Interesting that the video never really matched the screen shot I clicked on.

Excellent explanation Russell! This is super helpful. It's the same swing action, just a bigger longer swing in a different setup.

This is exactly what I've been working on over the past 2 weeks. For the past 2 years my driver swing has reverted to a more vertical hit down on the ball swing. My driver went 180-200 YDS. As soon as I started realising my spine axis needed to change for the driver, I started hitting up on the ball and my ball flight instantly changed (I found as I did this and rotated around my spine I also engaged my obliques, especially on my forward side) and I gained more distance, hitting 215-230 YDS. I added in a release of my wrists thru impact and no word of a lie, am now 230 to 250 YDs on avg with the odd 270 YRD draws! I'm not a spring chicken and recovering from lower back herniation; ergo, rebuild of my swing the past 2 years. Now I'm working on better arm structure from the top thru impact to narrow my dispersion. Great video coach 👍

Good advice Russell. Thanks.

Excellent and so important we'll explained ,not just good for beginners. Helpful and inspirational for the advanced also"

Mate you are the best at explaining the swing!! Love your videos mate very helpful. Thank you

I've watch a lot of videos of the driver swing, and this one explains this concept the best

I like how you said that the swings are basically the same, it is the ball position forward that causes the tilt. Be careful suggesting that a player setup with tilt because it is damaging too many swings. Chest and pelvis are nearly vertical and “stacked” until Left Arm Parallel in the downswing when the tilt and separation occurs.

Russell..With hybrid & Fairway wood is a slight tilt then? Thank You

Thanks!

So at what point in the video is the image discussed?

Great explanation. I can hit my irons pretty far and straight but my driver is a disaster. The angles never felt right to me. Looking forward to giving this a try.

You've explained it very well and demonstrated it perfectly bit trying to do it is another thing it's bloody hard ffs

Subscribed. Great content

Yes, clear as mud.

Thank you for your lesson

👏👍 Will definitely try this !

Good video, I've had a big problem for the last few years with leaning my whole body instead of tilting mainly the shoulders, which made it impossible for me to get my weight back to my left side through the strike. It's led to a lot weak strikes off the bottom of the driver face.

thank you Russell has a 5 hcp golfer my driver is not working I am compensating within my swing now with your video I know why many thanks

Helped me.

Thanks for the tip..new subscriber here. I’ll try that today…

My swing thought always is to bring the club down and tight....and through....like an iron, as there is the tendency to throw the driver out....and that so often results in a shot that has lost so much loft., as the club loses the low arc as it comes into the ball.

Well done'

Good Stuff 🔥🔥🔥

From my fairway woods to my putter, I feel like I play like a 5-10 hcp, but my driver I play like a 25 hcp. I have absolutely no confidence or comfort with it and it shows. Some days I hit it 285 yards, others I hit it 170 with a crazy hook, or with so much top spin it falls unnaturally out of the sky... I need this video.

The video didn’t seem to match the visual intro image. Whilst I like the explanation and agree, it would have helped if you had hit a few shots as an example.

Here’s an observation about swing bio-mechanics: The feet control hip rotation and in downswing limit it to about 45° open UNLESS the back heel is lifted off the ground. Try swinging a club and keeping both feet on the ground and you’ll feel the hips stop as hands drop - referred to as “hitting the wall”. That “hitting the wall” thing slows down the hands just as club mass swings down around them enough to be whipped around them by momentum and gravity. It also causes the lead arm to start separating from chest like the lever arm of a catapult which pulls the lagging, spinning-around-the-hands club head mass in the direction the lead arm mass flies off. The reason side bend in the downswing results in straighter shots is that it affects the direction the lead arm mass drags the club changing it’s FORCE VECTOR from circular and tangent to the swing arc around body and hands to linear down the target line which makes the club face stay square to the target line longer. If you swing a club (slowly) keeping your back heel on the ground and with side bend you will feel the lead hip shift laterally and rotate to 45° open and feel the momentum of the lead arm mass cause it to fly off and drag the club down the target line as the shoulder turn open past the “stuck” hips. The trail arm gets pulled straight by that lead arm separation and trail arm gets pulled straight in finish because of the way side bending caused the axis of rotation of the club head mass to change from lead to trail shoulder because of the way keeping the back heel down restricts rotation of hips and shoulders before impact with the ball Most recreational golfers lift their back heel off the ground too soon and too quickly as a reflexive reaction to feeling that resistance in the front leg during the downswing. As a result the hips and shoulders keep turning at the same rate or even faster which whips hands around the body, too far forward of the ball by the time the club head swings around hands and impacts the ball. Pulling hands around body in a circle that way results in an open face at impact resulting in slice spin on the ball, either straight slice or pull-slice depending on timing and balance. The force of the club whipping left is what causes the trail elbow of a beginner to bend and whip the club around the body making balance in the finish difficult instead of the hands, club shaft and trail arm being pulled straight with club head mass tracking down the target line in the finish.

you're genius thnaks

What about weight distribution??

The shoulder tilt is determined by the position of your right foot, the further the right foot is away from the ball the more your shoulders tilt naturally whilst gripping a golf club.

Thumbnail got me but wasn’t mentioned. At address I tend to add shaft lean to help compress the ball, a feel that I’m used to. Is this similar to the driver and your thumbnail?

it’s all natural selection, those that are constantly learning will improve their game in no time. And this channel is the perfect source for learning.

The thumbnail for this video isn't covered at all..

Discuss the thumbnail pls

Your backswing sways significantly off the ball, increasing the likelihood of mishits and inconsistency. For us amateurs how about a simpler swing that nearly ‘covers’ the ball through rotation? Imminently more repeatable.

hit the BALLLLLLLLLLLLL

What your saying is, old ones with limited flexibility can’t play normal golf, so is there a golf technique, I mean a complete golf technique for us or do we just quit.

I watched this videa on the interwebs using my computer (button box).

I don’t get this. If you want to hit up on the ball, surely you should keep your hands behind the ball at impact, not in front of the ball? If you tell amateurs to get their hands in front of the ball at impact with driver, they will simply require more loft to get the ball airborne and they will struggle with a slice as a result of the now open club face.

What?

Bait switch

The video does not address the thumbnail image - which is why I clicked on the video. Bummer.

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Misleading thumbnail

Possibly the most long winded explanation ever

Why do your opening images have nothing to do with your video?

I would enjoy your instruction so much more, if you could stop saying “sort of” and “kind of” every time you try to make a point. I find it annoying, but I suppose that’s on me, coming from a family of educators. Good luck with your teachings.

I’ll have to unfollow if these videos aren’t segmented and cut into chapters in the future

Volume of words without making concise points

Video had nothing to do with the thumbnail… I hate that

Click bait. Misleading thumb nail. Pisses me off enough to not tune in to future channel videos. Honesty goes a long way in video engagement