Appreciated with every detail in the video. Many thanks for your dedication. 0:38 : Set up 4:20 : Take Away 7:25 : Down Swing 12:00 : Hit ball 13:25 : Releasing 15:30 : Impact drill
As a golf professional I will say that teaching my students to get in that shallowed position WITH THE HANDS RELAXED is the most difficult thing to get across. Thanks. Very well done.
It is hard - I think most people have the feeling that they have to fire the hands towards the ball from the top. The reality is Nate is releasing the club up and to the left of the target so the release sequence firing is not from the top but after the hands have dropped. You have to get around the top clockwise (as a right handed golfer) and get the club to shallow then you can fire up and left of the target with the release. We will have a lot more videos in 2022 we are working on - hope you will find them of help as well.
The relaxed hands and arms begin at address. Complete back swing with hips and upper body. Shallowing move right arm and elbow with relaxed hands and wrist. A good body pivot takes care of the rest.
Gotta say as someone who has watched countless swing/clubhead speed videos, this was a magical combination of explanation and illustration, particularly through the use of slow mo video...excellent viewing angle. Thank you.
Ive watched SO SO many videos on swings. I play guitar and always tell ppl that so many videos are correct but certain ones hit certain ppl differently, but one day whoever will see a video that makes sense to them. Well I feel this swing video was that for me and many! Its a different way of looking at it and this actually really helped me!
That is awesome - thanks for the feedback. We have other videos of Nate on the channel and more will be coming so please subscribe if you haven't and check out the new content we produce.
Excellent, very detailed video! It took me over a year, several instructors, and watching many videos to put together and learn all the information contained in this single 15 minute video.
This video is THE best explanation of the different phases of the driver swing on UA-cam. It seems like a lot but the reality is that to hit the ball with speed, these movements are necessary in sequence. Well done, this is excellent and I look forward to using it to improve my distance too.
great example of feel vs real. He feels like he doesn't "flip" or turn over his wrists, but you can see a tremendous turn over of the wrists through the hitting area. Nice video.
It’s not a turning over of the wrists. It’s camera trickery. All he actually has done is sequenced himself up correctly with his rotation. Stand facing a mirror. Get into impact position. Now rotate impact position to halfway through, through swing. Just using you hips and shoulders to rotate you, you will feel open to target. Now look at the mirror and you will notice your hands look like the hand rolled over!!! Actually all that has happened is your body has rotated to deliver a square club face. No manipulation of the hands/wrist required.
I recall the day that I tried to relax my hands and allowed the club to drop into the slot. It felt effortless and the ball rocketed off the face. My best days are when I feel like I have 1/2 hour other downswing. The ball goes as far or (more likely) further than when I'm not doing well and trying to muscle the club through the ball.
This video has most of what I am feeling/working on, although I have to make sure that I practise initially 'heel-to-heel' to avoid my usual error of getting on my toes, or I can't get these moves/feels. Nate mentions ensuring right side extension on the backswing (and the counter to that is the compression of the left side) and I think this movement of the upper thoracic spine is very important in getting to that shallowing position he mentions, the lower body transition switches that upper back into right sidebend with the hands left behind in that shallowed position, the main feel is a tightening of the lead arm across the chest as you transition. Most amateurs don't have that tilt/sidebend/extension in the backswing, and so when the lower body transitions it just pulls that back into an OTT position. Look at Nate's slow motion to see the extremes of how that upper back is moving - Tommy Fleetwood is similair.
Thanks for the observation - lots of great comments here. We have some other videos with Nate where we trying to talk more about the tilt being part of the rotation to maintain your angle to the ground. It is something that most mid level golfers don't do enough and you see great golfers do a ton. We've also done some videos that talk specifically about that lead arm stretch in the transition - so hope you have a chance to check out some of the other posts on the channel.
Thanks - one of the things I have learned talking to great golfers is sometimes they take for granted what they do and some things need some emphasis for people that aren't at that level!
Thanks for the detailed lesson. I still feel you also have to be young and flexible which I am not anymore. But any tips to give me a little more club head speed than what I have now is appreciated. At my age I dont think I could obtain 126 club head speed. With the distances the pros and good amateurs get nowdays is for a young mans game plus doing allot of in-gym exercises. take care.
@@griffehotte Thanks. I am now 72 yo and every year I do lose a little yardage cause of not being able to play year round and being up north in snow country. Last year I was hitting the ball around 200 yards and my short game is still pretty good. What is hard are the long par 4 holes nowdays. All i can say is I do the best that I can and try and keep from getting any double bogies on on the long holes.
@@dathyr1 I am a year older than you and I have come to the conclusion that 400 yd par 4's are out of my domain. 360 yds is tops and will move up to those tees until I can get to this yardage. As Jack Nicholas once said, " no par 4's longer than driver/5 iron should be considered by the average player."
