I am so thankful and sure that it is very kind of you, Dear Captain Sir Jim Venetos, to share your mind-blowing thoughts and techniques with all of us. A short story of mine is that I was playing golf and crying to learn how to play good golf in a green area that was not a golf club, as I always thought I should not play there unless I learned to play. One day I heard your name from an old man who was playing a few hundred yards away from me, then watched you on UA-cam, and all of a sudden I was healed by the power of God and the kindness of your heart because I was really alone and prayed for so many days. God Bless you, Sir.
Great video. I hope Don saw this video before he passed (on May 7, 2023). If he did, I'm sure he smiled knowing that you learned from him and are now sharing the knowledge with us. Thanks Jim!
great video let me add following both my hips being replaced as a near scratch longtime player ,DON JANUARY swing was more upright plane and with slightly narrowed stance where there"s little strain swinging {keep right elbow in and down and not forcing anything from transition] as opposed to your second chest open position now popular by rory tiger and sergio and taught by those to seniors who cant possibly rotate turn and finish like an elite pro , thanks Dr V
I watched Don January when he was relatively older. He had a beautiful, powerful swing. And, you are right. He moved phlegmatically untilmhe swung. Beautiful golfer.
jim i had my first day with your swing gental draws with driver i still carnt beleive how far the ball travels with no effort the ball i hit bad was when i tryed to hit it my mate couldt beleive what was going on give the swing ago it feels really hard not to hit at the ball hit every fairway with driver 5 under 9 holes off 14 hcp so happy thanks
I totally agree with you closed shoulder more power. I know this but not always easy. Great video. Now if I can just keep my shoulders closed. Will try tomorrow. Help me Jesus…. Thanks for a good reminding video. God bless.
As I am trying to understand your swing philosophy, I have truly hit some terrific shots. Alignment is my main struggle. It would help me if your video would have an alignment stick pointing down the line and how you setup. I played 18 today, irons good, driver about 50% to far right at setup.
Can leave a link to your video on how pros like tiger, Bryson, greg Norman, Ernie els, more Norman are close at impact to one of the more recent comments here. I'm very interested in finding a easy way to swing. Getting older and can't do all the practicing conventional teachers want you to do. I'm go for 20 or so video swings maybe 4 times a week. At the moment taking lesson and have been with different teachers over the past 3 years. Changing my swing has thrown off my contact and so far I"m more inconsistent. Granted I've had a number of injuries due to working on projects and trying to practice over extending this bodies abilities at my age 67. So I'm curious to watch that video about some pros having their body closed or even just square at impact. Your way makes sense to me, but I'll have to try it 1st to see. At the moment too much rain to play or hit balls for the next few days so I'm hoping you can leave a link to that video you mention to that one guy here. He didn't seem convinced. Either way I'm going to try it. My thought is even if your teaching is another way to go about hitting the ball compared to today's conventional ideas that take an awful lot of work to get, I'll be better off knowing both ways. I mean don't we change our swings slightly anyway to hit different shots besides our stock shots. Like hooking around a tree or going over a tree in front of you, or playing a low stinger into the wind etc etc. So one more technique is just more tools in your bag to choose what's best. You know how to swing both conventional ways and your own technique and I'm sure it helps. Thanks for the link if you can leave it for me. I may just switch teachers. One way or another I'm going to figure out how to consistently make solid contact. It's just a matter of the how and when.
Hey Jim. No question in my mind that staying closed keeps the alignment the same and is very powerful but it seems that if I try to open my hips before I really let go on my down swing then the club path is very repeatable and very powerful and it feels more natural to me. It seems to keep the essence of your swing without the constricted feeling.
@@jimvenetosgolf Right. I'm talking about getting a small hip and torso wind up into the back swing. Then, when the hip snaps open to the finish, the torso follows and then your swing is triggered. The arms drive down. It's still the same inside out swing. The head and body remain very still while the lead arm drives through but with even more energy. The rotational momentum causes a larger turn after impact so the essence of your swing style remains. Did I make sense.?
@@josephshawa not the essence of my swing. Too many conscious movements. Unnecessary and unreliable. You’ll find that you’ll have inconsistent results. Something that always surprises me is when the gen population tries to modify the system I’ve created. Think about what your handicap is and then compare it to my +5. You should just learn the system as I teach it instead of trying to modify it.
