I am adamant that I want to improve my golf, I've watched 100s of videos, I have to say, this is the best drill I've used that instantly felt improvement. I didn't use a wall, I took it straight to the range and had the thought in my head of driving the butt of the club into a wall. Ball striking and dispersion was instantly improved. Thanks Russ, if only I saw this 20 years ago 🤣🤣👍👍👍

amazingly helpful drill, immediately removes the skipping the rock thinking and puts my striking the ball in a much better ball compression position.

Brilliant drill! Thanks for clearly illustrating this drill. Agree your Best Drill! Very helpful. Thank you.

Was waiting for you to put the club into the tv screen! Great drill, hopefully will work on the course for me!

Thank you Russ! Why does the hands above hip high? I would have guessed it should be as low as it can be accompanied by the squat move? Could you please explain that?

Awesome drill, such a strong image for a proper rotation of the lower body at transition. Thank you Russel!

Will do, sending videos. As always, appreciate the honesty.

I enjoy this drill for my students along with the pump drill with five balls teed up in a row using a 5 to 7 iron - these drills together work like magic in the golf swing! Thank you for your content!

This drill and lesson really connected things for me, thank you! I'm hitting it more consistent and pure on the range and look forward to trying it on the course this weekend.

Great drill. Thank you Russ

Great video Russell. I’ll give it a try.

Thank you. Will give it a go.👍👍

Great advice!

Brilliant lesson!

Will be checking this out shortly.

How did that screen survive 😂

Russ this is it man. We had started online lessons a few months back but I had a family emergency that caused me to have to pause those. Well, I'm back working on my game and this drill is fantastic. I've been searching for that "feeling" that works best for me for about a year now. I've had success here and there on the course but either I didn't like the feeling of things or I didn't love the way they looked on camera. I'm 34, I just picked golf back up last year after not playing since high school and I have been all over trying to find my feels. I've used Shiels, Malaska, Monte, Clement, Be Better Golf, Me and My Golf, Cogorno, Stack N Tilt, Bender, Dietrick, you name em, I've probably tried their method because I wanted to find what worked BEST for me. Like I said, this is it. It seems so simple, thinking about the butt end of the club and putting it back onto the wall. It also helps with keeping a firm lead side as well because you're not going to want to smash the end of your handle into the wall too hard. Love this drill.

Wow! Had hip surgery and forgot to keep hands if front of my body (no hip rotation). Just keying on this had me flushing most every shot! Thanks 🙏🏻

What I just watched here is you Russell showing us out here in keeping the right elbow close to the torso on the follow through, do that and one won't come across the ball or flick as you point out! It took me 50 years to find this right elbow drill which has helped me out! Many thanks!

Great work.🙏🙏🙏

Oh yes! this definitely works for me

Thanks Russell! This drill has fixed my huge hook as a result of being too handsy and flipping before impact. As long as I don't early extend, I have hit straight shots consistently.

Great drill Russ. Close call with the tv😅

Russell. Brilliant thanks so much. Paul from Melbourne Australia

Great drill for a) "covering" and b) "compressing" the ball.

Will try it and will let you know asap!!!

Just tried it at home. Seems to come through very high. It is making me stand further from the ball and stretch for it. Will have a go on the course.

Great drill. Instant results for me purely through feeling this out on the course.

Thanks, great drill, for something I’ve been working on recently. Noticed that seeing the end of the handle visually come over the toes on my right foot also gives me a little bit of side crunch, and that inside swing path I’m trying to achieve. Main thing next is trying to manage the timing with the rotation, so I’m not blocking so many shots left.

thx for swing tip :D

Brilliant....shockingly simple! Promotes parallel and covers the ball.

Definitely. Will try the drill. Happy Father's Day, Russ!

