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This just goes to show the antiquated teaching styles of yesteryear are still so valuable and helpful today. This guy is “the old pro”. Filled with such life and traditional golf wisdom. I’m sure he’s got stories and seen many teaching philosophies. Love this guy!!!! Could hear him talk for hours.

I played golf yesterday with one of Mike friends from the past who took lessons from him and he absolutely crushed the ball. He said he owes it all to Mike.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Mikes been great!

This guy is like the mad scientist of golf. I hope Jerome sticks with him to the finish line. The whole explanation of going from pulls and back to fat was me for many years. I some how stumbled on the the whole steep to flat thing by shear luck at times, but didn't know what was happening when things went south and inevitably got very frustrated from the confusion. Mike has summed up the dilemma in many different ways throughout all these video's. Amazing. I admit, I hate the ground and have learned to pick it clean out of ignorance or necessity depending on how you look at it. Time to get some string and setup that drill station.

That string exercise is brilliant. I'm really enjoying this coaching series

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying!

I previously watched your video on putting and now this video. I think I've learned more in two videos then all the other videos I've watched in the last few years. Well done.

The strings explain so much with out having to say anything. You have a great teacher bro

Fantastic video! Been playing golf for 35 years and I’ve never seen a lesson/training aid like this. Such good explanation of how and why. Lots of information to absorb and all highly useful. Thanks for posting this.

Keep up this series. I have been playing golf for 2 decades and I learned so much in this video. You will definitely get to scratch bro. Keep at it

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks maybe the series goes for 2 decades who knows! :)

Best video with Mike yet, this one was jam packed with good info.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Just trying to bring the most useful and unique content out there!

I absolutely love this drill and hitting station. This is something I've been working on for awhile and had a similar thought. I will certainly give this a go.

Your takeaway is so much better here than your current videos. If you still remember the feel, try go back to it. See how the club head stays on plane rather than getting sucked inside and rolled early

My personal mental process as always been " feel the gravity" for when to start the downswing, on an iron precision shot. I'm glad also this coach supports the idea. As always Jerome thanks for sharing.

You have some good speed, that will help you a lot, when I had near 120 driver swing the game was much easier than my current speed of 105. Great video again, loving the content.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

I just need to hit the ball straight now haha

you are dropping bangers. good video bro

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! More bangers to come

Very interesting!

Awesome video 👍

Fantastic lesson.

Another great lesson. I wonder if you go back to Mike W. what can he add to your swing being your first coach.

Excellent lesson again

Very original lesson and I'm convinced he knows what he's talking about!

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

He def has a lot of knowledge on the game!

That's an awesome drill I'll definitely give that a go.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Tell me how it goes!!

Thanks!

I did a similar thing at golf tech yesterday in a lesson. But w pool noodles. Feels alien but when you get it the ball draws w contact I’ve never quite felt before

I have played golf for +- 30 years. Playing on average 2 to3 times a year. Recently i took up golf after a perhaps 5 year gap. went to a golf pro and have gone from a 110 to 105 golfer to hitting my best ever score of 89. I can not recommend seeing a pro more. I have fallen in love with golf again. Currently a 20 Handycap but hoping to reduce this as much as possible this year. Keep up the hard work Jerome. Your journey is great to watch

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Let’s grind together! And thanks :)

@MichealBacon

Жыл бұрын

You haven't been playing golf for 30 years. You STARTED playing golf 30 years ago. According to your numbers, during the past 30 years you played a maximum of 75 games (noting your 5 year hiatus @ 3 games for year for 25 years). That's the equivalent of maybe 2-3 years of golf for a working man. To put this in perspective, last year I played over 200 games of golf, but I'm retired. Having said that, 89 is a very good score for anyone who has only played approximately 75 games. Good luck on your journey.

@Obi-con-

Жыл бұрын

@@MichealBacon haha. thanks for the reply. when you put it like that I have not played that much golf! I should be happy with a personal best of 89! I am loving getting back to golf after my 5 year break. 19 rounds so far in the last 365 day is a lot more than I have ever played. keep well and enjoy that retirement.

Really good lesson. Lots of players have high hands and get inside out…this guy teaches the opposite and it makes sense!!

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it !!

Great coach

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Super knowledgeable!!

I made the string thing the other day using screw top snapple bottles filled with sand. Practiced on a mat in the shop but haven’t hit a ball yet. I can visually see now why a low takeaway contributes to an over the top swing. Very cool.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Glad that it helped you!

@jimgellein1072

Жыл бұрын

Traveled from WA to San Diego and had a 2 hour lesson with Mike today. I never got the grip correct until later when I had time to process it. Thank you.

I really wish I could get a lesson from Mike , he is fantastic

Love the strings plan to try and get that setup this week!! thanks Jerome and Mike!!

@uboobly

Жыл бұрын

What's your plan to set up the string. How do you make that?

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Awesome let me know how you do!

@uboobly

Жыл бұрын

Any parts you can suggest to make that?

