Starting Your Downswing The RIGHT WAY | Very Important!!

Ben hogan actually said the correct swing starts from the ground up( feet pressure)

Great video Stuart. So would you say feel the left leg pushing back and away from the ball and target in the downswing right away as we pull the club?

I’m not saying that’s how it then happens but in that effort maybe it helps load the left leg before it pushes that way in the second half of the downswing?

I find it interesting that some instructors are now conceding it’s ok to use your hands even from the top. The body movement is an essentially a reaction to your intention and the balance/ support it requires to meet that intention.
What now intrigues me is what the hands should do. You and others advocate a pull. On the other side of the argument some advocate a throw from the top.
Both parties demonstrate “conventional “ looking swings and good ball striking. It will be interesting to see what wins through but at least by removing the over emphasis on body action they are making progress.
It took golf instruction 50 years to accept that they were totally wrong about path/ face effects on the ball. They reverse engineered the golf swing from video and concluded the body started the downswing with passive hands. If they were doctors they would be struck off.
How can hitting a ball with a stick be that complicated ?🏌️‍♂️😀
Sorry, just a rant from a retired golfer who spent too long following poor advice.

It’s always been a thought of mine that people get confused by interpreting ‘pull/pulling’ in an incorrect way. I always think it’s helpful to have an analogy of the type of pulling. For example, one person might interpret pulling as arms in isolation because the club is light, like pulling a Victorian toilet chain. Another person might interpret ‘pull’ as how one would pull a church bell by using the whole body weight and musculature to heave a heavy object downwards.
There are clearly other interpretations possible depending on each individuals pre conception/existing strength and therefore perception of effort.
I think this is why your videos of pulling on the weight machine is a useful illustration.
Just commenting this because I feel like the word ‘pull’ is used more generally but frequently in instruction, without sufficient explanation of how.

Another great video. I really liked the four step backswing. Turn 45, lift, across chest, turn. On the downswing, does one fire arms down from the top, thus achieving the "pull the handle" intent?

I would like to hear you discuss the direction of hand movement in the up and downswing. When pulling the hands down, do you feel the hands move more on a vertical line or do they move on more of a diagonal line towards the ball. That is, does the body rotation solely handle the lateral movement and hands solely handle vertical movement? There is an optical illusion here that creates the arc of a swing, but I'm not sure how to see through it.

I listened to your advice about my left arm feeling like it was somewhat pinned to my left pec. This did work well. But I hit the ball the best when I started pushing down on the handle right from the top. I did that at the same time as I was pulling the with my body.

The thing is I don't get the feeling of pulling the handle towards the ball line.

Thanks Stu, the syncing of movement is clearly important to avoid spinning out with the hips or leaving the arms behind. Why do I hear from everywhere about the 'squat' as the 1st movement that triggers transition? What are your thoughts on this please? Great vid as always

Nailed that one STU...especially the syncing of the arm and leg and shoulders ..all working together ..makes that turning through with my left side we worked on seem very logical ..instead of swing down trying to swing past the ball then continue turning ..the pull really does help the face .square up especially with the driver for me ..im not leaving the head behind very much ..and this will make it even better..will watch this one a few times ..you certainly explained the Pull ..factor ..cheers GM

Stu, this is eye opening. So many YT coches advocate turning the hips and letting the arms be passive or left behind in the rotation. This never worked for me as I've always felt better with active arms and hip rotation both working in tandum. Now I know why. We amatuers need to be very careful who we watch and listen to on YT and even in personal lessons, unfortunately, many don't know what they're talking about or they're just following the trend of the day. Again, thanks for the education. Cheers.

I think your ability to hit bad shots on purpose is so enjoyable to watch!

This is timely. I've been working so hard on some other elements that the pull was falling out of my swing. I put it back into the mix of essential ingredients and all is tasting so much better. Thanks, Stu.

How on earth does this guy, who started this channel in Dec 2021 and currently has 390 videos available, have fewer than 11k subs when everthing he teaches is spot on? 🤔

Good golf instruction but he goes on a bit

..... Stu....... I think you might have a future in this teaching thing.......another gem......thanks ⛳🍺

Thanks!

Great advice!

Hi Stu... Loving the content. Feeling quite lost in my golf game at the moment and would love to start from the basics again. Is there a few videos you could recommend to watch first to get me playing half decent golf again please

This is so good! I will finally succumb and purchase a theraband :)

Love this! Thanks for sharing!

This is a brilliant explanation of the downswing start. We see on video hips moving first so we only try to move the hips and thus the arms always get stuck. Pull the arms and they still appear behind the hips, but will be sequenced correctly.

This stuff is gold ✨️

Like in boxing, if done correctly, throwing a punch starts with pelvis rotation. The pelvis rotation moves the shoulder girdle. The shoulder girdle moves the arms. The arms move the hands. The hands (clenched in a fist) strike the target. The succession of movements happens so quickly it's difficult to see each one separately. I think the golf swing is similar in that it starts with pelvis rotation, followed by shoulder rotation, followed by movement of the arms etc. Does this sound correct?

Coach what about the concept of "X" where the gap between shoulder turn and hip turn is supposed to widen on the downswing? Thereby creating a lag and increasing power. Is that concept dead?

As mentioned earlier-finally felt all these movements in sync n felt butterly smooth w ball flying straight w decent distance.

Ha haha😂😂😂! He might know a lot about the fysicals of a golfswing, but I hope he’s not your personel instructeur!!