Andrew, you were on a ROLL when you did this video! That is absolutely the best explanation of "senior golfer" issues and how to do something different. I'm 76 now and thankfully I have always hit a draw. I never really understood my swing and how to make it even better, until I found you on UA-cam. I've shared your videos with my senior buddies, tool I'd love to see more of your short game expertise on the channel, just to learn more of your teaching in that area. Thank you, and please keep the videos coming!
Hey Andrew. You are the best golf coach on UA-cam! I appreciate you and your ideologies! They are dynamic and not "cookie-cutter". Keep up the great work Coach!👍
Ray, thank you so much for your comment. It’s humbling to say the least. A lot of wonderful coaches in the online space. I feel blessed and fortunate to be having a positive impact on so many golfers that are struggling and getting worse! There IS an easier way!!! Welcome aboard and keep up the great work! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Wow! Yes, Wow! At 7:30 -- very key that I started working and helped a lot. Used to do the drop (gravity), or the pull down, and with this video started to push down got immediate better results in lag and ball speed. Made it easier to keep the left arm extending out and not in. Still have some range work work to get it correct and ingrained. Thank You!
Andrew - your instruction has transformed my game. You’ve simplified it for me and I’m seeing results. I am now having to reset my club distances because my swing is so much more efficient. Thank you so much.
Thanks for this, I’m 67 disabled but can still swing a golf club. My speed has been awful for 2 years I’m positive what you’ve just spoken about is certainly going to help.
I know it will!! I don’t know your disability but I’ve coached at an elite level with Tour players, and I’ve coached golfers with disabilities too! The club head and ball don’t know the difference!! Swing the club head, articulate your wrists and swing your arms as best you can!! It’s ‘not’ called Body/Eye co ordination!!! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Coach AE is more spicy than usual today, but like usual, he is TRANSFORMATIVE! So many YT Coaches out there are putting $$$ in AE's pockets! Coach A, you are cruising to 100k subs with this kind of content!!!
Good job, I just commented on another site where the guy was saying hold the face and spin through, even his examples he was pushing it right. I commented that the hands move faster than the hips and providing more power. Your teaching confirmed this.
I appreciate the way you teach, it’s helped me a lot. After several GOLFTEC lessons I stumbled across your channel and have incorporated your advice into my swing. I’m 66 and, The results are that I’m now using my 5 and 6 irons for the first time in forever, hitting straight drives, adding consistent yardage and I’ve lowered my score by 10 strokes. Keep it up please. I’ll likely be starting some online work with you over the upcoming winter. Richard S. Elm Springs, AR
You saved my golf game…I was doing all the things you have stated and golf became frustrating….I’ve practiced your teaching and what a difference….thank you ….you’ve put excitement back into the game and practice is something I look forward to…your an excellent teacher
I've been empoyimg this method. I've hit well doing this. I've been hitting off a mat alot and now towards the endonof this season I'm thining and feel I can't get the ball in the air. So frustrating.
Low hanging fruit first! Play the ball back an inch, feel more pressure on your lead leg at address and move an inch closer to the ball! Then try again! Get after it. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Good morning. Great video. I am wondering the name of the swing aid you used. In the video you posted today. I didn’t see it in your links. The one with the moving ball on it. In your dimistration for energy transfer. Thank you for your videos.
Don’t understand why Andrew doesn’t have well over a 100k subs. Best I have found on Tube and I’ve watched them all, most instructors are teaching pro swings but us senior guys and weekend golfers it’s just impossible to follow a pga swing. I’ve seen different improvements..Thanks Coach. I’m here in NC may have to visit you sometime.
Look forward to coaching you in person Greg!! I’m still pretty new to UA-cam, started my channel publicly about 18 months ago. Hopefully with some time and patience the channel will grow to 100k. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew, the instruction and content is awesome. The comments validate your impact. I was reminded of Martin Hall with Rory and Rory demonstrating the split hand drill. Thank you! Be well and Press on! 🍻
That’s a great drill for sure!! Sequencing the verticals with the horizontals is a key component for tour players as much as it is for weekend warriors. Thanks for the comment and welcome aboard! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I’m hitting shots 20+ more yards when I started using my arms…it only took me 35 years to figure it out but worth the wait. Just whip that club through!
