Paul, I went from an 18 handicap to a 10 this season, all by taking tips from your videos... thank you!

The way you describe the "lock-up" is so accurate. Happened to me today on back nine, major tension. Looking forward to the drill!

I love ur vids thank you. You’re also real funny. You be having me cracking up!

3:10 5:40 6:50 ish golden! Paul, an updated video on this subject with full motion and effort shots would be extremely informational! Thinking the drill can be expanded into a stand on it's on playable action; especially for older and limited range of motion players!!! Thank you

Paul thank you for you video instructions. I can’t wait to try this drill. I tried in the house and I feel so much more relaxed already. Love the videos.

I have seen some excellent teachers on you tube but you are the benchmark for instruction. Common sense ideas imparted in a simple way. Your swing looks ridiculously easy and you hit it a mile. That is why sam snead played better longer than anyone else. These are the best easiest concepts I've ever seen.

Thanks, thanks and thanks again!!!! Your tips are golf life savers!!!! I enjoy them tremendously and watch them time and again.

Thanks Paul. I was the guy using my arms and going nowhere. Keeping my arms out of the swing, I gained distance and accuracy and the guys in my league are saying what have you changed you are hammering the ball!

Thank you, been following your advice for a while and my game has improved enough that the PAT is in reach.

Great tip for taking arms out of the swing! I'm gonna start doing this drill immediately!

This is really a good tip. I have just bought my first driver after being playing golf on and off for 30 years. I do get tensed when trying to use the driver with the shiny white ball. This helps me to get that loose feeling. Thank you, Paul!

Great drill. Didn’t know I could hit a ball this way. It’s really helping me loosen up my arms through the shot and get more easy lag and whipping power. Thanks!

Paul you’re the best. Keep up the good work.

Estupendo vídeo, es usted el mejor profesor de golf que he conocido. Muchas gracias.

Tried your putting swing, unbelievable!!!

Hi Paul. As someone who learned golf as an adult, your tips and overall teaching approach has been a breath of fresh air for me. While I’m in my 20’s, I have always described myself as a tight/never loose player, which has made golf a very frustrating sport for me. Additionally, I was a baseball/tennis player, which has left the feeling of reacting & hitting a ball engrained in my athletic approach. I’m in the process of breaking my swing down to the basics, with the goal of permanently applying the approach of “stop trying to hit the ball”. I’ve recently fully committed to the tips in your videos, as it's now clear that most of my instructors have completely underestimated the tightness & heavy use of arms in my swing. With that said…..I'd like share my recent experience/struggles with this drill because I am definitely……one of the EXTREME cases you mentioned. I went out to the range this week and “Touched the Neck” for an entire bucket of balls. After about 10 balls, I had the loose feeling you described. I only focused on turning my body and having my belt facing left of the target when finished. I started with a wedge, and moved up to an 8 iron, as my confidence with this drill & loose feel was increasing. I could actually feel the weight of the club as I turned through, and could trust that the club would follow, all while keeping my arms “dead” (and the ball was going straight!). I left the range with so much excitement, as I finally had this feeling of separating my arms from my lower body. Then the next day came…….. The next day I went out to the range again (mistake #1), with the same excitement carried over from the day prior. I thought, “today I’m going to try and move up to driver & maybe even work on full swings.” After about 5 balls, I realized…..I had completely lost this feeling of not using my arms in the golf swing. It was insane how fast this feeling disappeared & how I couldn’t get it back (I couldn’t even get the feel back doing basic practice swings, as my arms were literally activating every time I turned through my swing). I sat at the range for 2 hours touching the neck with a simple wedge & could not turn my arms off no matter how hard I tried. It’s almost like my body was revolting against me for how many years I’ve been using all arms with no legs/hips. I was even letting go of the club at times, desperately trying to find this feeling again. It’s brutal because I know how groundbreaking this loose arms feeling is for my golf game…..but my last range session was so frustrating that I’m scared to get out there and look for it again. Any tips for getting out of a rut like this? (It’s almost like I don’t trust that loose feeling anymore). Is there something else I can focus on to try and get that loose feeling back? You’re the best. -Will

i want to tell u.. i have been watching your vids for 2 straight weeks.... these are great for the common man golfer, i cant tell u how much i appreciate these .. im trying to implement all of your content.. its fantastic.. you are making a big difference in my golf game

Paul I have been hitting my driver left and right when I look at your KZfaq videos about gripping it light and using your hips on the range today my drives were pure all I think about is light and use hips I have a nice follow through now amazing Paul thanks

Your tips are awesome. Thank you.

