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This golf lesson provides a couple of wonderful drills to help you hit your driver straight.If you are a beginner golfer and are looking for some golf driver tips that are simple and easy to do then you are going to love this.
I will show you the golf swing slow motion so that you can see what you need to do to improve.
We look at 3 things:
1. How to stop slicing your driver
2. How to swing more in to out or how to swing more inside out
3, How to get the correct impact position with driver
and I hope to do all this with simple golf tips so you can create an effortless golf swing
so just like you I need to improve the quality
of my contact with both my irons and my driver
I also naturally need to become more accurate
now a few months ago I sought out the world’s
number one golf coach my mentor Pete Cowen now in
that lesson which I actually shared on YouTube he
basically focused on my trail side how my right
side of my body needs to work effectively to
really simplify the golf swing and over the last
few months I’ve been working very very hard and
it has really improved the consistency my contact
and my Direction with every golf Club in the back
now in this golf lesson what I want to do is I
want to share with you this Genius move that’s
going to help you to improve your accuracy and
your contact now in the lesson that we did on
YouTube Some people didn’t quite understand it so
I’ve really simplified it for you in this lesson
now before I get into it though if you’re new to
the channel it’s your first golf videos of mine
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like this every single week to try and help you
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a thing I’ll always put a free practice guide in
the description box below so by the end of this
lesson what I want you to be able to do is whether
it’s your driver Fairway wood or irons I want you
to be able to deliver this club consistently the
same every single time great golfers are able to
do this they deliver the golf club not like this
one minute and then this from the next minute they
deliver it consistently every time this gives them
great ball striking it gives them the distance
and it obviously gives them the accuracy that’s
my hope for you in this lesson now the first
thing to recognise this the golf swing is just
a second and a half absolute maximum 1 second of
that basically takes place in the back swing you
only have half a second in the downswing so if you
think about it getting that back swing correct is
absolutely imperative we can in a sense get you
in a great position at the top it kind of sets
up the down swing if you get out of position
at the top and you’ve only got half a second
to kind of like compensate this is what leads
to inconsistencies Pete knows this so the very
first thing we’re going to work on is getting
you into a great place right now he would call
this I want you to load your back swing up now
take your setup position now I’m going to give
you the drill he gave me and I’m going to give you
something unbelievably simple so this is the Golf
drill he gave me the cack handed exercise put
your Trail hand on top bottom hand underneath
don’t join them and ultimately what I’m doing
here is this I’m making a swing where my hands
don’t really go too much past my ribcage here and
just making a swing here and when I do this this
feels what he would describe as tight it really
does why is tight a good thing so here I’ve loaded
my legs I’ve loaded my torso and I’ve loaded my
arms Everything feels Compact and tight tight is a
good thing tight because just like a spring if we
are turning the top part of that spring here okay
bottom Parts fairly stable but still move but top
part’s a bit tight when you then let go you get
the down swing for free so we need to get into
a slightly more compact tighter position at the
top so you get your back swing for free what I’m
seeing with too many golfers is is they’re wristy
here the arms are going here nothing everything’s
just a bit loose so the two golf drills you can
play around with there’s the one that I worked
on which is a simple cack handed exercise here
simple as that look how my trail elbow sits down
here absolutely perfect and potentially an even
simpler one that which have developed here is just
take your Trail hand put it forward it’s Palms
facing slightly down towards the golf ball almost
like you’re bouncing a ball and then I want you
to imagine this you’re going to turn a look behind
you and you’re going to imagine holding a waiters
tray like this notice how my body is winding up
and I’m holding the waiters tray my whole arm
look is first of all facing you but then continues
to go and it’s continuing to go this way and it’s
holding that waiters Tray now with my students
there’s a variety of flexibilities some people
will never get their palm to face the sky they
won’t have the flexibility that’s fine you might
have to kind of load your loading of the swing
or the loading of the spring might be just facing
away what I don’t want however is this the Palm
facing this way if you’ve done this this way what
you’re doing is you’re not loading you’ve lost the
spring now this is winding the spring here loaded
now I can work it on an arc for a lot of people
here is not winding it so start with that as goal
number one now here’s how I’d work on this for me
if I’m going to use the cack handed exercise what
I do is is I do a few little motions here now
sometimes even when people do this they try and
do this no it’s what I’m doing my trail arm is
pushing away the left arm is pulling back here
this is giving me the loaded kind of sensation now
I made the mistake in the early days of doing this
of almost been very static and trying too hard to
do this and it I basically overthought it I don’t
want to do the same I want you to keep momentum
with it so now I’ve got the idea of loading this
kind of my back swing I want to keep momentum so
I might start here a few times and then flow into
this loaded position here you could do this with