Hi coach love the video great as always I've had that feeling on a couple of holes it feels like I'm putting pressure on the grip without choking the club to death and then I slam the brakes on stop my hands and let the head go and boy oh boy does it go I use to have to hit 3 iron to get the ball down where I needed it to give myself a good angle into the green now it's a 6 iron cheers mate
Love the videos Andrew I am 62 and my miss is always to the left Am I overdoing the advice you give ie back to target fast arms first Can this advice be overdone? cheers
Everything can be overdone Steve! But it could be a grip that’s too strong and or a club face that is too closed at the top that’s the problem! You need permission to rotate the golf club. A very strong grip or excessivley closed club face requires a different release pattern that is suited for a left to right ball flight! If the problem is worse with the longer clubs and driver in particular then I would check your grip!! Matching up the grip with the corresponding release pattern is very important! Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I think a light bulb just went off! Thanks. I'm a 2 handicap 72-year-old struggling with pushes and pulls. My pro was telling me I was a bit too slow on starting my swing but he was also telling me I was not maintaining my hip depth. I think now that I have been concentrating on maintaining the hip first and the speed second. I"m out of sequence. Will try this next time out.
Maintaining your depth as you change direction is critical. Allow your arms to work down faster but keep your trail hip ‘behind you’ as you do so!! Your swing sequence will be great! 👍🏻
Cheers Andrew, one of your best videos to date. Any tips on how to slow the grip down and get the speed out into the clubhead? Is that where the L to L drill would help? Keep up the good work. Alan - Surrey, UK.
Alan, the L to L is the foundational drill for sure! Start slow with your feet together hitting off tees and be patient. You need to send your speed home. I have a lot of videos on this on my channel. Welcome aboard and get after it. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Start with the video below! There are at least 6 different reasons for hitting off the toe starting with something as simple as standing too far from the ball, and also from early extending or having swing plane issues. Rather than diagnosing a swing blindfolded. Give this a go! Your hands and eyes should be able to help you without over thinking too much! Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻⬇️ ua-cam.com/video/xeTCAmnsN1Y/v-deo.htmlsi=0X4tdzJBUOTJZ3VE
Hi Andrew! I’ve seen your excellent videos and practiced this. I’m right handed but bat from left (baseball)… My forehand in tennis is absolutely money but I can’t transfer it to the golf swing… I borrowed a left handed golf club and find a more natural feeling… like bating/ double handed back hand (tennis). I also noticed a louder swish sound… So should I go for the left..like Phil…?
That’s going to be up to you sir. But why not start practicing left handed while you continue to play right handed! It’s great for co ordination and balances your body too! Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Tom, it depends on your swing pattern. If you’re a steep swinger then a draw release pattern is going to net neutral things!! If however you’re a better player that can hit draws at will I like pull fades w/ 3/4 swings for my wedges! Best, A.🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I estimated the speed of the arms free falling using gravity would not be more than 20 miles per hour. So I googled it and found: If a golfer simply allows gravity to drop their arms, the driver head speed would be significantly slower than a normal swing, likely only reaching speeds around 20-30 miles per hour; this is because the primary force generating speed in a golf swing comes from the golfer's muscle power, not just gravity pulling the arms down, which would only contribute a small amount of acceleration to the clubhead.
Spot on! Linear speed requires linear force which moves the grip considerably faster than gravity into the delivery position, before the grip of course slows down transferring energy to the club-head through angular momentum. You only need to look at the long drive guys to see how much vertical energy they ‘work’ through the grip in transition! It should be noted that gravity is however extremely helpful around the greens when we require slow ball speed to control distance! Placing that same linear force aggressively against the grip from inside 40 yards is going to work against you! Thanks for the salient comment! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I'm still ok now that I'm in my 50s. Lost a club length distance through the bag (5i used to be my 200yd club, now its my 3 hybrid), but my biggest issue now is my driver. From averaging 270-280y ten years ago, I barely hit 240 consistently. :(
Declining muscle mass, reduced flexibility, and not changing equipment are all factors for golfers going from 40’s to 50’s. Losing that kind of distance over a 10 year period isn’t as unusual as you might think! You often need to adapt your technique accordingly which is what I talk about a lot in my channel. It’s something I have had to deal with personally! The equipment is a really big deal that most golfers don’t realize!! Best, A. 🤔🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
You have a wide open club face! Keeping your back to the target helps the arms de elevate but you’ll need to either strengthen your grip or twist the club more to get the toe caught up to the heel at impact!! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew you clear up so much of the discordant advice that we poor high handicappers get fed all the time. You nailed it by dispelling the 'let the club fall under its own weight with gravity with no effort" mantra or the swing slower to hit further nonsense ....It is BS-it doesnt work. I have a swing speed monitor and i cannot achieve reasonable clubhead speed (90+mph-Im 58 with bad bvack, knees and shoulders) ---without decent downforce effort on the grip and active cracking wrists. We are constantly told that if you feel like you are putting in effort the swing is BAD/WRONG. The boxed up right arm above my shoulder unwinding down with a wristy right arm throw down the target line to "home" is what gives me the speed but it feels effortful
I’m glad it makes sense. The gravity thing never made sense to me either, but the idea is very enticing!! Bottom line is that your arms will never catch up to your pivot if you use gravity! The long drive guys are placing insane force against the grip vertically as they change direction. No gravity there!!! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew, you were on a ROLL when you did this video! That is absolutely the best explanation of "senior golfer" issues and how to do something different. I'm 76 now and thankfully I have always hit a draw. I never really understood my swing and how to make it even better, until I found you on UA-cam. I've shared your videos with my senior buddies, tool I'd love to see more of your short game expertise on the channel, just to learn more of your teaching in that area. Thank you, and please keep the videos coming!
