honest with you you’ll see me hitting some shots now on uh on screen where all I’ve done is adopted these two principles And what’s really interesting for me is that by pulling the right foot back I would have thought it would have a negative impact on my swing path In fact it doesn’t impact it at all And three fairly straight shots um that I was really pleased with and contact So they’re two very basic elements of the setup that we need to get right before we go any further in what is definitely the easiest swing in golf Now one other point to mention is that the sort of positive impact that has is it gets our sort of hands behind us further away from the ball which is creating naturally some more club head speed The opposite to that of course is swinging very much upright Now that upright position can be pretty deadly in terms of the negative impact it can have on a swing either sort of pulling left or the alternative to that is that sort of slice over to the left hand side What this is going to do is by having our hands hopefully again as Eric explains somewhere near the right heel in terms of where they’re over any further back than that is a sort of bonus and depends very much on your flexibility But what that gives us is uh like I said a little bit more space The hands are traveling a little bit further away from the ball and it just generates that club head speed So one thing it will certainly help with again not only just maneuverability and that sort of restriction element it will also naturally increase club head speed and potentially a change in your shot shape as well Coming from that kind of path is potentially going to increase the chances of you hitting more of a draw shape So the next stage is we need uh we need to generate perhaps a little bit more hand speed club head speed by using the hands a little bit more in our swing as we get a little bit older Now I’m kind of I’m a bit on the fence with this one I think it can also be a little bit dangerous and you got to make sure you practice what I’m about to show you in terms of this drill that we look at And for that you need a TEG Place the T peg inside your thumb and forefinger as you can see and address the ball as you normally would And that T peg is facing forward facing at the ball What we’re then looking to do in the back swing is make sure that T is then pointing towards you So it’s encouraging for that kind of L shape and make sure we’re working the wrists in the back swing So that’s pointing straight at me and then through impact going to do exactly the same thing and make sure the teg is pointing at me on that follow through Now what you’ll realize is that if you’ve uh as I found at least anyway with the practice shots that I hit certainly on the follow through I found that quite an uncomfortable position to be in As always with testing the tips the idea is not for me to sing the praise of every tip that I find but certainly highlight what I experienced when trying them But having tried it for a few times I then started to get a little bit more comfortable with the idea And what you do realize is that you do start to generate more club head speed with the use of the hands So where we’ve lost a little bit of uh flexibility where we’re losing a little bit of that ability to generate power in terms of the flexibility we’re increasing it a little bit with the ability to work the hands a little bit more So let’s see if we can do that whilst the camera’s on So let’s not forget to take the foot back at me and at me And that was a real crisp strike To be honest with you it’s more noticeable for me when I’m swinging through That’s a real decent shot as well What a great golf hole this is on Trackman Just to get a visual I notice as well when most people do these videos they never show you where the end result is I seem to put more pressure on my channel where we actually see where the ball finishes after I try the drill So it’s a great one It takes a little bit of work a little bit of getting used to but it certainly generates also sort of works the hands a little bit more than perhaps that you would ordinarily So make sure you give that one a try Right final piece of this jigsaw once again to just generate that little bit more distance and that is uh the ability to try and hit a kind of that draw shape as opposed to that weak fade And all we’re really doing now is working with exactly what we started with So kind of foot back That’s it More relaxed effort within the shoulders We’re still going to work the wrists in the same way with the T drill The one thing we’re going to change we’re going to move the ball backwards in the stance Now all that effectively does is give you the option to hit a more a shot shape that is right to left by changing the sort of the the club path slightly in the ball or where we’re making contact in terms of the low point as well So as you can see ball quite a bit lower in my stance hands still fairly forward We’re trying to keep all the other drills exactly the same And then we’re starting to see the ball work a little bit Well that’s straight It certainly wasn’t uh right to left but what it’s certainly doing is it’s a solid contact It’s not a uh it’s not a weak strike and it’s certainly not a fade And we’ll try that one more time foot back ball right in the back of the stance Let’s try that again I think again really everything throughout the um throughout this whole process What I’ve really liked and why I say it’s not just necessarily applicable to senior golfers I think all these positions are quite key to making sure you make good contact I’ve only been using irons It’ be interesting to see how this translates into driver but it’s very much an iron swing at this point and I like the position of the ball being back in the stance It certainly changes my whole swing and a contact point So I’m going to try one more That should have been that sort of felt a lower punchier shot It was really nice the sort of angle I came in at And yeah just really really decent results So I’m going to leave it there If you want to see the more detailed approach from Eric Kagorno uh I’m sure that uh the link is down below And like I said he’ll give you a much better explanation than I’ve given This is simply my interpretation Don’t let this be confused I’m not trying to tell people how to play golf I’m trying to direct people to videos that have helped me and I’ve seen a significant change in my results by adopting what they’re suggesting So my recommendation is certainly go and give that one a go and maybe take elements from it that I think could help you out But certainly the easiest swing changes that I’ve made to have some positive results in a very short space of time Right as ever thank you for watching and uh make sure you hit that like subscribe and give me your feedback down below in that comment section