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Before we get started, I want to ask you one very important, but one very simple question.

If you had a friend who was new to the game, or perhaps you had a friend who was struggling with a game, how would you describe the golf swing to them in one sentence?

To make it simple for them, maybe for yourself, if you had to put it into just one simple sentence, the golf swing is, what would you say?

Think about it for a moment.

It's a pretty tough question that really shouldn't be that hard to answer, and in fact, it's not, it's actually quite simple, but the problem is, pretty much nobody agrees on anything in the golf swing, period.

If you've looked online, on YouTube, or wherever else for golf information, you've seen 50,000 different ways to try and do the exact same thing.

No wonder everybody's so confused about the golf swing, and why it's so freaking frustrating for everybody.

I'm going to make it simple, incredibly simple, and you're going to feel and see real results immediately, because the golf swing is not that hard.

There's one thing that you have to understand above and all else, and that is, how do you produce speed in the golf swing?

Once you understand how to produce speed, which is what this video is all about, you're finally going to understand the big picture of the golf swing, and then you're going to be able to make huge, huge improvements in a very, very short period of time.

As I just mentioned, speed is the name of the game, And that's the one thing that nearly every golfer who ever picks up a club never realizes their true potential with.

Most of us are out there just powder puffing it around.

They never get the full experience of the golf swing, and never get the full power out of their game.

And that's exactly what we're going to change today, because without speed, you're never, ever going to play to your true potential.

Because if you're hitting a five iron into the green, and I'm hitting a wedge, simple math is going to work out in my favor, how do you get to this point where you can hit the ball as far as you know you can?

You've seen the guys on tour, you see guys my size, I'm 165 pounds, but you see me hit the ball well over 300 yards.

How do you do that?

Am I special?

Of course not.

It's that I understand how to produce speed.

And if I were to ask you that, if I were to say, okay, right now, you had to swing the golf club as fast as humanly possible, as fast as you can, without having to worry about where the ball is going just yet, how would you produce speed?

What is the most efficient way to produce speed?

That's really what you need to be asking yourself.

And that's the mental exercise I want you to go through.

Because once you understand this, once you understand where speed really comes from and how simple it really is, the light bulb is going to go off.

You're going to unleash the power that's in you right now.

You have way more potential than what you're playing to right now.

And that's what I'm going to extract from you.

I'm going to show you how simple it is to produce speed.

And you really only have to understand one basic thing.

So we all need speed.

How do we get it?

Let me ask you this.

What is the most efficient way for the human body to accelerate anything?

Whether it was a rock, this golf club, this impact bag, what would be the most efficient sequence of movement for you to do that?

Do you have an idea?

Think about it for just a moment.

The simplest way for you to accelerate something as fast as humanly possible is the basic throwing motion.

That's it.

If you had to tell your friend, what is the golf swing in a nutshell?

It is a basic sidearm throwing motion.

That's it.

That's the golf swing in a nutshell.

If you can understand the basic sidearm throw, and even if you've never thrown anything, don't worry.

I'm going to teach you exactly how to do this in an incredibly simple sequence of moves.

You're going to be able to pick up speed.

Because there's no way that we've ever figured out how to use all these bones and joints and muscles and ligaments to accelerate something faster than we can with a basic throwing motion.

That's all you need to understand.

If you're like most golfers and you've struggled to realize your true potential, you know you can hit it much farther.

Today is the breakthrough moment.

You are going to be able to feel and produce way more speed than you ever have before, and it's going to be way easier and easier on your body.

If you've swung over the top, you will never swing over the top again.

If you can't understand why you keep casting the club, you're going to understand how to produce, maintain, and release lag because that is where the majority of your speed comes from.

That's what we're going to focus on today.

You're going to produce real speed the simplest, fastest way humanly possible.

The speed is in you.

I promise.

I'm going to help you tap into it and unleash it.

But if you're frustrated with your golf swing and you know you should be playing better, but you just can't figure it out, think of it this way.

Imagine you were putting together a puzzle, but you didn't have the puzzle box.

You didn't have the picture on the cover of the puzzle.

You had no idea what it's supposed to look like when it's done.

Remember the question I asked you at the beginning of this video?

How would you describe the golf swing to somebody who's never played before?

Or most people have no idea how to describe the golf swing in a very simple way.

You don't have the big picture and the big picture is what's missing.

Once you understand the big picture, what's this puzzle supposed to look like?

Rather than trying to group it together in 50,000 different pieces told 50,000 different ways from 50,000 different people, you're going to understand why you've struggled because that's an impossible way to play golf.

It's an impossible way to learn.

You need one simple movement that's easy to understand, that produces real speed, and it gives you the big picture of what it is you're actually trying to do in the golf swing.

All right, Stand up with me because I want you to feel this.

Because this is the most important thing you're ever going to learn about producing Club Head speed.

Are you ready?

Here is all you got to know.

Can you do this?

Yep, just rotate your arm like this, like a windshield wiper.

Can you do this?

That is the most important movement in the golf swing for producing speed, and it's exactly the same movement that you do when you throw something.

When you go to throw, as I'm going to teach you in just a moment, don't worry if you've never thrown, you didn't play baseball, it doesn't matter.

You're going to understand this.

All you need to be able to do is rotate your arm, what we call external rotation, just like that.

If you can do that, you can swing way faster than you are right now and hit the ball way farther than you currently are.

Remember when I said earlier the golf swing is nothing more than a basic sidearm throwing motion.

What do I mean by that?

Well, let's put it into action.

So the first step in you unleashing your power is just understanding this motion.

That's it.

It's really this simple, I promise.

Now, just take that arm down to the side.

So not up here in front of you.

This would be like a normal overhand throw.

Now think a sidearm throw.

This motion is where all the speed is going to come from.

Once you see it all together, it's going to make sense.

So if I was to throw this ball, how would I do it?

And again, thinking more of a sidearm throw, not overhand throw, not underhand throw, a sidearm throw.

As I'm doing this motion, here's what I want you to feel.

All you need to do to really feel how the entire golf swing clicks and it makes sense and you can produce real power, is take this motion, this sidearm external rotation while you're taking a step.

I know you don't take a step in the golf swing.

I'm going to put this all together in just a moment.

So be patient.

This external rotation with a step.

Now you'll notice as I'm doing this, as I'm taking this step, my arm is opening up.

I'm rotating it.

This is how you would throw.

If you were a shortstop and you picked up a ground ball, guess what you would do?

It's that motion that ties your arm to the big muscles in your core, which I'll explain more later.

But for right now, if you can feel this and you will actually feel this down here in your back, as you externally rotate this arm, it's going to connect you to your core.

So when you begin to move your body, your arm gets moved by the big muscles, by your legs, by your core, by your trunk.

So now get a feel for taking this step.

You feel this?

If you were to throw, your legs are going this way, your body's going this way, while your arm is going back.

You're starting to understand why the transition in the golf swing is so difficult if you don't understand this basic external rotation of your arm.

So now let's do this in a little bit of a sequence.

Let's dance.

Let's do a few steps.

Getting ready to throw each time.

This motion is the most powerful way for the human form to accelerate an object in the golf club.

That's exactly what we want to do with it.

We want to get that thing moving as fast as humanly possible, as efficient as humanly possible.

We don't have to put a lot of muscular effort into it.

This doesn't take a lot of effort at all, but you can feel just how powerful it is when you get your arm into this position.

You'll also note that if you're one of those golfers who tends to swing over the top, well, this motion is the exact opposite.

When you swing over the top, you're actually internally rotating.

You're getting the club to go this way instead of this way.

So grab a ball.

If you're able to do this in a place where you can actually throw balls, and if you want, you can put a ball down on the ground where a ball would be at address, and you can start to get a feel for this.

First, take your arm, take a step, and just for now, very gently, throw the ball down at the other ball on the ground.

Just get a basic feel for this arm throwing and releasing, just like that.

Now, If you're the type of golfer who's really swung over the top for a long time and have not been able to fix it, What I want you to do is try and get even a little bit more into out by shallowing this arm out even more.

And the way to feel this for everybody is to get your right arm into your right pocket and your right wrist to your right knee.

That's what I want you to feel.

So when I do this together, I take a step.

As I'm coming down, my elbow drops into my pocket, and then my hand works down to my knee.

Of course, it's not exactly in line.

It's a feeling to get you coming from the inside and maintaining lag.

This is important when we introduce the club in just a moment, that your hand works down toward your knee, and that's how you're going to throw.

And when you go to throw it, and you want to add some speed to this drill, actually throw it out to, imagine there's a clock on the ground, 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock.

Throw it out to about 1 or 2 o'clock.

This will help you feel how to get your body in the right position with this sidearm throw to produce real speed, just like that.

That will accelerate the club crazy fast, as efficient as humanly possible.

And this is the motion where you're going to produce all this real speed in your swing.

All right, now let's do this motion with a golf club, and let's look at what happens when we do this.

So we're still going to take a step, and we're going to get the same feeling of our arm rotating like a windshield washer, windshield wiper on a car, as we do this motion.

Feel that.

Take a step.

Your arm is rotating.

The club is going back.

You're focusing, again, just on rotating this.

And now watch what happens as I begin to bring the club down.

As my arm gets into my pocket, my wrist gets down towards my knee, I've got all the lag in the world.

If you're the type of golfer who's been casting the club and not hitting the ball very far, this motion will help you maintain lag.

In fact, it's doing the opposite of casting the club.

All the power in the world at the point when it matters most.

So now I want you to do this and actually release the club.

And again, the more over the top you have been, the more you've struggled with the slice, the more I want you to release out towards one or two o'clock.

So from down the line, we're going to do this motion like this.

See that?

Listen to how much speed there is.

I'm barely moving.

You hear it?

You feel it?

I want you to do the same thing.

Stand up, release the club.

As you're coming down, there's a couple of checkpoints that you want to check.

One, again, when your elbow gets down to your pocket, club shaft should be down the target line, parallel to the ground, the club face toe up or slightly towed in.

If your grip is really weak, you may see the club like this.

So you have to correct your grip, get your club here.

Once we're here and we're in this position, there's so much leverage loaded up and there's so much momentum, so much inertia stored in your swing that all you've got to do is let it release.