your right arm just imagine flowing hold the work
tray hold the work tray hold the work tray just
don’t get too static really add momentum to this
motion and the idea is just to see if you can load
that load that spring because when it’s loaded
you’ve now got a chance then same principle
again don’t overthink it get yourself set
work work on some motions now I’m going to
try and repeat that motion here feel it just
about here I’m going to do this is the cack handed
exercise feel the momentum load it unload it okay
and I start just doing that initially so here
small little swings load it and unload it and
I’m basically building up my back swing so what’s
that I’m hitting 7 iron here that’s just 157 yard
that’s about 25 yard shorter than I normally
would hit because I’m starting small I want
you to do the same so get that sensation do that
spend time that might be a practice in itself get
the sense of that loaded position then move on to
stage number two which is the downswing so you’ve
loaded your spring you’ve loaded that back swing
now what happens well you’ve done a big part of it
it’ll want to come down naturally but here’s what
I see with a lot of amors I want you to avoid this
okay a lot of amateur golfers when they’re coming
down they don’t realize I feel the same but impact
on the way down needs to happen on your Trail side
of your body the right side for me okay it happens
here without realizing that this is what’s tending
to happen with golfers they get here they’ve
loaded and then what they do is they just sling
their arms at it and impact then happens look in
front of our bodies too much this is when you get
those flicky horrible strikes now for me as even
as a professional golfer I got a little bit too
much in front as well but I draw my handle so I
managed to get strike but I’m still look too much
in front but I’d then flick it and I sometimes
would get some hooks impact happens look on the
trail side of the body here this is absolutely
crucial so if you want your body to naturally move
efficiently through impact and just understanding
that impact happens a bit exaggerated but here
is a great place to kind of visualize all right
so when you getting yourself set up in your golf
swing whether it’s cack-handed or this Trail hand
look at this I’m loading holding the weight tray
and then all I’m going to do is I’m going to move
that hand back towards the golf ball here but as
I’m doing that I’m going to imagine that hand look
staying on the trail side of my body and as a
by product my trail side turns through and here
I am what I’m not doing is doing this makes sense
yeah so swing it back move it onto the trail side
hey presto this is a really really simple way
for you to work on now when’re I doing the cack
handed exercise this is something I personally
did so what I did when I swung back here I was
very used to driving here and then flicking so
for me it was like how do I get that golf club
naturally back to the golf ball what I do is I
turn my trail side look into the golf ball here
now I’ve got a brilliant impact position where’s
impact on the trail side of my body here and I’ve
got complete control over this club so really
simple visual but a great way to then take what
we’ve just been doing which is loading that back
swing up and then thinking right and now to my
trail side I’m going to hit the ball with my trail
side to the side of me not out here or in here but
there nice and simple so as you’re doing this you
know one thing that’s really important I I love my
students love this visual of just hitting on the
trail on the trail side of the body the side of
the body as opposed to just hitting in front of it
really helps with the ball striking but remember
you must get loaded to do this if you haven’t
got loaded in the backswing if you’re up here
and then you try to hit on the you haven’t loaded
the back swing and you try to hit on the trail
side you’ll come straight over the top that’s not
what we want remember what gives you permission to
turn this Trail side back into the golf ball
is the fact that you’ve turned it and you’ve
loaded it on the way back so if you’ve loaded it
on the way back all you’re doing with this whole
Trail side of the body is simply just delivering
it look back into the golf ball here and that’s
going to give you that beautiful strike so load
it correctly another great visual is to see this
is what this is here for see the swing as if it’s
got Corners so you look at what we’ve just done
you’ve loaded the swing we’ve gone around here
almost on a bend on an ark okay now from here
most amateur golfers turn the corner too quick in
this swing here look I’m going back down where we
came from with my hands here’s the corner I’m
turning the corner now to go back to the golf
ball I’m now continuing to turn the corner with
my hands look releasing the club here someone
like myself I would be good at this bit but I
would dry I won’t turn any corner I drive this
way that would get me coming here I’d have to flip
with my hands most am to Golfers do the opposite
they don’t get very loaded here they go here and
then from here they turn the corner to come out
over the top get loaded in the back swing it make
it so much easier for you to turn that corner back
into the golf ball and return that club at the
same place time and time again so do me a favour
put the work in get loaded in the back swing
and start to work on turning that trail side
back into the golf ball so you hit it on this
this side of body not in front and you’re going
to start to improve the quality of strike with
every golf club in your bag if you happen not to
see that my lesson with Pete Cowen you can check
that out right here but if you enjoy the video
give it a thumbs up maybe share with one of your
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but until next week have a wonderful golfing week
37 Comments
I tried this over the winter, loved the feeling of the loading in the shoulder, pointing the right hand up to the sky is too much for me, it doesn't correct itself and is too much to think a out unfortunately
Is the head moving like yours or not?
