Great video, Jeff. Do you teach that the initial motion of a slap shot in hockey is what the start of a good downswing in golf feels like? Or, is this slap shot feeling something that can be overdone? I'd also like to see a video to hear your thoughts on any similarities between a slap shot in hockey and a release in the golf swing. For example, when I separate my hands to rehearse a slap shot I notice that my left shoulder lifts back and up through impact, which brings the handle of the golf club up through impact. Is this a feeling to pay attention to in the golf swing? Quite a few hockey players are good golfers so it's a good topic.. Thanks
Thanks for the comment Brian. As I have seen a lot of players try to stop coming over the top, I see them drop that right shoulder and early extend. While this does indeed shallow the plane it compromises the ability to control your low point of the swing causing players to hit fat. I think that “over the top” can be misunderstood. If the club is on plane while the body is able to rotate, yes the left shoulder will raise while the body is able to extend. The handle of the club then moves up and to the left (for a RH player). Essentially there is a right way to shallow the club and wrong way. And the slap shot is gets the body moving in the right way👍
Great video. my problem is no matter how nice balls are going, when I look at my frozen images at IMPACT they are as I am at setup...My trailing foot (right foot) is on the ground etc...so not good. When I use this drill , I thought to I use my chest (sternum) in backswing and in forward swing so that I can rotate more with pelvis of course..Should the chest stay more down to the impact ? Thanks...
On full shots...the Split Grip allows my right hand to control the clubface through impact...to either turn the club over and draw the ball or hold on and fade the ball. It's magical how the Split Grip allow you to work the ball. Here's another benefit everyone...use the Split Grip around the green. Oh my gosh...the Split Grip makes the Flop Shot soooo easy...just slide that right hand rapidly under the ball while maintaining that open face...and that ball shoots up like a rocket. And when chipping...at impact...add a little right hand release...to get the ball to run to the cup...which is the secret to all great chippers. When possible...always plan to have some run-out with the majority of your shots around the green...for the ball to always release quit a bit to the hole. Billy Casper taught this concept to Seve..and Seve taught this concept to Tiger. Watch Tiger hit sand shots...there is always a release...a run out with the ball. Seve's bunker shots always had release. I'm just saying...with the Split Grip...it's so much easier to create this release to the ball or a hold-block-fade action through impact. Play 2 weeks with the Split Grip. I really believe you'll lower your score...and have more fun shaping your shots like Bubba.
Great concept, seen done by many insturctors. Wish more of you would concentrate on how to 'do it right' than belabor all the wrong moves. It's like saying don't hit it in the water...too much negative and it's hard to separate from the positive.
Good stuff! I feel like this one was made for me! Keep it coming
Absolutely we will!!!
Great video, Jeff. Do you teach that the initial motion of a slap shot in hockey is what the start of a good downswing in golf feels like? Or, is this slap shot feeling something that can be overdone? I'd also like to see a video to hear your thoughts on any similarities between a slap shot in hockey and a release in the golf swing. For example, when I separate my hands to rehearse a slap shot I notice that my left shoulder lifts back and up through impact, which brings the handle of the golf club up through impact. Is this a feeling to pay attention to in the golf swing?
Quite a few hockey players are good golfers so it's a good topic..
Thanks
Thanks for the comment Brian. As I have seen a lot of players try to stop coming over the top, I see them drop that right shoulder and early extend. While this does indeed shallow the plane it compromises the ability to control your low point of the swing causing players to hit fat. I think that “over the top” can be misunderstood.
If the club is on plane while the body is able to rotate, yes the left shoulder will raise while the body is able to extend. The handle of the club then moves up and to the left (for a RH player). Essentially there is a right way to shallow the club and wrong way. And the slap shot is gets the body moving in the right way👍
Great video. my problem is no matter how nice balls are going, when I look at my frozen images at IMPACT they are as I am at setup...My trailing foot (right foot) is on the ground etc...so not good. When I use this drill , I thought to I use my chest (sternum) in backswing and in forward swing so that I can rotate more with pelvis of course..Should the chest stay more down to the impact ? Thanks...
Going to buy my new hockey stick!
On full shots...the Split Grip allows my right hand to control the clubface through impact...to either turn the club over and draw the ball or hold on and fade the ball. It's magical how the Split Grip allow you to work the ball. Here's another benefit everyone...use the Split Grip around the green. Oh my gosh...the Split Grip makes the Flop Shot soooo easy...just slide that right hand rapidly under the ball while maintaining that open face...and that ball shoots up like a rocket. And when chipping...at impact...add a little right hand release...to get the ball to run to the cup...which is the secret to all great chippers. When possible...always plan to have some run-out with the majority of your shots around the green...for the ball to always release quit a bit to the hole. Billy Casper taught this concept to Seve..and Seve taught this concept to Tiger. Watch Tiger hit sand shots...there is always a release...a run out with the ball. Seve's bunker shots always had release. I'm just saying...with the Split Grip...it's so much easier to create this release to the ball or a hold-block-fade action through impact. Play 2 weeks with the Split Grip. I really believe you'll lower your score...and have more fun shaping your shots like Bubba.
Great concept, seen done by many insturctors. Wish more of you would concentrate on how to 'do it right' than belabor all the wrong moves. It's like saying don't hit it in the water...too much negative and it's hard to separate from the positive.
Yes I agree. I would have liked more instruction on how to do it right. I am still unsure how to swing an actual club like a hockey stick?
So how do I swing the golf club like a hockey stick without dipping my right shoulder?