Look at how much speed there is from such a short swing.

When you're coming face on, again, elbow to the pocket, hand down toward the knee, club shaft parallel, club face toeed up or slightly toeed in.

The more that you want to hit a draw, you'll want to get slightly toeed in at this point.

And then simply let your forearm, let the club do what it's trying to do.

You have so much pent up energy at this point in the swing.

All you got to do is get out of the way.

It's called a release for a reason.

So what you're doing is learning how to get into what we call the delivery position, where the club's ready to be released.

And that's when your job is done and the release starts to take over.

At this point, you just let your arm release.

Your elbow's going to extend.

Again, exactly like a throw.

You wouldn't throw it like this.

It doesn't make any sense.

Your arm's going to release, going to rotate over.

The club is naturally going to want to rotate over.

And once you feel this, you're starting to feel where the speed actually comes from in the swing.

Now put both hands on the club.

Now, if you're used to not understanding how to throw, how to throw that club out at the ball, how to get real speed in the swing, you've probably been using your left arm incorrectly.

And so you may find that once you put your left hand on the club to help out with the right, that you find the swing feels very different.

That's a good sign because that means you've been actually fighting against yourself in the swing.

Your left hand and your right hand haven't been working together.

The left hand's job is to control the club face.

The right hand is to produce speed.

And now you're starting to feel what the right hand should do with this basic throwing motion.

Once you put the left hand on there, what you want to feel is that it's still going to feel for now, for most, 100% right-handed until you get used to this basic throwing motion.

So put your left hand on there very loose.

And if you get lost, doesn't feel right again, just take it off, go back through your normal release drill.

But once you're comfortable, put both hands on there, Take your step and feel how much more power and control that you have when you put both hands on there.

That is where your speed's coming from.

This is going to make you feel so much more powerful, But we're not even close to being done because we haven't talked about where.

You're going to produce real power and be able to make an incredibly powerful throw.

And that's what we're going to talk about next.

Have you ever wondered how far you could hit it if you could put everything into it and you knew the ball would go straight?

You've probably tried to put everything into it before and the ball has gone off the planet, or you've completely topped it or missed it, or what have you.

What I'm going to show you next is what it will feel like to hit the ball straight with everything that you've got, every muscle in your being, everything that you want to put into it, you're going to be able to do it and still hit the ball solid and straight with this drill.

Now, first, it's going to seem counterintuitive.

It's probably the exact opposite of what you're currently doing, but that's a good thing because what you're doing right now isn't working.

I'm going to show you how to get every ounce of your being, Every pound of muscle you've got into the back of the ball as hard as you want on any shot and still know where that ball is going to end up, not in the trees.

You're going to want an impact bag for this.

If you don't have one, I put a link down below, But many of you already have an impact bag because this is going to give you the auditory and visual feedback that we're looking for.

To start to get a sense of where the speed's coming from and where you're going wrong with the way that you're swinging now.

So before we do the counter torque drill, that's going to be counterintuitive, I want you to just use the impact bag to work on your release drill for just a moment.

So go back to just your right hand only for right-handed golfers.

Take your step and then get into your checkpoint, your elbow.

Remember when we're getting ready to throw and you can do this with a ball.

If you want to just throw the ball down at the impact bag, again, You're trying to feel like you're directing your hand more out towards one If you're used to being very over the top, that'll help you correct that quicker, but you're trying to get your arm down low.

You'll see as I do this, when I take this step, it makes it easy for my spine to lean back, which helps me get my arm down, make room for my arm to get speed and bring the club down on plane.

So as we're doing this, I'm going to get my checkpoint again, right?

My elbows in my pocket, club face towed up or towed hand down by my, moving down towards my knee and then release.

Many of you will never, ever feel this in your golf swing the way you're swinging right now, because you're probably one of those types of golfers who tries to turn their whole body into it.

This feels powerful because you're using a lot of muscles while also putting a ton of stress on your body.

So if you've got back pain, hip pain, knee pain, the last thing you want to do is to keep rotating through the shot.

Again, think of a throw.

When you're throwing, This all stops moving, and then this external rotation releases, and that's where all the speed is in the golf swing.

It's that motion.

When we're using an impact bag, you're going to start to be able to feel this.

Take your step.

Look at how much speed there is on very little effort.

I'm barely moving at all.

All I'm doing is letting my arm be moved by my body, making sure it's open, just like the windshield wiper.

And then once it gets down into this position, it can't rotate anymore.

Remember, it's dynamically moving.

You don't just make your backswing move and externally rotate it.

Feel like a throw.

It's happening while you're making your move.

So in the real swing, when we go to make a backswing, this arm's just gradually rotating, rotating, rotating.

And then as I start down, it actually rotates more as the elbow leads the wrist and the wrist leads the club.

And by using all of our body in this basic throwing motion to bring the club down to the delivery point, all of this then is done.

It can't externally rotate anymore.

It's stuck and it's connected to our core like gears in a transmission.

This external rotation connects and you should feel this back here.

Now, the harder I move my legs and my body, the faster my arm gets moved.

And once I get here, all I have to do is let this, everything that I wound up with this motion, unwind at impact into the release.

So I'm going to go really slow.

You see my arms still rotating open as my body's beginning to move.

It helps my arm rotate even more.

The club, having the momentum, pulling it back, helps it rotate even more.

And then all I have to do once I get down to my pocket is just let it go.

Even with all the weight in this bag, I have old blankets and towels and shirts, heavy stuff in here.

And again, I'm not a big, strong guy, but I can easily move that impact bag with just my right arm.

That's what I want you to feel.

Same thing with, you put both hands on the club, take that step.

So I'm just going to go back.

I'm just gradually externally rotating, coming down, getting ready to throw.

That's where you're going to start to produce speed.

Now let's produce crazy speed.

Let's just see how much we can get out of this.

This next move is going to feel strange.

It's going to feel opposite of what you're typically doing, especially if you're the golfer that I mentioned earlier, who likes to rotate their body through.

Why is that bad?

Apart from the obvious stress you're putting on your spine, the biggest issue with this is that when you try and turn your shoulders through, how fast can the club move?

It can only move as fast as I turn.

So if I want to hit the ball farther, what do I got to do?

I got to rotate even faster, put even more stress on my hip and my back, my knee, my ankle.

And not only that, there's only so fast I can turn.

Because when my arms are stuck, I'm making this tight little arc with my hands instead of letting my arm extend out.

Width in the golf swing is free speed.

That's why your three iron that I have here is longer than your pitching wedge.

It's going to swing faster by default, just by the length of the shaft, the width of your swing arc.

The same is true here.

If you swing really narrow and bunched up like this, there's no speed in that.

But why wouldn't you want your arm to fully extend exactly how you would throw and release into the back of the bag to produce real speed?

Now, let's take it a step further.

How would we want to be able to use the ground in our legs to produce maximum power?

Have you ever seen a golfer on wet grass?

And when they come down at impact, their foot, their right foot for a right-handed golfer actually slides backwards.

That seems weird, right?

But I've been told to turn.

I'm supposed to just keep rotating through.

How would their foot move backwards?

That's so weird.

It's not.

The most powerful golfers you'll ever see will do that exact same move.

In fact, this is a natural move in lots of sports.

Take hockey, for example.

Let's take a look at this hockey player.

Watch this.

Watch as he moves in to strike the puck that his lower body, his rear leg, is actually moving in the opposite direction that his upper body is rotating in.

As you just saw in a hockey player, you can look at all sorts of sports.

Bowling is going to do the same thing.

This counter-torque move allows the trail arm to release with the greatest amount of speed.

So when you're doing this drill, and a great way to practice this at first, rather than being on grass with golf shoes, is try it at home on a wood floor or tile floor in your socks.

So it's very easy for your feet to slip back, because this will help you get the feeling of this, because it is a counter -intuitive move.

You would think that everything you would want would be moving into the direction of that bag, but that's not true.

Because then, you're basically just dragging the club through with your body rotation.

And again, the farther you want to hit it, the faster you've got to just spin your shoulders.

Instead, what I want you to feel now, And this is really important if you're one of those golfers who doesn't post up properly to impact it.

The post-up, the reason it's so important is because it causes the release of energy stored up in your arm.

When your arm is rotated back, and your wrist is cocked, and the elbow is bent, all of these are potential energy.

This is potential levers in the swing to be released.

When you post up, Those things all get snapped and released with way more speed than kind of dragging it lackadaisically through or spinning your shoulders through.

You're going to feel this for yourself.

So, what I want you to feel, we're going to go back to right hand only with the throwing motion.

And as you do this, I want you to feel the speed that comes when your foot moves backwards and your arm moves forward.

This is where you're going to produce crazy speed.

Because when your feet are stuck to the ground, instead of slipping out, but I do want them to slide at first, Then you're going to be using the ground for creating counter torque to force the club to go faster in the opposite direction.

You don't need to understand the physics of it.

You just need to feel it for yourself.

So, right hand only, and feel that, how much more the right arm snaps as you're doing that, and how your left leg, if you're a right-handed golfer, watch my left leg.

Do you see how it straightened up and became a brace?

Yes, watch from face on.

The same motion.

It would never make sense to come into impact like this.

Over my last 30 years of teaching golf, This is one of the biggest things I see in golf.

That's a huge power slot that nearly every amateur golfer on the planet struggles with.

When you're naturally releasing the club and getting this counter torque, you can see that my left leg braces up.

That's where I'm going to get crazy power, and when I put both hands on the club, now I'm going to have more control, but I'm going to be able to feel just how much power I can generate using my legs.

That's where you're going to go from hitting it 220 to 280 overnight.

You now have the feeling of the throwing motion.

You have permission to throw because you have a big picture of the swing.

It's way simpler than what you've been taught.

If you need to produce speed first.

The way that you're going to break 80, break 90, break 100, hit it 300 yards, be able to play consistent golf, is that you have to be able to swing well within yourself.

What I mean by that is, if you're swinging at your maximum effort, and like most golfers, your driver's only 92, 93, 95 miles an hour at 100% effort, you're never going to be able to have very much control because you're swinging at all you got.