@@cutlets6152 Thanks for your info. Yup I see it the same way. I play a easy rated nine hole course where the only hole I cant reach in 2 is 430 yards. The other par 4 holes are 350 yards or less. Just fun to get out, walk the golf course, and play during the summers. You have a great holiday season and take care.
You're correct - Nate doesn't do a massive shallowing motion - but it also isn't over the top. It's just enough to have it come slightly from the inside when he rotates. We will do posting some more videos on tracking how you can measure your shallowing motion when you look at video. Thanks for the comment and for watching.
@@AltaViewGolf actually I disagree with the other commenter. You were elaborating and helping put things into context I didn't see that is interrupting at all because honestly the player wasn't describing things that well and your insights brought a lot more flavor and clarity.
It was obvious to me that the interruption was at critical parts of the swing to stop and get a more explanative breakdown of the feel for that part. It was allowing for 2 people to explain or clarify the same thing but in their own different ways. Sometimes in teaching it takes other points of view to be said before a person can comprehend the concept. There is no one way of explanation that everyone gets right away. It might however be interesting to have the video cropped so that you get only the person swinging explaining is all you hear as a separate video. In the end I would doubt you would of got a better way of understanding of maybe which parts you might be doing correctly already and which parts you need to work on and change to have such a fantastic swing as this.
Man if you wanted to do a feel is not real video you just nailed it 🤦🏻 great video and very very informative slow mo especially as we get to know what you think is going on as opposed to what really is … massive throw down opposing massive leap up = equals massive speed .
This is enlightening and disgusting at the same time. I've always secretly despised people who are tall with long arms because they have naturally longer levers. It's an inherent anatomical advantage most of us mere mortals can't hope to emulate. Add in lightning fast muscle twitch fibers and you produce a drive that appears to be leaving the earth's gravitational pull. On a serious note this is excellent information on the things we can control. The basics of swing, grip, stance and alignment are within anyone's grasp if they put it in the effort. The hallmark of sound instruction is that the big muscles control the movement and power in a sound swing. There is no excessive forcing of the body to smash the ball. By coiling in a smooth powerful fashion in a relaxed manner with sound fundamentals we all can improve. That is golf's tantalizing treasure.
Nate is 5'11". We will have more videos coming out talking through some of the details on posture and setup and how to turn etc. But you will note we always strive to have mechanics that enable spine rotation without bending the spine from its natural curves.
Very good description of the chain of actions and hence events to deliver top speed….understanding and doing are two different things however but at least this gives me some great thoughts to take to the range!
Flex in the knees goes hand in hand with enabling smooth hip rotation. The hip sockets have to move of course for a fluid turning motion. When the hip sockets move they change distance from the ankles so flex in the knees at setup is critical to let the legs straighten at the hips rotate to the finish. You will notice that at Nate finishes the legs are much straighter and the hip sockets are turned farther away from ankles. Try it yourself - just trip hip rotation with straight legs then try hip rotation with bent legs. You will find it much more fluid when you start with flex in the knees.
Thanks for the feedback - this was one of our earlier videos. Hopefully you get a chance to watch some more recent ones. We have tried to make each video a bit more actionable in terms of some specific items you can do related to speed, posture etc.
Two things have to happen - the club has to be shallow enough relative to your elbow motion so that you are pulling the clubhead up and left vs pushing down on it. And then when you have the clubhead in that position you need to have the left knuckles rotated under. You will see in in future videos show how on the takeaway you can do that lead knuckle down rotation and then you have it set for impact so the face isn't wide open. This is a really common issue that a lot of people struggle with. We will spend a lot of time in future videos talking about this.
Feel and real is different. He does start the turn with his legs and hips, but the arms have to release "quickly" but instead of "pulling" he is dropping them with very little tension as he turns which creates the shallow swing. What he does or feels in slow motion is not what is happening with normal his swing. Yes his sequence of order is correct, but he is generating massive speed with his arms very early in the swing. It's a split second between hip and arm movement.
He is not a direct descendent but a cousin a couple of generations removed. FYI Nate's favorite movie is "The Greatest Game Ever Played" which is the story about Francis . Nates personal email address also has a reference to the year Francis won the US open. Great observation!
Nate goes general conditioning - weights, stretching, cardio. He has a history of having played baseball a lot in high school and that helped with training on fast throwing motions. But there isn't anything that is crazy or abnormal from what anyone can reasonably do. Clearly not everyone is going to get the same speed, but the same general shape to the body body is something you can learn from.
Nate Ouimette works at Alta View Golf. He does some lessons for us and he is working with us to building out a lot of new exciting content. He played college golf at Southern Virginia and some mini tours in Asia. He is now focusing on helping Alta View Golf customers.
