I love you working with Dana. He know how to answer your questions so everyone understands. And extremely simple instructions

I watch a ton of YT GOLF and this is by far some of the best and definitely unique content around. Nobody is really doing anything like this. The project also is more than just about golf…but how we go about mastering proficiency at anything. Ignore the haters and skeptic. Keep grinding.

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I've been working hard to try to bring something that has never been done on KZread from the thumbnails, the editing, the concepts, and working my butt off trying to get to scratch, so really appreciate hearing that :)

@kj475

5 ай бұрын

​@@JeromeRufinThanks for everything you're doing!!!

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

@@kj475 Thank you for supporting. You all are the real MVPs :)

@kickturncurtis606

5 ай бұрын

Bro great grip tip!

This could be one of the best golf instructional vids ever. We all need to evaluate vs our swing but mechanics explanation is superb. Thx for sharing.

I’m able to actually apply what this guy is teaching. More videos with Dana please!

Dana is the man. And wow you are seriously progressing quickly. Way to go Jerome. You got this.

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for your vid’s. You put a lot of effort into them

This is literally exactly what my teacher told me to do with the turn down from the top. It helped give me more confidence in my instructor. Your lesson has helped me realize that all my own bright ideas to accomplish this easier are garbage because I started doing this turning down action from the takeaway and it wasn’t working. Your lesson also taught me that my grip might be a little strong for this action. I had already tried it on the last round and the smallest tweak in grip resulted in much straighter shots. Finally, I realized how different the technique of full shots vs wedges and pitches was. This is the most valuable episode yet. Thank you Jerome.

Fascinating! Love this teacher

These videos with Dana are my current favorite KZread content

@_LemonDropKid_

5 ай бұрын

Yes, same. This stuff is gold!

these videos are gold. This instruction is amazing

I needed this video today 🤯

this helped me so much just started golfing a month ago this video is being watched before every sim session

I LOVE your videos with Dana!!!

The backswing at the 15:00 mark is minty!!

I really look forward to these. Thanks. Also, get excited. He’s basically deemed you ready to take on the hardest thing, which is that spinning down of the clubface on the downswing. Most ams can’t do that and it’s the main difference between really good golfers and ams. It will be harder than other changes, but you’ve got a good start.

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

The grind continues!

This guy Dana is incredible. Im seriously impressed!

the videos with Dana are gold, can't get enough. swing looks good enough, its chipping & putting to play in the 80s for real. when you look forward to getting up & down, your score will go down. to play 80 or just under 80 I currently feel I need to be able to reach the aprons of par 5s in 2 and putt better of cos haha

Over these last several lessons your spine angle has been getting better and better. Dana also explained why you had the problem which was closed face and not enough depth. Great stuff! I would add one thing to what he said; you now have the club working with the turn back to create more depth instead of working up in the early backswing as you were swinging deeper. This creates a better shallowing pattern of the club on the down swing and gives you more control of the clubhead. Cheers.

Another banger!

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

BANG - Mike breen

Jerome, I just love these sessions you have with Mr. Dahlquist! The sessions are the best in-depth swing instruction I have seen! The positions at each stage of the back swing, from chest extending, to depth and club position at each stage is unparalleled! I have one question on the grip. This exact grip is what I have been working on! Does Dana say the thumb on the lead hand is shortened? I have been taught to have a "short thumb" with this grip. I can't wait to work on these keys in this and the other videos. Keep up the great work on these! Much appreciated!

Yeeeeee more content!

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Always :)

26:46 - 27:26 -- That's some really specific information on "your right arm has to change."

Great work, Jerome! Are you working on your short game and putting every day, or mainly full swing stuff for now?

As pete cowan says. Spin the arms down in the follow through. Dana is saying the same but using different words

It’s honestly crazy how I’m in such a similar position in golf as you. I had a couple lessons this past month with a top rated instructor in GA, and he told me many things Dana has told you. However, just the sheer amount of things I’ve learned from Dana that my instructor hasn’t got to because of the similarities of our weaknesses is insane lol. It literally feels like I’m watching myself get a lesson and I love it

Dana is going to make a million dollars before we ever see you on a course again

@swardmusic

5 ай бұрын

2 more lessons then?

@jack-hq7gr

5 ай бұрын

He is spending all day, every day on golf. So go figure how “regular” golfers take one lesson and think they “got it?

@Ken-rt6sr

5 ай бұрын

29:40 hits a big push slice and coach goes => very nice nice... that was great... $$$ 33:06 tops the ball almost ... you'll get used to it $$$...walks off with big smile off camera kaching $$$. Good content though form looks 👍

@joem9990

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@Ken-rt6srlol yeah. I mean his swing is getting better but can he hit off different lies, hit punch shots from under trees, putt? Relax with the lessons and play already

@TheWedgeWizard

5 ай бұрын

@@Ken-rt6sr where the ball goes has almost nothing to do with making swing changes for the better.