Once you can, back that down to but your 80% is now at 110, 112 miles an hour, 120 miles an hour by simply understanding the basic throwing motion, then you're going to be able to swing way more under control while still swinging way, way faster.

That's what I want you to get from this.

Power is what you have to have first.

Even Nicholas used to say, if I was taking a new golfer, I want to teach them to swing as hard as they can, as fast as they can, because you can always learn to straighten it out later.

Most golfers never get there because they don't understand what it is to produce speed in the swing.

And now you do.

So now what I want to talk about is now, once you're swinging within yourself, you're producing all the speed and it is going to be addicting the first time you got to the range.

You saw some of the students who I did this with in person.

Hitting it 290 yards on their first day and then going out and hitting it 20 yards over at the green.

That's fun, but that's still not going to help your score.

You're going to have to recalibrate all your distances with all your clubs in your bag, but that's a good problem to have.

But I also want you to understand that this is not just about producing power.

It's about producing consistency and control as well.

First of all, your speed where you were before at 100%, now at 100 % is going to be way up here.

So you can tone it down and swing within yourself and hit the ball farther.

But this movement, this external rotation and this sidearm throw also has built-in bumpers, Safety nets that are going to help you deal with every single thing that you've ever struggled with in the golf swing.

And I want to talk about that now.

I'm going to walk you through, if you've ever swung over the top, you're flipping, you're hanging back, How this simple sequence of drills that you just learned is going to help you fix every single issue in your golf swing.

Do you know the best feeling of golf?

It's not just hitting a 330-yard drive.

It's knowing where the ball is going before you even step up to it.

Having the confidence and the comfort of knowing that the ball is going to go at your target before you ever even address the ball, that's the best feeling in golf.

And to do that, you have to have proper swing mechanics.

In order to do that, most of the time, for most golfers, it takes decades if they ever get it right at all.

I didn't want this stuff to take decades.

This stuff isn't that hard when you understand the big picture.

You can always refine it later, but the first thing you've got to have is the speed that we're talking about.

But now let's talk about all the common problems that you've probably struggled with.

Because what I've built into the mechanics of this move is that every single common swing problem that we've seen in doing over swing.

Reviews online and over in-person lessons, this movement addresses every single one.

Now let me talk about that for a moment.

Let's talk about over the top.

I believe the stats are something like 90 -something percent of all golfers swing over the top.

That's crazy, right?

Why is it that every single average golfer swings over the top and nobody that's a good ball striker struggles with that?

Why?

Well, first of all, they understand this basic throwing motion, but let's talk about how it really works.

If you're an over-the-top golfer, What you're probably doing is you take the club back inside and then you pick your arms up and then your hands go this way.

So if you can see the circle that my hands are traveling in, you can see that it's the opposite of what I just had you do.

Your arm is rotating this way instead of this way.

Watch what happens if I do just my right arm only and I'm just going to slowly rotate this out.

You can see my elbow pits not facing in.

I'm rotating it out.

My arm's rotating out.

And then as I come down, come down, this arm just stays externally rotated.

How could I ever swing over the top from here?

It's when I go this way and start to internally rotate that all of a sudden, everything that you could possibly do wrong in the golf swing starts to happen.

If you cast the club, let's take a look at that.

For those of you who really have no power in your swing, and you know, you should be hitting it farther, you know that you're losing this leverage, this lag angle on your wrist.

Guess what happens when I start internally rotating?

That club starts releasing too soon.

That's why this movement is so important.

And to correlate it to a sidearm throw, because all you have to do to maintain lag until the point, it matters, this delivery area where the club shaft is about parallel to the ground, is keep this arm open and bring your elbow to your pocket.

You can't lose lag anymore.

In fact, it's doing the opposite of what you would do when you lose lag.

When you start doing it this way, your arm starts releasing too soon.

That's why this move is kind of counterintuitive for a lot of golfers.

Because instinctively, you want to start trying to square the club as early as possible.

Because you're used to slicing it.

Well, guess what?

You start trying to do it that way, you're going to slice it even more.

The club will not release properly and it'll release too soon.

And so the club face will be coming across the ball with a glancing blow.

What you're learning is how to get your arm into this position.

This is it.

This whole movement, Everything you've been watching to get to this point, to be able to produce the crazy speed you're seeing with other golfers, is that once you're here, all of that stuff has just got to release and it's so simple to do it.

What about hitting fat shots?

A lot of golfers hit fat shots for two common reasons.

One, they hang back on their right foot and then because they hit a couple fat ones, they start moving the ball further and further and further back in their stance, which just encourages you to hang back even more.

The reality is in golf, The one thing you've probably heard me say a million times is do the exact opposite of what you think you should do, and it's probably right.

And that's true, too with fat shots.

You actually need to move the ball up in your stance to help you start moving forward, but that's hard to do.

It's hard to trust because you're out on the golf course, you hit a fat shot, you start to freak out.

You start to want moving the ball further and further back because it's embarrassing to hit a fat shot.

So the last thing you're going to do is move the ball up.

Again, counterintuitive.

But when you do that, when you do this drill, rather than talking about all the things you can do with a fat shot, when you start feeling this natural stepping motion and this throwing motion, it doesn't make sense to throw like this.

Who throws like that?

That's why I want you to do this step and post up and release because now having your normal, natural, fluid weight transfer happens automatically.

So you're not going to have any problems hitting back here and staying back on your back foot.

The more you do this drill, The easier it's going to become for you to start moving the ball further and further up in your stance.

Second reason people hit fat shots is because they cast the club.

Start trying to hit it with their arm at the wrong time.

Your job, you don't have to try and hit the ball anymore.

All you have to do is get your arm into this position.

And all the magic is going to take care of itself.

Because there's so much speed built up into the swing already and all these levers, all they want to do is release.

And once this arm can't externally rotate anymore, it then has to switch directions and that's when the release happens and it happens automatically.

You don't have to be in charge of that.

All you have to do is get into this position and then release it and let it go.

What about thin shots?

Thin shots, a lot of times can happen for the same reason from fat shots.

The golfer hangs back on their back foot, the club bottoms out back here, and then just scoops right up, hits the ball on the teeth.

Same thing.

If you're doing this natural step, this natural throwing motion, you're not going to hit it thin anymore.

What about hitting it off the toe, hitting it off the heel?

All of these things are caused by you trying to swing in a way without understanding the big picture.

You're probably trying to piece together 50,000 different things.

Instead of just having one cohesive movement, one overarching thing that you're trying to do.

One thing that you'll understand and discover through this motion is because of the natural motion of this arm, when you go to throw, it naturally throws, shallows out your swing plane.

Watch what happens.

I go to the top of my swing and I start internally rotating my arm.

What happens to the shaft?

Super steep, right?

I'm going to come over the top.

But when I externally rotate and get ready to throw a sidearm throw, again, this is the whole cohesive thing.

If you can understand a sidearm throw, you can hit the ball way farther than you are now.

Watch what happens as I do this and bring my elbow down to my pocket.

The club shaft's never going to come over the top.

All of the things that you struggled with all come down to not understanding the basic big picture.

You want to have a shallow angle of attack?

You need a shallow swing plane.

So the more that you feel that your arm comes down, watch my shoulder.

As I take this step, it naturally shallows me out.

What about your head movement in front of the ball?

Very, very common problem with golfers.

And this is all coming from trying to heave the club with your upper body.

That doesn't make sense.

The speed doesn't come from your shoulders.

It doesn't come from rotating your torso or rotating your hips as fast as you can, like you hear on TV all the time.

It's this motion.

You can't move anything else any faster.

The difficulty with golf is that people think they need crazy amounts of what they associate with power.

And what you need is speed.

The ball only weighs an ounce and a half.

It doesn't take that much effort and energy to move that ball.

What you have to understand is how to produce speed.

And most likely, most of the things that you've heard haven't helped you in that regard at all, which is why you're still swinging, you know, 80, 90 miles an hour with your driver.

You're going to instantly be able to jump up way, way faster, swing way, Way with way more speed than you ever thought possible when you just simply correlate the golf swing to a sidearm throw.

What about the left arm, Chuck?

What is this thing supposed to do?

As I talked about, this is for control.

This has helped control the club face.

It helps shape the swing.

We're not going to get into the details because what I want you to do is work with what you've got.

You don't have to make the golf swing so complicated.

You want to get better and you want to dial it in and get it perfect.

That's what rotary swing is for.

Axiom is getting you the big picture and getting big results immediately, while having a fundamental fix to all the problems in your swing.

And it's not just your swing mechanics that we're talking about.

The swing armor that Axiom is giving you also provides you mental armor, because the golf swing is not just swing mechanics.

The mental side of things is just as challenging, if not more so, than the mechanics of it.

The mechanics we've just made simple.

You can 1000 see when I do this move, look at how much 1001 lag I have.

I got lag for days, which 1002 means I have speed available to me and 1003 all I got to do is release it.

The swing 1004 mechanics are simple.

1005 The mental side, that's where the 1006 challenge is.

And right now, When you 1007 step up over a ball and there's water 1008 right and a left to right wind, and 1009 you're a right-handed golfer who slices, 1010 I bet there's a million things going 1011 through your head.

Oh God, don't lose 1012 another one.

Don't hit it right.

Release 1013 it as hard as you can.

Aim further left.

1014 How many balls have I lost today?

1015 Get your arms up.

Elevate.

Release.

It's 1016 crazy.

What you need to be able to play 1017 your best is a clear mind.

You need to be 1018 relaxed.

You need to be at peace on the 1019 golf course.

If you're trying to think 1020 through 50,000 different mechanical 1021 things instead of one basic big picture, 1022 that's a feel.

No, we haven't really 1023 talked about mechanics.

I gave you some 1024 checkpoints.

But the goal is for you to 1025 just feel this motion as a basic sidearm 1026 throw and let everything else ride.

1027 Because the best way that you're going to 1028 perform at your true potential is to be 1029 thinking as little as humanly possible.

1030 You can't be thinking a bunch of thoughts 1031 over the ball.

You have to have a feeling 1032 and that's what this is for.

So you're 1033 going to not just have swing armor so 1034 that you're going to stop casting the 1035 club, stop hitting it fat, stop flipping 1036 at impact.

