Far & away, the best communicator in golf instruction. Thank you Danny.

far and away the my favorite instructor. no one else has the ability to break down the shot and explain it in such a relatable way. ive been golfing for about 8 years and have watched countless videos but until I found Mr Maudes videos ive never truly felt how a proper swing should feel. thank you sir!

I’ve wouldn’t be surprised if I’ve watched over 1,000 golf instruction videos. All along, I have been desperately searching for the factor of the swing that trumps all others in importance. One thing I could figure out that would help me play good golf consistent no matter what else I’m doing that day. I’m confident we have all just found it in this video thanks to Danny! I just took 20 dry hacks in my brothers kitchen with my 8 iron. It feels so right. Side note: This is my first KZfaq comment.

I'm 56 yo, I started playing golf at 10. I was extremely competitive during my youth, had a -2.5 handicap at 19, one local events, played nationally, varsity golf in college, but I always struggled with consistency round to round and intra round. For, example I would be 4 under after 10 holes and have 2 holes blow up and then stabilize and finish at par or 1 over. I stopped playing at 21 as I got frustrated with not being consistent enough to make it on the tour. Yeah at 21, I quit because I realized now that I was too immature to think long-term and go through the fixes necessary to become consistent. I was taught from the beginning in the classic players, like Sarazen, Hogan, Snead, and taught to be loose and have massive wrist cock and delay in the downswing, transferring weight laterally, etc. But this led to my inconsistencies as my swing broke down under stressful conditions. This was at the same time that Phil came on the scene and his length changed everything in the game, but he was "loosey goosey" like me, but was a far longer ball striker and used that to an advantage, hitting 8,9 and wedges into long par 4,s when everyone else still using mid irons, and hitting 550 yd plus par 5's in 2. I destroyed my swing by thinking to keep up with the new Phil(s), I lengthened my swing and became more "loosey goosey", thus if my timing was right, I could hit the occasional 300 yd drive, but if my timing was just slightly off, I would hit the worst duckers or blockers to unpredictable places, but kept in check I was stuck around 275 yd as the courses were getting substantially longer from 7200 to 7600. I couldn't keep up was always at a disadvantage to those long ballers. The game is mentally easier when striking short irons into par 4's and hitting most 5's in 2. If I had worked on that properly, I might have made it finally to the Tour, everything else was equal to all other players, just the length, I couldn't deal with seeing guys 25 to 50 yards past me on all the holes. I felt like the baby in the room. I tried to pick the game back up after an almost 20-year hiatus at 41, however stopped again at 43 as family and business dominated my time, I haven't played since 2009. I tried to make my own changes, ala. Tiger or Rory, without a coach and it proved to be good with the one-piece takeaway, things that this Mr. Maude is teaching, and I'd occasionally get connected and see 320 to 350 yd drives, one was 370 yd with slight downwind over towering trees, surprised the hell out of me as I had never hit any drive that had such a phenomenal ball flight before, it just hung in the air forever, just shocked me, a 450 yd hole down to just a sand wedge for the 2nd shot and converted, and I thought, no wonder these long ball hitters are able to score so low. I also remember hitting a 4 iron, 205 yd uphill (about 220 yd flat), with such straight and scalpel like accuracy (as I used to have strong draws) and almost making an Eagle with the ball stopping 1 rotation from going in the cup. I actually got down to playing to a 1 handicap, but could not get comfortable, this type of swing always felt weird, and my brain would just abandon this new "feel" and go back to my younger ingrained swing, I was really inconsistent with it, because it just "felt" different that how my brain was wired after hitting millions of practice shots in my youth. But, nonetheless, this swing process as taught does lead to better technique and long game play, IF mastered. The swing, because of science, has changed a bit as it is taught today.

Hey Danny, your comments in the final minutes "get your lead arm back underneath your lead shoulder" was the biggest eye opener for me! I have been hitting the ball everywhere and this tip for me flipped the switch, thank you for all your awesome videos, you're the best!

Love this tip Danny!

Always love the simplicity of your lessons, such easy tips to take out and practice.