Your last swing on the ipad looked near perfect. Good things coming soon.

I was originally using a baseball grip then a coach told me to use into looking fingers and now I use a reverse overlap where my trail hand is fully on the grip and my index finger of my lead hand is over. It's extremely comfortable and it allows me to maintain pressure on the right spot. The other grips caused me to push too much on my lead hand thumb causing pain

*Dana enough said great guy and stray no further!*

Good work, dude. Hopefully you have chosen James Oh as your short game coach. Keep up the good work.

I like the feel Dana gives for loading the right arm external. How do you go about this movement without opening/rolling open the clubface?

Ok that last video he’s getting you more rotation on the downswing where as the previous it was just side bend. Is that because you changed your grip?

the spa!

At some point you gotta put some of this into an actual round of golf 😂

Hi Jerome, I really admire your passion and dedication to the game of golf. Can you show us a training session on the driving range sometime? I'm particularly interested in how many balls you hit on the driving range (more or less than 100?) and what percentage of your training time you spend putting. And how long do you practice short putts compared to long putts. This information would be really valuable for me and lot of other viewers.

@Jerome Rufin How are you able to keep all the different teaching styles from the various coaches straight? Im sure your "Pre-Dana" form was taught by one of your other coaches?

@laogx4026

5 ай бұрын

I believe they all reinforce the same ideas with different focuses and coaches will not spill all the proverbial beans on how to swing like a pro, they just can’t in an hour or two and it could hurt your swing or yourself trying to many things at once. Once I slammed my right elbow down so hard I basically bruised my own ribs and couldn’t breathe without pain for a few days.

I changed my grip to make it very strong and that's been the #1 thing to helping my game. Way less timing based.

@dennis1341

Ай бұрын

Interesting because I also on the web found content stating " there is no such thing as too strong a grip with amateurs" ...or something to that ilk

@Sports4me7

Ай бұрын

@@dennis1341 I take it back go neutral lol

The problem with not caring how the contact is, unless we are getting direct feedback from a pro, we don’t know if the fundamentals are good. So only thing we can go by is the contact and flight of the ball.

thumbnail game has been fire recently

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Haha thanks a lot of work goes into everything from thumbnails to the edits to the content and to the training, glad you guys enjoy it all!

Sportsbox AI is an incredible tool. Hope you interview their team since Dana is also an ambassador for the company. Keep doing what you’re doing for all of us. Also looking forward to you interviewing Scott Fawcett from Decade Golf. He will dial in your course management and expectations.

31:17 i still cant get there. My arms always throw out to the ball and straighten in line with arms! Ive gotta relax mlre i think

Love this lesson. I saw you were planning on bringing in another short game coach. Check out Parker McCloughlin the short game chef. He may be to advanced for you yet, if not he's as good as it gets. Stan Utley is another gem. I don't know if he is still doing lessons.

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I am! He’s already been decided stay tuned on the reveal. He played on the tour for many years and he’s excited to be part of the journey with me and all of you!

@industrialpalletworx3548

5 ай бұрын

@@JeromeRufin you will not be disappointed

Some of this is contradicting what he(the coach) said in the last lesson

Great info. Your vids have shown me the lesson I should have had with the side bend. Seems you learn something and forget something. Are you keeping your side bend? We make the mistake of trying to follow the ball without keeping the forehead on the "DoorJam". Side bend, strike the ball, momentum pulls you and your head around and ball should be going where you're aiming within 40sq since there's no real "straight shot". Most ball flights have a shape even the seemingly straight ones. Make sure ball is forward or you'll always hit it right.

How in the world do you get these top-quality golf instructor lessons????

Is your left thumb going straight down the grip or to the side?

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

It’s about 1 o clock !

It's crazy this guy waited this long to teach him this stuff. An hour on KZread and you find these consistently. I'm not against lessons but save some money. Golf is difficult so that's why these guys get away with overcharging. For instance I just started playing this year and the very first thing was grip. Holding the club in your fingers, not palm. Also, The form looked pretty spot on at the end so kudos.

Can you link Dana’s stuff for people Who want to reach out for lessons? I really like what he is teaching you.

Can we get playlists broken out by coach?

HOLD YOUR FINISH TO A COUNT OF 3!

Can you ask Dana about where to look when hitting the ball? There is a lot of conflicting info out there about where you should be looking. Either directly at the ball or in front or behind. Love the content by the way.