As a scratch golfer... I do things somewhat differently... He's stronger than me, for sure, but there are a lot of swing thougths which is very differently than what I do. He's also employing a much stronger grip than me...
Thanks for the note - we will have some other videos going over grip differences and how it tends to impact the release mechanics and club face angles.
@@AltaViewGolf Cool... because if I employed that strong a grip, I would snap hook it. So I tend to play with a neutral grip. I swing about 105-110 mph with the driver, so again, not as strong, but I couldn't swing like him! It would mess up my game :) I release it a lot more. I have plenty of lag, have a tendency to have "high hands" but I am 6'4", but all in all have a more classic swing. I mirrored it to Tiger's from 2000... Obviously I was never that great, but the swing was technically very sound... but just not as modern or powerful as this guy here. :) I'd love to see some more in depth look at how and what a more neutral grip would do compared to strong. I know what the result is for me, but for the gentleman in the video it would be interesting to see also :)
@@maxcaysey2844 I’m 5’9 with a stock swing around 104-108. Have a fairly strong grip as well. I can step on it and get up to around 112 but that’s when hooks come in. I should try a more neutral grip. But then I tend to push it.
The swing explanation is weak, no discussion on how to separate the upper and lower body, he clearly pulls the club with his lower body and kicks off with his left foot to generate the speed in the front swing.
From my own experience, it is not about clubhead speed but clubhead weight. That is how much weight can u generate on the clubhead on the downswing. U want to make the clubhead feels like an anvil by the time it make contact with the golf ball. As a consequence it feels like ur in a slow motion video during the downswing and speed up again after making contact. Ur body will make all the right adjustments for u when u do this. No need to think about what every parts of ur body is doing. That is the most common error we all make. This has catapulted my driving distant to the high 280 yards without swinging out of my pants. On average, I'm covering 250 yards on most drives. Of course I missed here and there but overall, I'm somewhere near or on the fairways. I no longer hit range balls nor do I need to hit warm up drives before teeing off. I no longer cares how my body moves and coordinates itself to make all this happen. I just trust that it knows what to do and I simply get out of the way and let my body does its thing. Kind of like riding a bike. U no longer think about how to ride a bike. U trust ur body ability to balance itself and peddle. This principle works on all clubs.
Very interesting. Simplifies a concept I had but never really mastered - feel/create the weight dont force it. There are a dew drills based on this, such as swinging a knotted towel. Thanks for giving another angle on this from an experience perspective.
Thanks for feedback - dialog didn't highlight enough some details that would help anyone at their level to go another few MPH faster. Hopefully you can see some of our later videos and have tried to make the dialog more actionable we we produce more content. We have many more recent videos that discuss how proper arm motion is a great way for getting more speed for golfers of any age.
Title should be "Generate 125+ mph swing if you are young, fit, and flexible." The old guy in the video can replicate everything the young guy does in the video and the old guy will never hit 125+.
It's true that the body muscle firing sequence will slow down as you get older. I'm mid 50's and I'm not hitting at 125. However using these same sequencing techniques I swing faster now than I did 10 years ago before I understood as much about how to sequence the body. We will have some more videos coming out to focus more on some steps that can help about anyone increase the speed. You may not have the same top speed, but you can likely increase speed.
Well yes and no the point I don’t think is for everyone to swing 125. The point is to teach you about proper sequence and hopefully increase YOUR speed
Foot position depends on your gait. If you are naturally pigeon toed, a splayed foot stance will rob you of rotation. There are no absolutes in the golf swing. That is why there are so many different/successful swing sequences. Key is finding the one for YOUR body and range of movement. To assume this guys methodology will work for everyone is a fools errand. He is a strong, quick twitch muscle guy. Most people are not.
You see on all of Nates full swings that the hips rise through impact. This is consistent with him releasing the club up and to the left of the target. The hips move to help the release and the release is up and left. So even with mid effort irons you see the hip motion moving up and left through impact.
You are spot on - not all of us at Alta View golf swing at this speed level!! Nate is younger and clearly everyone drops speed with age. But we hope that the principles that you see are still items that benefit senior golfers. If you can increase a club head speed from 85 up to 90 because you have better principles, more distance is always an advantage. Thanks for watching.
FYI Nate is 5'11" so he isn't the tallest person around. Clearly he is reasonably fit. But at Alta View Golf we think the general sequence of how the different parts of the body work together can apply to anyone.
Understood that youth is awesome. I'm 55 and following these general principles I've increased swing speed to 110 MPH on the driver. Hitting it as far as I ever have.
Agree - we are going to do some specific on shaft flex in the future and how the torques should be flexing the shaft and letting the flex release into the ball. Hope you enjoy some of the other content on the channel as well.
