I’ve consumed a lot of golf videos, but Chris always adds somemore clarity every time.

@royalgoose

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's a clear communicator. Danny Maude, Chris Ryan and Clay Ballard are really the only people I find worth watching

@GiantsNinerFan56

2 жыл бұрын

@@royalgoose Give Jonathon Taylor a look. His mechanic drills are excellent

I love how you have made this so easy to understand. I little forward press at the start and flatten the wrist at the top. I watched this video once and understood it straight away. I took it to the course the next day and saw immediate improvement. Better contact and accuracy the more holes I played. Thank you so much. Hopefully I can reverse the direction my handicap is heading and get some good results. Awesome job

No one is as calm and well explained as Chris 👍 great content as always ⛳🏌️‍♀️

Great vid Chris. Really reinforces another drill that I'm working on as well.

This is a game changer absolutely brilliant something I been struggling for a long long time. Thanks Chris!

Excellent lesson and explanation chris. I struggled with that for a while, one thing that isn’t mentioned often enough though is why (or rather how) the hands end up slightly forward of setup. It’s worth mentioning that the shaft lean is a result of a proper turn. Initially, I focused terribly on hanging onto those angles to bring the hands ahead of the ball, which introduced more problems than the flip I tended to have.

Thank you for explaining this.

Thanks, it is useful to understand how the wrist work.

This is an error that I keep coming back to. Great tips. I'll get this right someday.

Yes Chris, love the hanger. I’ve made much better impact using this. 3/4 swing with proper contact travel further (and straighter) than a full swing with poor contact!

🙋‍♂️ I tried Chris’s one handed drill into a net in my basement. Especially lead hand solid contact. My take away for other golfers? We pull down and grip to hard. This drill allows you to freely swing, no tension! Thx Chris.

Great explanation

Very easy to understand, thanks!

Exactly the information I was looking for, thank you

great lesson.

I needed this

Best golf Instructor on You tube without any doubt

Thanks, Chris. Might get to try this on the course next decade!

@benroads5460

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks, Chris. My problem has been with a push fade to a push slice. The longer the club length the farther right and more curve. My PW would start about 5 yards right and end up about 15 yards right and would be very high. The reason, as you suggested, was my hands not being raised at impact. My left wrist was in good impact shape except the wrist cock was not fully released. Couple that with not quite clearing my left hip and I was hoping OB was not down the right side of the fairway. I ended up aiming left of the left fairway line and usually used the entire width of the fairway on my drives and fairway woods. So, I watched this video, took note of your positions and hit my indoor "range". Sure enough, the club face was more square at impact and I gained about 7-8 yards on my 9 iron. At this point, it is a conscious thought during the swing but I will work on it for the rest of the winter to make it "automatic" and put it to a real test on a golf course this spring. The one point of raised hand position at impact seems to have solved my problem. Again, thank you.

Good stuff Chris 👍🏻

Great explanation 👍🏻🏌🏻‍♂️

Great video as always. What's different to other online instructors is that you always provide a aid or a task so that I know I'm understanding and performing the drill correctly, so my feel is real. At what point does the arm disconnect from the hanger?

Another great video Chris. I realised I kept my left wrist cupped and spread my elbows apart on my backswing creating chaos and pain. :-)

Very good segment! Although one should have a stronger grip because hands ahead finish will open the club a tad and a stronger grip will make up for it or hood the club slightly at Address like I do!

Superb! The Holy Grail!

@martinhardman9288

3 жыл бұрын

Just as an extra thought, if I "hit at" the ball I find the bowed left wrist at impact impossible. If I start down with my lower body before completing my backswing I've a lot more time to get my hips out of the way and chest and arms further along in the downswing which seems to hugely aid a bowed left wrist at impact? That right?

I've cupped my right wrist at the top of my swing for years. I'm left handed. This caused me a host of problems which varied depending on my timing on any particular day. It would usually cause me to come down at a steep angle with an open club face blocking my shot to the left, or in an attempt to correct this I would snap my right wrist closed through impact causing low hooking shots. I did this without realizing what the problem was. I'm self taught. So never had anyone point this out to me. Your videos have been very helpful

THIS is the video I needed at this very moment in time. Working on my wrist angles and positioning at impact as I'm closing the face too much and not creating enough forward shaft lean, which is leading to a 25-30 yard draw instead of the 5-15yard draw I want and slightly too low spin. This video couldn't have come at a better time. Thanks again Chris!!!