This video has made the biggest difference for me. Finally starting to swing better instead of hitting at it. Thanks Danny

This is so easy to work into your setup and it really does work. One of the best tips I have ever seen or heard of. Thanks you. It made my day.

Improve contact, square the face, by keeping elbows together while PUSHING the club AWAY from you ("Maintaining Structure") which naturally reduces/eliminates the "cup" in the lead wrist!! So many light bulbs going off in my head right now, I had to put on my sunglasses! GREAT STUFF!!!

Great video Danny! Thanks for explaining it so well!

I played my best golf when I had the swing thought of keeping my elbows together, and I imagined the swing of Tim Clark form South Africa. It's not so easy to get that swing feeling back, but after having watched several of your videos, I feel like I know what I need to work on next season. Thank you, Danny.

Danny, this lesson and your lesson with Mr. Cowen are two of your best yet! I've been using nothing but your lessons for the last to teach myself. I've gone from being on the verge of quitting the game to becoming a pretty good ball striker. Thank you for all the great videos. WB

Worked on this on the range today. Once I got the hang of it with a reliable club like 8-iron, I moved up to my (unhittable) 6-iron. It took a couple swings to get comfortable, but by the time I put the club away I was not only consistently making solid contact I was starting to shape my shots into beautiful draws and fades as intended. For the first time all year I have confidence in my 6-iron and can't wait to hit the course this weekend with one more weapon in my bag.

Sat morning coffee whilst watching your latest video, perfect start tobthe day, thanks Danny!😊

Thanks for the towel drill last week and the previous videos. Unbelievable results for me these last few days.

great lesson Danny, loved the last part of walking into the shot if the arm structure is correct, that was such a positive visual thing to watch, thanks again from Perth, Australia where the weather is good enough to golf just about every day of the year.

Fantastic video! You were describing a lot of my golf swing problems!

Thank you for a fantastic video. Can’t wait to put this to the test tomorrow. Having watched many golf pro’s videos I now only focus on Danny Maude’s. You explain things in a very easy understandable way. I wish you were closer as I would love to book a personal lesson but Canterbury is a bit of a run from the midlands.

You’re the best online instructor by far Danny 😊 so simple & just love the way you talk us through it 🎉keep up the great content mate 🎉🎉