Pity you did not mention the main source of club head speed that is releasing the hinge created in the back swing between the Left arm and the Club shaft
I super slowed down the slow-mo swing... nate might feel things one way .. but the video shows he is not holding the right wrist angle at impact like he "feels".
That is a great comment - when you ramp up to full speed and are turning the body and right elbow hard and to the left then it propels the club very very rapidly out to the ball and to the right. This release motion just happens. What Nate is describing is that you don't actively flex the right wrist. When you come over the top and actively move from extension to flexion on the right wrist you are really going to have trouble maintain control of the face angle. But when you set the right wrist to be extended as well as the external rotation of the trail side arm then you have the angles are are being released really quickly during the full speed swing. So you slow motion groove the feel to maintain the right wrist because you don't want to push on the shaft with the right wrist. Then when you go full speed it rockets through impact and of course on a full speed swing it will naturally move to flexion (and the left wrist moving to extention) as you move to the finish position. There is just the high difference in result in actively flexing the trail wrist as opposed to it moving position because of how the trail elbow rotates up and to the left through the impact and post impact.
The guy swinging is great, but the guy that keeps interrupting ruins this video. Let the swinger talk and stop the over analysis by the 'talking head' that stammers through this. Good grief!!!
Appreciated with every detail in the video.
Many thanks for your dedication.
0:38 : Set up
4:20 : Take Away
7:25 : Down Swing
12:00 : Hit ball
13:25 : Releasing
15:30 : Impact drill
As a golf professional I will say that teaching my students to get in that shallowed position WITH THE HANDS RELAXED is the most difficult thing to get across. Thanks. Very well done.
It is hard - I think most people have the feeling that they have to fire the hands towards the ball from the top. The reality is Nate is releasing the club up and to the left of the target so the release sequence firing is not from the top but after the hands have dropped. You have to get around the top clockwise (as a right handed golfer) and get the club to shallow then you can fire up and left of the target with the release. We will have a lot more videos in 2022 we are working on - hope you will find them of help as well.
As an avg hacker that moved to single digits, this relaxed hand position was a eureka moment for me.
The relaxed hands and arms begin at address. Complete back swing with hips and upper body. Shallowing move right arm and elbow with relaxed hands and wrist. A good body pivot takes care of the rest.
Gotta say as someone who has watched countless swing/clubhead speed videos, this was a magical combination of explanation and illustration, particularly through the use of slow mo video...excellent viewing angle.
Thank you.
Ive watched SO SO many videos on swings. I play guitar and always tell ppl that so many videos are correct but certain ones hit certain ppl differently, but one day whoever will see a video that makes sense to them. Well I feel this swing video was that for me and many! Its a different way of looking at it and this actually really helped me!
That is awesome - thanks for the feedback. We have other videos of Nate on the channel and more will be coming so please subscribe if you haven't and check out the new content we produce.
Excellent, very detailed video! It took me over a year, several instructors, and watching many videos to put together and learn all the information contained in this single 15 minute video.
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This video is THE best explanation of the different phases of the driver swing on UA-cam. It seems like a lot but the reality is that to hit the ball with speed, these movements are necessary in sequence. Well done, this is excellent and I look forward to using it to improve my distance too.
Thanks for the comment - we will be releasing a number of other videos in 2022 to go over the points in some more detail and more explanation.
great example of feel vs real. He feels like he doesn't "flip" or turn over his wrists, but you can see a tremendous turn over of the wrists through the hitting area. Nice video.
It’s not a turning over of the wrists. It’s camera trickery. All he actually has done is sequenced himself up correctly with his rotation. Stand facing a mirror. Get into impact position. Now rotate impact position to halfway through, through swing. Just using you hips and shoulders to rotate you, you will feel open to target. Now look at the mirror and you will notice your hands look like the hand rolled over!!! Actually all that has happened is your body has rotated to deliver a square club face. No manipulation of the hands/wrist required.
I love how you let the player explain It. Because he is the one that Can generate that speed. Gives us deeper insight.
I get what you saying 😏 lol
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I recall the day that I tried to relax my hands and allowed the club to drop into the slot. It felt effortless and the ball rocketed off the face. My best days are when I feel like I have 1/2 hour other downswing. The ball goes as far or (more likely) further than when I'm not doing well and trying to muscle the club through the ball.
Totally agree with the previous quote. Shut up!
Very good illustration by both of you. Thanks,
Great illustration of proper mechanics. Thank you.
Thanks for the video. Its a complete guide for a good swing. I hope I can copy it as much as possible.
Very nice instructional video , thank you so much , can’t wait to get to the driven range!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video thanks. How tall is Nathan? Is he saying he's not applying force with his hands through impact?