Thanks Danny, excellent instruction and you simplified the video for amateur golfers, love the swing thought of holding the waiter's tray to correctly load the backswing. The lesson stresses as you demonstrate you must make impact with the right side of the body and not in front of you. Was at the range today and with a little practice, the majority of my iron shots were compressed and zipped off the face with bite, beats the old loopy high manipulated shots. Slow back and fire the right side as fast as I can and works a dream. In addition this instruction works for driver, fairway woods and hybrids haven't tried the putter yet 😅.
Terry Cork
Great, simplicity of explanation.
I have such a unique problem, I can hit my long irons so well off of mats, my 5 iron carries around 220 yards off of a mat. When I'm playing a round on real grass though, I hit 200 if I'm lucky, but more often than not, hit it kind of heavy and take to deep of a divot, and it'll go only 185 or so. How can I stop hitting too deep of a divot on grass with my long irons? Thanks Danny!
Thanks! Definitely need to practice turning the corner lol. Tend to hit to the left a lot😳
Have to concur with much that’s been said. Since your Pete Cowen lesson, and subsequent breakdown and re-phrasing, been incorporating your YT lessons (drills) into my own swing while monitoring it on a SkyTrak driving range in my back yard deck. I’m slowly getting back my pre-2018 numbers (when I dropped out of golf) of carry, contact and shape. 71 yrs old now, and many thanks to you, am really enjoying the simple act of hitting a solid ball again. I feel as though I’m working with a teacher (who I understand) again and couldn’t be happier. Cheers…
Danny, it gets very contradictive when watching various videos presented by various pros as to the correct swing. Some advocate the backswing isn’t important or, the left arm doesn’t need to be straight. "The only important part of the swing is the contact with the ball". It can be extremely confusing to the average golfer. I think the correct backswing and left arm positions are the engines that make the correct contact and I have always followed your advice. I have tried other swing styles advocated by other teachers on an experimental basis only and I alway fall back on your teaching techniques. Easy to follow and easy to execute.
Keep up the good work.
Cack handed, back swing…when you do it looks like a great left handed players down swing…same both directions….great stuff .👍🏻
I didn''t fully understand the Cowen video… however this video is GREAT! I don't think I realized you hit the ball with the trail side… I tried it today and it made a huge improvement in my swing, driver, fairway and irons. It stopped my over-the-top misses. BRILLIANT!!!
More gold from Danny
Great video, been working with cack handed and single arm right and left swings religiously lately. Would you say there's a case for starting any new golfer with the cack handed swings to get the feel ingrained before even hitting a ball with a normal swing?
Last 2 years I've tried to improve my swing with endless views of all these coaching videos. I get the odd improvement but so inconsistent and my handicap is getting worse. 😔My backswing seems ok but I just don't know how to start the downswing, so really hoping this will finally help! 🥰
Danny, these are not just the best but the only golf lessons everyone should watch. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and your dedication to the game! I feel like you should be invoicing me 😂
As always a great lesson. A request. Bunkers have been GUR for so long now I have forgotten how to play that shot 😢. Any chance of a bunker play review please?