@Par2Pixel

Жыл бұрын

@uboobly 2 spare club shafts wooden dowels will work too if your practicing in grass stick them in the grass and put double sided tape on them use chalk line string for strings. If inside put dowels in 2 litre bottles filled with rocks to make them stand properly bottom string 20 inches from ground too string inseam height

@uboobly

Жыл бұрын

@@Par2Pixel you're very kind thank you

Let’s go the first big one 💪

I am trying to wrap my head about the idea of exit / follow through low below the shoulders. Thought there are players who follow through on plan with the shoulders or even higher, esp when trying to hit higher shots.

Learning a ton from your content! I'm on my own journey to become a scratch golfer and just started picking the sport back up 2 months ago. Thank you for posting your content!

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Let’s go on the journey together!

Mike is the goat ‼️‼️

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed !!

So use rotational forces to hit the ball?

I have built the contraption in my basement and tried it out. It is easy to build -- 2 alignment sticks glued into pre-drilled bricks (use 5/16 masonary bit), used old fashioned clothes pins to hold the strings taunt. I can hit the ball without touching the strings yet still manage to pull some shots left, so what gives? Need some additional clarification.

there's only one thing to say "mike is a LEGEND!"

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

LEGEND wait for it DARY.

@Lanemaker

Жыл бұрын

What is Mike’s last name ?

Amazing

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

5:48...gettin that sound..now chasing that high begins a 20+ yr journey loll

Jerome, nice video. Thanks for sharing. Not sure who the coach is in your video but look for a guy name on KZread named Shawn Clements. Shawn seems to have the same swing path as your coach here. Wonder if these two coaches are from the same school. Also reminds me of the Jim Furyk swing.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Will do! Thanks :)

Do you have any measurments for the string height at the two different spots?

@rossgerry8231

Жыл бұрын

I believe he said top string is inseam height, (crotch level) and lower string is 20" below that. So for Mike it was 34" and 14" from the ground to the top and bottom strings respectively

How high do we set the strings from the ground?

Hey mate did you end up getting a link to that training aid with the strings?

@calumdj

Жыл бұрын

2 sticks and a string

At last some sense!

Does this drill only work with irons or driver too?

Back in the day when I was a championship golfer I would take a a dollar bill divot on many shots. At age 75 and back problems I don’t and miss that feeling of of a well executed shot. But, my father was an excellent golfer and was a picker. He hardly ever took a divot. His shots were clean sharp and very accurate. He even once led the all service tournament. That’s the tournament played by all the best golfers-in the military. U S Open Champion Orville Moody won the all service tournament

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome seems like u have a great golfing lineage!

@thomasrichardson-ev1wp

Жыл бұрын

Uncle was head pro at LA Country Club home of this years U S Open. Also he was the first golfer to shoot 59 at L A south The Open is going to be played on the North Course.

Are you based out of San Diego? You should do a Vlog playing balboa 9. Nice little track for someone looking to improve. Let me know if you need a playing partner.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Balboa is looks awesome! Super scenic too!

Uncocking the left wrist naturally gets the club face back to square. If you don’t let it uncock and hold onto it you will always struggle. It’s not anymore complicated than that. The problem is instructors are teaching rotate first, keep a bent trail arm and the ball goes right. After hitting numerous shots right your body will compensate with your hands and arms to square the club face up, massive flip, thin and fat shots. The more efficient way is to straighten your trail arm right from the top of the swing. You will uncock the lead wrist and square the clubface automatically. No more flipping and dead center contact. Most will call this casting but it is illusion. Try it and take a high speed video. You will be pleasantly surprised. Your trail arm will not be straight at impact it’s not possible at full speed.

@michaelkrailo5725

9 ай бұрын

Interesting you should say that. My very first instructor Leo told me to punch the right palm straight back right from the top of the swing and sure enough, on video you could see the down cocking effect you are talking about. There were a lot of other things wrong with my swing so I never really put it altogether, but I remember that lesson with Leo Van Wart in Okinawa.

I set this up in my backyard thinking it might help my wife who plays off 33 who tends to swing OTT. We both hit the high string on the follow through with first full practice swing, but she was #37 and I was #38. What he says about the side spin being created by the club face closing during the period it is in contact with the ball isnt correct.

@BigBamboosh

Жыл бұрын

Yeah… I had to re-listen to that section a few times… for draw spin club face is open relative to target but closed relative to path. I don’t think he contradicted that fact. It was the comment about face closing through impact gives hook spin that feels off.. reverse of that is face opens through impact to hit a fade… that doesn’t make sense. That also seem to counter intuitive to the gear effect.

22:50 So rough! 🤣

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

😂

How can we make our own string trainer?

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Check out the end of the video. We go over at makeshift string trainer :)

Mike’s stand-alone description of this drill: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5WNxNikZKbOY7g.html

Mike's URL isn't working from your comment link.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's weird It doesn't seem like clicking the link works in youtube, so you will need to copy and paste it into a new browser or just type it in directly!

How do I get in touch with mike ?

