As a late arriver to the game of golf your videos have helped me more in the last month than all the UA-cam instructor's combined. I'm 61 and even though I'm in good shape I was getting discouraged at all the moving parts they were hitting me with. I was searching for a much simpler approach that would still yield consistent ball striking and that is what I was able to take from your teachings! Especially with your circle of speed video. Thanks Marcus for making golf easy to understand!
The understanding of how and why our body works together in the golf swing is critical There’s to much bad information out there that teaches body separation You did a good job on this subject 👍
Marcus - I appreciate your instruction. You’ve educated me to where I’ve completed transformed my driving game. Even hit some effortless 300 yd drives. Thanks again 💪🏼
thankfully, this is the same concept my PGA instructor teaches me. ( He's in his 70's and still wins the SCPGA super senior tournaments ). Note to self.... Swing the club and allow the body to react to the fast "swinging of the club with the arms" to the target. It takes alot of trust to realize the club speed is in the arms and not the body... but when I do it, it works like a dream.
Your video reminds me of the Manuel De La Torre approach to swing the whole club back with your hands and forward to the target with your upper arms, allowing the body to react.
Marcus, thanks for including a slo mo of your swing! Great illustration of how your hips follow your arms! Also, who is your fav to win the Stanley Cup?
Marcus...I don`t know you . However your lessons ...awesome...Im 72 and just played a scramble....Irons I will have to adjust , over the pins but longer. Divots are just right.Driver, well a couple of 250`s...I pratice your swing and I`d say im at say 85 % . Thanks and Oh , you are hilarious...Pretty cool wit...Thanks, Cliff
I notice you dont have many drills. I actually like that. Your swing explanation is the drill! Im Canadian played alot if hockey. Tried switching to right handed swing but all my power is hitting left, good to see a left hand instructor who is right handed i think?
Love your explanation of body motion..have you done a session about grip variation? Your introduction image of you swinging in a sand trap looks like there's some separation of hands instead of the traditional snug of trail hand over lead thumb (which disappears under the trail palm)? Does it matter that the hands are snug or slightly separated??? Stressdr
Hi Martin. I haven't found any different uses for different grips. All grips can hit all shots. It's not how why hold the club that matters, it's what we do with the club that matters. I use the same boring overlap all the time.
HI Marcus I came across your videos about a week ago and being a left handed golfer I have found your instuctions great. I am wondering if you have any vidoes on pushing shots to the left and what causes it. It has crept into my game in the last six months and I dont know if it is being caused by a lateral movement of the hips or I am simply not not finishing the rotation. Keep your videos coming, very insightful, all the best
Sometimes it is. It's all up to our hand eye coordination to bring the club back to the ball. I have noticed that where I start the club has little to do with how it comes back.
Hi Ben. I haven't meet one single golfer who couldn't do this but they all have different levels of difficulty to make it. To change any pattern is hard and you probably start slow to feel what you are doing but I can't believe that a different sport will stop you. Go get it.
Sorry, but I must disagree. The hips do start the swing but not by immediately rotating on the downswing. Thats where a slice comes from.There is a forward lateral shft, not a sway, that moves you in front of the ball & shifts your weight toward the target, followed by your arms which is how you compress the ball by hitting it before the ground. Otherwise you'll flip your wrists at impact & will be very inconsistent along with hitting it too high & lose a ton of distance. The body is where clubhead speed comes from, along with the wrists thru impact. Also, with driver, you must stay behind the ball so you're swinging up. The spine must be tilted with the trail shoulder lower than the forwad. If you don't, your shoulders will be too level & you'll hit it too low with very little carry. It's the exact opposite of the iron swing. Believe me, because this is the problem I have. It's better now but still not consistent enough.
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad Moving the hips too quick causes the flip, the hands have to release early to hit the ball, i spent 30 yrs trying every possible lower body move known to man, nearly always ended up flipping at the ball then either hooking or topping the shot depending on timing, as i got older and distance dropped right off and i could never swing hard at the ball. As soon as i started using the hands, arm, shoulder for power i instantly immproved my ball striking, handicp is at last back to single figures and still improving. am loving your teaching.
spot on, i’m just swinging my arms and let the body follow. I’ve now got an effortless swing which does not hurt my back.
Hi Timmy. That's a positive side effect. 👍
The boxing analogy is perfect and almost everyone can apply it.
Yes, hopefully most can. 👍
As a late arriver to the game of golf your videos have helped me more in the last month than all the UA-cam instructor's combined. I'm 61 and even though I'm in good shape I was getting discouraged at all the moving parts they were hitting me with. I was searching for a much simpler approach that would still yield consistent ball striking and that is what I was able to take from your teachings! Especially with your circle of speed video. Thanks Marcus for making golf easy to understand!
Thanks John. Your comment is motivation to me. 👍
You are brilliant Marcus
I'm trying. 😁
The understanding of how and why our body works together in the golf swing is critical
There’s to much bad information out there that teaches body separation
You did a good job on this subject 👍
Thanks, I'm trying. 👍
Marcus - I appreciate your instruction. You’ve educated me to where I’ve completed transformed my driving game. Even hit some effortless 300 yd drives. Thanks again 💪🏼
Jesse, your progress is what motivates me. Thanks. 👍
Thank you very much for this Marcus. What a difference this makes.
