Great lesson! From a 1.2 hcp to 20 as I’ve aged these days I’m in trouble as soon as the club moves away from the ball, and for me impact feels more like a slap! Discouraging and painful! Feeling my weight on the ground will stabilize my body and feel more athletic again. Love your simplicity! Thank you so much!

Thank you Ali for all of your videos, they have helped me improve my golf game tremendously. I struggle a bit with my ball striking, very inconsistent. I am able to achieve your concept at the start of my backswing but I am losing it in the downswing at some point as my shots fade off to the right. I am going to take this tip and really work on it over the winter months and see where my game is in the early spring.

Great explanation. The fact that you mentioned about hand position being further ahead of the ball at striking moment (compared to the initial set up hand position) stuck in my head and easy to remember, definitely improving my game (just that simple fact). Thank you.

Your videos are always helpful to me and I would think to the everyday golfer! Your delivery is very easy to digest and translate to better our game, thanks Ali

You hit the nail on the head about address vs. impact. When coaching a new golfer the first thing I do is pose them into the post-release position; where club face is just after ball releases. They realize that at impact the hips have shifted laterally and open relative to address and back foot is still grounded or just slightly raised. Next I’ll have them pose there with just their lead hand on the grip and challenge them to get the trail hand on the grip. The only way to do that is to side bend the spine, what good ball strikers do through impact. What 99% percent of golfers don’t realize is the role the mass of the lead arm flying down off the chest plays in accelerating the club head. Because of the way the shoulders and pinned-across-chest lead arm lag behind hip turn in the downswing by 45° just as the hips reach 45° open and feel “stuck” if back foot is grounded the shoulders turn back to parallel and the momentum causes the mass of the lead arm to fly off the chest pulling the trail arm straight and pulling hands and club head mass straight at the target. The more a golfer can side bend as this occurs the more tilt there will be in the shoulders and the more the mass of the lead and trail arms will fly off towards target changing the force vector of the club head mass from tangential to the circles around the feet and hands to straight down the target line. The physics of how the dual lever action of club shaft spinning the mass of the club head around the lead arm is very similar to a Trebuchet which whips a projectile in a sling around the primary lever arm. The key trigger move is the feeling of “hitting the wall” with the hips that occurs when shifted laterally then rotated with feet grounded which forces them to stop abruptly causing lead arm mass to disconnect and club head mass to start whipping down around the hands - which generates a huge burst of the club head acceleration. The golfer “breaks through the wall” by a controlled lifting of the back foot through impact then lifting it on the toe and turning it to allow hips to turn the final 45°+ degrees to face target in the finish. Many of the swing faults of beginners can be traced to the action of their back foot, either lifting it too soon and allowing hips and shoulders to swing open too much, too soon before impact or keeping it grounded which results in “blocked” hips which are at 45° open in the finish which causes shoulders turn past hips and trail arm to immediately bend at the elbow as club head mass whips around feet instead of being pulled out straight at the target.

My biggest gains in ball striking came from improving my transition. Particularly, shifting/loading onto my lead side earlier, BEFORE the backswing completes. This naturally helps the hips open more at impact, gets the club path more inside, and encourages lag. I think it would be difficult to achieve this impact position without addressing this transition move first.

Since I subscribed to your channel, my golf game as a whole, has improved greatly. I've been a subscriber for a few years now. Using your tips and drills, my ball striking is better than ever! Thanks for all your help!

Excellent drill. Thanks.

One of the best drills to fix a slice for sure. Thanks

Very helpful and easy to understand. Good drill

WOW In 4 months I have watched endless youtube videos and understood the concept of getting the club to land in front of the ball but I was never able to do it until I followed your drill. The swing felt very awkward initially but after 2 days I knew what a solid contact feels like. I was so happy with the routine that I kept going for 50 minutes rather than 5 min. I will take note of what you said about quality and quantity. Thanks

Ali! Love your channel..., your instruction is solid!! Thanks!!

Awesome lesson keeping it simple thank you

New insight for me Thank you.

Excellent drill and well explained and demonstrated, this really works thank you

Great video my club face was open at impact an easy correction thanks.

