We all need face control to hit good golf shots and timing controls the club face. Start practicing and understand timing and your golf shots will instantly get better.
Online lesson are now a possibility on Skillest: https://skillest.com/app/profile/marcus-edblad
Let me help you get an effortless golfswing with speed and accuracy. I call it the circle of speed. A good release will help you to a better impact and longer drives and irons without slice and hook. How to swing a golf club need to be adjusted to your skill level and experience.
Long and straight is the goal for everyone but it takes time. Try to focus on one thing not everything when you practise. Impact, face control and swingpath will always be the most important part to drill. We focus too much on rotation but no good golf shot will be executed just by rotating.
I’m naturally right handed but all my tips works for both left handed and right handed golfers.
We also need to understand that many myths in golf are misleading. Everything that you find on the internet isn’t true. Ben Hogan, Sam Snead are two of legends that are often misunderstood.
We shall not keep our head still, only start with the hips, look only at the ball or keep the left or right arm straight.
If you use callaway, ping, titleist or taylor made clubs doesn’t matter you can learn to hit good golf shots. Your loft or your shaft on the club will not change but you can always get better.
Find what inspires you. Golf basics are the same for everyone. The pga tour, longdrivers or other good golfers can all help you find better golf shots. Watch what they do instead of listed to what they say. Listen mostly to your body and figure out what you need to do to produce the same results as the pros on TV. Be careful when you watch a golf swing in slow motion. The result isn’t always what the golfer is trying to do. Feel and real are seldom the same.
Mike Malaska, Mike Austin, Mike Dunaway, Pete Cowen and Steve Pratt are some of my favorite golf instructors online. Find the tips that make your golf better. Decide what you want to hit. I teach a draw but many like a fade and nobody likes a hook or slice.
Your hips or your lag is not the key to golf. Your hands will decide the shot and you can do like Tiger Woods and trust your hands. Teach your hands to hit different shots. Hit big hooks and slices to understand what happens. Only straight is not gonna teach you anything.
Bryson Dechambeu and Kyle Birkshire can inspire you to hit it longer. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson can give you inspiration and motivation to test new things and new golf shots. Linn Grant, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg can show you the future of golf.
The Masters, Players Championship, The Players, The Open and US Open can make you love golf even more. See the best in the world solve all the problems we all need to master any golf course. Golf is a craft and you need fantasy, feel and skills to master it.
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Hello my friends it’s the 2nd of January uh start a new year for many golfers it’s a new season and I really want to start with something that I talk a lot about um which is the foundation of changing anything in any golf swing and it’s
Timing I know I talk about it all the time but I will I will really try to explain why it’s so important to to go to timing the first you do um many think that okay if I can only control the club face I will always hit it pretty
Straight yes that’s correct but if you don’t control and understand timing your Club face will be all over the place so let’s start this year with the most important thing of all timing when you hit the Ball if we would play golf I would hit draw shots 99 times out of 100 so why is that will it always start perfect no it won’t it starts a little bit more to the left or a little bit straighter but it will probably be a draw 99 of 100 times
Why is that because I’m not doing the same every time but I’m doing it with the same timing I have a few online lessons going on right now online students that are struggling they think they hit a draw but it turns out to be a fade
And for you interested in how to hit a fade you should listen to what I say in this video because the biggest difference between a draw and a fade timing okay so what am I talking about okay let’s start with a decent straight club do some kind of back swing and we
Hold lag and look at the club it’s so open again back swing but this time I release lag I release angles I can have a very close Club face we need to understand this you can practice mechanically what you do in your golf swing for 10 20 30 years and
Still slice the ball you can hit mechanically a draw but it ends up being a slice anyway because you don’t think about timing and the problem with that is timing is something that’s hard to feel so how do we learn doing this okay let’s hit a
Fade a fade and a draw are not that big of a difference in timeing but if I want to hit a fade I hold my club from closing I hold the lag this is my normal pitching wedge I just hold it and it turns out I don’t release lag that’s not a Big
Slice but it’s still I hold the club so it’s not closing enough to be a draw I’m holding it blocking it if you listen to what commentators say on on the PDA tour or lpda tour oh he blocked it she blocked it it happens when they get nervous your
Hands get nervous but you need to release angles you create angles going back release angles going forward so if you practice this is pretty normal you practice standing on the practice tea just hitting golf balls on the drying range and it looks perfect almost every time that’s about perfect it’s a little