I'm glad it was helpful. 👍
thankfully, this is the same concept my PGA instructor teaches me. ( He's in his 70's and still wins the SCPGA super senior tournaments ). Note to self.... Swing the club and allow the body to react to the fast "swinging of the club with the arms" to the target. It takes alot of trust to realize the club speed is in the arms and not the body... but when I do it, it works like a dream.
You're lucky it's that way. Keep him/her. 👍
Excellent as always Marcus, simple easy to understand instructions, no paralysis by analysis on this channel
Thanks Richy. 👍
Your video reminds me of the Manuel De La Torre approach to swing the whole club back with your hands and forward to the target with your upper arms, allowing the body to react.
Hi Steve. I have seen some of Manuels work and there are many similar ideas. 👍
I'm not sure if you realize, but Mike malaska one of the best teachers on UA-cam and in general teaches the same thing.
Hi. Me and Mike agree on the importance to teach our hands but not really the same in execution of the golf shot. Mike is great.
Marcus, thanks for including a slo mo of your swing! Great illustration of how your hips follow your arms!
Also, who is your fav to win the Stanley Cup?
Thanks, sometimes slow motion can be a good thing. 👍 Sorry but no good guess about the Cup. 😁
Our Toronto Maple Leafs are way overdue
Marcus...I don`t know you . However your lessons ...awesome...Im 72 and just played a scramble....Irons I will have to adjust , over the pins but longer. Divots are just right.Driver, well a couple of 250`s...I pratice your swing and I`d say im at say 85 % . Thanks and Oh , you are hilarious...Pretty cool wit...Thanks, Cliff
Thanks Cliff. Let's keep going. 👍
Im in@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad
Very flexible shaft he uses
Correct. An old regular flex shaft. 👍
I notice you dont have many drills. I actually like that. Your swing explanation is the drill! Im Canadian played alot if hockey. Tried switching to right handed swing but all my power is hitting left, good to see a left hand instructor who is right handed i think?
Start using that push from your snapshot and you will find power in the golf swing. And yes, I am right handed playing left. 👍
Love your explanation of body motion..have you done a session about grip variation? Your introduction image of you swinging in a sand trap looks like there's some separation of hands instead of the traditional snug of trail hand over lead thumb (which disappears under the trail palm)? Does it matter that the hands are snug or slightly separated??? Stressdr
Hi Martin. I haven't found any different uses for different grips. All grips can hit all shots. It's not how why hold the club that matters, it's what we do with the club that matters. I use the same boring overlap all the time.
Hello Marcus thank you very much for your videos. Always helpful. Can i ask you if you think your backswing is more flat or up ? thanks again.
I want it to be up and never try to be flat.
Marcus this is really good. One question: Do you go back on your heels in the back-swing or do you stay on the arches? Can't tell by you video.
My weight follows my swing path and that will give me a little more weight on the trail heel in the end of the back swing.
HI Marcus I came across your videos about a week ago and being a left handed golfer I have found your instuctions great. I am wondering if you have any vidoes on pushing shots to the left and what causes it. It has crept into my game in the last six months and I dont know if it is being caused by a lateral movement of the hips or I am simply not not finishing the rotation.
Keep your videos coming, very insightful, all the best
Hi Chris. Watch this and hopefully you will understand:
ua-cam.com/video/BAIwlOgMPLo/v-deo.html
Think about it 🤔
We need to. 👍
It looks like on the set up you’re far from the ball, i mean the head club ?
Sometimes it is. It's all up to our hand eye coordination to bring the club back to the ball. I have noticed that where I start the club has little to do with how it comes back.
I wonder if my slow pitch softball swing is causing my hips to rotate too early. What do you think? I play both sports simultaneously.
Hi Ben. I haven't meet one single golfer who couldn't do this but they all have different levels of difficulty to make it. To change any pattern is hard and you probably start slow to feel what you are doing but I can't believe that a different sport will stop you. Go get it.
With driver do you feel like you just rotate hips or do you sway and end up on lead side after impact
Hi Patrick. When I hit my driver the weight shift is late and ends up on the lead foot after impact. But it happens earlier with an iron.
It should be great to have another angle camera for the set up thanks anyway
What are you looking for?
So basic yet so seldom taught.
True. 👍
How are your dance floor moves 🙂
Excellent. 😁
Sorry, but I must disagree. The hips do start the swing but not by immediately rotating on the downswing. Thats where a slice comes from.There is a forward lateral shft, not a sway, that moves you in front of the ball & shifts your weight toward the target, followed by your arms which is how you compress the ball by hitting it before the ground. Otherwise you'll flip your wrists at impact & will be very inconsistent along with hitting it too high & lose a ton of distance. The body is where clubhead speed comes from, along with the wrists thru impact. Also, with driver, you must stay behind the ball so you're swinging up. The spine must be tilted with the trail shoulder lower than the forwad. If you don't, your shoulders will be too level & you'll hit it too low with very little carry. It's the exact opposite of the iron swing. Believe me, because this is the problem I have. It's better now but still not consistent enough.
Hi Mike. You may disagree but it doesn't matter to me. I just need to do more videos on the subject.
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad Moving the hips too quick causes the flip, the hands have to release early to hit the ball, i spent 30 yrs trying every possible lower body move known to man, nearly always ended up flipping at the ball then either hooking or topping the shot depending on timing, as i got older and distance dropped right off and i could never swing hard at the ball.
As soon as i started using the hands, arm, shoulder for power i instantly immproved my ball striking, handicp is at last back to single figures and still improving. am loving your teaching.
Great
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