Thanks Coach…. The push away and elbow down for backswing length are golden

Danny this da truth and you are da man! 😂. I discovered what you suggest here on my own a dozen + years ago after struggling for twenty with the problems you show - loose hinges in the arm triangle. The ‘magic’ secret? That ulna-radial rotation of forearms YOU ONLY GET AUTOMATICALLY if the Vardon or interlaced Nicklaus variation is established on the handle of the club IN THE AIR. I had been grounding and gripping then raising for years. That one very remarkable change in my swing lead me down a rabbit hole of wanting to understand the bio-mechanical WHYs understanding mostly ‘do it my way it works’ HOW format of most instruction in GOLF and everything-like why did Hogan set his feet and sit down knock-kneed and others bow their legs. The answer to that related to what is shown here: what created a feeling of ‘firm-less’ in the legs torso and arms is counter-torque stretching of muscles around the rigid but multi-hinged skeleton. WHY does the Vardon grip seem to work better than any other in golf? Well I discovered that if I held the shaft of the club VERTICAL with my right hand loosely, established my normal left hand grip on the club, moved my right back on top as Vardon did its pad overlapping shaft of left WITH ELBOWS BENT 90° and elbows at sided THEN LOWERED the club by just bending at hip socket and letting the weight of the club pull the arms straight I witnessed the following: Inward forearm rotation - radius bone rotating around ulna Feeling of forearms and triceps being stretched by that rotation Increasing pressure of that right (trailing) overlapping pad on the left (lead grip) The rotation causing the grip to ‘strengthen - per golf parlance of where the Vs between thumbs and index fingers point and because there is a involuntary reaction of the fingers curling tighter when the forearms rotate and their muscles - which control the fingers stretch like rubber bands! By the time the lead arm is pulled straight line that it feels like a one piece ramrod or more accurately a tightly twisted rope BUT-and this a bit point of confusion in golf instruction-there is no CONSCIOUS MUSCULAR CONTRACTION. In other works you don’t start with the grip on the club feeling very lose-as it will at the start gripping with shaft vertically / elbows bent-then making a conscious action to curl the fingers tighter, the fingers tighten due to the automatic stretching of forearms AND TRICEPS if the process is started with elbows bent 90° I know this is way too far into the weeds for 99% of golfers but there are that 1% like me (and Homer Kelley) who are fascinated by the underlying causes, the WHY underlying the HOW. If you ground then grip then raise the club the same feel can be obtained BUT you’ll need to CONTRACT muscles to do it and they will tend to RELAX during the swing turning a firm feeling “y” at address into ‘arms akimbo’ flying elbows and chicken wings during the swing. The key is to feel the forearms are relaxed (no contraction) but twisted and stretched - a significant difference in feel, bio-mechanical action and performance and why I why I cringe whenever I hear a golf instructor (99.9% of them who grip in the air out of habit and never mention it) says “just relax the arms”. Hogan didn’t and thats where I got my first clue-the cutaway drawings in Five Lessons showing which muscles Hogan felt where ‘twisted like a rope’ at address in his swing. Martin Hall also teaches the grip in air/elbows bent technique calling it EDPU or ‘Elbows Down / Palms Up’ as if praying 🙏🏼 when starting the putting club handle between and lowering. Starting with club shaft vertical and elbows bent and pressing into sides is also what the PGA MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION book I’ve read and digested recommends but as always with no explanation WHY it works bio-mechanically. Finally why did the Vardon grip -actually invented by a Scotsman amateur champ in the 1890s and names Laidlay and copies by Vardon-revolutionize golf? If you try gripping as I, Mr. Hall and the PGA book suggest and PROPERLY use the Vardon grip you will observe at address the radius bones of both arms will be almost exactly in the middle of their range of rotation. The forearm rotation causing pronation and supination of the hands will max out at the top bringing club up automatically on an ideal path, come back to 50/50 through impact, then will max out again in the other direction ideally as club pulls trail arm straight in the finish AUTOMATICALLY IF ON RAILS. The Vardon grip PLUS proper stretching of the arms in both forearms and triceps (creating by starting with those bend elbows) make the hands work like a well oiled hinge on a gate to guide the club on an ideal BALANCED path around the center of rotation and BALANCE established with similar counter torque between lead and trail side with STRETCHING of muscles not contraction as all golfers wind up doing at all levels when their grip, set-up and takeaway are not ideal. We all can CONSCIOUSLY feel when swing isn’t in balance and the brain reacts with muscular contraction to try to steer in back in balance and get face square to target. That happens less when the set-up as described above keeps the muscles counter torqued lead to trail sides at all points in the swing like the Vardon grip does for hands and arms. Lower body? It’s all relative to the angles of the feet, why Hogan was very emphatic about that in his version of the golf swing; back foot squared, front always flared 22° (half of 45°)

Can you please do some putting videos like different grips pros and cons and like 5 drills we can do to improve? I've been having really bad cases of the threes

Excellent Danny, in particular using the 5 seconds drill before every shot. This creates the connection between the arms and the body.

Thanks Danny! Your descriptions and the overlay of radial path of the club are really helpful!

Danny, you have massively helped this 69 year old to hit decent driver. 18 handicap but last Saturday only missed 2 fairways. On the way to a gross score of 87. Taking course hcap into consideration that was 5 under. Now watching this video I’m sure the simplicity will help enormously. Thank you

Brilliant simplicity producing consistent and desirable results. Thank You, ‘Again’ Danny. Always grateful.

Thank you so much. Your advice always adds lots of great value. 😊😊😊

Simply Brilliant tuition Danny ...thanks a mill

THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL!!! I took this advice to the driving range and WOW. I’ve shot in the the high 70’s exactly 12 times in my life. I know that because I keep those scorecards in my office but the amount of golf I play makes those scores extremely rare. 90% of the time I shoot between 85 and 95 and I’ve probably averaged 3-4 rounds a week for the past fifteen years. I played four times since I watched this video a week ago and shot an 83, an 80, and 79 twice👍⛳️🍻. Thank You!!!

