Bryan, your explanation is superb. I have watched countless tapes but your 7 Pillars has contributed the most to realize my dreams. I am almost 80 and you have given me hope to break 80 every time I step on to the golf course. I also treasure “The little red book video” I have developed utmost respect and regard for you. The “Magic Move”, the left arm with slight natural break and visual of clipping tee on every shot are the keys for me for hope for to play better golf and keep my hope alive. You are the greatest.❤️you man.
Great tip, I have been practicing this all week and today i turn to this lessson and Bingo, its what i have been practicing, so I know that this move is a jewel, thanks.
The difficulty executing the ‘magic’ move is that the club force is pulling the hands up and towards target which makes it impossible to just let gravity pull them down, which is what occurs at the top if the club head stops completely. The lateral hip shift, independent of the twist of spine and turning the shoulders acts to drop the hands and so does SIDE BENDING of spine. If you try doing just a lateral shift you will find your brain reacts and reflexively creates some side bend to keep you in balance over the feet. Conversely if near the top you just consciously side bend the the trail side to drop the hands and tuck in the arm you will find your hips react reflexively to that change in body mass over the feet by shifting laterally to the target. Regardless of which is done first the other happens reflexively to maintain balance. The difference between lateral hip shift and side bending is that the lateral shift happens once but the amount of side bending can be progressively increased in the downswing all the way to impact and into the finish. I realized it was the key to getting that trail arm into the body and being able to pull the club head on an inside-out path but have that path shallow out through impact with its force vector changing from out past the target line and ball to down the target line. Using baseball analogy, as the club drops lagged with radial deviation in the wrists and rotates down to where the butt end is point at the ball the club head mass vector wants to send it 45° to the right and forward | / of the target line - line you are trying to hit a line drive down the first base line. But what the leverage of that tucked, externally rotated trail arm does is keep the lead arm under control and pinned across the chest where it acts like the primary lever of a Trebuchet with the club shaft the ‘sling’ and the club head mass the ‘rock’ in the sling. The release of the back foot is critical here to get the hips/shoulders/hands moving around the feet in a consistent radius. Side bending tilts shoulders more than pelvis which importantly changes the path the MASS OF LEAD ARM releases on - it’s force vector. Changed the orientation of the lead arm mass by side bending is what changes the club head mass vector from wanting to go off right | / to down the target line. To get the club head mass vector pointing down the target line during impact the mass of the lead arm needs fly off \ | to the left of the the target line and the only way to accomplish that is with SIDE BEND which all great ball strikers have at impact. Because side bending is not part of most golf instruction beginners don’t understand what it is or why it is needed. Instead they are told to “drop and tuck in the elbow” which is very difficult to do if the club force is pulling in the opposite direction direction, why they let it stop dead at the top then try to pull down with the bicep of the trail hand then swing over the top and outside-in due to the lack of side bending. Just teaching a golfer who is swinging like that how to side bend by statically posing them in the same side-bend posture or a tour pro at impact with the ball produces immediate improvement with in their swings because they finally understand where their body needs to move to at impact from the top. Once they add progressive amounts of side bend starting at the top to tuck in the trail arm they start doing the ‘magic’ move of reversing the club head without it stopping with out realizing it.
Bryan, your explanation is superb. I have watched countless tapes but your 7 Pillars has contributed the most to realize my dreams. I am almost 80 and you have given me hope to break 80 every time I step on to the golf course. I also treasure “The little red book video” I have developed utmost respect and regard for you. The “Magic Move”, the left arm with slight natural break and visual of clipping tee on every shot are the keys for me for hope for to play better golf and keep my hope alive. You are the greatest.❤️you man.
My first lesson was reading Harvey's Red Book. This video takes me back to those days. Thank you
Great tip, I have been practicing this all week and today i turn to this lessson and Bingo, its what i have been practicing, so I know that this move is a jewel, thanks.
Golf instruction starts at 2:11
Thank you for taking the time to share this! I'll let you know how it works for me next time I get out and hit some.⛳😊
Thank you for that tip
Just waiting to see how you complete the swing
Don't you think the initial move of the arms down is the consequence of the change in spine tilt when the pelvis is moved to target?
I've read and learned using the book for those who love the game for women.
The difficulty executing the ‘magic’ move is that the club force is pulling the hands up and towards target which makes it impossible to just let gravity pull them down, which is what occurs at the top if the club head stops completely.
The lateral hip shift, independent of the twist of spine and turning the shoulders acts to drop the hands and so does SIDE BENDING of spine. If you try doing just a lateral shift you will find your brain reacts and reflexively creates some side bend to keep you in balance over the feet. Conversely if near the top you just consciously side bend the the trail side to drop the hands and tuck in the arm you will find your hips react reflexively to that change in body mass over the feet by shifting laterally to the target. Regardless of which is done first the other happens reflexively to maintain balance.
The difference between lateral hip shift and side bending is that the lateral shift happens once but the amount of side bending can be progressively increased in the downswing all the way to impact and into the finish. I realized it was the key to getting that trail arm into the body and being able to pull the club head on an inside-out path but have that path shallow out through impact with its force vector changing from out past the target line and ball to down the target line.
Using baseball analogy, as the club drops lagged with radial deviation in the wrists and rotates down to where the butt end is point at the ball the club head mass vector wants to send it 45° to the right and forward | / of the target line - line you are trying to hit a line drive down the first base line.
But what the leverage of that tucked, externally rotated trail arm does is keep the lead arm under control and pinned across the chest where it acts like the primary lever of a Trebuchet with the club shaft the ‘sling’ and the club head mass the ‘rock’ in the sling. The release of the back foot is critical here to get the hips/shoulders/hands moving around the feet in a consistent radius. Side bending tilts shoulders more than pelvis which importantly changes the path the MASS OF LEAD ARM releases on - it’s force vector.
Changed the orientation of the lead arm mass by side bending is what changes the club head mass vector from wanting to go off right | / to down the target line. To get the club head mass vector pointing down the target line during impact the mass of the lead arm needs fly off \ | to the left of the the target line and the only way to accomplish that is with SIDE BEND which all great ball strikers have at impact.
Because side bending is not part of most golf instruction beginners don’t understand what it is or why it is needed. Instead they are told to “drop and tuck in the elbow” which is very difficult to do if the club force is pulling in the opposite direction direction, why they let it stop dead at the top then try to pull down with the bicep of the trail hand then swing over the top and outside-in due to the lack of side bending.
Just teaching a golfer who is swinging like that how to side bend by statically posing them in the same side-bend posture or a tour pro at impact with the ball produces immediate improvement with in their swings because they finally understand where their body needs to move to at impact from the top. Once they add progressive amounts of side bend starting at the top to tuck in the trail arm they start doing the ‘magic’ move of reversing the club head without it stopping with out realizing it.
I love how you wrote all that and nobody responded. Too much to read. I don’t have the attention span for that either. Haha
By the time he got around to demonstrating the magic move, I was so bored I decided to give up golf
By the time he got to it I had already profected my golf swing and turned pro
😂…. Me too
You must be that person spazzing out at every traffic red light because it takes too long. 🙄
How do you move the left knee?
Separation
3 minutes in before lesson starts. Must like to hear himself talk.
just make the move and it sorts out weight shift, wrist angles, even if it’s cupped
After.3.minutes.of.PURE.WAFFLE,,,the.golf.tip.starts,hooray.
You can do all the "magic moves" you want but if you sway back like this guy did in his backswing the "magic move" won't help you
he didn't sway. you have no idea what you're talking about
Spoken like a 24 handicapper🤣🤣
Left wrist is cupped
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Three minutes to get to the point!
Voodoo
Not good