This video has most of what I am feeling/working on, although I have to make sure that I practise initially 'heel-to-heel' to avoid my usual error of getting on my toes, or I can't get these moves/feels. Nate mentions ensuring right side extension on the backswing (and the counter to that is the compression of the left side) and I think this movement of the upper thoracic spine is very important in getting to that shallowing position he mentions, the lower body transition switches that upper back into right sidebend with the hands left behind in that shallowed position, the main feel is a tightening of the lead arm across the chest as you transition. Most amateurs don't have that tilt/sidebend/extension in the backswing, and so when the lower body transitions it just pulls that back into an OTT position. Look at Nate's slow motion to see the extremes of how that upper back is moving - Tommy Fleetwood is similair.
Thanks for the observation - lots of great comments here. We have some other videos with Nate where we trying to talk more about the tilt being part of the rotation to maintain your angle to the ground. It is something that most mid level golfers don't do enough and you see great golfers do a ton. We've also done some videos that talk specifically about that lead arm stretch in the transition - so hope you have a chance to check out some of the other posts on the channel.
What an absolutely brilliant lesson, Thanks for asking all the right questions for us
Thanks for the feedback - we just did a lot more filming recently. Expect more content in the near future.
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This is gold... I very much appreciate the pace of the video and the back and forth interaction.
An excellent video - a very good combination of teacher and demonstrator makes it superb.
Explained very clearly in each motion details. Thanks both 🙏🏼🙇🏻♂️
Great tips..I like the way you interrupted him to reiterate what he was saying and doing. 🙂😉
Thanks - one of the things I have learned talking to great golfers is sometimes they take for granted what they do and some things need some emphasis for people that aren't at that level!
An excellent "go to" video if you want to understand the feel at every step of the golf swing
Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for the detailed lesson. I still feel you also have to be young and flexible which I am not anymore. But any tips to give me a little more club head speed than what I have now is appreciated. At my age I dont think I could obtain 126 club head speed. With the distances the pros and good amateurs get nowdays is for a young mans game plus doing allot of in-gym exercises. take care.
Its right. My tip: Taylormade Driver Sim Max D, 12° ... and a good shaft...20 yards more with your swing👍 i am 63 yaers old...
@@griffehotte Thanks. I am now 72 yo and every year I do lose a little yardage cause of not being able to play year round and being up north in snow country. Last year I was hitting the ball around 200 yards and my short game is still pretty good. What is hard are the long par 4 holes nowdays. All i can say is I do the best that I can and try and keep from getting any double bogies on on the long holes.
@@dathyr1 I am a year older than you and I have come to the conclusion that 400 yd par 4's are out of my domain. 360 yds is tops and will move up to those tees until I can get to this yardage. As Jack Nicholas once said, " no par 4's longer than driver/5 iron should be considered by the average player."
@@cutlets6152 Thanks for your info. Yup I see it the same way. I play a easy rated nine hole course where the only hole I cant reach in 2 is 430 yards. The other par 4 holes are 350 yards or less. Just fun to get out, walk the golf course, and play during the summers. You have a great holiday season and take care.
@@dathyr1 Thanks dath...you too. I play the 430's like a par five. If i bogey the hole. I'm good.
He talks about shallowing the club in the downswing and yet in the slow motion clip at 12:35 the club barely shallows 2 inches
You're correct - Nate doesn't do a massive shallowing motion - but it also isn't over the top. It's just enough to have it come slightly from the inside when he rotates. We will do posting some more videos on tracking how you can measure your shallowing motion when you look at video. Thanks for the comment and for watching.
Would love to see an outside vid of u throwing clubs with a audio explanation of the feelings and direction also an overhead view of u swinging
Would you please stop interrupting the player who keeps trying to explain what he is doing.
Thx for the feedback - will be more attentive to that for other filming sessions.
He's the instructor and wasn't interrupting. He was asking appropriate questions for the viewers. STFU and don't leave stupid comments.
@@BAA3595 And yet it was so stupid a$$wipe that the instructor took it as constructive criticism.
GFY
@@AltaViewGolf actually I disagree with the other commenter. You were elaborating and helping put things into context I didn't see that is interrupting at all because honestly the player wasn't describing things that well and your insights brought a lot more flavor and clarity.
It was obvious to me that the interruption was at critical parts of the swing to stop and get a more explanative breakdown of the feel for that part. It was allowing for 2 people to explain or clarify the same thing but in their own different ways. Sometimes in teaching it takes other points of view to be said before a person can comprehend the concept. There is no one way of explanation that everyone gets right away. It might however be interesting to have the video cropped so that you get only the person swinging explaining is all you hear as a separate video. In the end I would doubt you would of got a better way of understanding of maybe which parts you might be doing correctly already and which parts you need to work on and change to have such a fantastic swing as this.