@@jimvenetosgolf of course, generally one should take lessons and learn the system that they find most reliable. I found yours to be reliable. I can drive over 300 yards and pretty straight and with shape. But I've only been doing this 3 years and I'm still in the Discovery stage. No lessons yet but if I do, you can bet you'll be on my list of preferred instructors. The repeatability is unsurpassed by any other swing that I've attempted. So thank you for sharing.
Good question, they aren’t forbidden and fades are necessary as you stated. Once the draw is your stock ball flight, it is easy to adjust the stance to hit a fade by holding the face open through impact. All explained thoroughly in my school.
How does your method differ from Hogan’s approach of fixed ball position + closed stance to target when swinging longer clubs? At what point in the swing do you let your hands get pulled into ulnar deviation? When I tried that and his suggestion for opening stance for the shorter irons and wedges I observed it changed where relative to the ball the club started to whip around the hands and “waggle” the wrists down into ulnar deviation which acts to lock up the hands and arms resulting in much more solid contact and better compression, resulting in more distance, rise and vertical drop and one-hop and stop backspin even with my 4 and 3 irons. Also because of the way waggling down before impact immobilized hand the club deflected less and my shots became more consistently slight draws vs my tendency to fade/slice.
Hi...okay, I've been viewing a bunch of your videos and I am intrigued. I guess my question is how come pros do not set up to the ball as you do in your method? They all seem to set up with hips, feet, and shoulders square to target.
Many pros set up slightly closed and remain slightly closed through impact. Pros don’t need the deep set up so it’s more subtle but the other 99% of golfers lack there athleticism and skill. Consequently you’ll need a deep closed set up.
@@darrenkelfkens8539 Why would you state something so clearly false? Are you confusing Jim’s idea of ‘hitting with the lead side’ which is hardly Jim’s idea, with being ‘closed.’ It’s not difficult to simply find images of players at impact to dispel these asinine claims. Heck, there are even people who actually measure players in their swings. GEARS technology is real. Jim’s claims have no scientific basis nor any data to back them up.
I'm just turned 71 on December 31st, Jim. I have been following your golf training for the past month and plan to incorporate your swing method this year. By experimenting one day before tournament play, I placed most on my weight on my lead leg and was hitting great shots on the practice range. But when play started, I when back to my traditional swing method of transferring my weight. I didn't trust my discovery on the range for actual play, but only used it for short pitch, chip, & bunker shots like I normally played. I play in Oklahoma on the VGA (Veterans Golf Association) and on local courses in the Edmond & Oklahoma City areas. I do have a question, not about golf instruction, but about your apparel, specifically your golf shoes. Are those Converse or a golf shoe line of yours? Keep up the great golf instruction!
This seems like a fine way for older less athletic people to swing and become proficient however I’ve seen the 3d of hundreds of tour professionals and not 1 has the chest closed at impact they are generally 20-45* open at impact. Hogan, Moe Norman and Lee Trevino players known as the greatest ball strikers of all time have their chests very open at impact.
@@ablgolfmom6211 you are half correct. It’s a great way for less athletic people but even better for more athletic golfers…like tiger, Bryson, greg Norman, Ernie els, more Norman and many other tour pros that are closed at and through impact when they hit draws. Check out my video where I back up that statement. 👊
@@jimvenetosgolf you didn’t back anything up you just showed a few stills, impact was not visible, they all appeared to be taken just prior to impact. You are correct that they generally aim right to hit draws but I have the Gears captures of most of those mentioned and all have their chests open some amount at contact. Shoulder line sometimes appears square to closed due to side bend and lead shoulder protraction but no elite players are “still” all wind the torso to around 90* of turn or more in the back swing and unwind beyond where they started by impact, anchored left and just loading and unloading the arms is a band aid for the uncoordinated to become proficient. I’d love to see your driver trackman numbers.
@@ablgolfmom6211 oh boy. Now you’re just guessing. You should check out my video where I display many tour players are in the same position as I am at impact. If you swung the club the way I do you’d realize there’s a ton of power and a high-level of skill that can be achieved. My clubhead speed is 113 miles an hour, I’m 52 years old, my boss spin with driver is consistently around 2400 ribs of spin. Until you can make the swing that I teach, it seems silly to comment about it because you’re just guessing. If you could make the swing that I teach you would just confirm everything I said above. I wish you the best.
Ok Jim, desperation here. IF I keep my shoulders closed through impact, won't I hit the ball to the right? Do I need to set up left of target? 63 with bad back and hip. Isolating and not moving the bottom half of my body appeals to me because there's less pain, almost no pain. What tip can you give me to hit it more center of fairway. Not looking for miracles, just shaving some strokes if possible.
