GOLF DRIVER AND IRON SWING Why can you hit irons but STRUGGLE with your Driver

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3 жыл бұрын

GOLF DRIVER AND IRON SWING Why can you hit irons but STRUGGLE with your Driver. Mark Crossfield golf professional talks driver swing and iron golf swing. whats the big difference when it comes to driver and iron swings and why do you struggle with a driver when your iron game is ok. This simple golf lesson will help golfers who want to improve their golf swing and improve their driver swing with complex golf swing ideas broken down for all to understand. If you really want to to work out why your driver golf game is letting you down and why iron play is ok this golf video will have the answer for you. The golf swing is a complex series of movements and the more we measure and work out what we need to do and what is just golf myth the better we can all get.
In the comments below let me know how your golf driver game is and if your iron play is better than your driver game. Also let me know if this video helps your golf swing.
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@jnvm5949 3 жыл бұрын

Pity so many watch these honest reviews and can’t be bothered to tap the like button! I tap the like button for every one Mark! Free content with some likeable fellow humans, playing a game I love! What’s not to like! 👍⛳️🏌🏼‍♂️

@charliebarnard 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see this level of break down with irons vs hybrids vs fairway woods off the turf, please and thank you.

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

On it

@johngrimes1358 3 жыл бұрын

Great shout

@jameswhitbread411 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone who watches this video just saved themselves about £200 in lessons. Driver is by far my least consistent club, I’ve even cranked up the loft to help me (I’m trying to hit more up on the ball to get better) and these sort of videos are just like gold dust. Informative but you can take this out to the course/range with you and put it into something workable. It’s like a principal based approached with outputs in mind...do X and measure Y and see how it performed vs what you expected/should see. A lot of guff on KZfaq that just state principles and do X....if we could all just repeat those videos we’d all be on tour but we can’t...queue up MC’s videos for the winning formula! More videos like this would be ideal (+course/club vlogs...love a vlog). I’d like a video on the wrists (no not wrist set thankfully lol!) just the rotation element as I struggle to know how much rotation through a shot I should be aiming for...sounds ridiculous I’m sure to most!

@robjelley1138 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos, breaking it down to the numbers just for me helps to illustrate the differences required. Would love to see more on this line 👍

@timburt1173 3 жыл бұрын

Love this sort of content. Most of us have a general understanding of the difference but this really drills down into it.

@guybrown1865 3 жыл бұрын

More of this please, I hope the more I watch these videos it will sink in my brain when I’m practicing and playing. Thanks.

@billshepard9970 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this!. I’ve watched previous videos of this swing change earlier this year for you Mark but for some reason this one made it hit home for me. Immediate 5 mph ball speed gain in Skytrak with driver and employing to some extent with irons seems to gain yards while also taming draw which is my miss. I’m down from 8 to 5 via simulator pandemic work and now hopeful that a few yards can keep it moving in the right direction. Keep up the good work!

@jeffpriz 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video Mark, definitely want to see more of these! thanks

@bensquire8426 3 жыл бұрын

I'd really love to have a session with Mark. I'd really enjoy having my swing broken down like this so I could understand it more and what I could get out of it. Thumbs Up!

@aarongibson7090 3 жыл бұрын

Love the visual you give of pushing into the ball of your front foot with that force being moved toward the launch monitor. I have started to use this in my own game and not only do I hit it farther but I am also shallowing the club better as a result. Keep the good instruction coming, love your channel.

@chadcoupland6611 3 жыл бұрын

Great info. Keep it coming.

@kylerobo 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve used the jump on my driver quite a bit the last few weeks and I can hear a faster club head and my strike has maintained quite well considering and going a bit further. Great breakdown, swing catalyst has really added a dimension to the explanation and mechanics!

@matthewcroad7218 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Mark. Proper info

@michaelrahm2165 3 жыл бұрын

The right hand “reach” to the club putting me into proper tilts and alignment proved to be an amazing thought. I’ve always gripped then addressed, leading to funky angles. My range session today only focused on that and I saw drastically improved shots with irons and driver. Thank you!

