I watched this and then looked at some recent videos of my swing and Wow. Can't wait to work these drills. Thank you JC

Excellent explanations in simple language and great drills. Top notch coaching

Excellent video with great explanation and tips. Exactly where I am in my lessons, which is a massive switch from my old swing and your tips and tricks will help a lot!

Good stuff! I can't wait to go out to the course tomorrow and give this a go. In the meantime I am going to go out into the garage and do some rehersal swings and try to get comfortable with what I have to do outside (when I inevitably will want to swing harder).

Great presentation. Easy to understand, good explanation on why and how to learn this movement.

Great video thanks. Trying to keep the elbows a similar distance apart in the backswing has really helped me get back to good ball striking again. As you said, once this happens in the backswing, the downswing is almost automatic.

Your videos are great! Watched a bunch. Subscribed. Thanks!

Great session, JC.

Great drill. Loving it😊

Yeah, this is just what I needed thanks JC.

Brilliant!! You rock! New level unlocked

Butch/Tiger photo is priceless. Nunchuck drill may help my ext. rotation. Thanks.

This looks very interesting. Just tried it with a few practice swings and it feels different, but somehow more powerful. Combine this with your knuckles to the ground (motorcycle rev drill) and this could be quite a combo. Cannot wait to take these to the range and try them out. Thanks for sharing.

Makes sense. Great video!

Good stuff, thanks.

Thanks . Good video , golf season back, new year , play better.

Excellent. Thanks.

Excellent drills to do this move.

Great video thank you

100% my problem. Not easy to fix bad habits, I will work on these. Thanks!

Best tip I've seen in 2024!

Chown! Loving the new setup, man! ⛳️

Some additional advice for anyone interested: Hold the club with the clubhead at around waist height and take some practice swings as though you’re going to hit a ball off a baseball tee. Focus on the feel of how your trail arm works as you’re taking the swings, taking particular note of the manner in which it folds. Instinctively, you’d never have your trail elbow fly behind you as you take the club back because you can feel how little power you’d have as you return the club to impact, at least without some serious compensating moves (actively having to thrust your elbow back in front of your ribcage). Gradually repeat these baseball tee practice swings at progressively lower heights (more in golf posture) while retaining the same trail arm fold mechanics / feels. Finally, try hitting some shots with that same feeling. You’ll notice on video that the club should shallow out pretty naturally and that you’ll find yourself almost needing to rotate more open through impact.

Thanks JC 👍🏼

Well said, similar to the towel drill. It looks like you have a decent landing area beyond the wall. Why not loose the net?

...one minute 7 seconds in and you have just described my swing - I'm watching on!!

Watched it all. Very very informative. Telling point for me was inside right arm facing forward not at target, at address. Watch it ALL, drills are easy but very relevant.

Great lesson. I have somewhat limited external shoulder rotation and pull my elbow behind me while separating the elbows. My swing looks great using the Tour Striker and TRS ball. Makes me realize the excess movement in my swing. However, I can only make about 3/4 swings (likely due to broad shoulders and thick chest) and lose all power. Assuming more practice reps will eventually bring power back. Also, while it makes the swing look good, I find that trying to keep the ball between arms at setup causes right arm to straighten too much and l lose the soft bend in my right arm..

Great content JC, how do you defeat the overwhelming urge during the backswing sequence to refrain from over reaching for a little more extra width which ultimately leads to this chicken wing/ across the line habit look and feel. Whenever I subconsciously try to think about a specific body part to stay back or down in this case elbow it feels so disconnected and mechanical in nature in the joints vice like a Matt wolf flying elbow then springs back to shallow via opposite tension reaction on the downswing seems more naturally flowing. Maybe not ideal or pretty but definitely feels more easier to accomplish. Golf is hard 😂. Thanks for great content…

Great tips👈👍. Where can I buy that golf net? that looks really good to practice in my backyard.

If the golf swing was shockingly easy, there wouldn’t be so many bad golfers. It’s not easy. Good tips though.

I'd love your opinion and input about my shoulders as they relate to this subject: both of mine have been reconstructed, but notably the external rotation (after a frozen shoulder) of my lead/left arm/shoulder is exactly 0°. As a right-handed golfer with a left shoulder/arm that will not externally rotate; 1.) what kind of miss pattern should I expect this will create the conditions for, and; 2.) what are some ways I can deal with this limitation, outside of working with a physio, etc.? Great and trustworthy content, mate; cheers and thank you!

Good video. Where does the left elbow point at address? Down as well?

Well done

Love this tip John, brilliant. Will this help with me crossing the line at the top of my backswing?

when do u bend your right arm in the backswing? can u get the club to parallel in the backswing?

Brilliant

It took me an hour of hitting 94% crap and a few pga quality shots at top golf haha to figure out maybe I should keep my right elbow in. But the two I launched felt so amazing. Once I figured out the elbow thing I was able to hit the ball ( I was literally hitting grounders) so I’m excited to build on this lol

New house AND a new hitting mat. :) Sometime, I would like to see you discuss the wrist release at impact. That confused me. Thanks

what hitting net is this? Thanks!

Justin rose has been using this striker ball since it's come out. FYI that's what motivated me and then i used it for the girls golf team yrs. ago. comes with lanyard so u don't have to pick it up

John this is probably my biggest problem. I used a very well known setup idea from another coach. I imagine my right arm is giving blood in my set up, I just then rotate my wrist onto the club at address without moving my arm. Brilliant 👍

Great video! Should you apply this for driver too or mainly only irons? + Rory or scheffler seem to have their elbow really far out in their swing. Why isnt it an issue for them?