You're going to have mental 1037 armor as well because you're going to be 1038 able to free your mind.

You're going to 1039 be able to stop thinking technical, 1040 mechanical things that will not help you 1041 play better golf, and you're going to 1042 start feeling your way through a golf 1043 swing.

You're going to start feeling how 1044 effortless and efficient this way is to 1045 swing the golf club.

And once you have 1046 that, you're well on your way to playing 1047 way better golf and breaking through 1048 scoring barriers, distance barriers, 1049 fears that you have on the golf course.

1050 You'll instantly start drawing the ball 1051 with this move if you release the club 1052 properly.

And that was another piece of 1053 swing armor I built into this when we 1054 were talking about how to release it.

And 1055 I talked about releasing a little bit 1056 more out to one or two o'clock.

If you're 1057 used to swinging over the top like this, 1058 and most golfers do this, this move is 1059 the opposite.

Now we're talking about 1060 getting shallow with this elbow, 1061 remember?

So now as I start coming down, 1062 the more that you swing from the inside, 1063 the more the club face naturally wants to 1064 rotate closed.

So what that means with 1065 axiom, let's say you don't do a perfect, 1066 perfectly okay.

You come a little bit too 1067 far from the inside because of the arc 1068 that the club is traveling on.

It's 1069 naturally going to want to rotate closed 1070 more quickly, which means you'll hit a 1071 push draw.

1072 As you learn to refine this and get the 1073 club down on plane and get, start hitting 1074 your checkpoints and the club becomes 1075 more of a square path.

The club face will 1076 inherently rotate slower.

1077 So instead of hitting a push draw that 1078 still comes back to the target and you're 1079 still in play, you hit a straight shot.

1080 So that's what's cool about this 1081 movement, especially for most golfers who 1082 sliced and struggle with this banana ball 1083 forever.

You're going to instantly be 1084 able to get rid of it.

All you have to 1085 do, get your arm down here, release the 1086 club, let your forearm rotate over, let 1087 that club do what it's telling you it 1088 wants to do, and you'll hit it farther 1089 and more accurate than you ever thought 1090 you could.

1091 Golf doesn't have to be so difficult.

You 1092 just need the big picture.

You need the 1093 puzzle box cover to know the picture of 1094 what you're trying to put together.

And 1095 Axiom makes this so simple.

It makes it 1096 so easy that you're going to make huge 1097 improvements right away.

You've seen 1098 golfers pick up 50 yards in three days.

1099 We want to hear from you.

We want to know 1100 what your experience is, what your 1101 scoring barrier that you break through, 1102 how far you hit your seven iron or your 1103 driver or your three wood, or how you got 1104 home on that par five and two.

So make 1105 sure you tag us, tag Rotary Swing or 1106 Axiom Golf, and make sure you share with 1107 us because we all want to share in your 1108 experiences.

Because if everyone starts 1109 doing this, everyone will start playing 1110 better.

Everyone will have more fun.

The 1111 pace of play will pick up.

You'll stop 1112 losing as many golf balls.

You'll be able 1113 to keep the ball in front of you.

You'll 1114 be able to make huge strides very fast.