Man if you wanted to do a feel is not real video you just nailed it 🤦🏻 great video and very very informative slow mo especially as we get to know what you think is going on as opposed to what really is … massive throw down opposing massive leap up = equals massive speed .
Thanks for the note - we have a number of other videos with Nate so hope you enjoy those as well.
Best oral and visual explaination ever. I’ve been missing this. THANK YOU
This is enlightening and disgusting at the same time. I've always secretly despised people who are tall with long arms because they have naturally longer levers. It's an inherent anatomical advantage most of us mere mortals can't hope to emulate. Add in lightning fast muscle twitch fibers and you produce a drive that appears to be leaving the earth's gravitational pull. On a serious note this is excellent information on the things we can control. The basics of swing, grip, stance and alignment are within anyone's grasp if they put it in the effort. The hallmark of sound instruction is that the big muscles control the movement and power in a sound swing. There is no excessive forcing of the body to smash the ball. By coiling in a smooth powerful fashion in a relaxed manner with sound fundamentals we all can improve. That is golf's tantalizing treasure.
Nate is 5'11". We will have more videos coming out talking through some of the details on posture and setup and how to turn etc. But you will note we always strive to have mechanics that enable spine rotation without bending the spine from its natural curves.
Very good description of the chain of actions and hence events to deliver top speed….understanding and doing are two different things however but at least this gives me some great thoughts to take to the range!
Very interesting video. Thanks for posting.
I think or notice his knees are athletically flexed and give a lot of impetus
Is this right
Flex in the knees goes hand in hand with enabling smooth hip rotation. The hip sockets have to move of course for a fluid turning motion. When the hip sockets move they change distance from the ankles so flex in the knees at setup is critical to let the legs straighten at the hips rotate to the finish. You will notice that at Nate finishes the legs are much straighter and the hip sockets are turned farther away from ankles. Try it yourself - just trip hip rotation with straight legs then try hip rotation with bent legs. You will find it much more fluid when you start with flex in the knees.
Thanks for video, the slomo was very helpful!
Thanks for the comment - we will be doing a lot more swing reviews during actual lessons with slow motion soon.
The heck with Nate! Show us a 60-year-old average man with a swing speed of 80 mph and how you helped him get to a solid 90 mph SS.
Thanks for the feedback - this was one of our earlier videos. Hopefully you get a chance to watch some more recent ones. We have tried to make each video a bit more actionable in terms of some specific items you can do related to speed, posture etc.
Great stuff guys!
If I had 125mph clubhead speeds my slice would be so bad that it would probably hit me in the back of the head.
Two things have to happen - the club has to be shallow enough relative to your elbow motion so that you are pulling the clubhead up and left vs pushing down on it. And then when you have the clubhead in that position you need to have the left knuckles rotated under. You will see in in future videos show how on the takeaway you can do that lead knuckle down rotation and then you have it set for impact so the face isn't wide open. This is a really common issue that a lot of people struggle with. We will spend a lot of time in future videos talking about this.
@@AltaViewGolf this has been an issue for me. What has helped me is feeling left hand under right hand at takeaway
Feel and real is different. He does start the turn with his legs and hips, but the arms have to release "quickly" but instead of "pulling" he is dropping them with very little tension as he turns which creates the shallow swing. What he does or feels in slow motion is not what is happening with normal his swing. Yes his sequence of order is correct, but he is generating massive speed with his arms very early in the swing. It's a split second between hip and arm movement.
Awesome video. Thanks
Glad you liked it! Hope you can check out all the latest videos we will be releasing in the coming months.
Great conversation
Is Nathan related to Francis?
He is not a direct descendent but a cousin a couple of generations removed. FYI Nate's favorite movie is "The Greatest Game Ever Played" which is the story about Francis . Nates personal email address also has a reference to the year Francis won the US open. Great observation!
Awesome!, very well explained
What work outs does he do 💪
Nate goes general conditioning - weights, stretching, cardio. He has a history of having played baseball a lot in high school and that helped with training on fast throwing motions. But there isn't anything that is crazy or abnormal from what anyone can reasonably do. Clearly not everyone is going to get the same speed, but the same general shape to the body body is something you can learn from.
Looks like Rory's swing which is great!
We spend a LOT of time looking at tour pro swings - and from that you can learn so many great things. Thanks!
@@AltaViewGolf As long as you're not copying Furyk's!
Hi...who is this guy...Is this Joe Miller? Tks..
Nate Ouimette works at Alta View Golf. He does some lessons for us and he is working with us to building out a lot of new exciting content. He played college golf at Southern Virginia and some mini tours in Asia. He is now focusing on helping Alta View Golf customers.