@@darrenkelfkens8539 This is incorrect as per the ball flight laws. The ball begins in the direction of the club face and curves based on your path relative to the club face. So yes swinging to the right with a slightly closed face to that path will draw, but it will start at the target if that’s where your face is pointing. Clubface determines where the ball starts…not path.
Isn't this just a fancy way of saying "play a draw". A draw will always create a far longer shot, but most people have a much easier time hitting a cut. Unless I missed something, your swing was merely an an to out swing, vs an out to in. There is a ton of articles that discuss how a fade doesn't get nearly as much distance but it's a lot more reliable for right handed golfers.
I'd like to see a video where you are not pushing right. I'm not sure why you don't tell the people who pay for your program that they WILL push the ball, especially with the longer clubs.
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I am so thankful and sure that it is very kind of you, Dear Captain Sir Jim Venetos, to share your mind-blowing thoughts and techniques with all of us. A short story of mine is that I was playing golf and crying to learn how to play good golf in a green area that was not a golf club, as I always thought I should not play there unless I learned to play. One day I heard your name from an old man who was playing a few hundred yards away from me, then watched you on UA-cam, and all of a sudden I was healed by the power of God and the kindness of your heart because I was really alone and prayed for so many days. God Bless you, Sir.
🙏🏻🤗❤️
Jim on your closed shoulders do u also bring your right foot back or keep it square
Great video. I hope Don saw this video before he passed (on May 7, 2023). If he did, I'm sure he smiled knowing that you learned from him and are now sharing the knowledge with us. Thanks Jim!
hey Jim I must say you look and swing just as great as you did 9 years ago, you must be on to something we all should listen to.
Wow! “Don January” There’s a blast from the past.
I really enjoy your calm, philosophical approach to golf.
great video let me add following both my hips being replaced as a near scratch longtime player ,DON JANUARY swing was more upright plane and with slightly narrowed stance where there"s little strain swinging {keep right elbow in and down and not forcing anything from transition] as opposed to your second chest open position now popular by rory tiger and sergio and taught by those to seniors who cant possibly rotate turn and finish like an elite pro , thanks Dr V
Holy cow, this has been transformational for me. Thank you Jim. Love your stuff, keep it going.
You're gonna win every match going forward. 💪
This man is a guru. I am trying to teach my grandson to play this way. I saw January I think it was the 65 uS Open at Baltusral in NJ
Nice hearing from you hopefully I will join your school.
I watched Don January when he was relatively older. He had a beautiful, powerful swing. And, you are right. He moved phlegmatically untilmhe swung. Beautiful golfer.
I know a Januray whose first name is November and middle name is December. We call him Calander.
Jim !!!! This is absolutely brilliant.....doesn't get better than this.....best lesson I ever had...Thanks !!!!
Man I’m so glad I found your channel. Brilliant
jim i had my first day with your swing gental draws with driver i still carnt beleive how far the ball travels with no effort the ball i hit bad was when i tryed to hit it my mate couldt beleive what was going on give the swing ago it feels really hard not to hit at the ball hit every fairway with driver 5 under 9 holes off 14 hcp so happy thanks
I totally agree with you closed shoulder more power. I know this but not always easy.
Great video.
Now if I can just keep my shoulders closed. Will try tomorrow. Help me Jesus….
Thanks for a good reminding video.
God bless.
I love the sound of impact that you make!! Those balls are getting spanked!!👍
Wedges and irons are doing great. Woods and driver I am still struggling, but it's getting better.
... finally , yes !!! thank you for this , such great info ! ...
Jimbo, Great cause & effect chat. Super cool how you related it to Uncle Don & the open vs close w.r.t. ball play and putting. Hap Happy '23. J
Wow great story and lesson!
Dalton Mccary also thanked Don January so he must really be something special.
great insight！In other words,start the down swing from the shoulder or from the lower part of the body
Great insight
Nice video
I wanna take a sip from this Fountain of Youth. Then enter lots of big money senior matches so i can win everyone's buffet lunch money.
As I am trying to understand your swing philosophy, I have truly hit some terrific shots. Alignment is my main struggle.
It would help me if your video would have an alignment stick pointing down the line and how you setup.
I played 18 today, irons good, driver about 50% to far right at setup.