Your best lesson yet Danny, and I don't say that lightly. Mr Cowan has the knowledge but you're the best teacher. Very many thanks!
I have never heard the impact position described as the trail side before. Makes perfect sense for clearing the hips. I never realized I had my arms in front of my body until I watched this video. Lightbulb moment for me. Does this apply for all my clubs?
Thanks Danny for your videos and especially this one. ✌🏼
So much good stuff in this and all your videos. It takes me 2-3 views to get all the subtle insights. Keep them coming!
Took your lesson with Pete into 3 sim range session before my first round of the year yesterday. Totally changed my swing, but I was still inconsistent. After watching this, I can tell I'm doing the same thing you were – loading, but driving the hands and getting into hook territory. It felt right, but this cleared up what I was doing wrong! Thanks for being awesome Danny.
Thank you Danny, that is really illuminating. When Pete said "spin it down", I (and perhaps a lot of others) thought "what does that mean?" Your communication skills are a great help.
Thanks for the great video. Tried it and the strike quality in terms of club face control and strike direction is improved. This is sure due to the more up and down instead of around move, which obviously creats less side spinn. But also experienced, that the side on strike (as far as I manage) reduces my club head speed. Any idea why that might be and what to do about it?
Where did you get the mat used at your feet? I feel like this would help me with visualizing my swing path as I work out in front of my hitting net.
The turned away trail hand is probably the best piece of coaching a new golfer could receive. It’s completely transformed mybgame
Bit late to this week’s vlog…worth the wait tho. With the weather n Courses still not great, this a good one to practice at home. Visuals very helpful as well.
I know I do this sometimes, as I know the mechanics, and I get the odd shot which gets a grin. (I'm a stoic guy usually) I'm poor at set up on the course, as I've almost always got someone trying to race through behind. It's frustrating, but I get it. Nobody wants to upset other players. So it's good to work on the range, where time isn't against you. This video reminds me why I need to get to the range more. I take a bit of time getting 'into the zone', but I feel I have to rush everything on course. Time at the range should dial it in, until the point where it's second nature. So I think this video reminds me of the good stuff I need to dial in on the driving range. And it's all bang on. I record my swings on my phone at the range. When I nail this, it feels sweet, and it's 30 yards over my raced shots.
Game changer for me Danny “Impact happens on the trail side of the body”. First time I’ve come across this, as I was always concentrated on driving the right shoulder through which had me flipping. Great explanation 👍
Hi Danny. Thanks for another easily digestible video. I wonder if this video could be somewhat incorporated into your 9-3 drill. More specifically the impact position portion of this video.
good stuff here! best explanation i've heard so far
Por fin español que bueno exelente
Muchas gracias
Danny …. best instruction and display to achieve pure ball striking with every club in the bag! Great lesson! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sent right into my saved videos!
Thanks sir,,,,!!!!
Thanks again for the excellent content. I will say my contact and compression of the ball have improved. Once I can get my left side to clear properly, which I have been slowly getting better at, my game will be night and day. I mostly focus on my right forearm pressure and clearing my hips for now. My bad shots are starting to be more playable now. Short but not losing any balls. Thank you so much!!!
Once again great lesson Danny!
Nothing really new to me from your last videos on this topic, following the session with the great Pete Cowen. BUT the key in this video for me were the "edges" to watch out for! They help me big time to avoid the sneaky little impuls to start too early after transition with the arms and/or too late with the body which results in an ever so slight out to in impact…this will definitely help me getting instant feedback while practicing those movements slowly. Thank you so much for the visuals, which make it so bright clear!
Great explaining of waiter tray on backswing, just think you missed the important but essential move onto left side to clear left hip to allow for the right side impact position. Not being critical, just pulled loads of shots to the left before I realised what I was doing. Thanks again Danny 👍
Once again. AHA Moment! Its obvious. Now i cant wait to go upp to the range.
Thank you. You are the best. I'm 69 years old, hcp 12,2. Now after seeing this my goal this session
Is to go down t where i was for years ago 5.8 wish me luck.