Just subscribed love Manuel de la tore teaching concept.

I just subscribed... love Manuels' golf swing concept. It''s what my instructor teaches in San Diego.

Hi Andrew. Really excellent video and you opened an important dialogue of which is best to focus on the downswing; the hands or the arms. As for me I personally choose the hands; but am loving to further see your grip and how you start your arms on the downswing. Thank you and what a wonderful idea you have. To help people get away from over the 500 parasitic PGA swing tips that have been less then helpful to our games of golf over the years . Cheers

Love this thx. More than anything I think it's the release of tension that this swing gives me. I had so much tension trying to control every part of my body in the swing I didn't enjoy hitting the ball. It was actually a relief once it was over! This method feels so good. Yes I still hit bad shots sometimes, but now I feel I've released the clubhead and created more speed. Exhilarating !!!

Thanks for the reply. I've loved ejs stuff for a long time. I like the way you combine with mdlt. I also like Jimmy ballard. I attended a pga coaching summit in 2000 here in Australia. He said the left shoulder moves level and the right shoulder moves up. If I do that it makes room for the swing of the club. After the initial left shoulder move and the whole club moves backward then it needs to go up. Then the whole club moves up. I imagine picking up a bucket of water when the club has to go up. That engages the right shoulder upward move and the arms swing up and fold. Then the Joe Dante right wrist move acts as a sort of brake at the top of the backswing and then from there manuel swings the arms down and through to the top of the fi ish. Love your videos. Thanks Douv

Studied Manuel's instructions for one week practiced hitting into net for 3 days was already impressed with improved ball striking took it to course yesterday my ball striking was incredible had a few issues with direction adjusted grip a pattern developed began hitting the ball straight I simply focused on target and throwing the club over right shoulder and left shoulder you simply have to leave the club to do its job of delivering the ball to target no thoughts about the swing or positions all that is done with grip and set up just leave it alone in the swing

Thanks Andrew. I've found Manuels Swing to be Simplistic and Effective. I've gained yards off the tee and consistancy. I also found the quieter the body the better. Just let it respond. As Manuel said.

Hi Andrew though my research I now know the club head uses centripetal force as it travel in it's circular path on our backswing and then shifts direction of the centripetal force on the down swing; I have come to my final conclusion. In order to do this we must use our opposing hands exactly at the same time as the best golfers do in the world. Simply put to start the backswing we must push the club head back with our lead hand using apparent centrifugal force. At the same time then the club head pulls our trail hand back by centripetal force. At the top of the swing we then need to change direction of our club head so as we now need to pull the club head harder down with our lead hand ( centripetal force) and at the same time our trail hand must push harder using apparent centrifugal power in order to overcome the pulling down motion of centripetal force created by our lead hand. You are 100 percent correct our hands tells the rest of our body what to do. If any one doubts this infallible truth in a golf swing the next time you need to push a car with your hands have you ever directed the rest of your body what to do? I love my infallible swing and like you I wish to present it freely for the world to understand and for people to teach themselves the feeling of infallible swing for themselves. You my friend are a true gentleman and a scholar of the game. And I see you as being one of the best golf coaches in the world someday; because word will get out how quickly you showed your students the infallible swing. Cheers

Superb video. Thanks very very much

Similar to the Ernest Jones and Manuel de la Torre technique, I found once that you have established a proper stance, lift your chin slightly up and back, waggle the club head (Hogan). Then as Sam Snead recommended, RHYTHMICALLY; slight bump forward (trigger), front shoulder under chin and then back shoulder under chin. REMEMBER RHYTHMICALLY.

andrew, i went to the range today 20F cold. i worked strictly on manuel's method, hands carry arm swing to the top and then swing arms down w/o body movement thoughts. hit the ball very, very well. my only other thought with the iron swing was to keep weight a bit more on the lead foot to stay more centered. thnx for bringing back manuel's and ernest jones ideas. steve

Andrew not only is this swing easy and flowing, it’s easy on the body parts. With the great new equipment we have now it’s makes sense to learn this motion. What do you think? Are you still with this swing method three years after this video was made? Cheers!

Hi Andrew. Roger Linch. Canterbury. Must be a connection as usually there is if it’s spelt with an i Interesting concept. Will look into this more

This is the way. I'm still "converting" and I'm working my way up from the short clubs to the long ones. It's been very rewarding and THOROUGHLY enjoyable. Don't over think it, SWING it!!!

You need to demonstrate by hitting the ball as well every one has a great swing without hitting the ball

Swing causes the mechanics

I have to stop hitting practice balls when I hear an instructor working with a player having the “P7 and P6” locations because I agree, I believe that the clubface is only reacting to your swinging of it. It’s impossible to have so many checkpoints. Yes, swing the clubhead and let the ball run into it.?

Bob Toski said to "feel the club in your hands and the ground at your feet". Swing it away and feel torqued against the ground, then push off and let your body reverse the process. Every athlete winds against the ground and pushes off. After all what are spikes for?