Thanks for the comment!! Noted with the short game. There will be more vids as the channel continues to grow.
Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Really helps thanks for sharing
You’re welcome Terry!! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew, your instruction is fantastic!! Good luck in growing your channel 👊
Thanks so much! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Hey Andrew. You are the best golf coach on UA-cam! I appreciate you and your ideologies! They are dynamic and not "cookie-cutter". Keep up the great work Coach!👍
Ray, thank you so much for your comment. It’s humbling to say the least. A lot of wonderful coaches in the online space.
I feel blessed and fortunate to be having a positive impact on so many golfers that are struggling and getting worse! There IS an easier way!!!
Welcome aboard and keep up the great work! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Wow! Yes, Wow! At 7:30 -- very key that I started working and helped a lot. Used to do the drop (gravity), or the pull down, and with this video started to push down got immediate better results in lag and ball speed. Made it easier to keep the left arm extending out and not in. Still have some range work work to get it correct and ingrained. Thank You!
All very salient points!! So glad the video resonated. “Keep it simple and carry on!!”
Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew - your instruction has transformed my game. You’ve simplified it for me and I’m seeing results. I am now having to reset my club distances because my swing is so much more efficient. Thank you so much.
ditto
Fantastic!! Thanks for letting me know! I’m so glad that my channel has helped your golf. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Great explanation AND shot tracker. Superb. 😊
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Good information. He and Lily, the pro from Korea, speak the same sermon and as I have tried these ideas, I have improved. Thank you.
Forgot to add, my back does not hurt as much either.
Coach Caroline also -- AE is my #1 recommend to golfer that I don't mind if they beat me....
I really like Lily the pro from Korea and of course coach A too.
The vertical aspect of the golf swing can really be seen when you look at just the hand path.
That’s great to hear!! Lots of fantastic coaches out there. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Thanks for this, I’m 67 disabled but can still swing a golf club. My speed has been awful for 2 years I’m positive what you’ve just spoken about is certainly going to help.
I know it will!! I don’t know your disability but I’ve coached at an elite level with Tour players, and I’ve coached golfers with disabilities too! The club head and ball don’t know the difference!! Swing the club head, articulate your wrists and swing your arms as best you can!! It’s ‘not’ called Body/Eye co ordination!!!
Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Count me in,I certainly relate to the twisting of the shoulders mistakes
You and 8/10 golfers!! 🤣🤣
Coach AE is more spicy than usual today, but like usual, he is TRANSFORMATIVE!
So many YT Coaches out there are putting $$$ in AE's pockets!
Coach A, you are cruising to 100k subs with this kind of content!!!
Spicy - I love it!! 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️
Good job, I just commented on another site where the guy was saying hold the face and spin through, even his examples he was pushing it right. I commented that the hands move faster than the hips and providing more power. Your teaching confirmed this.
Find what works best for you!! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
I appreciate the way you teach, it’s helped me a lot. After several GOLFTEC lessons I stumbled across your channel and have incorporated your advice into my swing. I’m 66 and, The results are that I’m now using my 5 and 6 irons for the first time in forever, hitting straight drives, adding consistent yardage and I’ve lowered my score by 10 strokes.
Keep it up please. I’ll likely be starting some online work with you over the upcoming winter.
Richard S.