I had a round this morning, and watched this video before getting to the course. On the the range I felt loose and relax and warmed up well, but for some reason I was pull hooking them from the tee today. Not extremely bad, but missing fairways left. I shot a 90 , still haven’t broke into 80’s but I’m consistently better since watching your videos. Thanks, keep the vids coming!

This seems to be a great addition to the regular hinging drills I am currently work on as a bodyswing- student. Will try this drill, cos I found myself tighten at times on top of the backswing, when wanting the 'widest arc' maybe too early and a little too much (after having great results re ball ctc with that)

Paul, I'm not the guy you're talking about but it might as well been me. In the 1.5years that I've been playing I have never even done a full backswing, I'm always doing like 70% backswing with 0 hinge. I just watched this tip and for the first time I'm doing a full swing and it feels amazing! This works amazingly, together with the other videos you've recommended the other day. Charl

Love this video. Touch the neck looks so relaxing, I can easily see how this would help people who are stiff.

Hi Paul. I followed your advice and gave this approach a valid try. It was far more challenging than I first thought. After about 1/2 a bucket I realized my impulse to hit was very strong in the downswing, particularly from last parallel to the ball. Once I realized this and kept my wrists loose through impact WOW what an epiphany. I discovered that if I focused more on staying behind the ball with my head and less on locking up my arms and wrists to “crush” it, the ball rocketed with seemingly no effort. I still revert back to bad habits and tense up occasionally but simply rotating my hips more efficiently and maintaining loose wrists gets me center face contact and excellent ball flight. It was very windy today (in my face) so I didn’t concern myself with distance but rather staying loose and smooth. Game changer, thank you. I’ll continue to follow you and look forward to more content but as for me and my playing partners, they can figure it out themselves while I shoot lower scores by staying in the fairway. Thanks Paul, I’m off to a good start I think.

Outstanding tip.

Great tip. Thanks.

Great tip Paul hope to get there and turn through without tightening up

After watching Paul’s videos I am able to hit my irons way better. My driver has increased 15 yards. I try to do all the drills because so far they have worked. Thank you Paul.

I have been watching your videos for at least two months, taking it to the range, I feel like I have a Gumby swing now, loose arms . flexibility is better, I feel like my back is not getting the torture like it used to, then the ball goes farther than I have seen it in a long time. It’s amazing! I am really working on my accuracy now and it’s slowly coming together nicely, thank you

Three days and four or so hours a day. Dang! Wish I could just afford and come see you for one day and one hour:) Need to work on this today, thanks for the tip Paul. Have a safe and great holiday weekend.

Tq paul...great tips👍

Thanks Paul, it's just wonderful that the DON'T call me much anymore !! This EFFORTLESS SWING IS JUST WONDERFUL !! Just want to say thank you so so much for "ALL" of your Utube lessons !!!! Also, I'm telling more and more HACKERS about YOU.

This drill is obviously made for me as the swing you describe in this vid is me, no lag straight wrists all upper body. I am a 9 and cant wait to see what happens to my game when I don't have a messy, jerky, short swing. Thanks Paul!

Thanks Paul. My club pro recently reiterated the need for me to have relax my arms for a looser, freer swing. I came to your site, found this and two other videos of yours, including the one on initiating the hip turn (another feedback point from a club pro). This weekend I played my club's championship, The Skagit Open. I watched and did this drill before each day's round and... won the Low Net Championship!! This included a hole-out eagle from 210 yards on the #1 handicap hole at our course. My swing is starting to really feel different, more syrupy. Your stuff works the best for me of any online instruction I have encountered. And I have watched a lot of online instruction. What more proof is needed???

You are a genius 🙂

Can’t wait to try it

Time to try this one - I know I am using my arms. Your tips resonate with me - but just can't seem to translate to on range/course.

Paul, yesterday hit a 270 yard straight like arrow driver using ur powering the legs..... I typically hit a 230 yard if it goes straight. Thanks for all ur videos...... Now question is this particular loosening the arms drill work for irons as well?

:-) I am a skinny unmuscular guy and according to my golf coach , I have a great practice swing, easy, loose and relaxed arms. Put a ball in from of me and that all changes, my arms suddenly lock up, with no extension, leading to an open face, a chicken wing and frustration on my part. I'm going try this next time I'm at the range to see if it helps. I bought Paul's Body Swing videos and they are great, they all make sense to me, it's just implementing the instructions especially concerning the arms. It's on me to conquer this because I didn't have this problem earlier as consistently as I do now. Anyway great videos Paul, Thank you.