Alignment is all explained in my school. Sign up, enjoy the knowledge and improvement in your game
@@jimvenetosgolf 4:50
Can leave a link to your video on how pros like tiger, Bryson, greg Norman, Ernie els, more Norman are close at impact to one of the more recent comments here. I'm very interested in finding a easy way to swing. Getting older and can't do all the practicing conventional teachers want you to do. I'm go for 20 or so video swings maybe 4 times a week. At the moment taking lesson and have been with different teachers over the past 3 years. Changing my swing has thrown off my contact and so far I"m more inconsistent. Granted I've had a number of injuries due to working on projects and trying to practice over extending this bodies abilities at my age 67. So I'm curious to watch that video about some pros having their body closed or even just square at impact. Your way makes sense to me, but I'll have to try it 1st to see. At the moment too much rain to play or hit balls for the next few days so I'm hoping you can leave a link to that video you mention to that one guy here. He didn't seem convinced. Either way I'm going to try it. My thought is even if your teaching is another way to go about hitting the ball compared to today's conventional ideas that take an awful lot of work to get, I'll be better off knowing both ways. I mean don't we change our swings slightly anyway to hit different shots besides our stock shots. Like hooking around a tree or going over a tree in front of you, or playing a low stinger into the wind etc etc. So one more technique is just more tools in your bag to choose what's best. You know how to swing both conventional ways and your own technique and I'm sure it helps. Thanks for the link if you can leave it for me. I may just switch teachers. One way or another I'm going to figure out how to consistently make solid contact. It's just a matter of the how and when.
Yes, feels like I’m behind the ball.
Hey Jim. No question in my mind that staying closed keeps the alignment the same and is very powerful but it seems that if I try to open my hips before I really let go on my down swing then the club path is very repeatable and very powerful and it feels more natural to me. It seems to keep the essence of your swing without the constricted feeling.
I don’t say to restrict your hips. As you can see in me, my hips are not restricted.
@@jimvenetosgolf Right. I'm talking about getting a small hip and torso wind up into the back swing. Then, when the hip snaps open to the finish, the torso follows and then your swing is triggered. The arms drive down. It's still the same inside out swing. The head and body remain very still while the lead arm drives through but with even more energy. The rotational momentum causes a larger turn after impact so the essence of your swing style remains. Did I make sense.?
@@josephshawa not the essence of my swing. Too many conscious movements. Unnecessary and unreliable. You’ll find that you’ll have inconsistent results.
Something that always surprises me is when the gen population tries to modify the system I’ve created. Think about what your handicap is and then compare it to my +5. You should just learn the system as I teach it instead of trying to modify it.
@@jimvenetosgolf of course, generally one should take lessons and learn the system that they find most reliable. I found yours to be reliable. I can drive over 300 yards and pretty straight and with shape. But I've only been doing this 3 years and I'm still in the Discovery stage. No lessons yet but if I do, you can bet you'll be on my list of preferred instructors. The repeatability is unsurpassed by any other swing that I've attempted. So thank you for sharing.
Hi...so, is the fade completely forbidden in your method? What if a shot favors a fade instead of a draw? Thanks
Good question, they aren’t forbidden and fades are necessary as you stated. Once the draw is your stock ball flight, it is easy to adjust the stance to hit a fade by holding the face open through impact. All explained thoroughly in my school.
How does your method differ from Hogan’s approach of fixed ball position + closed stance to target when swinging longer clubs? At what point in the swing do you let your hands get pulled into ulnar deviation?
When I tried that and his suggestion for opening stance for the shorter irons and wedges I observed it changed where relative to the ball the club started to whip around the hands and “waggle” the wrists down into ulnar deviation which acts to lock up the hands and arms resulting in much more solid contact and better compression, resulting in more distance, rise and vertical drop and one-hop and stop backspin even with my 4 and 3 irons. Also because of the way waggling down before impact immobilized hand the club deflected less and my shots became more consistently slight draws vs my tendency to fade/slice.
Hi...okay, I've been viewing a bunch of your videos and I am intrigued. I guess my question is how come pros do not set up to the ball as you do in your method? They all seem to set up with hips, feet, and shoulders square to target.
Many pros set up slightly closed and remain slightly closed through impact. Pros don’t need the deep set up so it’s more subtle but the other 99% of golfers lack there athleticism and skill. Consequently you’ll need a deep closed set up.
@@jimvenetosgolf Name 'em.