Elm Springs, AR
That’s AWESOME!! keep up the GREAT work! Best Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
You saved my golf game…I was doing all the things you have stated and golf became frustrating….I’ve practiced your teaching and what a difference….thank you ….you’ve put excitement back into the game and practice is something I look forward to…your an excellent teacher
ditto -- now feel that I am golfer, was struggling for 18 months trying to look like the pros
Love your comment and super happy for you! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I've been empoyimg this method. I've hit well doing this. I've been hitting off a mat alot and now towards the endonof this season I'm thining and feel I can't get the ball in the air. So frustrating.
Low hanging fruit first! Play the ball back an inch, feel more pressure on your lead leg at address and move an inch closer to the ball! Then try again! Get after it. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Great golf swing advice as always and very much appreciated.
You’re welcome sir! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Good morning. Great video. I am wondering the name of the swing aid you used. In the video you posted today. I didn’t see it in your links. The one with the moving ball on it. In your dimistration for energy transfer.
Thank you for your videos.
Momentus Speed Whoosh Swing Trainer. I’ve had it for 15 years! A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew, Great lesson. I have lost alot of speed due to low back issues. Looking forward to getting arms and hands more involved.
That’s great! Take care of your back and best of luck. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Don’t understand why Andrew doesn’t have well over a 100k subs. Best I have found on Tube and I’ve watched them all, most instructors are teaching pro swings but us senior guys and weekend golfers it’s just impossible to follow a pga swing. I’ve seen different improvements..Thanks Coach. I’m here in NC may have to visit you sometime.
Look forward to coaching you in person Greg!! I’m still pretty new to UA-cam, started my channel publicly about 18 months ago. Hopefully with some time and patience the channel will grow to 100k. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Wow very nice, So clear.
Thanks Roger! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew, the instruction and content is awesome. The comments validate your impact. I was reminded of Martin Hall with Rory and Rory demonstrating the split hand drill. Thank you! Be well and Press on! 🍻
That’s a great drill for sure!! Sequencing the verticals with the horizontals is a key component for tour players as much as it is for weekend warriors. Thanks for the comment and welcome aboard!
Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I’m hitting shots 20+ more yards when I started using my arms…it only took me 35 years to figure it out but worth the wait.
Just whip that club through!
Yes sir!! Better late than never!
Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Hi coach love the video
great as always I've had that feeling on a couple of holes it feels like I'm putting pressure on the grip without choking the club to death and then I slam the brakes on stop my hands and let the head go and boy oh boy does it go I use to have to hit 3 iron to get the ball down where I needed it to give myself a good angle into the green now it's a 6 iron cheers mate
That’s great to hear Peter. Angular momentum is wonderful once you engage it! Welcome aboard! A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Your information is spot on and invaluable Coach A....if I ever get to the Charleston area, I'd be thrilled to spend an hour with you!
That sounds good Jackson!! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Excellent video, thank you very much!!!
Glad you liked it! A. 🙏🏻
Great instruction thank you
Glad it was helpful! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Excellent work ! 💥🏌🏽♂️🇦🇷
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Excellent Andrew. Back to the target longer…
yes, this is what I am working on also, keeping that right shoulder from wanting to come around too soon.
Yes sir!! Get after it. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Devote more videos to helping seniors maximize distance❤❤❤❤❤
That’s the plan!! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Love the videos Andrew I am 62 and my miss is always to the left Am I overdoing the advice you give ie back to target fast arms first Can this advice be overdone? cheers
Everything can be overdone Steve! But it could be a grip that’s too strong and or a club face that is too closed at the top that’s the problem!
You need permission to rotate the golf club. A very strong grip or excessivley closed club face requires a different release pattern that is suited for a left to right ball flight!
If the problem is worse with the longer clubs and driver in particular then I would check your grip!! Matching up the grip with the corresponding release pattern is very important! Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I think a light bulb just went off! Thanks. I'm a 2 handicap 72-year-old struggling with pushes and pulls. My pro was telling me I was a bit too slow on starting my swing but he was also telling me I was not maintaining my hip depth. I think now that I have been concentrating on maintaining the hip first and the speed second. I"m out of sequence. Will try this next time out.
Maintaining your depth as you change direction is critical. Allow your arms to work down faster but keep your trail hip ‘behind you’ as you do so!! Your swing sequence will be great! 👍🏻
Cheers Andrew, one of your best videos to date. Any tips on how to slow the grip down and get the speed out into the clubhead? Is that where the L to L drill would help? Keep up the good work. Alan - Surrey, UK.
Alan, the L to L is the foundational drill for sure! Start slow with your feet together hitting off tees and be patient. You need to send your speed home. I have a lot of videos on this on my channel. Welcome aboard and get after it. Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Love this. Any chance you could address toe hits?