@TheWedgeWizard

5 ай бұрын

You want to be looking at the ball but your focus should ideally be where you want the divot to start (in front of the ball).

@simsjamal

5 ай бұрын

@TheWedgeWizard Yes I agree, I tend to make better contact when I'm looking just ahead of the ball as if I'm try to strike the spot just in front of the ball instead of looking directly at the top of the ball.

@TheWedgeWizard

5 ай бұрын

@@simsjamal I think you misconstrued slightly what I meant. Your actual eyes should be on the ball but your focus or like your minds eye being where the divot starts works wonders. I’ll focus on a dimple on the top of the ball but my focus is where the divot will be (in front). There’s no one correct way, as long as you can make ball first contact but a majority of great players had their eyes on the ball but used their peripherals and minds eye to focus in front.

@simsjamal

5 ай бұрын

@TheWedgeWizard Again I agree, there is no right or wrong way. I've just noticed for my game I get better results looking just ahead. Which is why I would love to hear the opinion of a coach.

@TheWedgeWizard

5 ай бұрын

@@simsjamal I see, it sounded like you were agreeing to kinda the opposite lol, my bad. The thing about actually staring in front of the ball is it may help someone who tends to hit fat shots as a drill to develop that feel but doing it all the time can take away from the actual precision of the strikes overall. You can direct your focus in front while still keeping direct eye contact with the ball. But If it works for you, it works, I’m not saying it’s wrong to stare in front of the ball, just that it can affect the precision of your overall hand eye or strike. Speith looked at the hole on short putts for a while which isn’t typical at all obviously. By the way I played and taught professionally from 2006-2018, have apprenticed multiple pros who’ve been in the game a very long time, went to school specifically for golf/business, studied the game my entire life, had my own golf camp for years and have given hundreds of lessons, still do occasionally but also run my own business so golf isn’t my main gig anymore.

It's not a new thing on the swing tho, it's the same thing from 8 months ago with Wydra, I think you are back to square one but now you have other pieces in place you can finally do it... and we finally got rid of the flipping hand thing you "wanted" to learn a few months ago.

Jerom save your money (overdo) on the lessons / golf cart / vids, instead get membership to any course that is within budget and play 4 times a week (at least...).There's no combination of lessons that's gonna "fix" your swing, because the shot(s) you practice with your coach in 1hr sessions (hand grip an adjust inch here there, stance an adjust an inch left right, backswing this / that, elbows a little rotated...) goes out the windows on uneven lies, ground stance, obstacles / wind / slope / rain / morning dew / green speeds / hazards / tee box alignment / hole positions/ stamina / your focus and temperment from hole to hole. Sure get taught the fundamentals... but unfortunately there is no miracles buddy, the reality is... 10,000hrs range time and 10,000hrs course time in order to level up gotta balance the budget $$$ and time coaching and course time (on home and diff courses)+ messing with the equipment... sometimes your on course and the visual surrounding give an illusion and you think your aligned but not..

@maximus9380

4 ай бұрын

Disagree. You gotta learn the fundamentals before you take on varying situations. By the way, you can do playing lessons where you can get coaching to adapt to different lies. You can learn how to “save it” and rely on timing if you just learn by playing. You may go low once in a while but your spread of scores will go from 80-105. Proper fundamentals dials that in. Find one coach and stick with them.

@dbo4506

25 күн бұрын

@@maximus9380 you still need to learn to score. Over doing lessons and technique can be super detrimental. You cannot change everything at once. He needs to find a playable swing and take it to the course. Golf is about scoring. It’s not about having a pretty swing.

I got a strong grip like that. It's murder to change it. I'll adjust during the back swing.

Yay finally haha

Seems to me that Dana is teaching what Gankas teaches with the lead hand inflection. But I personally have SUCH a hard time with maintaining that position through to impact... it feels completely blind.

Don't worry. That feeling will go away a few range sessions later when you incorporate other things into your swing.

Loving the channel, especially the putting sections. What handicap are you down to now?

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

After 10 months, 15.5. My goal for 2024 is single digits!

@advenchura

5 ай бұрын

@@JeromeRufin Great job, improve everything inside 100 yards will get you low. Good luck!

@FlyWithMe_666

5 ай бұрын

@@JeromeRufin15.5? you’re really counting your rounds where you broke like every rule in golf (random fairway drops, playing wrong ball, …) 😂 Sure, scratch no problem!

Bro is trending. Right arm magic is gonna fix u.

El Dorado Park GC?

I bought my first club last week, loving it! My new mission is to beat you: 85 in 6 months, let's go Brandon!

I want to see Dana as soon as my shoulder heals!!