This was so good! I needed this reminder. Thx Danny!

Thanks Danny. Makes sense and I can't wait to try it. You are a great teacher

Brilliant Danny. Simple, clear and nailed!

I kind of stumbled into this on my own over the last month with a new address process. Glad to have some reason to what already felt right

So glad I found this channel about a month ago. Danny you always have great videos that are explained in an easy to understand way. I was wondering if placing a ball in between your forearms would help maintain this structure. Keep up the great work.

Incredible video Danny. Thank you!

Another awesome tip Danny !! I think this will help the most golfers .

Great explanation, Danny. Thanks for that.

Always good and clear instructions. Thanks Danny.

Thank you!

Great input, simple and effective! Thanks Danny

This was a great reinforcement, albeit a slightly different teaching approach, that my local pro gave me in my lesson last week. Love the vids, Danny. Keep 'em coming!

I'm left side dominate but play right handed. For years I've tried to follow the tips of right handed instructors teaching right handed players. Your video gave me the confidence to trust my left side. Please keep us lefties in mind for future videos.

Great lesson.

I LOVE this video. It is literally a game changer. Thank you Danny. You are an incredible teacher.

This lesson sent today makes me understand much better the video of you and Pete Cowan explaining how to hit the clubs correctly, Thank you!

Thank you Danny for explaining in detail the arm structure through the swing and repeating the lesson at the end! That’s the way to teach! Bravo! 👏😍

This one is a great video, I got a couple of friends, and my brother is interested in this video. Thanks, Danny.

DM - You're the best!!! That worked wonders for me for distance and direction! It was like my old irons were new irons with this technique. Many thanks!

I play off single figures and wondered if this tip would be useful, I can honestly say this is the best advice and instruction I have come across, it totally works, incredible Thank you.

Wonderful! Thank you!

Another great video Danny. I’ve already tapped up my towel from last week and this video reinforces the video you did with the elastic training band for pushing the hands away.❤

I worked on the very same thing on the range yesterday. went through the setup of arms out horizontally to get a better grip pressure and square setup with the Y at address. The balls were damp and I was given feedback on face striking which improved and gave me masses of confidence . Been playing for 50 years and it never stops to amaze me how we can tweek and hopefully get something out the game. Cheers Danny👍

Amazing video as usual. Does this work also for hybrid and fairway woods?

Love taking your ideas to the range danny

Brilliant Danny, this really works. Thank you.

great video Danny....I really appreciate your videos and the time you take to make and show them. Especially the explanation.

Elbows out as Hogan said, unbelievably strong feel at address. Good stuff Danny!

One of your best videos. Such a hard thing to manage, but so well explained

THANK you Danny I will .

Danny, this latest video may just put yourself out of work!!!! I can't believe how well I was striping it today! First round of the year since I live in the Northeast, and all I was trying to do was this set up take back drill. It worked on every club in the bag! You are totally the best. I don't know how you are going to top this one, but thanks so much. Such an enjoyable round!

Simply the best … nice, simple approach

THANK YOU! this fixed my distance and iron consistency. Relearning after 10 years off and major injuries I'll be back to low 80s in no time now!

Another great training video Danny. Thanks so much 👍⛳️

Danny I have watched a lot of your instruction videos and this one is definitely one of your best on the mechanic of consistent ball striking - well done!!! 👍

Great lesson on swing and striking square!

Awesome. I am heading to the course in thee morning and will arrive early to try this out on the range before t time

Great tip again, as usual I can’t wait for the spring to get out there and trying this

Another great simple lesson Danny. 👏👏

Brilliant, as usual, Danny, thank you! This all makes sense.

Thanks Danny....fantastic lesson here. :)

Get the structure correct is one of the best piece of advice for solid ball striking. Thanks Danny.

This makes so much sense now. I’m good with 8,9 & Pw but struggle with lower clubs

Thanks for the advice Danny! I think I need to check this for myself...Also when I lose my swing I do a step drill that looks very similar to what you did at 9:37 (lovely looking free flowing swing) in the video. It really helps with the feeling of the club whipping through to the target.