1115 So make sure you share with us on social 1116 media because we want to hear from you.

1117 We want to hear about your success as 1118 well.

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Diane
Hi Chuck I get that the Axiom Power program is teaching us how to throw the club hard with the trail hand, a sort of C3 turbocharge. So is it completely compatible with the new GOAT teaching? But is it also compatible with a leadside dominant swing (which is what I think the original Axiom supported) Diane
May 14, 2024
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Chuck
It wsa really a precursor to the GOAT Code, saying much the same thing in a simplified, distance focused way. And yes, you can or will use the trail arm in a lead side pattern in most instances as well, it's just the extent to which you want to feel it that differs.
May 15, 2024
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Gianluca
Hello Chuck, in the video of the GOAT you say that you have to actively throw with your wrist but in the power program you talk more about external rotation of the right arm and coming with elbow and let go. I see that when my wrists are relaxed and i don't try to throw with right wrist ball is hit better and longer. so what is right ? thank you for the course
December 11, 2023
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Chuck
Sorry for the confusion, they are saying one in the same. "Active" is a bit of a misnomer and open to misinterpretation. Think of how "active" your wrist would be in throwing a ball. It's "active" but more or releasing or transferring energy rather than actively trying to hold the club firm and hit it hard.
December 14, 2023
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Ronald
Chuck, seems like the rotating the hips open is the most frequent suggestion. you have said that’s my issue too. Maybe a short illustrative video is useful for more people to get this. It may already be there in the files just needs to be highlighted. But it seems many of us struggle really internalizing and having it show up in our self videos. Maybe ???? a few tips to help conform we really are or are not rotating the hips, when we are practicing and on the course.
December 5, 2023
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Chuck
Yes sir Ronald, it's in the works as we speak!
December 5, 2023
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David
Has it been posted as of yet?
May 9, 2024
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Chuck
Covered in the GOAT Code videos on body movement
May 9, 2024
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David
I’m still on the Axiom Program. I can get my elbow if front of my pocket pretty good on a shorter backswing but if I take the club to parallel, it’s like I never played golf before. I’m still after more yards off the tee. I enjoy your jokes as well-“hit the ball in the teeth”! Ha!
May 10, 2024
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David
What is the difference between clearing or rotating the hips open as opposed to ripping them open.
December 3, 2023
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Chuck
Connection. The hips job is rotate the upper torso back to the ball. When you just turn the hips without using them to turn the upper body that is what is I mean by ripping them open.
December 4, 2023
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David
Chuck, This looks like it should be easy to learn especially as a former baseball pitcher but I know that I am not doing this correct as I am not seeing the distance gains others are getting. I video taped my practice swing and regular full swing and unfortunately even when I think I am throwing sidearm and lowering the elbow and wrist I am still coming over the top and also can't come close to matching the release. Obviously I am not sure what's causing the issue as what I feel is the correct movement is definitely not what is showing up. It also doesn't seem like slowing down is better yet when I do the drills with just the wrist and an alignment stick I have massive speed. Put a club in my hand upside down and that seems okay but my body is opening way up. Flip it over and all bets are off the prior ingrained pattern emerges. I welcome your feedback, suggestions or even better a visit. Sincerely, knocked down but never out. Thanks.
November 3, 2023
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Chuck
This is really simple, you're not clearing your hips. Your hips must rotate out of the way.
December 2, 2023
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Atle
Hi. Have added club speed from average 99 to 106 mph with this drill. That is before sorting out the counter torque move. Big fun! One question,- how does the counter torque match up with the axiom pressure shift from right heel and forward to "toe"? Is the pressure to be applied like a backward push? It doesn't happen by itself so some more guidance appreciated. Thanks
November 3, 2023
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Chuck
That's awesome! You need to be rotating your body and the countertorque will happen. If you don't see your hips open at impact you're not turning.
December 2, 2023
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Diane
I've done a bit more practice in the garden and the range, and I can now reproduce the club shallowing with driver, 5W and 7 iron. This is amazing because I have tried so hard to shallow the club to no avail, but once you learn to trust the external rotation of the trail arm, it all comes together. Some of that lack of trust was because the right arm feels weak in that external position, and I've had shoulder issues in the past so I'm wary. But I now feel a proper transition, a definite loaded pause at the top then hips rotate and weight shifts to lead side which pulls the trail arm down, then the throw. In terms of ease of learning, it's maybe easier to co-ordinate something that starts with the right hand, connecting across the body to the lead foot, then trying to coordinate the left hand to the right foot while twisted up in the back swing. Just a thought. Also once the right arm is in position you have to let the body bring the club down, as it hurts to throw it from the top (so you don't). The exact opposite of over the top, arms feel strong, and can push hard from the top levering off trail foot, so weight shift is impossible. I've got more to do to be able to take it to the course reliably but I feel I'm on the right track and getting a good strike. The latest active release stuff is excellent too!
October 28, 2023
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Brad
I am 6 yr Member that purchased the power program. I have been working on the one arm into impact bag and counter-torque drill for a couple of weeks now and see no increase in swing speed or distance (I have a golf sim that measures these). My drive carry remains at 250-260. How long does it typically take for this to work? I see claims of immediate and some a little longer, but so far none for me. One thing I didn't quite take away from the video is how to feel counter-torque in regular swing vs stacking it on the one arm throw.
October 26, 2023
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Chuck
Check your hips. If you didn't pick up power your hips aren't rotating enough
December 2, 2023
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Keith
Chuck - I'm the quintessenital golfer this is made for. 57 - playing my whole adult life. When I was in my 30s I shot in the 80s. Bad habits ruined my swing to where I stopped playing. 6 months of lessons with Craig last year got me back to being able to swing and play golf again. But still no real power. I am the pull with the left arm, steep swing, can't get the club to shallow out. This makes 100% sense to me. All good on the one arm drills. As soon as I add the left arm (I'm righty), I can't get the same feeling of coming inside. I've even exagerated it to barely holding the club with my left and the club chops down and I hit to the right. Almost feels like the left hand/arm are impeding the ability for the club to come inside. I know that can't be the case, but my swing with both arms is still steep, left arm pulling through. I go back to one arm, all good.
October 26, 2023
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Chuck
HI Keith, you need to make sure the hips are clearing
December 2, 2023
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Timothy
Long time member of the site here and wanted to share my latest results with this program. At first, I was very skeptical of the "amazing" results others were reporting. I'm a 6 hcp (a good portion of those strokes are putting though) so probably an above avg. ball striker / driver for that index. While my results with the Axiom were not as immediate as some have reported, it finally clicked the other day. I had six 300+ yard drives in my most recent round and the others were all solid. There is also a different sound now when the ball is struck now, esp. with driver. Irons are definitely more solid as well but the biggest improvement I've noticed is with driver. Warming up on the range, I was definitely getting some looks by others around me when pounding the driver. The sound difference is incredible! I'm a little bummed this came out so late in the season (I'm in CO), as I pretty much wasted this past season trying to create more lag (incorrectly) and now lag just happens naturally with the moves Chuck teaches in the Axiom Power Program. I can say with full confidence, that I can swing way faster now with less effort and less wear and tear on my body! Lastly for those trying this out, don't get discouraged if you're not bombing it after 30 mins, it took me some time to work these moves into my swing, esp. when playing. Stick with it and I'm certain at some point soon, it will just "click" for you as it did for me. Thanks for the great instruction Chuck!
October 25, 2023
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Chuck
Awesome Timothy! Yep, for everyone it takes a different amount of time to get things to click depending on what their struggles are with the swing.
December 2, 2023
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Brian
Hi Chuck, after we get this down and want to refine the finer details, does the 5 min to perfect release progression still apply here, controlling the flight and shape with the left hand? And is the right hand still going to be very light? Or is there a way we need to adapt it?
October 24, 2023
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Chuck
You should still feel much the same but can use the right hand more to help control the face with your more dominant hand which feels easier for most.
December 2, 2023
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gary
Gary. Hey from Australia, I’m working on program with excellent results especially long irons.Is a good swing thought to bring elbow into hip as left shoulder goes down to hold shoulders back and weight onto front foot.If yes is it the same for irons and driver?
October 24, 2023
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Chuck
Hi Gary, sorry just saw this question. What do you mean left shoulder goes down?
December 2, 2023
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Brian
Haha, thanks Chuck! In fairness, he's a pro working with Milo Lines, a coach in Arizona that was a tour pro.
October 21, 2023
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Brian
Hi Chuck, I can't find the button to reply directly to your comment below. This is a clip of the left hip down and around move. Just wondering if the right arm throw and counter torque move does this automatically? https://youtube.com/shorts/mINfoX7_PIU?si=ON_ildLi5D9KzNOk
October 20, 2023
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Chuck
Oh wow. I don't think you should be taking golf advice from a random dude in his garage! This happens completely naturally in a throw.
October 21, 2023
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Nicholas
Hey Chuck, So I've been working on the drill, most of the time my trail arm swing into the impact bag is looking good, sometimes I open my shoulders a tad in transition. Now my issue is when I add the lead arm, I get a little steep again. I am the lefty, who is right handed who you did the free swing review for last week. My thoughts are after extensive testing and filming that its my shoulders that are opening up early in transition, causing the steepness. Should I practice trail arm while trying to keep my shoulders shut as long as possible? Thanks, Nick
October 19, 2023
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Chuck
You'll need to feel 0% lead arm for a bit until you get the feel. Because that's your dominant hand you're going to want to resort back to using it often and that's why your shoulders are opening.
October 20, 2023
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george
Any feedback or direction on coming in way below the plane and snipe hooking or low barely push draws that are are real challenge to play?
October 19, 2023
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Chuck
You're likely getting way too deep and inside during the backswing.
October 20, 2023
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Brian
Hi Chuck, I LOVE your work buddy, so spot on and the easiest coach to understand. You never leave anything to ambiguity and seek macro concepts to take care of as many details as you can. Exactly what many of us are looking for! Unfortunately, I've had very little time to work on the right elbow move with the counter torque in the feet, but it feels bloody good. Another drill which has helped me before but hasn't fully ingrained yet for me is the one where you put an alignment stick through your beltloops and put more out on the target side. After you swing to the top you then focus on moving the stick on the target side down and around away from the ball in transition. Does the counter torque drill automatically make this move as well? The reason I ask this is because after doing the Axiom power drill (right elbow throwing move and counter torque in the feet) I'm feeling that I'm finishing my swing better on the left side, which probably means I'm transitioning the weight over better in transition. Best regards, Brian
October 19, 2023
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Chuck
Thanks Brian! I've never used that drill to be honest. My goal is to make this a completely natural movement without the need for anything extra being required, so I'd have to see what you're doing exactly before I could give a good answer. It may be totally fine, but I'm having a hard time visualizing it. Can you post a clip on youtube or instagram?
October 20, 2023
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Atle
Hi. Nice to pick up a new piece to the swing puzzle. After practicing the right arm throw, my lower arm and elbow hurts. In particular the muscle on top of the lower arm and where it connects to the elbow. Am I doing it wrong or does it take time to get use to/ train it/ make it stronger?
October 18, 2023
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Chuck
This is common if you're trying to be too aggressive with the arm. The majority of the speed comes from the release of the wrist so the actual "throw" doesn't need to be very aggressive at all. The difference between a throw in baseball where you do need to throw hard and the golf swing is we have this giant lever at the end of our arm called the golf club! This allows the arm throw motion to be more about getting the club to shallow and then the wrist release provides the speed.
October 20, 2023
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Ronald
Still working on this and the release, I did some videos last week. And had review done, which pointed me to a couple videos. This week I am still struggling to get to even 200 yards, surprisingly only 2 or 3 seniors I play with can get that far, and most only get to about 220. So nothing exceptional in our group, once in a while some one gets out to 250. We play one straight whole which has a ever so slight incline, and virtually nobody ever hits past the 150 post which is only 205 yards out, so if I could even get to that it would be quite impressive! I did notice with both the driver and the fairway 3 wood, my last round I had a string of thin or topped shots, dribbling down the fairway, I need to find a range where I can do a face on video and see if I can duplicate that, and post it for another swing review. In the meantime, I’m sure it’s a common problem, maybe trying to post up too early, or raising up in the downswing, but like you said you can’t trust your feelings. Surprisingly, I searched for thin shots, top or topping and didn’t find any lesson videos, there must be one or more out there could you give me the link? Btw this only happens with those clubs not the irons or shorter hybrids.