Jerome is no more. You will refer to him as #36😂 I thought for sure he was to destroy the ball tray😂

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Haha put that on a shirt lol

Where’s that driving range? It reminds me of a scene from breaking bad!!

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Haha great show though !

Who is the coach?

Who is the coach

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Mike wydra!

Hi Jerome. Golf ultimate secret. The Centralized Golf Swing that no Golf professional would ever teach for obvious reasons. Once in your proper golf posture and you have aimed you club to your target zone: The golf swing is simply to apply consistent pressure against the club’s grip using the pads of your trail hand little finger throughout your entire golf swing while allowing your body to automatically rotate ( not sway) back and forth. That is it! « Golf’s Magical Trail Little Finger » No one else teaches this one swing thought; but trust your own swing and It will work for a book full of good reasons of why and how it does. If you like what I wrote pass it on. The cost is nothing and the happiness profound. Cheers 😃👍⛳️🥂

@swisstrader

Жыл бұрын

I don’t get it. Do you have a link?

@thomasfraser9072

Жыл бұрын

@@swisstrader Hi Paul there is no link. However google ‘the twirl waggle’ and watch Jack Nicklaus to begin to understand more of how it works and why. I will be making a video to demonstrate the easiness and effectiveness of my new swing when the weather is better in NH. What is your golf experience? Allow me to explain further. To begin with start your backswing with a 1/4 turn counterclockwise turning of the handle with your lead hand to the top of your swing and then as your body has to rotate back to your lead side; do a 100 percent clockwise turning of the handle of your club with your trail hand using pressure applied to the grip of your club with your trail little finger all the way to the finish of your swing. That is it your entire body will respond automatically. Hope I made myself clearer. Personally I have read and heard thousands of words about the golf swing over the 45 years of playing golf and nothing regularly had worked for me until I discovered the power of my trail little finger pressing against my club. Nothing to sell; just free information. You may laugh at me all you want; but it works and no one in the world has ever taught it. Cheers 😃👍⛳️🥂

@RPerry-zs3hl

Жыл бұрын

Slowly tighten that pinky against the golf grip. The goal is to elevate the club head on backswing, which allows you to miss the lower string going back, and helps to set your wrists as you rotate to top. Take your left hand grip only and get into address position, now tighten your pinky without moving club, it should elevate off the ground. Now incorporate that into your backswing, wrists should set around waist high, then rotate to top of backswing. Big key is also a soft right elbow that starts to FOLD after setting your wrists I don’t think slowly tightening the pinky is really the ultimate secret. It is part of a solid way to start your backswing. Setting your wrists at a repeatable position on backswing, then properly rotating to top of swing is probably what separates good and bad golf swings.

@goathumper111

Жыл бұрын

​​@@RPerry-zs3hl you're talking about different pinkies. Mr. Fraser is talking about pressuring the trail pinkie against the grip (really vs left hand unless you use a baseball grip).

@RPerry-zs3hl

Жыл бұрын

My bad. I have always thought of the backswing as the most crucial part of the swing. Especially in the first few feet that the club head moves. Therefore, my left hand is my trail hand as I take the club back.

Mike who? The website link does not work

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Mike wydra! sandiegogolfcoach.com/ :)

@AGCampagna

Жыл бұрын

@@JeromeRufin The name is good, the link is DEAD. You may want to update your public connection to Mike. Thanks!

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

@@AGCampagna Oh weird it seems that youtube blocks access to it if I add the link in the bio, but if you type it in the browser manually you should be able to be redirected to it. I'll have to check it out, thanks for notifying me about this!

Eeek!!! Super old school teaching. Funky swing by the coach too.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

😬

I could never learn anything if this dude is huging me from behind the whole time

I became rich selling these strings

Jerome your face and demeanor in this video scream "shouldn't golf be fun by now?!" 😂 Maybe you just weren't feeling good?

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Haha that’s usually my super focused face I suppose lol. Just trying to absorb all the info :)

3D data studies show that it is the forearm rotation that closes the face, not the body. Shouldn’t need 3D though, it’s fairly much common sense.

Nope on this one.

@ElvisPriscillaPresley

Жыл бұрын

Then explain.......

Go to the 5:43 mark and play frame by frame. This teacher's swing looks nothing like what he is teaching. Look at the wrist roll and where is the exit low and left?

that golf range looks pathetic. Look like its being rented from a jank yard.

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Haha it does the job 😬

@mtpga8138

Жыл бұрын

@@JeromeRufin Didn't mean to be so harsh, but yea I cringe looking at that range. Other than that, the golf instruction video is legit 👍

Hey Jerome! When you get invited to play in the Masters, please send me a ticket. 😂 I play here in MNL but I don’t think the sport loves me. 🏌️‍♀️

@JeromeRufin

Жыл бұрын

Haha not sure I will ever play the masters but maybe play in MNL one of these days!

I’ve never seen anything like this before. I’m going to try and make this device myself and go to town. Lessons just isn’t cutting it other than me cutting checks🤪 well done #36!🏌🏽