Your absolutely right about this. Applying these principles I've even developed a baseball style swing just clowning around and I tend to carry the ball down the line the same distance as my normal golf swing (using a 7 iron). I watch a lot of training videos Danny and your one of the best golf trainers in the KZfaq community. Thanks!

Hi Danny, I think this one one of the best lessons for me. Something I am going to practice and remember.

Thanks Danny, spent an hour or so on the range trying a few of your tips out, they certainly helped consistency. Im hoping that this one will give me the confidence to swing a little harder.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Well done Danny

For personal reasons, I haven´t been watching your video lessons for quite some time. I do acknowledge that you have greatly improved your golf coaching, though keeping it simple as is your 'trade mark' Congrats

Great video! Can you demonstrate this with the driver? When you talked about pushing the trail palm away is that the same thing Pete Cowen keeps talking about “spinning the right arm down”?

hello dany, this simple advice is perhaps the best I've ever received and it works great

Great video!! Showed it to my sweetheart who is learning and really helped me in my trying to explain ❤

Danny this is another gem. I love the feeling of my right palm at the top feeling like it is waving to a camera behind me. It’s a great way to get the cup out of left wrist without a lot of thought. It becomes automatic. Thanks so much!

I have struggled with my swing for the last 12 months. I played my first round of 2024 yesterday in far from ideal conditions. I adopted the Y structure and used a three quarter swing. On every drive my shot went arrow straight. Same with my irons. I believed it worked for me because it does not take a lot to think about at set-up and it provides a discipline to the strike. I lost some distance as not yet confident to take the structure all the way back - but at least I was hitting the fairway each time and that’s good enough for me! Thank you Danny for your excellent drills and for putting them across so well.

Danny, another cracking video and great explanation of how the arms are suppose to move. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

Thank you Danny, I will work on this when I am in Phoenix next week! Another excellent lesson!

Love your videos! Any special adjustments for the ladies? Does this Y also apply to hybrids, woods and driver?

You are a phenomenal instructor. Your content is also equally amazing. Thank you.

Forcing myself to push my hands in the backswing which forces the left arm to be straight is a good tip to keep the structure. Thanks

Great lesson Danny! Good, basic useful information.

Thanks Danny - makes perfect sense and it works very well. How does this change for driver?

Great tip. Recently I have been trying to keep my elbows together and forming the "Y" and found the irons shots are a lot straighter. Even one of my golfing friends have noticed my game was "on fire" the other day.

Hey Danny, Mark here. Love your content Sir. Thank you. I'm self taught with the help of youtube videos. I'm currently at 10 and have been as low as a 6. My medium and short game is solid. I struggle with a two way miss off the tee . I feel like I have a grasp on the issue of this video but there is one related issue that I am still a but confused about. I maintain the straight arms at the elbows but with my leading arm, at address I can rotate ( twist longitudinally ) the elbow about 90 degrees to point the elbow either at the target, to create a slightly stronger feel, or elbow to the ground to create a weaker feel, all while maintaining grip and face angle with the hands at address. I'm a right handed. With my right trailing arm, I tend to rotate the arm as far clockwise as I can a address with the soft part of the arm outward. With my left leading arm however, I tend to just lock the elbow and leave it neutral ( with respect to the twisting action position ) as I always have but I can feel that I have a lot of latitude as to whether I could rotate it clockwise 45% or counterclockwise 45%. I'm wondering what is the prevailing wisdom on this finer nuance of the left/leading arm position issue at address?? Natural and neutral or rotated clockwise or counterclockwise?

The best and easiest to understand lessons. Danny just makes hitting the golf ball so relatable, doesn’t complicate it. Love his lessons ❤

Really great video lesson thanks 👍🏻

And my problem is solved! WOW. Thanks a lot!

Epic tips as always, Dan!

This is pretty much how my local pro improved my ball striking last season. It truly is a game changer. It will feel very robot-like and rigid if you're a flicker like I was. It almost feel like you can't generate speed to begin with but it will start to feel normal if you just stick with it.

Danny you're always a great help to keep my game polished, as I work alot and don't always have time to stay sharp

Really love the drill!