I will certenly try this. What is your oppinion of lifting the left heel in your backswing to get more rotation?

I tried to loosen up on my driver, and it worked. Furthest I’ve been from 180 carry to at least 200 yards. And it’s simply to loosen the arms.

Gonna give this one a crack!

Thanks Paul. Your tips are very timely. It seems that you saw me playing today with my arms locked up. Can I practice this drill with a 7 iron or a pitching wedge? Do I need to tee it up? Can I take this drill on the course, playing a few holes? Or do you recommend it to keep it at the range and with the driver?

Paul, I practiced using my belt back to the ball drill and It really helped me hit the ball more solid. Keep up your tips.

I am loving ur body turn w driver but I am hitting huge push fades. Any suggestions

Paul, this is actually how I’ve been swinging. Is there a drill to stop touching the neck?

Paul I have same problem of Stiff shoulders and arms. Swing fast forceful and not smooth. I have been looking for a, solution for long. Could not find one. Going to try it. Many thanks

Paul, I first found you on a KZfaq train while exercising on my stationary bike about 10 years ago. You were talking about the effortless golf swing (coiling/uncoiling like a clubhead cover, practice hitting the ball only 50% distance, relaxing the wrists and arms before the backswing etc). I tried it and it worked quite well, but then (as always with the golf swing!) I lacked consistency - - and so I looked at other golf instructional videos (as you know, there are plenty out there!). Not able to gain any consistency with other instructions either, I found myself regularly coming back to your videos. Then, viola!, I saw this video last week. I can't describe to you how much I now know what relaxed arms (and wrists) feel like - - and how the arms naturally extend from the weight of the club during the downswing and through impact. I always thought my hands and arms were relaxed - - but because I kept my left arm straight (as all the golf instructions call for!) I now realize my arms and wrists were far from truly relaxed. With my new "effortless" swing, I hit a drive yesterday - - into a 15 kt headwind - - that went 10 yards further than ever before on that hole. Thanks.

May I hinge my wrists right away when I take my backswing. And rehinge fast also. Is it a good idea. Thanks

Just wondering if this could also help with someone with less tight arms and hands but more with a chronic flat backswing? It seems touching the neck is a great feedback to getting to the right position at the top.

Definitely me

Does this work for irons,too?

Hi Paul; I tried this at the range today . My issue has always been grip pressure which tightens my arms & wrists & can't swing freely. It worked really well to keep my arms & wrists loose. The only problem I had was being able to stay synched thru the swing because of a totally different feeling. I wasn't hitting it a long way but I know that wasn't the reason for the drill. I hit about 150 balls with this & really liked the loose feeling after a while. It's gonna take a while to be able to do this with irons tho. Awesome tip.

Nothing worked, until I loosen my arms. I was so locked up I couldn’t turn my hips, shift my weight and to top it off I had a chicken wing. So I watched your video loosen up your arms and the change I experience was amazing. Very quickly my swing changed I was able to shift my weight, turn hips and my chicken wing was gone. What I realized was that all those things happen naturally if you have rope arms

Manuel de la Torre would suggest a drill like this, especially for older people.

Can this swing support a draw. How is the setup different

I used to have zero wrist hinge in my swing because I was soo slow in my back swing that the club head got no momentum and simply flopped at the top

Isn't this the instant lag drill you utilized on the elderly gentleman in another video? He wasn't strong or bulky but his lag immediately improved significantly. Assume this drill will help with anyone who has an uncontrollable desire to hit the ball with their hands and arms. My practice swing is so effortless but put a ball in front of me and I cannot for the life of me keep my hands and arms from initiating the swing with poor results. So frustrating as I KNOW the problem but still cannot fix it. This may be the answer I'm looking for to finally shut my arms and hands off (even with a ball in front of me) and just fire the body. Fingers crossed.

Not easy to tone those muscles down without the proper teaching. I was a little stiff today at the driving range, this tip has to be the final nail in the coffin for me, I think 🤔

How much do you charge to teach someone your effortless golf swing Paul?

I know you advocate a firm grip but for someone beginning to learn to swing with loose arms it’s almost impossible to do it without loosening to some extent your grip too.

thats why he linebacker not the quarter back has no wrist action