Good video and nice drill to warm up with and get that consistent impact.

Nice ,easy drill to practice and improve. Like it. Thanks.

Good vid Ali, nice to see more people discussing the kinematic chain and how to use it.

Excellent lesson, subscribed 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪☘️

Great lesson thanks for your time and expertise! What is the loft of your 8 iron? Thanks 🙏

The best FSL and compress shot explain, easy to understand and practice

Played last Sunday. Had some great iron and 3 wood strikes off the ground using this move. Has really improved my strike keeping the iron edge aligned with the spine angle.

I will practise this thanks

I really appreciate this one as I have lost so much yardage and rarely hit my irons pure in the last month.

I really think this video helped me a lot (5 minutes a day is doable for me. Thank you.

I love to watch your video and give viewers a tip works for me thanks a lot

thanks ali , this drill has really helped with my ball striking and has my angle of attack in the negatives , i went from 135 to 150 carry with my pw.

Great video

Excellent video, and easily explained. Keep up the great content. ( from a long time subscriber) 👏👏👏👏👏. Thank you Ali

What a great practice routine. Do you have a similar feel for driver?

at 3:47 you mention about matching the spine angle. Is that done with back bending the trail wrist? If so, what sort of grip..neutral, weak. strong etc?

Good Stuff Ali! Does this also apply to the Driver and Woods?

Great advice, got a subscriber in me!

This is Big . Heading out to practice

Thank you 🙏

Jonathan Kim Moss gives great instruction tips.

Sehr gut erklärt 👍👍🇨🇭

Thanks!

What a great tip to achieve hitting down on the ball and compressing it

I haven’t subscribed because I have a coach that I’ve been with for years, but I do enjoy your videos. Your style is very similar to the way I’m taught.

I'll be out in garden tomorrow trying this out, great video.

Solid.

Can you apply this to hitting driver?

Thank you

Superb video

Does this drill translate to your driver as well? Trying to hit up slight off the tee so would you want the same feel/club face to spine relationship for driver?

how about woods and driver? same swing? tnx

Does this apply same to using the wood?

Is there an optimum angle of attack for each iron or one for all irons together? I can swing a 7 iron at 75 to 80 mph but can't get the ball speed over 100 mph and get no distance. On the course I tend to sweep the ball with little to no divot. My launch monitor says my AoA is around -2 and I usually hit the club face in the middle. I carry my 7 iron around 140 yds. I do struggle with transferring to my left side. HELP I'm also a subscriber

Do you have a 5 minutes a day drill to help with creating a positive angle of attack with a driver. I've struggled with this the entire time I've been playing. My AoA with my driver is between -5.5 and -8deg. 155-165 ball speed carrying 230ish. I'm wasting yards. So far when I try to hit up I top the ball. Thanks in advance!

SLO-Mo would be great

Last time...shanks🙈 Hope, this helps🥴

I do subscribe. It’s subscribe able…. I’m in.

Shanked the first 20 shots with this drill and then it mostly clicked into place. When I do it right it really works, wow, never hit it crisper and much better ball flight. Still shanking about 10% , not sure why yet, but only Day 1.

And keep that lead shoulder down as long as possible?

I have subscribed, but I'm not getting email notifications of new releases from you

Why is it that, although I’ve subscribed and rang the bell, yet I never receive any notifications?

You never mentioned how you keep the club more closed in the back swing. 🤔

Hi Ali, If I could hit an 8 iron 160 yards in the direct I wanted, I would throw all my 6 and stronger clubs in the bin. Provided I could keep 3 puts+ off my card, an 18 handicap would make me happy. I am in my eighties and my hcp. is 42.6. 15 years ago it was 20 and falling. Then age hit me. Ugh

So other than turning are you swinging your arms? Turning alone won't generate that power. Will try this but never had success with the turn.

How the heck is he getting 155 yards CARRY with 8 iron hitting it so lightly?

Lol off rip didn’t mean to make a good shot but shoot it still went str8 😅

I think the technology is killing the art of golf teaching... the brain can't get around those numbers that the scene shows and it's boring to watch. Real good instructors teach by watching their students and don't need all that technology.