Hi Luther! Great content. I was at driving range today and I am finding that contrary to most golf instruction, I am hitting all my irons and 3 hybrid with ball position under my sternum to get better contact. Is this normal!?
Hi Gerard - generally playing the longer clubs centrally suggests a less than complete shoulder coil in the backswing. A central ball positions feeds this fault. I suggest you make sure your left shoulder is fully loaded in the backswing and use a “ Progressive Ball Position” Wedge - central 6-iron - left centre Driver - left instep Hope this is useful- thanks for subscribing and please tell all your golfing pals! Kind regards, Luther.
hey Luther, so are you saying the wrist and forearms should not roll over until you have made contact with the ball, or later. At the 45 degree area? For so many years I have tried to rotate my wrist at contact, same as hitting a baseball. Thanks for your help.
Hi Randy - almost every golfer on the planet produces 90degrees of forearm rotation in the backswing. Then for “neutral draw” one should make the hands and forearm rotate through 180 degree in the downswing, impact to a full follow through. Think about releasing a bowling ball with forearms down the alley or forehand topspin down the line. If we mix forearm rotation and swing path simultaneously we go “down the line” and not “ cross court” I’m sure this will help - try and see it as creating a shot rather than yet another “new swing thought” Kind regards, Luther.
Hi Tipsy09 - if the forearms are not tense they should start to rotate very mildly in response to the left shoulder coil - ideally in a full backswing you want to have 90 degrees of Shoulder coil and a perfectly matching 90degrees in the forearms. Accuracy is all about a pure mix of shoulder coil and forearms. If you load your forearms before the shoulder the likely outcome is a “rolling pull” where the ball starts a bit left of target, low and drawing left as it runs. This can happen even with a swing that’s in plane. Thanks again for your question and encouraging feedback, Kind regards, Luth👍😇🏌️♂️
Thanks Luther for the simple explanation to such a complex technique
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Luther! Great content. I was at driving range today and I am finding that contrary to most golf instruction, I am hitting all my irons and 3 hybrid with ball position under my sternum to get better contact. Is this normal!?
Hi Gerard - generally playing the longer clubs centrally suggests a less than complete shoulder coil in the backswing.
A central ball positions feeds this fault.
I suggest you make sure your left shoulder is fully loaded in the backswing and use a “ Progressive Ball Position”
Wedge - central
6-iron - left centre
Driver - left instep
Hope this is useful- thanks for subscribing and please tell all your golfing pals! Kind regards,
Luther.
hey Luther, so are you saying the wrist and forearms should not roll over until you have made contact with the ball, or later. At the 45 degree area? For so many years I have tried to rotate my wrist at contact, same as hitting a baseball.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Randy - almost every golfer on the planet produces 90degrees of forearm rotation in the backswing.
Then for “neutral draw” one should make the hands and forearm rotate through 180 degree in the downswing, impact to a full follow through.
Think about releasing a bowling ball with forearms down the alley or forehand topspin down the line.
If we mix forearm rotation and swing path simultaneously we go “down the line” and not “ cross court”
I’m sure this will help - try and see it as creating a shot rather than yet another “new swing thought”
Kind regards, Luther.
When do you begin rotating the forearms? Gradually from the address?
Hi Tipsy09 - if the forearms are not tense they should start to rotate very mildly in response to the left shoulder coil - ideally in a full backswing you want to have 90 degrees of Shoulder coil and a perfectly matching 90degrees in the forearms.
Accuracy is all about a pure mix of shoulder coil and forearms.
If you load your forearms before the shoulder the likely outcome is a “rolling pull” where the ball starts a bit left of target, low and drawing left as it runs.
This can happen even with a swing that’s in plane.
Thanks again for your question and encouraging feedback,
Kind regards,
Luth👍😇🏌️♂️
Lol damn dude some strong language in this video.
But I can’t really blame you because who likes seeing other people being led astray.