October 13, 2023
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Chuck
Can you post a vid of your swing? You’re likely using shoulders too much or left arm too much
October 13, 2023
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Ronald
I posted videos for a swing review and Anthony gave me some insights and older video links. Also I’ve been working more with my SLO-MO camera on some not ball swings based on the full lesson video you did on the right wrist release. That seems to be helping.
October 28, 2023
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Bernie
Hi Chuck. I have been working on the drills for almost two weeks (and yes, I have read the description numerous times). My problem seems to be when I come down and tuck in the right elbow to the right hip pocket, the club shaft is a lot more vertical at impact than at setup. This has caused a few shanks and high fades in terms of ball flight. Basically at impact my hands seem "further out and away" from my body, causing the steeper club shaft at impact. Is this due to not trying to get the hands towards my knee enough, or some other reason? I love the program and it is very well done, but I'm a bit frustrated with my lack of progress and poorer ball striking so far as I try to implement it. Comments?
October 11, 2023
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Chuck
It's normal for the shaft to be more upright at impact. If you're shanking, my guess would be that you are standing up through impact. You want to feel that you're throwing which really means that your feet are pushing your body away from the bag. That's why Tiger's hips are deeper at impact than at address. Most golfers try and spin their hips through impact and this forces you to stand up and get too close to the ball leading to a shank. Think about pushing your body away from the ball with your feet to get the arm to fully extend.
October 11, 2023
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Matt
For the video you put up on Youtube where you explain on the step towards the ball with your left leg and that is part of the countertorque move with right pulling behind you how does this work if using feet to pull body away? I too sometimes shank and I know I stand up with my arms extending out which catches hosel. But my impression from that video is that we want to feel the left foot pushing diagonally towards the ball but fell like right foot pushes back. Or am I getting this mixed up?
October 11, 2023
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Chuck
Both feet are actually pushing away from the ball. The step toward the ball is just to get the feeling of posting up. When golfers stand up they are usually trying to turn their hips and shoulders incorrectly. If you imagine you're pushing your feet away from the ball like you're trying to push the ground away from you, you make room for the arm by your hips moving back.
October 11, 2023
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Matt
Ok makes sense to get the hips cleared away. Is the countertorque than meaning that feet is pushing away from the ball (for max speed using the right foot feeling pushing behind forcefully) while the arms and club go towards the ball? If so, I think I just confused myself than when watching that youtube about the step towards thinking countertorque was left foot feeling towards the ball and right foot feeling away from the ball being the countertorque.
October 11, 2023
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Chuck
No you are correct, but that's the initial phase of the downswing. That then shifts to basically pushing completely away and vertical as you near and into impact. I didn't put that in there because it's a little too deep for some, so I was trying to keep it simple.
October 11, 2023
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David
Hi Chuck. 15+ year member here. This video is awesome and I'm recommending it to a bunch of friends. I had a couple of quick questions: 1) I see when you are doing this right arm only exercise with the club (with or without impact bag) that the shoulders are quite open at "impact." When compared to throw the ball drill, the positions are quite different. I can speculate why they are different, but would be interested in your thoughts. 2) When using the impact bag (I have the impact cube) should I be trying to hit the bag with the proper shaft angle? Or should I be just slamming the clubhead into the middle of the bag as fast as possible? Thanks!
October 10, 2023
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Chuck
Thanks for the reco David, and for being a long time member! The open shoulders is just because I don't have my left hand on the club, so nothing changes there, shoulders still square with both hands. As for the impact bag, if you tend to flip really bad, working on getting a little shaft lean with the bag is a good thing. I personally don't try to get much shaft lean at all because if the shaft is still leaning toward the target it simply hasn't been fully released. I want to hit the ball high so I'm focused more on throwing the clubhead into the bottom of the bag than trying to lean the shaft at all.
October 11, 2023
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John
Hi Chuck - I am also a left-side dominant player, playing right handed. I do swing primarily with my left hand. Should I be performing the drill with my left hand, similar to throwing a frisbee as you said in an earlier comment, or should I be trying to "wake up my right arm" ....or both? Thanks-
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
Hi John, there's not much power that can be generated by the lead arm alone, so I wasn't saying to do that like a frisbee, I was making the point that there's not a lot there. If you want more speed, you need to use leverage and that can be done primarily by the trail arm as there are four levers available to you.
October 10, 2023
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Chris
Towards the target. Feel like I’ve got way more swing speed but my contact isn’t great.
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
It's a little tricky to hit balls like this and hit them perfectly solid. The purpose is more to feel your legs wake up and move correctly in a natural way.
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Chris
Hi Chuck. Excellent work. Is it best to take a small step forward when practicing hitting balls or is this just a feeling you need to recognise??? Keep up the great work!!!
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
Thanks Chris! I appreciate it. Do you mean toward the target line like I talked about here https://youtu.be/pgkJTLmqQhc or are you referring to just stepping toward the target in the drill?
October 9, 2023
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James
I’m left handed but play golf right handed. I’m left side dominant so does this work for me. Easier for me to release with left hand. Can I do the drills with left hand? Will I get similar results with speed?
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
That would be a backwards throw doing it left handed, more like throwing a frisbee. If you look at the videos I did with Kasey, he picked up a ton of speed and playing lefty as a righty: https://youtu.be/qdvdN_89DUs
October 9, 2023
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Adam
Hey Chuck, just wanted to give a heart felt thanks on such a simple explanation of the golf swing. After playing a round with my wife and 2 kids, this last round was the most enjoyable we have ever had. So...thanks again. Last a quick question. When pitching and chipping, can you use this same swing thought? Thanks.
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
That's awesome Adam!!! As for pitching and chipping, that's a little tricky but in general yes. The pitch and chip shots are more about distance control than anything else and the best way to gauge distance is with your dominant hand.
October 9, 2023
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Kade
Love this program! I love how you guys simplify golf instruction and have topics on EVERYTHING! Should I feel my right arm completely take over right before and at impact through the release (of course I'm still using my lower body to shift... just talking about the "feel")? The reason I ask is I seem to have better contact and ball flight when I feel like both arms are working together - or just completely relaxed - but still bringing my right elbow in front. When I focus more right arm I seem to push or cut the ball when I'm usually a straight or slight draw hitter, even with a hard post and letting the arms roll over. Any thoughts? Am I getting stuck somehow? I'm an aging low handicapper looking to get the "young" distance I used to have back! I've seen an increase of a couple mph in clubhead speed but losing distance with a new ball flight. Just need to straighten it out! Thank you so much and your hard work NEVER goes unnoticed.
October 8, 2023
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Chuck
The feel will vary a bit from one person to the next. If you've been super dominant with the left, you will likely feel all right. But, the goal is to always have balance in the swing and use both arms to help control the club. What you're describing with the push is likely trying to be too aggressive with the right shoulder to help push the right arm through and the clubface releases too late. The goal is not to push the club through with the right arm/shoulder but to throw the clubhead through the ball. And thanks for recognizing the effort! Most people tend to focus more on complaining these days than anything else, so I appreciate the shout out!
October 9, 2023
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Richard
Hey Chuck, First of all, awesome work as usual. Lightning bolts in the background? Dude, you truly out did yourself. I really think that this progression will help me feel what the swing is supposed to feel like so I can really start to enjoy this game, but I’m struggling with not being able to get my right elbow to my pocket and hand to above the knee, even with the sidearm throw the ball drill. My elbow just flairs out and I can’t seem to get any external rotation to get it into the correct position to release the ball correctly. Might be pushing with my shoulder. Don’t know. Was wondering if there were any other drills I could try that might help? Without the external rotation, I think I’m pretty much screwed because I can’t shallow the club and everything fires from the top and lag is gone before my hands het to my trail thigh. Been drilling this since the video was released and I’ll keep working at it but wish I could feel some gains a little quicker. Again, awesome job.
October 7, 2023
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Chuck
Hey Rich, I actually was bummed with the weather because you couldn't see the mountains, but I guess it turned out ok! I'd really like to see your swing so I can see what's happening. Can you post a link to a clip online here?
October 9, 2023
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Richard
Not 100% sure how to do that, but always up to a technological challenge. Hope these work. Also thought that maybe I need to start weight shift earlier to keep from pushing from the shoulders. Here’s the link. https://share.icloud.com/photos/09eIKsH7jsICqnMNtJhz8MlJg
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
Here ya go https://youtu.be/9tIslFETLLI
October 9, 2023
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Richard
Thanks Chuck. Watched this video, the swing review for Kevin you sent out today, as well as my own C4 - Phase1 swing review from Craig. Craig also had me watch Right Elbow Pit in Golf Backswing. All pointing to exactly what I've been struggling with with the right elbow. I'm pretty sure that I finally see what needs to happen, now a matter of drilling and seeing if I can get the right arm to do it's damn job. I will definitely let you know how things go. I expect it will go well.
October 9, 2023
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Walter
It seems to me that adding other elements to the swing , other than what's contained in Axiom, slows down mastering the axiom swing. In other words, why do i need a library of other info, when Axiom covers the whole swing?
October 7, 2023
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Chuck
If only people learned the way I expected them to! Everyone learns very different and on very different time lines. Some need all the info, some need very little, and the bell curve sits in the middle. If this has simplified things down for you, then great! If you need more info (as 90% do) then it's there for you too.
October 7, 2023
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Asle
Trifecta of golf? Explain please,
October 6, 2023
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Asle
The word Trifecta .
October 7, 2023
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Chuck
Three things coming together to create a sum greater than their individual parts?
October 9, 2023
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Asle
Three perfect ...
October 9, 2023
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Chuck
How so? What isn't clear?
October 7, 2023
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Jeff
Thank you Chuck, after a couple of driving range sessions I took my "power move" swing to the course. On a course I've played 100's of times I hit the longest drive, in the fairway, I've ever hit on two holes. My playing partners exclaimed I must have eaten my Wheaties!!
October 6, 2023
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Chuck
Awesome! keep eating those "wheaties" and keep pounding it past them!
October 7, 2023
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David
Thank you the reply to my last question. As far as the counter torque goes, am I pressing back with my right foot as a right handed golf at the start of the swing or at the beginning of the transition. I guess also, when do I really turn it on to hit the ball with my legs.
October 6, 2023
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Chuck
Transition when you want to begin accelerating the arm.
October 6, 2023
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Chris
Hi Chuck, tried the new moves out on the range and over 9 holes last night. It definitely feels simpler and more powerful and today I can feel that I worked some different muscles especially in my right arm and shoulder! That said I did not really see a gain in clubhead speed - still maxing out at around 95mph with driver - and contact was often towards the heel. I'll submit a video review but is this most likely a release issue?
October 6, 2023
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Chuck
Typically it's coming from trying to power with the shoulders, but because you're hitting off the heel, it's more likely your hips aren't moving correctly. The step drill is critical to "wake up" your lower body, but only way to know for sure is to see it on video.
October 6, 2023
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Jacob
When using impact bag, is impact before, at, or after the bottom of swing? I find that I hit top of ball on ground after using the impact bag. Thanks, Jake
October 5, 2023
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Chuck
The impact bag should be placed where the ball would be. If you're hitting the top of the ball you're likely flipping the club and need to get a review to get that under control.
October 6, 2023
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Jacob
Thanks Chuck; flipping is an issue with my MS. I was one of your first Axiom trial members and will spend more time on the flat wrist in the 9 to 3 drill. Letting the club go as in skipping a stone or throwing more side-arm into the impact bag has increased speed considerably but the flipping ruins the contact and benefit of the speed