It's been stated Neil Armstrong had to memorize roughly 10,000 tasks after the landing on the moon to taking his first step upon it. I agree with you, simple steps for simple tasks like swinging the club. We're not walking on the moon here after all. Regards.

Hi I am chipping in front yard and I’m simply trying to hold the club so light that it squares automatically I even did this with just the left arm I’ve played with Manuel De La Torre’s swing after watching his dvd. I find it hard to focus on target and trust the brain will compute what to do. So far the only thing that resonates I’d let swing be a complete action and don’t add anything Reading the Ernest Jones book now, again!

Begs the question. If it is so simple as hands up , arms down and the body responds , how you can write a whole book on the method ?

Here's an update to my Manuel post. If I setup with "extended" arms like Bryson Dechambeau and use the Manuel mechanics, I have increased swing speed. In fact I can swing even faster for more clubhead speed and increased distance. I'm older and need this help.

Good golf is like rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time!The body works against the ground Knudson) the arms /shoulders/hands work against the handle (torres) ! They are separate but linked by athletic skill!

I,m starting to like the De la torre swing,he says swing the club with your hands to your right shoulder and downswing over to your left shoulder,the body responds to swinging of the arms,i,m going to have a go.that would suggest the so called one piece takeaway that they teach today is a lot of rot.S/J.

I love this swing concept and I’ve been working through it. One difficulty I’m having is when I swing the club back at the top of my swing my left wrist cups instead of flexing naturally like I’ve seen in others that have applied this technique. How do I swing the club back and have the lead wrist flex naturally instead of cupping?

Nice

Andrew, I went today after spending months learning a pivot oriented swing. I even used the forefinger and thumb holding the club. If you can will you respond to the following questions. 1. I was spraying my drives to the right and played a fade from an open stance. Would you continue a fade in my shoes or would you play ALL clubs with a square stance. I also wonder if yo8u play the ball in the middle of your stance for ALL shots. 2. My short game improved immensely. Let me know if you are conscious of the swing path or do you just line up square and trust the swing? Thanks

MANUEL TEACHES PASSIVE HANDS AT IMPACT. YOUR THOUGHTS. THANKS. HARLEY.

Exactly! It's like the way you throw a ball over a fence. You don't think about how far your arm goes back or what plane it is in. You just toss it over the fence. Once you get the same attitude and your mind is in that mode as you swing, the ball will go where you want it to just as easily as that toss over the fence. Everyone can toss the ball but they spend thousands of dollars and hours to learn the same thing with a golf ball. Crazy.

Andrew~thx for the video. In the Manuel de la Torre style backswing, do you feel like you’re getting an adequate shoulder turn to maximize your distance on the downswing?

I've always said.... let the technique reveal itself to you. Meaning the clubhead has to do what it has to do so do it and then see how you did it and that's your technique. Not jamming in certain styles of swinging or hit certain points like checking boxes..... now it does help if you are athletically minded as it will be a natural process vs not into sports and so need help

Hi if I keep looking at your site will you reveal exactly how and when I throw a club on a downswing using my two hands?

Do you place the driver in the center ? If yes why ?

You really didnt explain the difference with the Earnest Jones method compared to Delattore.

Swing the club head, it is that simple.

I'm not a fan of using the 'throwing a ball' analogy as it is a learned motor skill. Those adults who grew up in cultures lacking in ball sports can be terrible at throwing a ball. And despite it's apparent simplicity, there are big variations in throwing skills amongst humans. Furthermore, once the hands come together in the golf swing it is a game changer neurophysiologically.

But you're hands are forward and not in the center as they teach

Rotating should nevee be a describing word in the golf swing.

I love the Manuel de la Torre method, but I don't see you doing it. Your hands are forward, your grip is strong and the ball is not in the middle of your stance. Why? that's not what he taught. I have read the book too and I play this way. It is a great way to play for any single handicapper with a bad back, which I got from playing square to square. I'm curious as to why you are playing this way.

Golfers are funny

You are leveraging the club too soon in my humble opinion.

Plenty of people throw a ball poorly, especially with their non-dominant hand. Golf is not the same, unfortunately. That doesn't mean it has to be complicated, but if it were as easy as "just swing smoothly" everyone would be a good player, and that's clearly not the case. I have a literal library of golf books, instructional and otherwise, by great players, coaches, and others you've likely never heard of. There are contradictions even in the fundamentals, there's very little technique-wise that's agreed upon. The physics is settled, we know what's going on, launch monitors have solved that. But the bio-mechanics to make it happen? There's little agreement, if any.

6.36 minutes of talk and no constructive information. Seeing is believing. Show us, don’t tell us.

you're taking " just swing the club head "= no money for instructors and still adding layers of instruction on to it. grip, stance, posture, this body part leads, that body part stays stable and completely break it down so you can "teach" it to someone. as has the golf industry in general. as you said the pga didn't like it. just swing the club head and hit the stationary ball doesn't make any money. too easy. once one focuses on body parts during an athletic event, tennis, ping pong, hammering a nail, you're in an endless cycle of disapointment. IMHO

Too much talk,no showing !