@davedmon249 3 жыл бұрын

More of these? Yes please!!!

@chriswebster3698 3 жыл бұрын

Mark, this is pure gold bruh! ⛳️🏌️‍♂️🏹

@deltimmins4869 3 жыл бұрын

I think it is great that you show this type of video as it gives golfers a better understanding of what they are trying to do.

@SolomonLi 3 жыл бұрын

Great little nuggets here Mark! Love it... Looking forward to taking all this out to the range!

@garyhetherington4954 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark could never get my head around driver swing been to range today straight and long best golf coach on youtube

@paulcarter9325 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great guide and ideas to work on now coming into the range only golf.

@benhendricks570 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative video. Thanks for the deeper insight into the swing

@temzac1135 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation! This really helped Mark.

@robwebb5644 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Mark! Loving the breakdowns - lots to practice 😀

@svenhallauer3229 3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful, thanks!

@decodelbanjo 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, don't normally share but this was super informative 👍 good job Mark

@grahamt1088 3 жыл бұрын

Great content sir. ! This makes the winter months perfect training for hopefully a better year to come. For all.

@richardjames5700 3 жыл бұрын

Wow Mark this is gold - what a great analysis and lesson - I will be practicing this and going back t it again and again - Makes so much sense!!

@joeflorence6819 3 жыл бұрын

I find your videos very informative, educational and entertaining. Thank you

@waynepadley1337 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff thank you !

@robertzandraneeld7987 3 жыл бұрын

Very good. Your style and content is spot on. Thanks. More please.

@gordonmcshannock4610 3 жыл бұрын

I really struggle with my driver. And this has opened my eyes. Hit my irons and my 5 wood good so think I have been hitting down on my driver. Will try youre tips. Cheers mark.

@keithfinley2939 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. I always use the pat pat iron swing... gotta practice the other.

@AlexNblue 3 жыл бұрын

Great quality coaching 👍

@raymondstitt648 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying the content in this video

@alcw625 3 жыл бұрын

was just working on this yesterday...using that right heel weight shift to a really hard finish moving weight to my left toe (like squishing the tennis ball mindset or the jam out of my jelly roll), posting my left leg & found the ball was 10 yds longer and a bit right with irons....with the driver I'm 10 - 20 yards longer. After two lessons on force mats and now a bit of self discovery, I feel like I am going back to a freer swing I had pre Ernie Els...in the 90's it was all about "keeping it in play", "swinging at 80%"...with the technically advanced ball and clubs of this era (and I m playing course with wide fairways and not penal rough) it's back to swinging for the fences

@aussietaffia9152 3 жыл бұрын

More please.. great info

@ReaverWall 3 жыл бұрын

I am on the opposite end hitting my woods much better whereas with the irons I am almost always flat in attack angle and in some instances even up. However have been making changes and improvment is being made. Its somewhat what I love about this game is the self improvement and the work to get better, the journey of doing so. Thanks for all the content you have throughout the years! Keep it going! :)

@ianrobertshaw6245 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video Mark. I hadn’t thought of it like that. Especially the varying iron swings for distance. I tend to just club up or down but I’ll try this.

@d.a.stacey4808 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid Crossy...a lot of info in that short instruction, timing the downward pressure, and the jump out is something I have struggled with.

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bruh

@johnwallace520 3 жыл бұрын

Very well explained Mark and it will be practiced at my next session at the range.

@adski0125 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you

@jerdo402 3 жыл бұрын

Great content. Thanks.

@billybone1450 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark. Really helping me to practice effectively and explore ways to get more power. I found that after seeing a coach recently he was getting me to hit the more rotational swing and I noticed this definitely effected my power/distance and also I feel it was levelling out my angle of attack which I felt was harming my strike. I am going to try these moves to see if I can get more power back and crisp up strike.