Over 18 holes nobody was better than Johnny Miller, a master shotmaker

i need this because i know i pull my right elbow behind me although i wish i could actually see my own swing in action when i do it. it almost feels like the right tricep pulling back is causing it. gonna try to turn that off if i can but it almost feels like the instinctive thing to do and it's wrong i guess, probably stems from shooting too many hockey pucks as a lad. thnx for the help.

I just did the nunchuck drill and dislocated my shoulder. Is that just part of getting better? 😂

New house? Looks good

Would keeping that right elbow tight into your ribs have the desired result as well?

Second part of the drill is out for me 😞 no attached labrum tissue in my right shoulder so I can't stretch it like that. But the rest is excellent :) I can't get in the position, just can't exaggerate the stretch or my shoulder pops out

The KZfaq algorithm is getting scary good…i commented on a couple other channels videos how i was working on keeping my elbow(s) in and down the other day …this morning a video on keeping elbows in and down pops up at top of my feed 😮🤷🏼‍♂️✌️

It’s so simple! Vertical Drop, Horizontal Tug!

This is the main flaw in my golf swing. My elbow, always gets caught in my side/stomach. Pretty positive that I have a flying elbow.

Look at ludvig åberg. His elbow is pointing almost straight back. Trying to keep the elbow down in the back swing will not only limit your power but also your control and precision of the club. The key is to lead with the elbow down into the release as you would do in any sport where you holding something in your hands

Having the trail elbow pointing slightly forward seems impossible to do with a fairly strong grip. Any thoughts?

Isn't it amusing looking back after all these at Butch using Tiger's right elbow at the top to get him more laid off vs Hank's more one-plane approach in backswing to get to him to the same position...Tiger asked for that unprecedented punishment/swing overhaul but it must've really messed with his mind for a long time!! Anyway former high handicapper who can vouch for these drills, because they help eliminate many other variables that plague that skill level. But once you get to a certain point with Hogan's so-called magic elbow you'll discover that the *lead arm* is what really matters. And its entire path. Once you really figure the lead arm out it makes no difference whatsoever what that trail elbow is doing. For example, Jack Nicklaus. And so many others that let that elbow fly. Austin, Player, Couples, Bubba etc etc etc. Mr. Hogan, who i still think wrote the definitive holy grail on golf instruction was really emphasizing the *hips and lead arm* when discussing his magic elbow. This context seems to have been lost over the years. In easence he was saying because my *hips* are doing this and my lead arm is doing this, my right elbow is naturally delivered to its ideal position. That is the passive aspect of the swing, but only because the hips and lead arm are very active in a proper swing. Now, high handicappers do have overactive arms leading to OTT, and reducing their activity is absolutely beneficial, but turning off the lead arm and just maintaining Hogan's magic elbow will not ultimately take you to golf's promised land. I can speak from experience. The breakthrough is when you figure out how to keep your lead arm (and hand) from rotating too soon in downswing. Some disassociation of the two arms like in Jack's swing will ultimately prove liberating and rewarding. Passive arms and a focus solely on the trail elbow will trap you in a frustrating world of early release, a mysterious affliction usually unbeknownst to high handicappers, because there are soo many other compensations that are keeping it from being fully revealed...but i digress. The man to really ask is Tiger. In 2002 he was soo frustrated at having his coach alter his destination rather than his path that he did the unprecedented and fired him and completely overhauled his to arrive at a more laid off position. This game is crazy! The only common element bw the greats I've identified is head and arms at impact. Cheers!

"The bad golf you've been playing" ow! that hurts!

Bobby Jones only true grand slam winner. Makes me a boomer with cannon balls not bombs😂

As a typical amateur with lots of arms involved and limited rotation with a non-stable blade through impact - keeping the elbows together - when I now try it - limits my clubhead speed, makes me feel more restricted and less free… but I guess I should continue and make the body the engine and start to build speed from the chest rotation…. comments?

In my view he played is best in his early days. His back problems and bad play only came when he tried to change his swing.

Excuse me, what about Jack?😮😮😮

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Nicklaus....Daly....

Jack Nicklaus and Fred Couples called

It makes the golf swing easy for you maybe.

Creates insane lag

The best was Johnny Miller over 18 holes, nobody played better

Why do we always here that the arms move their fastest at the beginning of the downswing?

1:41 what you say ? Lol jk

Both comments are wrong. Mo Norman is recognised by the hall of fame as being the best ball striker in the history of golf. In excess of 30 holes in one and numerous other records.

Maybe keep a towel under your right armpit

Nice swing bro. If you know how to score it and can handle tournament pressure, you’d be able to win with that swing.

Humm....bubba Watson, scott Scheffler, Jack Nicklaus....are you really 100% certain that this is a must know for every one ?

Hmm. Interesting. 2000 Tiger? And Jack? Hmm 🤔 you lost me on this one.

Butch Harmon ruined Tiger's swing and back. His swing was better before butch.

Tiger Woods wasn't the best golfer in the history of mankind, that accolade goes to Jack Nicholas! Too many millennials have their facts wrong! Do your homework before making bold claims!

What net is that??