Bit too much draw on that one but it’s a simple draw shot and then you go to the golf course you get nervous your hands freeze up I call it happy hands or not happy hands if my hands are happy I hit draw if my hands are nervous I hit fade or
Slice and you go to the golf course and suddenly you end up hitting a completely different golf shot because you’re afraid of hitting the golf ball if you don’t hit the golf ball you don’t release the lag you don’t get back to where you started you you can spend time
10 20 years trying to fix this by setting up better but it’s not going to help timing will always win it will always win so you see this one this was inside 11 but I still hit a slice because my hands froze up I’m not releasing the
Clum and the only way to learn this is doing what I’m doing same hybrid I don’t know degrees 21° if I hit this normal this will probably draw a little bit too much but I’m not used to hitting hybrids but yeah a little bit too much
But I’m hitting that and releasing it it feels good I go to the first T I have a lot of trouble both sides I freeze up and it goes shorter and out that will never come back because I hold lag too long I don’t hit the ball in time timing will always
Win if you struggle with this you need to be on the practice green uh practice tea on the driving range and really feel release in time get a draw release late get a fade really late you hit a slice it doesn’t matter what club you use but it’s also
Different between clubs just to make it harder golf is hard but you can do this I mean I meet probably half of the students I meet every week they don’t have issues in mechanically what they do they have timing issues they might hit perfect seven irons and big slices with driver and
When they understand understand they need to release a driver earlier than a seven um they just hit perfect go shots but then they go home and forget it and have to come back and pay again but that’s another story and you can feel a draw and still hit a slice because
You’re mechanically doing it correctly but timing wise you’re not this is so important and if you want to eliminate one side the slice side of the golf course it’s all about timing you cannot slice the ball with a close Club face it’s not close to the Target line
But it’s close to where you swing the club it will end up being a draw I really wish I really do I wish face control for you this year but to have face control we need not only to understand that we open the face in our
Back swing we also need to close the club going through the ball and if we do it too late nothing will help us there’s no grip in the world I can hold the strongest grip in the world and still open up and have an open Club face
It doesn’t matter if I don’t realize that timing controls the club face I will be lost forever it’s not that hard to actually practice but you need to do it late be too open in time be correct late be open in time be correct this is the question I mostly get
Online on lessons and comments how do I do this start with timing learn to understand that the what we do through the ball is so important not only what we do when we do it I have a whole series on the release watch that one that’s how to
Do it but this time also remember it’s when you do it that will always win timing will always win over everything else think about it do you even think about timing
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Great message Mr Edblad.
Does ball position affect timing? Moving the ball toward the front may help right?
Thank you and HNY..Ive been working on your ideas lately with my driver..its enlightening…trying to swing out, and release earlier is great!
Hi Marcus. Thanks for this. Do you suggest training with a metronome for music. Mike Austin mentioned it years ago about setting it for 60BPM. Thoughts?
Hello Marcus,
Happy New year to you.
I am trying to change my golf into your way of swinging. Some things are slowly getting better. One thing is still confusing me a little bit. In the downswing with driver you are talking about an early release. That can be achieved by “throwing the club” to the right and back for a righthanded player. This part is working for me sometimes. But you also say that the pushing hand with driver needs to go up to the ceiling/sky. I feel this is two times pushing and I can’t make it work very good for me.
I hope you understand what I mean and maybe you can enlighten me in the new year.
Thank you for your very helpful advice and your program is really much easier on the back than the conventional way.
Greetings,
Marcel
HNY.Marcus, as always another great tip without getting techy like the rest. Thanks for all you do for average golfers
Happy New Year and great subject matter to start the year off
Your so correct when you said 20 years of practice and still can’t get the face squared back up is what frustrates so many of us
What helps me in this area is feeling that the club head and my belly button are one and the same
If I get that combo back to the starting point I usually have a good shot … swing speed
This vision/feeling helps me to control my swing speed so I can contain my body and club so that all the peaces off the swing puzzle fit
If the body is ahead of the club or the club is ahead of the body …the club face will not be in the correct position for the shot we are wanting
Swing speed
Containment…now that’s something we all can work on
Great start for the new year Marcus
Thanks for the awesome lesson yesterday Marcus. Do you find that focusing on a fixed spot on the ground helps? Reminding you to release the club while you still have your back to the ball with an inside-out path.