Nice information but this camera angle is terrible. When does anybody film a golf swing from this angle? Face on or down the line please.
Crazy, if I give it everything I have, plus get lucky, my top end has been 116. I can't fathom getting 10 more mph.
If you are not hitting ball straight and long after watching this video, you need to rewatch and rewatch this video.
Appreciate the comment - hope you enjoy a number of our more recent videos with Nate as well.
As a scratch golfer... I do things somewhat differently... He's stronger than me, for sure, but there are a lot of swing thougths which is very differently than what I do. He's also employing a much stronger grip than me...
Thanks for the note - we will have some other videos going over grip differences and how it tends to impact the release mechanics and club face angles.
@@AltaViewGolf Cool... because if I employed that strong a grip, I would snap hook it. So I tend to play with a neutral grip. I swing about 105-110 mph with the driver, so again, not as strong, but I couldn't swing like him! It would mess up my game :)
I release it a lot more. I have plenty of lag, have a tendency to have "high hands" but I am 6'4", but all in all have a more classic swing. I mirrored it to Tiger's from 2000... Obviously I was never that great, but the swing was technically very sound... but just not as modern or powerful as this guy here. :)
I'd love to see some more in depth look at how and what a more neutral grip would do compared to strong. I know what the result is for me, but for the gentleman in the video it would be interesting to see also :)
@@maxcaysey2844 I’m 5’9 with a stock swing around 104-108. Have a fairly strong grip as well.
I can step on it and get up to around 112 but that’s when hooks come in. I should try a more neutral grip. But then I tend to push it.
@@3spressoShot Its difficult for sure... I just know that when my grip gets too strong I hook everying!
Love the golf swing and golfers explanation. Instructor is ok but needs to be more dynamic.
Thanks - check so if our more recent contact. Hopefully we have gotten better over time.
Crazy ass vid!!!!🔥⛳👍🏿
Thanks for watching - expect to see more details on the challenge on items to help you with drills and instruction to increase your swing speed.
@@AltaViewGolf that has a lot of Morad in it solid fundamentals very rare online with that much detail. Kudos
The swing explanation is weak, no discussion on how to separate the upper and lower body, he clearly pulls the club with his lower body and kicks off with his left foot to generate the speed in the front swing.
I believe most amateur golfers would be more interested in how to at least break the 100 mph barrier…125 mph is not realistic for them!
So if I could swing like him, I'd hit it farther ✅
Fair enough - but hope you can gain as we feel the same principles will help even without getting to the same clubhead speed.
From my own experience, it is not about clubhead speed but clubhead weight. That is how much weight can u generate on the clubhead on the downswing. U want to make the clubhead feels like an anvil by the time it make contact with the golf ball. As a consequence it feels like ur in a slow motion video during the downswing and speed up again after making contact. Ur body will make all the right adjustments for u when u do this. No need to think about what every parts of ur body is doing. That is the most common error we all make. This has catapulted my driving distant to the high 280 yards without swinging out of my pants. On average, I'm covering 250 yards on most drives. Of course I missed here and there but overall, I'm somewhere near or on the fairways. I no longer hit range balls nor do I need to hit warm up drives before teeing off. I no longer cares how my body moves and coordinates itself to make all this happen. I just trust that it knows what to do and I simply get out of the way and let my body does its thing. Kind of like riding a bike. U no longer think about how to ride a bike. U trust ur body ability to balance itself and peddle. This principle works on all clubs.
Very interesting. Simplifies a concept I had but never really mastered - feel/create the weight dont force it. There are a dew drills based on this, such as swinging a knotted towel. Thanks for giving another angle on this from an experience perspective.
Be more impressed if you improved a real golfer 5mph rather than show someone who already has 125mph swing.
Thanks for feedback - dialog didn't highlight enough some details that would help anyone at their level to go another few MPH faster. Hopefully you can see some of our later videos and have tried to make the dialog more actionable we we produce more content. We have many more recent videos that discuss how proper arm motion is a great way for getting more speed for golfers of any age.
this what i also do . great swing
Wow. Love it
Outstanding.. very informative
Title should be "Generate 125+ mph swing if you are young, fit, and flexible."
The old guy in the video can replicate everything the young guy does in the video and the old guy will never hit 125+.
It's true that the body muscle firing sequence will slow down as you get older. I'm mid 50's and I'm not hitting at 125. However using these same sequencing techniques I swing faster now than I did 10 years ago before I understood as much about how to sequence the body. We will have some more videos coming out to focus more on some steps that can help about anyone increase the speed. You may not have the same top speed, but you can likely increase speed.
