not many people know this about the driver swing but it can dramatically influence your performance your hands should be their fastest quite early in the down swing about here after that they slow down which allows the club head to release adding speed and also Square the face if you’re trying to accelerate your hands through impact like I’m demonstrating here many golfers are trying to do this you’re robbing yourself of power and the club face is likely to delivered open we don’t really want that so grab yourself a couple of alignment sticks take your regular set up as if it’s a golf club and the job here is to accelerate your hands early but then more importantly slow them down that then creates the bend like this in the alignment stick and that’s the little exercise that we’re after so up to the top accelerate super aggressively and then break put the brakes on as hard as you can that’s the best way to get the speed from your body and your arms out into the club head it’s going to give you maximum power but also maximum accuracy as well
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Why does it look like the pros are not slowing down
Chris great video
Sooooooo it's the pump drill, but with alignment sticks?
I love your videos so much….simple concepts and drills that make a huge difference if you practice them…thank you Chris
This is an eye opener. When you bent the sticks manually, you flexed it in the opposite direction. I went to my net and tried it. It felt over the top by feeling the opposite flex but it allowed me to accelerate the hands,arm early and the strike is phenomenal. I checked it on video to see how much over the top and there wasn't any. What's going on here?
Does it work the same for an iron?
No one actually hits the breaks at impact to launch the club forward. Yes the hand speed happens right away. But the rotation of the body is what creates the breaking affect. You should try to spend fast the entire time. Not just half the way down…
Will try tommorow morning 😊
When I was young i was told to make it feel like you're swinging a rock on a string
Tks I have never noticed that 😊
Plus you look dumb at the driving range
This is dumb af. Of all the things to work on…
How could I have forgotten this 😢
One of the most helpful shorts ever! This drill is pure gold!
Superb info chris ⭐️
They slow down because of the principal of conservation of angular momentum You don’t slow them down on purpose
That'll help me quite nicely.
Incredibly good drill. Instant results outcome.
Can this concept be applied to irons as well?
Just saw a video by Mark Crossfield and he’s demonstrating the markers and gear system by Jonathan Drake Academy. I don’t know if you saw that video but JDA is saying that you need to have your right forearm in a position that is 90° or less. Apparently Rory McElroy is at 65°. The premise here is that if you bend your right arm less you’ll have more extension. Do you agree with this practice?
lol wtf is this BS
wouldnt it be easier to continue to accelerate but get stiffer shaft?
Would this motion be aided by having a little extra weight in the clubhead?
I find that modern light clubheads make it difficult to generate the lag and to allow the whipping action.
I've seen the opposite recommended as well. What is the truth?…
Is this the same for iron swing?
why has no one ever told me this!?!?
Or just let the body rotation naturally slow the upperbody so the club will release???
does anyone know what he is actually talking about? I've been taught to always accelerate through the ball NOT deaccelerate in the downswing.
Didn’t work for Barkley
Yeah, but then what? I still won't hit the center of the face lol
Bryson Dechambeau says the exact opposite of this.
Without hyperbole this is the WORSE advice on YouTube (saying a lot)
“Break with your hands” ???
It’s laughably stupid.
Chris my dude
Wow this looks helpful!
It could be a test for me as my biggest single problem is "trigger like arms" so I've been trying hard with irons to slow down the start of my downswing.
Q: Will it help if we start with the fast arms but then feel that as we slow it down we have to feel hips fire?
Cheers
😂 bunch of people in these comments not understanding the video saying it’s bad advice.
The hands brake, this allows the club head to swing through. In any pivot there needs to be something to pivot *around*. That’s the hands. That’s a release.
If your hands are always ahead of the club head in the arc, the club never actually releases and never squares to impact. It also travels slower.
His advice is solid here, y’all need to get out of your own way.