@scottwest5624 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark, very informative and I saved this as oddly enough, I lately seem to have the opposite issue of more consistency with the driver, but loosing power/distance with the irons... time to get back to the range and try some of these ideas - thanks! 👍

@paulmcfadden6517 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. Good explanation of the different swings required. I've been trying to get a positive AOA with the driver for a while now but it's difficult without all the fancy equipment. The single Trackman session I had told me I was 8 down with the irons and 4 down with the driver. With 104mph clubhead on the driver, I was getting 216yds carry. I'm now trying to measure my success (increasing AOA) by visually monitoring my launch and carry. Maybe it's time for a Trackman lesson.

@anthonybennett4274 3 жыл бұрын

very good explanation and i enjoyed it try and use this after lockdown

@ianlegg9151 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brilliant explanation

@jonathanfaulkner7848 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you using swing catalyst to help us amateurs improve our understanding of ground forces. I’m very keen to have a go on one, just need to find a coach that has one!

@ExistReaper 3 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful i hit my driver and woods alot better than irons looking forward to going to the range and trying this out see if i can my iron game better.

@SteveBebb 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. I really struggle with driver and feel this has given me the most actionable of advice from all the 'tips' I've seen this week - especially the loading into the lead toe on the downswing. I tend to hold back and have a steep attack. I'll let you know how it goes at the range later. Thanks

@Psychedelic63 3 жыл бұрын

Not many golf coaches talk about forces so its good to see as it has some natural impacts on your swing.

@uglypatriot5171 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, more instruction please. Cheers

@kingeasynow 3 жыл бұрын

Really struggled this year with hitting down with the driver to the extent I’ll often have divots after the ball!!! 😱 Lessons planned but this is an eye opener 👍🏻

@wiggy123 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Mark. Loving the force ideas and been working on the left toe down and forward feeling with varying success. What I noticed about the two swings was you left shoulder height. Recently I've worked on a feeling of lower left shoulder at impact for irons and its working really well. Does shoulder tilts have a impact on force in the ground? Eg just that thought does it move your weight etc. Keep the vids coming. Huge fan of the channel.

@Andy-ow6nx 3 жыл бұрын

That is quality Mark. Next level. Cheers!

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks andy

@Anti-Static_Matt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@stuartpittard1300 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching these videos it starts to make sense .....now the hard bit ....put it into practice lol 😂

@primafacie6442 3 жыл бұрын

Good tech content Mark. Your description of hitting the ball harder is actually an increase of kinetic energy of the club head through increased speed (KE=0.5Mass x Veocity squared). As V is squared it has a huge effect on the resultant kinetic energy available to transfer (via strike /smash) to the ball.

@jdothman8575 3 жыл бұрын

Mark you constantly read my mind then make a video about it

@dannyhillebrand 3 жыл бұрын

Thx Mark! Great video again bruh! Love these instructional videos were you avoid all the cliche tips. More of these? Yes please!

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

More coming Danny 👍

@MrHugo1986 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, fantastic explanations! I hit down 5/6 with irons which is great for max distance but not great for front pins! and occasionally 0/1 down with my driver too which is really frustrating and losing me distance! Love the video, keep up the good work!

@johnfitzgerald1055 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly helpful feedback. Explains to a T how I struggle off the tee.

@leeclements4645 3 жыл бұрын

Spot on tips its working as my driver getting more distance however irons are hitting the same distance this not much worry as you say controlled distance.

@dtnalex1 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t beat measured facts 👍🏻

@neilshayler3119 3 жыл бұрын

cracking lesson, I currently hit my irons really well but can be erratic with driver and hybrid, and weirdly I use heel type swing for wedges for more control and know I need to aim right of target.