Well yes and no the point I don’t think is for everyone to swing 125. The point is to teach you about proper sequence and hopefully increase YOUR speed
that's the best thing you have said.
get out of the way. he can't show anything because you won't shut up long enough
Fair enough - hopefully we’ve gotten better cadence on the dialog with our newer content.
Foot position depends on your gait. If you are naturally pigeon toed, a splayed foot stance will rob you of rotation. There are no absolutes in the golf swing. That is why there are so many different/successful swing sequences. Key is finding the one for YOUR body and range of movement. To assume this guys methodology will work for everyone is a fools errand. He is a strong, quick twitch muscle guy. Most people are not.
Thanks for watching. Everyone has to own their own swing. Spot on with that.
He starts at one level and then at impact HE STANDS UP, because he has too , to make room for the club to pass by!
You see on all of Nates full swings that the hips rise through impact. This is consistent with him releasing the club up and to the left of the target. The hips move to help the release and the release is up and left. So even with mid effort irons you see the hip motion moving up and left through impact.
At 81 years old, I don't think anyone can possibly get my driver swing speed to 125mph, so I think I will move on. Thanks, anyway.
You are spot on - not all of us at Alta View golf swing at this speed level!! Nate is younger and clearly everyone drops speed with age. But we hope that the principles that you see are still items that benefit senior golfers. If you can increase a club head speed from 85 up to 90 because you have better principles, more distance is always an advantage. Thanks for watching.
Okay I think this video would be better if we just had the guy who generates 125 MPH only.
Thanks for the feedback - check our some of our newer videos on the channel. Hopefully you'll see dialog that you find more direct.
A bit irritating due to unnecessary and untimely interference…but still nice and informative…
Thanks for the feedback - this was an unscripted session so we will work to hone our skills for future videos on better speaker/demo transitions.
Lift weights and proper mechanics , get stronger
Too much intern confusion.
Only need to know about the club head and the ball
I’ll pay $5000 if you get me to swing like that
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Let me save you some time. Be tall, strong, athletic and a young male with decent technique.
FYI Nate is 5'11" so he isn't the tallest person around. Clearly he is reasonably fit. But at Alta View Golf we think the general sequence of how the different parts of the body work together can apply to anyone.
Being young and strong helps. I'm niether
Understood that youth is awesome. I'm 55 and following these general principles I've increased swing speed to 110 MPH on the driver. Hitting it as far as I ever have.
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Lots of TORQUE! It’s something people don’t teach, kind of a secret no one knows how to use.
Agree - we are going to do some specific on shaft flex in the future and how the torques should be flexing the shaft and letting the flex release into the ball. Hope you enjoy some of the other content on the channel as well.
sorry but this is the basic ..
Pity you did not mention the main source of club head speed that is releasing the hinge created in the back swing between the Left arm and the Club shaft
I super slowed down the slow-mo swing... nate might feel things one way .. but the video shows he is not holding the right wrist angle at impact like he "feels".
That is a great comment - when you ramp up to full speed and are turning the body and right elbow hard and to the left then it propels the club very very rapidly out to the ball and to the right. This release motion just happens. What Nate is describing is that you don't actively flex the right wrist. When you come over the top and actively move from extension to flexion on the right wrist you are really going to have trouble maintain control of the face angle. But when you set the right wrist to be extended as well as the external rotation of the trail side arm then you have the angles are are being released really quickly during the full speed swing. So you slow motion groove the feel to maintain the right wrist because you don't want to push on the shaft with the right wrist. Then when you go full speed it rockets through impact and of course on a full speed swing it will naturally move to flexion (and the left wrist moving to extention) as you move to the finish position. There is just the high difference in result in actively flexing the trail wrist as opposed to it moving position because of how the trail elbow rotates up and to the left through the impact and post impact.
3 minute video stretched out to 17 lol
Back surgery in the future . Get all the golf you can now.
Not at all. That's a body friendly swing. Has a lot of MORAD elements
@@horacedouglas8130 Okay , 5 years or less. If that is golf friendly . I am glad I don't do it. Treat yourself to a Mike Austin lesson.
Tell the guy in blue shirt to shut so we can learn
Fair enough - hopefully you see some better dialog back and forth in some of our more recent videos.
Can’t teach what he can do. Nothing new here.
Too much talky talky.. not enough swingy
We will have different levels of videos in the channel that have have in the pipeline. Most will be shorter.
Fantastic video well worth watching because of the detail Nate goes into explaining the ‘feel’ element to his swing.
The guy swinging is great, but the guy that keeps interrupting ruins this video. Let the swinger talk and stop the over analysis by the 'talking head' that stammers through this. Good grief!!!
Feedback appreciated - hope our more recent videos do a better job at this.
The old guy reminds me of Joe Biden is trying to explain the golf swing
That was a waste of my time.
Way too complicated