Start with the video below! There are at least 6 different reasons for hitting off the toe starting with something as simple as standing too far from the ball, and also from early extending or having swing plane issues.
Rather than diagnosing a swing blindfolded. Give this a go! Your hands and eyes should be able to help you without over thinking too much!
Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻⬇️
ua-cam.com/video/xeTCAmnsN1Y/v-deo.htmlsi=0X4tdzJBUOTJZ3VE
@@AndrewEmeryGolf Thanks Andrew!
Great tips again
Glad you like them! 🙏🏻
Best ever. 👍
Thanks Jim! Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Hi Andrew! I’ve seen your excellent videos and practiced this. I’m right handed but bat from left (baseball)… My forehand in tennis is absolutely money but I can’t transfer it to the golf swing… I borrowed a left handed golf club and find a more natural feeling… like bating/ double handed back hand (tennis). I also noticed a louder swish sound… So should I go for the left..like Phil…?
That’s going to be up to you sir. But why not start practicing left handed while you continue to play right handed! It’s great for co ordination and balances your body too! Best, A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
@@AndrewEmeryGolfI might do that. Thanks coach!
Easy instruction 😊
Thank you!! 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Looking to increase club head speed, I'm going to try this. We'll see. If this works I'm sure I'll need more info to do it correctly.
By the way I'm 83.
Age is just a number. Get after it Dennis!! Welcome aboard.Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
Andrew: same swing with wedges? Or, do you indeed want to hold them off more? Tom Richards, Dallas
Tom, it depends on your swing pattern. If you’re a steep swinger then a draw release pattern is going to net neutral things!!
If however you’re a better player that can hit draws at will I like pull fades w/ 3/4 swings for my wedges!
Best, A.🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I estimated the speed of the arms free falling using gravity would not be more than 20 miles per hour. So I googled it and found: If a golfer simply allows gravity to drop their arms, the driver head speed would be significantly slower than a normal swing, likely only reaching speeds around 20-30 miles per hour; this is because the primary force generating speed in a golf swing comes from the golfer's muscle power, not just gravity pulling the arms down, which would only contribute a small amount of acceleration to the clubhead.
Spot on! Linear speed requires linear force which moves the grip considerably faster than gravity into the delivery position, before the grip of course slows down transferring energy to the club-head through angular momentum.
You only need to look at the long drive guys to see how much vertical energy they ‘work’ through the grip in transition! It should be noted that gravity is however extremely helpful around the greens when we require slow ball speed to control distance!
Placing that same linear force aggressively against the grip from inside 40 yards is going to work against you! Thanks for the salient comment! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I'm still ok now that I'm in my 50s. Lost a club length distance through the bag (5i used to be my 200yd club, now its my 3 hybrid), but my biggest issue now is my driver. From averaging 270-280y ten years ago, I barely hit 240 consistently. :(
Declining muscle mass, reduced flexibility, and not changing equipment are all factors for golfers going from 40’s to 50’s. Losing that kind of distance over a 10 year period isn’t as unusual as you might think!
You often need to adapt your technique accordingly which is what I talk about a lot in my channel. It’s something I have had to deal with personally! The equipment is a really big deal that most golfers don’t realize!! Best, A. 🤔🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
I have tried to keep my back to target and “ give it a rip” a hundred times and every time i shank or block the ball a hundred yards to the right
You have a wide open club face! Keeping your back to the target helps the arms de elevate but you’ll need to either strengthen your grip or twist the club more to get the toe caught up to the heel at impact!! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻
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Andrew you clear up so much of the discordant advice that we poor high handicappers get fed all the time. You nailed it by dispelling the 'let the club fall under its own weight with gravity with no effort" mantra or the swing slower to hit further nonsense ....It is BS-it doesnt work. I have a swing speed monitor and i cannot achieve reasonable clubhead speed (90+mph-Im 58 with bad bvack, knees and shoulders) ---without decent downforce effort on the grip and active cracking wrists. We are constantly told that if you feel like you are putting in effort the swing is BAD/WRONG. The boxed up right arm above my shoulder unwinding down with a wristy right arm throw down the target line to "home" is what gives me the speed but it feels effortful
I’m glad it makes sense. The gravity thing never made sense to me either, but the idea is very enticing!! Bottom line is that your arms will never catch up to your pivot if you use gravity! The long drive guys are placing insane force against the grip vertically as they change direction. No gravity there!!! Best, Coach A. 🏌️♂️⛳️🙏🏻