@@iacas Arnold Palmer Sam Snead Lee Trevino...that's just for starters
@@darrenkelfkens8539 Why would you state something so clearly false? Are you confusing Jim’s idea of ‘hitting with the lead side’ which is hardly Jim’s idea, with being ‘closed.’ It’s not difficult to simply find images of players at impact to dispel these asinine claims. Heck, there are even people who actually measure players in their swings. GEARS technology is real. Jim’s claims have no scientific basis nor any data to back them up.
I'm just turned 71 on December 31st, Jim. I have been following your golf training for the past month and plan to incorporate your swing method this year. By experimenting one day before tournament play, I placed most on my weight on my lead leg and was hitting great shots on the practice range. But when play started, I when back to my traditional swing method of transferring my weight. I didn't trust my discovery on the range for actual play, but only used it for short pitch, chip, & bunker shots like I normally played. I play in Oklahoma on the VGA (Veterans Golf Association) and on local courses in the Edmond & Oklahoma City areas. I do have a question, not about golf instruction, but about your apparel, specifically your golf shoes. Are those Converse or a golf shoe line of yours? Keep up the great golf instruction!
Converse Chuck Taylor’s
@@jimvenetosgolf I did go to their website & thought maybe these were the ones you had, but thanks for the quick reply, Jim! 👍
Happy birthday, Thomas!! 🎉
This seems like a fine way for older less athletic people to swing and become proficient however I’ve seen the 3d of hundreds of tour professionals and not 1 has the chest closed at impact they are generally 20-45* open at impact. Hogan, Moe Norman and Lee Trevino players known as the greatest ball strikers of all time have their chests very open at impact.
@@ablgolfmom6211 you are half correct. It’s a great way for less athletic people but even better for more athletic golfers…like tiger, Bryson, greg Norman, Ernie els, more Norman and many other tour pros that are closed at and through impact when they hit draws. Check out my video where I back up that statement. 👊
@@jimvenetosgolf you didn’t back anything up you just showed a few stills, impact was not visible, they all appeared to be taken just prior to impact. You are correct that they generally aim right to hit draws but I have the Gears captures of most of those mentioned and all have their chests open some amount at contact. Shoulder line sometimes appears square to closed due to side bend and lead shoulder protraction but no elite players are “still” all wind the torso to around 90* of turn or more in the back swing and unwind beyond where they started by impact, anchored left and just loading and unloading the arms is a band aid for the uncoordinated to become proficient. I’d love to see your driver trackman numbers.
@@ablgolfmom6211 oh boy. Now you’re just guessing. You should check out my video where I display many tour players are in the same position as I am at impact. If you swung the club the way I do you’d realize there’s a ton of power and a high-level of skill that can be achieved. My clubhead speed is 113 miles an hour, I’m 52 years old, my boss spin with driver is consistently around 2400 ribs of spin.
Until you can make the swing that I teach, it seems silly to comment about it because you’re just guessing. If you could make the swing that I teach you would just confirm everything I said above. I wish you the best.
Ok Jim, desperation here. IF I keep my shoulders closed through impact, won't I hit the ball to the right? Do I need to set up left of target? 63 with bad back and hip. Isolating and not moving the bottom half of my body appeals to me because there's less pain, almost no pain. What tip can you give me to hit it more center of fairway. Not looking for miracles, just shaving some strokes if possible.
@@darrenkelfkens8539 This is incorrect as per the ball flight laws. The ball begins in the direction of the club face and curves based on your path relative to the club face. So yes swinging to the right with a slightly closed face to that path will draw, but it will start at the target if that’s where your face is pointing. Clubface determines where the ball starts…not path.
Isn't this just a fancy way of saying "play a draw". A draw will always create a far longer shot, but most people have a much easier time hitting a cut.
Unless I missed something, your swing was merely an an to out swing, vs an out to in. There is a ton of articles that discuss how a fade doesn't get nearly as much distance but it's a lot more reliable for right handed golfers.
I can really see where the lake and golf coarse will be! Just kidding this shit works!!!
What if you need to cut the ball?
It’s easy to fade the ball when your stock shot is a draw. All explained in my school.
How do you join your school? Is it online?
@@gregkuruvilla4280 jimvenetosgolfacademy.com
rekt my back fubar trying to open hard through impact
Zen anyone?
I'd like to see a video where you are not pushing right. I'm not sure why you don't tell the people who pay for your program that they WILL push the ball, especially with the longer clubs.
Venetos & January, two cops on the edge,
trying to crack open, the crime of the century.
The rest writes itself.
Wish to see more Putting videos.