October 6, 2023
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Chuck
Ahhh, I see ok. Thanks for reminding me. Part of the key to helping you kill the flip is to make sure you are approaching more from the inside and feeling more out to 2 o'clock with the release. If you are the least bit steep, the flip will take over. But the shallower you get the more the forearms will want to roll over instead flip
October 6, 2023
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Matt
Hi Chuck- One question on the countertorque move. The drills are very obvious of sliding the right foot back and naturally giving that post up feeling. Also the youtube video you did of yourself doing the full swing with both hands and the right foot sort of slipping back and then the normal video with right foot remaining. My question though is when you are not pulling that foot back what force are you putting into that force to really produce that countertorque? Hopefully I am making sense of the question, but is it like feeling the inside of the right foot digs into the ground and pushing back forcefully?
October 5, 2023
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Chuck
Yes, it's the exact same force and movement that you have when your foot slides, it just gets transmitted into the body and arm when it stays in place. If you look closely as my foot slides the club drops under the plane and I hit a lower draw than the next shot which is a high straight ball. The only difference is my hip is in the way on the second one so the club can't drop under because my foot stays in place, the feeling is exactly the same.
October 5, 2023
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Diane
Hi Chuck Only just tried this today at the Range, just implementing the first two moves in the first 15 minutes of your video. Hit 28 balls with the Driver, and half of them exceeded every drive I've hit in the past years, gained about 15-20 yds, and I've only just started. At last I can feel the arms shallowing as the weight shift happens, and it's repeatable. Found it easier with the driver than with 5W and 7I - maybe the longer club helps to feel the movement. Also hit one superb 7 Iron. Lots more work to do working through the new drills, but I can already feel a massive difference and I have the winter to manage the change. You're a genius!
October 5, 2023
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Chuck
AWESOME! It's so cool how fast you can see a real change with this, very exciting!
October 5, 2023
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Tyson
Just got the video today and wow. 18 index and dead drill/axiom/c4 brought me to a place where the slice was gone but like the youtube preview was fighting with blocks and hooks so I am very excited about this. Doing the drill with arm only taking the step with counter torque and my lead side muscles lit up from the post up. I am stoked about the potential when I can my repd, get to the range and course! Thanks Chuck!!
October 5, 2023
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Chuck
Awesome! Yes that drill creates a very powerful feeling and natural post up which is what I was hoping to achieve. Let me know how it translates to the course!
October 5, 2023
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Tyson
Thanks Chuck, I didn't get many reps and only 1 round in before our course closed. It was cold (40s) but I sent several iron shots over the green (30+ yards longer than target/expected) and even had playing partners wondering what was happening! Lots to go and I am excited about putting this together with the GOAT theory work.
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Chuck
Awesome! Let me know how it feels with the dynamic stretch
January 11, 2024
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David
I’ve been watching and working on it all. I have a question about counter torque. I’ve known I’ve had no feeling of connection to the ground with my feet and my legs and never felt my legs were involved in the swing. I’m right handed. Today, I’ve felt the right foot ‘pushing behind me” and the post up seemed to come on its own. I felt connected to the ground and feel as though my legs are more involved in the swing. Am I heading in the right direction?
October 4, 2023
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Chuck
Yes! I talk in the video how the post becomes almost automatic when you countertorque. Welcome your legs to the party! Once you get comfortable for this your swing will never be the same. Dead legs is the worst feeling
October 4, 2023
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Zack
Can I use this as my whole swing? Is there harm in just practicing these drills exclusively? Not planning on joining the Tour so i don't need to break par i've never hit the ball better then just doing what's in this video. This has simplified my thinking on the course by 95%. Played three rounds with this and I'm still having a hard time believing this is me hitting the ball.
October 3, 2023
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Chuck
This IS the whole swing boiled down to its simplest, most basic elements. Use this as the big picture and the rest of the site to dial it in and perfect it.
October 4, 2023
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Ronald
I spend some time going back through the entire video, working with impact bag. I can get a quite loud impact on the vinyl bag. Feels real good. I even went over parts of the video in slow motion. Went out on driving range today. Tried a variety of clubs, Accuracy was pretty good, wedges (W, S, L), at the end the W was still only going 80-85 yrds. My 4 hybrid, maybe increased to 150. Which is probably where a good players wedge is, so I’m still behind the 8-ball….not getting the distance. My G400 driver distance maxed out about 185 even with roll. I did notice that with my hand arthritis it’s a bit uncomfortable to set the left hand into a strong grip. As I try to move the V just to point to my right shoulder, I get some discomfort and it makes it difficult to hold that position without it sliding back to the left side of the grip. I understand the light grip pressure concept, but maybe having a slightly weak grip, or not having a secure grasp on the club, might be impeding my speed. I also noticed I sometimes don’t complete the follow though especially, with the longer clubs, Driver and 3-wood and the ball will tail right. I don’t think I am over the top. I did notice a few times with those two clubs I hit the ground behind the ball, so I have struggles with the shallow swing plane leading to impact. Still hoping to pick up some of the promised distance, so I will go back to the impact bag, and counter torque drills, which feel great with the 7-iron.
October 3, 2023
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Chuck
Ronald, you said some concerning stuff. You "don't think you're over the top"???? How could you not know. You MUST video your swing to see what's really having because a million dollars says you are not doing what you think you are doing and you'll never know without video.
October 3, 2023
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Ronald
I think I have some Video reviews credits(5?)? I did a couple of on course short videos today, how do I submit them? Also can do one of the drill…with 7 iron?
October 4, 2023
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Chuck
https://rotaryswing.com/swing-reviews/get-review
October 5, 2023
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Ronald
Yikes, that’s too obvious. I wasn’t when I videoed the drills, but the range and course is what counts, unfortunately at the range there was no easy set up to video. On the course tomorrow I will corner someone to video the drives, and face the music……
October 3, 2023
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Walter
I finally started seeing positve results after day 2. This began after i consentrated more on throwing ball drill. I'm looking foward to added gains through more practice.
October 3, 2023
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Chuck
Results in 2 days is still very fast!
October 4, 2023
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Brian
Thanks for that reply below Chuck. I think my current speed is 115mph, I think it can get to 124mph with better dispersion if I clean up these second half of the downswing issues. I will work on this and also the release drills with the left hand, holding my shoulders and pulling my left leg back and up. That should work a charm getting my swing where I want it to be. Cheers, thank you.
October 3, 2023
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Jason
Hi Chuck, I’m just about to start phase 3 and after watching this video it seems like they can be combined (axiom power and phase three) as there are some similarities. Any thoughts/suggestions on using the power drill for phase three or in conjunction with it?
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Yes, you can absolutely combine these
October 3, 2023
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Brian
Hey Chuck, I'm a scratch player that already has close to 120mph. However, I know I can hit the ball farther and more accurately. My tendencies are to be slightly ott, slightly steep and to be too square with my hips at impact (with slight early extension) despite getting into a great body position from transition to left arm parallel in the downswing. I squat to square very well, it's the second half of the downswing I need to improve. Anyway, my question is, when I tend to freeze my body after a great transition and early downswing should I be focusing on pulling the left leg back and up as opposed to the counter torque move? Or will continuing the correct movements with the right arm and counter torque naturally get me clearing properly anyway? I think the cause of my issue may be that I just stop doing the correct moves with the arms. But I'm not sure because some of the other videos on the site focus on clearing the hips by pulling the left leg back and up, throwing a ball more ahead of the ball on the ground etc. What would be best for me on working with this? Thanks in advance, love this new video and all big picture concepts as the starting block.
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Hey Brian, in that section of the video I talk about how the left leg will naturally straighten when doing this move. This will move the hip back for you as the leg straightens in response to the countertorque. Of course, for some, they may need to still feel the left hip moving back, it just depends on what you already do naturally in the swing.
October 3, 2023
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john
Hey Chuck: I've watched the video at least two times all the way through. I must be doing something wrong because I played today and saw no gains in distance whatsoever. I understand the externally rotated trail shoulder should feel connected to the core and that you pull yourself into the delivery position with the body and legs. Then just throw that trail arm and release the club, right? Maybe I should start with really short swings? I don't have an impact bag but I can practice on the golf course because I work at one. Help! John
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
did you read the description?
October 2, 2023
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Nicholas
I only did a little work this morning into my impact bag, so I haven't hit balls on the range or course yet but I can feel this is going to be huge for me. I am right handed playing golf as a lefty and I felt like I've got everything in place but could not get away from being slightly steeper than needed. I filmed some reps this morning and finally the club is on plane and even shallower (and the proper amount of lag) when I exaggerate it! I am beyond excited. I can't wait to try this out on the range/course. I will report back when I get a little more work in!
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Yes! I've seen HUGE changes for golfers who were steep naturally in the downswing, especially those who's trail arm is not the dominant one.
October 2, 2023
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Nicholas
I've hit a few balls today. I haven't done a ton of reps of the drills yet, but I am definitely noticing a big difference in how I am thinking about and feeling the swing. This "feel" has definitely corrected the concept I've had in my mind of how the swing should feel/work. As I said before, I am right handed playing lefty, so I can really feel my tendency to want to tense up and pull hard with my right arm, which I was not aware of before. It will definitely take some reps to engrain and retrain my full swing, but I feel like I am finally on the right path as I can feel what it should feel like! When I do it correctly I can feel there is a lot more speed/consistency available that I was missing before. Well done with this one Chuck, definitely simplifies everything!
October 3, 2023
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Chuck
Music to my ears! You get it... Keep doing reps since this is not your dominant hand and you will learn more in a week than you have in a year.
October 3, 2023
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Ronald
I’m curious? Did you purposely, pick a day with Thunder and Lightning ⚡️ in the background. I Really like the flash at the 15 minute point on the upper left as you introduce the higher speed portion. Is this a real set up? Is it Your house, if so how many holes do you have, or is this just your hitting bay and video screen. Very envious!
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Hahaha, I'm pretty good with controlling a golf ball but even I don't have control of the weather! This is at my house where I teach out of and that's the view from my back yard. It's as real as it gets!
October 2, 2023
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Ronald
Also I’m trying to internalize the Counter Torque move. Found your comment to someone about not actually moving the right foot back confusing with the actual video sequence. I understand ultimately we don’t do that. What I found is the video “Learn Perfect Weight Shift in Your Socks” great to illustrate the weight shift and role of the right heal being pulled by the left. I think the new Baseball throw drill really simplifies that, making it natural. The sock drill, requires a bit more technique thinking ????. Would you agree they really are two ways of looking at the same movement?
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Yep, exactly! Great perception!
October 2, 2023
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Ronald
Btw the Family room is beautiful. Must be Colorado?
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
It's my office actually, where all the magic happens for RotarySwing! Yes, we are in Colorado near Telluride
October 2, 2023
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Ronald
Telluride, I thought it looked familiar. Was just there, riding the gondola’s with our two grandsons. My first visit, my younger daughter lives in Montrose and works as a Ranger at Black Canyon. We camped up over Lizard Head. Telluride definitely has Aspen beat. Maybe next year if your around I will try to arrange a personal lesson, my other son-in-law is a level 3 ski instructor (over at Aspen) but he sure preaches on the value good private lessons.
October 3, 2023
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Chuck
Get out of here! We love the Black! I've been wanting to climb there but there's so much poison ivy in the canyon that I'll be covered in welts for a month!
October 3, 2023
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Tobin
Sorry I forgot to mention that impact feels great and it’s consistent w driver down to the 60 degree. I haven’t had a chance to hit a sim or range yet, just hitting into a net so I’m excited to see what the ball does w this new feel. But thought I’d ask if I’m presumably on the right track. Thanks! Amazing video as always Chuck!
October 2, 2023
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Tobin
I found that a bit of a looser grip helps to promote a bit of a “whippier”, faster feel at impact. Feels a bit more “uncontrolled” than what I’m used to but as a serial tight gripped golfer I’m guessing this is a good thing?