I have always placed the ball ahead in my stance setting up to hit a draw but now I can't produce that anymore.Last part of last season I started putting the ball back in my stance and ended up blocking everything,the occasional draw ,perfect trajectory.Its winter now so I can't work on range work but my indoor practice mat and rubber ball,I use a rubber ball,I put the the ball back in my stance with all clubs and can hit the ball with the new timing required for that setup and I have never felt as confident about hitting the ball consistently,ever. Now when I place the ball forward I can't even hit it.The ball placement more to the rear,I think causes you to have better timing because you have to release almost immediately,arms first and body supporting the move,complete opposite of the usual theory body first arms follow.
Happy new year 🎊 Marcus Aurelius great warrior advice
Marcus, you present your material in such an easy to understand method it is refreshing. Love this channel! Thank you!
Thanks coach. Happy new year!
Love the videos..
Thank you!
As another lefty, I struggle with slice with driver.. should I feel like my wrists are turning to the right at impact?.. I'm curious of your thoughts…
Thanks
"But then they go home and forget it and have to come back and pay again, but that's another story" 😂
Another great lesson, Marcus. Happy new year sir.
Great reminder. Happy New Year Marcus!
You mentioned online lessons….I want some…your common sense approach make sense to me…California. Bob
Happy New year
Great to have you back.
Still struggling a little with consistency, and hope to make a video this month for your analysis.
Very informative lessons mate, and we all appreciate your insight and advice.
Cheers my friend.
Jacko
More golden advice. When I do as you teach in this video I stripe the ball and with good distance. When I get tight or try to over-swing I slice or hook.
Hi Marcus, all the best for 2024 and keep the great video’s comming! I have a question; it looks to me that you have an open stand, if so how much open do you advice ?
I've changed my grip from watching you..set the ball further back in my stance..swing inside to out..focused on timing and tempo…I'm crushing it with a beautiful draw..golf is fun again..I'm 67.
I can manage around 8 dg from inside but my blade must be a bit open at impact to get the Draw to the Target. Is your blade straight at impact. ?🤔 Used trackman .
Hi Marcus happy new year…Can you let us know what the rear elbow looks like at the moment of impact is it being released into impact or is the bend to be held through impact and then released …Being a righty playing left the stupid arm needs to be told what to do. Thanks
What amazed me the most is one day i have the swing you show and the next time i am completely lost. The more i then watch more vids and all goes away. I think i have to stop watching tips. Maybe its a little correction but i have nobody around that can see what i do. I mean, i have played good before . So its time to grab a club and walk the fairways just like that. No lessons. No expectations or what so ever. . . . . . . .
Great lesson… Spot on!
Hi Marcus,
Swing going okay but i can not get any height from the middle of my stance with my longer irons. My 5 iron gets around 2 mertes from the ground.
Please help
Thankyou
Hello Marcus, did you say in an earlier video that you use 4 inch tees?
Marcus, today for the first time I used your method for the entire 18 holes.
I shot 4 over par. Hit 12 fairways and never in trouble. Hit all 4 par 3s and 13 greens total in regulation.
Unfortunately, my short game abandoned me and wound up with 33 puts and two double bogies, two bogies and two birdies for a round of 76.
Your method offered me an automatic backswing. No thinking about positions or hands. Beautiful. Solid irons except two shots. Great feeling. My confidence built up as the round progressed shooting one under par in the back nine.
My friend, you are a golfing genius.
Great, peace mate
Your correct once again marcus , the minute i start trying to dictate my release or when i fire the wrists thats when things start getting left or right , usually left with irons and right with driver .
Are you saying that i should release from the top with all clubs and play with whatever the outcome is ,be it a draw with irons and fade with driver type thing , but commit and accept rather than guide or control ?
Thank you for the tips on timing!
Hello friend, ask me a question? I'm following your golf swing in a circle. I noticed that you always position the ball on your left foot and the drive a little in front, this makes it easier for the ball to come out