@mikelewis5045 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I got lots of power but not timing the push out and loosing the power, more on this and tips for timing peaking power correctly without the force plate! 👍🏌️‍♂️

@neilgardner8066 3 жыл бұрын

I have been trying a heel-to-heel rotation swing with my irons but have lost a lot of distance. Will give the left toe version a go in my next practise session. Thanks for the vid

@keitho6018 3 жыл бұрын

Another thumbs up Bruh...KZfaq should have a check box option to just ALWAYS thumbs up 👍...I never thumbs down... I'd like to see how YOU and Coach Shape shots in the sim, with a tree bunker etc...and then transfer to on-course... "Shot Shaping Series?" I know you and Coach go about it differently and its nice to see and take what one can use and apply to one's game. -I watch coach set up right, and pull hook driver left and incorporate that front time to time 😂 cheers!

@121Bobski 3 жыл бұрын

Mark, I took your advice regarding driver setup to the range prior to my round and shot my best round of the year. 4 over par brutto playing off 8.5! Thank you.

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

Great news

@eddy11ish 3 жыл бұрын

So interesting! How to go about changing my swing to be more engaging with the ground is the tricky part, all makes sense as a concept but how practically is the real test!

@joejackson4401 3 жыл бұрын

Love this Mark thanks. Can you do a video on dynamic loft with driver? How to stop that high wafty floating flight, versus the penetrating one we all want on windy days?

@chapmanfx8104 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation subscribed thx

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome 🙏

@johnwhitman6 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark! Can you show how this video relates to hybrids and driving irons? Downward or upward angle, etc...

@andym5900 3 жыл бұрын

More of these please

@grahamliddy9260 3 жыл бұрын

G'day Mark, interesting video. You are spot on with your information but I believe the average golfer struggles to increase their vertical force given other swing issues they are managing. Personally I have never been able to improve my 'vertical force' and have a repeatable swing. I can assure you I tried! Swinging too quickly was my biggest issue! Early this year I decided to completely rebuild my swing and moved to a single-plane, not the Moe Norman version. I can now control the tempo of my swing and the length of the backswing. Of course I have needed to learn to swing much slower to achieve this. I now have far less moving parts and do not need to rise up during the downswing. I am swinging on plane and my ball striking is unbelievably good. I am over 60 years old and am so excited about what golf has in store for me. Cheers and keep up the good work. ⛳🇦🇺🇦🇺

@michaelrafter5313 3 жыл бұрын

Great info... I would also like to see something on ball position.

@Lynle55 3 жыл бұрын

Keen to see the ball pazish vid 👍🏻

@wallstreetoneil 3 жыл бұрын

Mark - fantastic video - one comment. Taken from my tournament tennis forehand, I find that I can get my 105 Driver speed to 112-113 if I rotate my Right Foot open to the 1 o'clock position because this allows my Right Knee to OPEN during the squatting force down into the ground downswing (Sam Snead knees) and thus I can get even more Upwards force from my front Left Foot/Toe (the jumping tennis topspin forehand) part. I experimented a lot - it's somewhere between 12:45 & 1 (Right foot) where this happens.

@willingone9102 3 жыл бұрын

Mark, great instruction as always. Can we have a vid on hybrid vs irons from the tee and fairway(ish) areas.

@andregill8143 3 жыл бұрын

Great content on here, I've been watching your videos for a few years now. Only just getting into creating an account...lol Quick question, what tees are you using for your Sim? I have a fullswing golf simulator, but broke all my tees and having some trouble finding a good durable tee for my sim/hitting mat.

@davidbates7732 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark this vid is aimed at me I feel I'm balanced in my back swing right the way through to my down swing, will have to try this on the range first hope see some distance in time.

@richardsmith8555 3 жыл бұрын

Really informative and would enjoy more of these videos. I am not set up correctly with my driver, 100% not enough tilt.

@lewisj7559 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mark! This is very helpful! Do you plan to post a video on how to hit a fairway wood? I really like to hear what you have to say. I’m about to give up my 3-wood and go to a 2-hybrid. I can hit my hybrids very well, but can’t hit my 3-wood to save my life! Also, what’s your opinion on using 2-hybrid to replace 3-wood?

@arjanpetersen 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Somehow I was training exactly this today! Especially the pressure shift, and pushing into left. Somehow I tend to over draw it a bit sometimes. Like you did. What do you generally do to fix it?