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Hi Tobin, yes, I think I put that in one of the "popup" notes in the video?? There's a lot in there so may need to watch it a few times and check my notes in the description
October 2, 2023
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Danny
Hi, how do you increase external shoulder rotation if mobility is limited?
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
You can look online for rotator cuff stretches. It's a slow process to increase range of motion there so you have to stick with it over time, but again, you don't need a ton. It's more about maintaining what you have than trying to get more.
October 2, 2023
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David
I’m working at it. My question is, how do I incorporate the “hockey player move/feeling” into my regular swing? How can I feel the counter torque.
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Develop the feeling hitting the bag and keep your feet on the ground rather than having it slip out. Slipping out actually reduces the torque you can generate, so when you hit balls the foot should stay more planted.
October 2, 2023
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Jim
Hey Chuck. Great video. I did not do the countertorque at the range but I was able to go from 160 to 170 with my 7 iron and more consistent. So with the countertorque can you post a video of you for what it will look like for a swing when you are on a course. I assume the right foot comes back only a little bit as compare to the drills.
October 1, 2023
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Chuck
Did a video for ya Jim: https://youtube.com/shorts/2m1pIcOwups?feature=share
October 2, 2023
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Jim
Thanks Chuck. You are awesome.
October 2, 2023
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Venkatesh
Wow! This is one of the best videos in the entire rotaryswing program! I thought axis tilt and hanging the right shoulder back were awesome but this one takes the cake. I moved from an 18 handicap to a 9 over the last 1.5 years post knee surgery. I drive the ball 240 on an average. Using this I shot a 77 yesterday! I cannot wait to get to 270-300 drives and increasing my power!! Well done Mr. Quinton!!! This fantastic.
October 1, 2023
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Chuck
That's awesome! Congrats on the 77! Power is around the corner...
October 1, 2023
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Venkatesh
Hi Chuck I have played a few rounds now post watching the video. I have watched the video several times including at the driving range prior to practice. Ball striking is great and getting the trail elbow in the pocket is paying dividends. However, the power is simply not there. While I am not power hungry, I believe I have the skills to consistently hit the driver 270 yards but not getting there. A few averages for reference: Driver 240, 7 iron - 150-155, 8 iron - 140-145, 6 iron - 165. Another 10-20 yards would make a huge difference in my game for sure. Are there any other videos or anything else you would recommend? Happy to put in the work for sure. Thanks much!
October 2, 2023
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Chuck
Did you read #3 in the description?
October 3, 2023
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Ricky
Ummm….Incredible would be the best adjective. Most impressive is with the irons. 9 iron now carrying 175, just doesn’t seem right, had to look at the club a couple times to make sure it was a 9. Still looking for it to draw, but I’ll settle with the baby fade. Still working on driver. Speed is there but catching it really high on face, it is in the middle but having to tee it pretty low to avoid hitting too far under ball. Counter torque move was mind blowing and probably the difference makers for me. It naturally forces the release to happen with no thought. Seems exact opposite of clam shell drill but when looking on video and mirror I am in the same position that I should be with clam shell at impact. Proving once again that there is real and feel and they are not always the same. Impressive stuff Chuck, well done.
October 1, 2023
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Chuck
How far were you hitting it before?
October 1, 2023
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Ricky
9 “was” my 160 club. So, given the strike it’s around a 10-15 yard increase. For anyone reading, I really have to over exaggerate the side arm. Like in the original “throw the ball” drill. Think Dan Quisenberry (google him if not familiar). That and the counter torque has been a game changer.
October 1, 2023
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Chuck
Holy cow! That's a HUGE 9 iron! For the driver, because this shallows the angle of attack and lends itself toward a longer bottom of the swing arc you may want to tee it down a bit more if you were used to a more "V" shaped bottom of the swing.
October 1, 2023
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miklos
Hi Chuck your an absolute genius love your work I also love the simplicity of it,I find the longer I keep the wrist angle the harder I hit and a farther it goes .Thank you soooo much!!!
October 1, 2023
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Chuck
You're welcome and thank you Miklos!
October 1, 2023
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Douglas
Maybe a silly question. When varying between clubs, a wedge compared to driver, what is a good gauge for distance of the “elbow to pocket”? I haven’t tried this yet, but my assumption is that the elbow would be further away from the body with a driver, or am I overthinking this?
September 30, 2023
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Chuck
Don't overthink it. Get the feeling and let it fly
October 1, 2023
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David
Also, I need to come for an in person lesson.
September 30, 2023
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Chuck
You can get on the schedule by emailing christina@rotaryswing.com Note that I'm fully booked for the next 3 weeks.
October 1, 2023
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David
Looking forward to testing this out because, like everyone else, I want more yards. If I release out to 1 o’clock, how does the club “exit left?’”
September 30, 2023
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Chuck
Keep in mind saying to release it to 1 oclock is more a feeling to get you to maintain the external rotation and get the hand toward the knee to be able to sling the club into the ball
September 30, 2023
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Chuck
Why does it need to exit left? It needs to strike the ball squarely with a square path. It will continue on the arc inside from there. Forcing ti exit hard left is taught by those who want you to rip your shoulders through the ball stuck arms
September 30, 2023
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Bruce
Watched the video and practiced the routine and took it to the range today with the following results. Irons- no change in my distance just a little more fade. Driver- no added distance all with a high block fade. Any thoughts?
September 30, 2023
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Chuck
Did you read the description?
September 30, 2023
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Ronald
Tried it a bit prematurely…after 15 minutes, I had to leave for course. Probably should have waited. I was driving better and may have had 2 drives 195 yrds, normally I average 175. Most were straight, had a few tail to the right. Not totally comfortable with the take away, and the heavier weight of the driver. Most of the right shots were when I blocked, and didn’t complete the follow through. I did have a good number of straight shots.
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
Spend some time on the drill, especially with the impact bag, if this movement is very new for you.
September 30, 2023
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Matt
Although I am consistently around a 255-270 carry with my driver, I do have those occasions when things time up perfect and I send a carry of 280-290. However, when it comes to irons that early cast and standing up out of posture shows it's ugly head and I feel i am leaving out distance and accuracy, where my average carry on a 7i is around 170ish. I have tried the Dead Drill and C4 programs and I really understand what should happen but I can never consistently get those changes down. I am hoping that this video will lead to the more consistent contact and additional distance with my irons. With that being said, of all the years I have been a member here and learned from the boot camps I am using that knowledge to help build my 10 year old junior golfer. For his age, he is on the longer side when he plays tournaments where his carry is about 190-200 with driver. But like a lot of juniors, to get that extra speed and being so flexible his hips are so far open at impact and shoulders. He'll shoot around even or slightly better playing around 5700-6000 yards. I am curious though, by introducing these drills do you think this will help his speed out more while also not getting hips to be so open? He's a definite not over the top golfer and he builds quite a bit of lag. Just trying to determine if this would be smart or keep working dead drill stuff. I can provide an Iron Swing down the line if that helps.
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
Yes, the countertorque drill is ideal for kids like that. They use their body so aggressively because they lack upper body strength - the same thing that is causing you to cast the club is why he doesn't. Using the impact bag and countertorque will tame his hips and help him start developing strength to throw more powerfully so he can stop ripping his hips through so aggressively.
September 30, 2023
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Matt
That's what I was thinking and we tried it out yesterday. He said doing that drill felt really odd pushing that foot back. I think we actually got less distance with his 8 iron but I know it'll just take a little time for him to be comfortable with that new feeling and then he'll get a little more. For him I don't think I'll see big changes in distance but I think mechanics will clean up for when he does get older it will be a big change.
September 30, 2023
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JEFFREY
Chuck I noticed a reverse C on your downswing: I am concerned about my bad back. What am I missing. jeff
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
What???? I think you need to look again
September 29, 2023
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JEFFREY
I looked again and wonder what I say: WENT to the driving range today, after warming up and your drills, hit my 7 iron an extra 20 yds! Same with the 6, Driver etc. My miss was a touch behind the ball (10% of the time) and a slight push ( a couple) To me , it was very exciting and I can't wait to bring it to the course in 3 days. I so much appreciate your knowledge, passion and dedication. Hope to see you soon Jeff btw my index is 19.
September 30, 2023
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Chuck
That's awesome! 20 extra yards with a 7 is a huge gain! Keep working the impact bag. If you continue to hit behind, work the step drill so you learn to get off your back foot.
October 1, 2023
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Kyle
I’ve never felt comfortable hitting a driver until today. This just clicked my club head speed hasn’t increased yet because I’m not taking a full swing in order to get the feel of the throwing motion. I can see how experienced players will get a big boost out of this. Soon I will be amazing my golf group after years of being the shortest off the tee because I would only hit a 3 wood. Thanks Chuck
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
Yep! Give a it a few days if the move feels completely foreign to you and bomb it by your buddies in a week or two
September 29, 2023
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john
the more shallow the swing, the greater the chance of hitting the turf first. So where is optimal ball placement?
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
The exact opposite is true. Ball position is the same as always covered in the ball position video
September 29, 2023
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William
I'm in the 10% and get stuck and flip. Any thoughts on doing the drill? Same as above comment on making sure you don't have too much tilt? Try not to let the left hip slide too much?
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
The impact bag will be your best friend, and yes, you will feel like your spine is near vertical if you're used to having too much secondary tilt
September 29, 2023
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Daryl
Just from watching this seems like the approach that fits my brain so I'm looking forward to the process. My question is about the rep tracker. I'm not sure what rep I'm supposed to track. Start with the step to throw, then step and throw, then step to throw with club, etc. (I made up names that made sense. Former pitcher.) Just trying to get a feel for what the progression is intended to look like. Just coming back to golf after 15 years and I cast or lose lag too early and my biggest issue is collapsing on my front knee.
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
The goal is to build up to it being the full swing drill, but if you need more practice with each step, simply use the Rep Tracker for each piece you are working on, then reset it when you're ready to move to the next one.
September 29, 2023
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Brian
I started messing around with this at home and felt immediate results, but by the time I took it to the range I felt like I was heaving myself at the ball - trying to "hit" instead of "swing", if you will. I'm just getting ready to watch again to see what I'm missing, but any help is appreciated!
September 29, 2023
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Chuck
Countertorque drill. Teaches you the opposite of spinning your body and heaving your shoulders.
September 29, 2023
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Rodrigo
Before giving my full confirmation, I want to share a quick, factual comment. Chuck, you are the Maestro, period. I subscribed today, went out and tested it in the driving range, and stopped several times, thinking it couldn't be real. I measure my golf not just with a measuring tape but also with a protector because accuracy is paramount in this game. I couldn't believe what I was experiencing, but I will confirm that my golf game underwent a significant transformation today. All thanks to you, Chuck! Rodrigo
September 28, 2023
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Chuck
Ya buddy!!!! Let's gooo!
September 28, 2023
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Dave
I also have had issues with too much secondary axis tilt causing flipping and poor contact. How do I regulate the amount of axis tilt while still making a shallow approach back to the ball.
September 27, 2023
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Chuck
Focus, when you take the step, that you plant firmly on that leg and feel more upright. If you get too much tilt, you will FEEL more vertical than someone who tends to not have enough. This will also help with the flippy impact caused by hanging back. The impact bag will help you feel the right position to be in. If unsure, post a clip here.
September 28, 2023
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Dave
I have poor external rotation in my right shoulder. I can probably improve with some stretching and mobility exercises. How much is that going to affect my swing and distance issues.
September 27, 2023
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Chuck
It's not so much how much external rotation you can get. Rather, think a bit more in terms of how much you can maintain late in the downswing as you get the elbow to the pocket. The bigger issue causing a speed loss is internally rotating too much too soon.
September 28, 2023

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