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Tell him I say hi :)

@laogx4026

5 ай бұрын

Will do! And you are progressing fast track now! Also, you are doing a great job finding amazing coaches. When are you going to see Mike Schy and try Single Plane Swing and one length irons? Before you become stuck on traditional variable length and two plane. It could be an amazingly rewarding rabbit hole.. p.s. I’m biased because I’m SPS&OL

Weird question, but have you got small hands for a guy? I wonder if that influences the grip change.

Solidified my grip recently, but this thumbnail made me click 🤣😂

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

Haha thanks there was a lot of effort that went into it. Not sure anyone got or appreciated the thanos/avengers reference

There are a couple videos out there with Ben Hogan talking about his grip.... completely changed my swing... you won't need this dude anymore.

I keep wondering why he keeps going from coach to coach. So many different things at once will not get you better. Work on one thing at a time with one good coach

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

This channel and road to scratch is a journey. A part of that journey is finding a coach you align with the most, and that has brought me to have Dana has my full swing coach, Rick as my mental/performance coach, and a new coach going to be introduced soon as my full time short game coach. I don't have typical lessons, they are going to be with me for the long run (this is a multi year journey, we arent trying to break scratch in a few months), and we train and strategize my development like how a PGA pro has multiple different coaches. We aren't training toward being a scratch player, we train to be a player that is better so that worst case scenario I become a scratch player. I feel like this is a recurring comment throughout my videos, so hopefully this answer provides better context.

@GDotLevitate

5 ай бұрын

@@JeromeRufin I watch your videos because I appreciate the content. I just notice that your kind of going in circles and I’m wondering if it’s because you’re trying to so much at the same time. I and everyone else I think would love to see you on the course some more putting those lessons to work. I’m genuinely intrigued if they are paying off.

@JeromeRufin

5 ай бұрын

@@GDotLevitate I personally believe I'm not going in circles and constantly learning how everything works properly and may not show it yet but my confidence around my game is 10x. There will 100% be a lot of more course vlogs soon! To put it all into perspective we are building for the future and we are still month 10 on the journey. The timeline is 5 years so very very slow and steady in the start but will allow for a much higher ceiling in the future. Thanks for the support and being part of the ride!

@GDotLevitate

5 ай бұрын

@@JeromeRufin ok 5 year plan makes sense. Keep it up

@GeorgeGankas - Please help this guy understand how the club face works and the definition of "Find your match". Tomorrow is Valentines day!

To add. The concept is reverse of what this coach is suggesting. Yes, the depth is imperative and it does look better when the grip was weakened. But instead of seeing the clubface as dead shut and weakening the grip (which may still have been necessary) and then squaring the clubface with early hip rotation, think of firing down with right hand release from an inside path without focusing on hip rotation to square the club. You retain much of the space created by the depth in the backswing and it allows the club to come into the ball from a decent inside path. As someone who has failed too many times with early rotation, this is a golden queue.

Way too many people focus on this concept of rotating the hips to begin the downswing. It creates 2 way misses, poor contact and inconsistent flight. The point about the backswing is to create space so the club can move down into position from an inside path. As soon as you over focus on early rotation you are effectively removing that space and you either get stuck and have to overwork the hands to close the clubface or have to rush the hands in front of the body, hold off and pivot without ever releasing the club properly.

Why the f#$&k are you getting your marble’s confused by all these coaches.So far I have seen you go through at least two dozen coaches. Just go to one good coach and work on what he teaches you.

@luongk88

5 ай бұрын

Literally for the youtube content lol

If your driver swing weight is off even 3 it will jack up your game Too light and you are hitting low left screamers

I’ll ask again less than a year experience I’m 27, let’s play a match. Would be great content and competitive respect your drive and ambition at getting good at something. Let’s do it like it up if you wanna see a keyboard warrior beat him😂

Dude, that face on part showed evertything I needed to see. Watch your head on the backswing, it's MOVING!!! STOP IT!!!! DO NOT MOVE YOUR HEAD BACK WITH THE SWING.... leave it still over the ball!!!!!!!!. Second.... Put your right hand more OVER your left.... it will keep you from hooking or over drawing. Your right hand will effectively keep your left from rolling... TRY IT!!!

Kills me to watch these. 🤦 Come get your swing fixed...

Very poor attempt at showing viewers the actual grip up close.

I don’t like this coach

I’d watch more of your videos if 2 things happened #1) your all over the place with different instructors. No wonder your so confused #2) your videos are too long. Keep the to 15 min or less otherwise many including myself won’t bother watching.

I loved watching you go for a round as an amateur golfer and beginner but the last few months your videos are of no interest to an average golfer are you ever going back on a course again

What R U Smoking Man!