@gordygolfc2039 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative and helpful

@MarkCrossfield 3 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps

@bernddreilich7100 3 жыл бұрын

Very good vid and instructions Mark! I guess the first and most important skill with Irons is to learn to hit down and compress the ball. With wedges and into 9-7 irons I discovered that a more rotational swing gives more control on strike and direction and helps to attack pins. 2nd most important skill is to learn to hit more up with the driver with an Avg Swingspeed I have to gain carry, lower spin, centered strike and control direction and curvature. Thanks! Now I understand what vertical forces are for and how they are produced thru groundpressure Excellent! I guess the Rest is hard work, sweat in the steal chamber to push the swing speed 😓

@colinbrown2096 3 жыл бұрын

Really interesting - use of ground forces means there is distance hope for us all 👍

@brianmccool9728 3 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant video! My struggle is with the magnitude of the driver spinal tilt and the feeling I can get stranded on my trail side if the tilt’s too extreme. I also feel like that I can rotate my shoulders around my spine - lead higher than trail - and this encourages an upward path for some reason. How to balance tilt and weight distribution?

@johnwallace520 3 жыл бұрын

I don't really know what I am doing differently but at last I am hitting both irons and driver. A month ago this video would have been perfect with my irons reasonable and my driver unhittable!

@garykanterman1530 3 жыл бұрын

Mark, what does the action of the tee after impact tell you about the strike?

@robbiles 3 жыл бұрын

👍 Mark. Love a bit of tech talk. I see there are some new inner sole pressure sensor pads out. Might be worth buying just to see where my pressures are. Salted Inner Soles they are called. Do you think they would be worth it?

@dloc2907 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!! It took me years to separate the swings. But the question is what swing to use for a hybrid?

@davidwharton6333 3 жыл бұрын

Similar to another comment hybrids and fairway woods are often my downfall. Irons I play one length so keep the same ball position. Useful reminder of the difference between iron and driver.

@gee2478 3 жыл бұрын

I've got to be honest. I'm going to have to watch this a few times before i fully understand it but I guess that's what learning's about.

@truthdragon7719 3 жыл бұрын

More of this please, I normally power fade (slice) with driver to a point where I aim so far left to allow for it, and then hit it straight left. Played irons only for 3 years as was sick of threes off the T killing my scores.

@reuk 3 жыл бұрын

3 years a very long time

@craigsummerville8823 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for highlighting the differences between driver and irons. I would like to see a video on the setup differences (if any) between a 3-wood hit from the tee versus the fairway. I have a much easier time hitting it off the deck and wonder why it’s more difficult for me off the tee. I imagine it’s largely due to setup. Also, I wonder how much setup issues are affected by eye dominance? I’m a right handed golfer who’s left eye dominant so it’s easy for me to register setup differences down my left arm at address. Because of this dominance, however, I’m much better at shooting rifles left handed even though I’m naturally right handed. Something to consider, might be interesting to explore.

@danielwinterbottom5531 3 жыл бұрын

This has given me another way to improve driver i suffer from the sky ball and the dipping ball due to hitting down on it. I swing around 115/120mph but don't get the output with driver. I hit hybrid 240ish driver not much further unless i get it right

@user-hk6hd3yb7c 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and you've done well to increase club speed with the vertical move ! I suppose for a conventional 2 plane swing, you do need to make vertical jump or else you'll hit the ground. I am a single plane golfer, like Moe Norman and Bryce. It is so much simpler, you don't need to think about how you are going to swing the club, you can think more about strategy and execution. I still want to implement you vertical power into my swing. Good stuff !!!

@matthewatkinson5868 3 жыл бұрын

Working on hit down on my irons had to get use to not sweeping irons and not taking divots will try the ball position

@kensb2 3 жыл бұрын

Mark, is there a drill you'd recommend to work getting into your right hip while working on vertical force? I've only taken the idea of getting more into the right hip to the range twice.