Can't believe u didn't hit that tv. Hahaha

Hi , I've tryed this drill today and I think it's the missing piece of the jigsaw I've been looking for thanks to get that Tommy Fleetwood finish , does this also work with the driver? Also mind that T.V. on the wall 😂

My observation of golfers struggling to make good contact is that they: 1) often bend towards the ball at the waist ( rather than / at the hips, which due to cantilever leverage of the arms swings the butt end in closer to to body for a more dynamically balanced path (setting up the need to try to steer club with hands), and 2); do not understand how to ‘side-bend’ back away from the target at the start of the downswing which helps to tuck the trail elbow and shift body mass to anticipate the pull of the club as it swings around the hands. In your demonstration you are side-bending reflexively because that is a very natural action seen when tossing a ball side arm or hitting a forehand shot in tennis. But for some reason unschooled golfers seem to think the spine need the stay straight in the downswing. I show them the difference in club head path coming down and after impact. The side-bend shallows out the club head path and when maintained through impact keeps it low and down the target line after impact as the club force is allowed to pull the trail arm straight. A key factor in making that extension happen, also lacking in the swings of most I see at the range is keeping the trail heel on the ground until the club has time to pull the trail arm straight. Pulling the trail arm straight in the finish works like the arresting wire on the deck of an aircraft carrier TO SLOW THE CLUB HEAD DOWN. It is the side bend created at the start of the downswing which allows the golf to STAY IN BALANCE while doing that. Why don’t unschooled golfers extend properly in the finish and instead release their back foot and swing the club with bent elbows over the shoulder? When I ask them they say that’s how the pros finish their swings. What they don’t realize is that the pros side-bend to some degree in the side bend and allow the force to pull the trail arm straight before the club force first cocks the wrist and flip the club head mass up and left around the body BEFORE the elbows bend.

Hi Russell, I find this works but if grip pressure is too harsh I top. When I make solid contact the flight is wonderful and powerful. In my opinion it takes trust and structured arms without tension. Also I tend to see some shots pulled.

I’m going to give this a try. New subscriber - hope this helps. 😎

That’s awesome

This just put a large hole in my plasterboard wall

Tried it. It actually helps even better to do the hip rotation and transition and weight shift. I am struggling with that forever now. Just don't get the feel for it. This drill somehow helps really well. Maybe also even the first drill that gave me immediate improvement.

Everyone should listen to Russell if you want to improve your scores and ball striking ability! I've been a member for about two years and he has brought me down to mid 70's from high 80's

Does this work for the driver as well as irons?

Yes,if I concentrate on hands being in front of the ball at impact I often smash it.

Insane club control to not smash that TV 👏

Great drill. I've had a lot of success with the alignment rod extending from the grip drill, which puts me in a similar position, and then continuing to rotate without getting whacked in the side.

This last minute uncocking require perfect timing of wrist, hand & arm, waist and chest. Find it easier to do it with 7 iron and above. Longer iron and woods that swing at faster speed, I occasionally hit the ground few inches before the ball. Got to adjust the amount of weight transfer at impact for me to use this technique for longer clubs.

Almost broke your screen at 1:54! Be careful!! Great vid!

Mind the TV screen! So close to hitting it on the backswing when you stood next to the wall

I wonder… same exercise for woods?

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I thought you were going to smash the sh!+ out of your screen!!! Great drill though. I’m definitely going to give it a try to get that feeling of keeping hands out front.

Every tip is the tip that changes everything

I've had 6 heart attacks watching the back swing near the monitor! Great drill though. I'll try it, away from the TV.

Repeatability that's a big word 😆

All I could think about was the screen being smashed to bits 😂. Great drill though. I struggle with this.

Very Ben Hogan

Russ was super close to needing a new TV after that.

*paused video and jumped into the comments to see if anyone mentions him almost hitting the TV* lol

almost hitting the tv screen....

Just full anxiety that you were gonna shatter your television

The screen has a dangerous life 😮

Looks like it keeps you nice and shallow

Holy cow watch out for the t.v.

As with most of these tips, this entire action should happen naturally. You should never force your hands / wrists into this position. Loose wrists and tucked right elbow will almost guarantee this happens with no effort from you. 🤷‍♂️ The feel is different for everyone though and can be tough to verbalize.

Looks difficult...

1:55 you nearly fucking ruined your monitor...nice job....

I did not give the first thought to the tv screen while watching this. Seems like that puts me in a small minority.

Your thumbnail image is nuts. Its displaying a drastically out of sync swing. OMG That left elbow! [shrieking noises]

Too unnatural. An easier drill to take to the course would be the preset drill ala Faldo 1980.