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear Ross and hope it helps

@rosspeter2150

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRyanGolf you've never posted a video that hasn't helped tbf. Lol so thank you again. I'm going to practice it this afternoon (I'm in Canada). I have no doubt this will solve my current issue.

Great video Chris..I like the practice hanger..keep you in sink of what you are doing.. one question I would like to know ..do you recommend speed stick to increase your speed..thanks again

As always, great suggestions. I just wish the weather forecast was not for five inches of snow tonight..

there are so many videos about this topic. what a i would like to see, and so many others, is what the wrists have to do post impact and in the follow throw and in the finish. nobody talks about this. could you? -regards!

a winner! suddenly when I hit the golf ball and the wrist bowed, it goes far without effort - I was always wondering why the effort does not translate into distance ... this must be the secret of golf! now revealed!!!

Chris is the hanger useful for irons only or could it be used with the driver also? This for me is your most important video. I always keep coming back to it when my game starts to go downhill. Brilliant content

For me personally I found I am a far more consistent and powerful ball striker if my setup is closer to my impact position. My swing trigger is a slight forward shaft lean. If I don’t do that I feel disconnected and strike suffers. Personally don’t think the golf swing is as technical as it is made out to be and there is a natural swing for everyone. No one really over thinks throwing or kicking a ball.

Hello Chris,i am a Fade player,but a few months a go,my ball starts to go left,i see in my filmings my head club closing,and i cant resolve the problem,,,,,,sorry abouth my inglish,thanks i love a lot you vídeos ,i m from Portugal,and i saw that you made some vídeos here

What do you think about the single plane swing?

Good video. I have yet to see any pro understand the trail hand position for the average golfer. I started golf at 17 (too late) and was never able to bend my trail wrist back far enough to keep the club on the inside on the downswing. Start playing pre-teens, this won't be a problem with greater flexibility. I have found my own solutions now (at 70) but many, if not most, club golfers struggle and pros, who mainly start pre-teens or early teens, do not seem aware of this problem. You are quite flexible but I notice some slight difficulty in your trail wrist. I guess you did not start golf pre-teens?

Great video and tip. Does the wrist woks the same with the driver?

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Yann, very similar yes, slight difference at impact but the same ideas will apply to driver as well

Some golfers use a forward press to start their swings. Is the forward press to flatten the wrist early or just to get the club in motion to start the swing? Are they actually flattening their wrist with the forward press or just moving the handle slightly ahead of the clubhead with no flattening?

Should I be trying to keep that forward shaft lean at address all the way through the swing.

Or just start and finish on a single plane then the need for moving like this becomes completely unnecessary. Still love the tips though Chris! Always learn so much.

What’s the name of the device please, Chris? I’ve seen it before but for the life of me I can’t remember it’s name! I think this would be a great piece of kit to help me in my quest to stop the casting

Wrist angles seeming are always explained with irons. Can some explanation be given using driver? I have a much easier time with wrist angle driiling using an iron however struggle when switching to the driver.

what is the benefit of having that space at set up?

My local teacher told me to get the hanger to cure my flipping which made me hit a lot of pulls to the left. Once I used it I was able to fade the ball again

Chris - a few things confuse me; if I flatten my left wrist it closes the clubface and the ball goes left and low? How is flattening the wrist a different concept than having shaft lean when hitting irons; if you have forward shaft lean the wrist is going to be flatter?

Hanger on forearm how far post impact?

The man with two first names

as ever brilliant instruction

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Francis

Does this lesson transfer to our hybrids and metal woods? Those are more of a sweeping through the ball action than down on the ball hit... are they not?

@JohanTheMainest

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks creating a lot of great content! I’ve been really struggling with consistent ball striking and am wondering whether I should focus more on my wrists. On the top of my back swing my lead wrist is bent so that the wrist is facing straight up in the sky. I understand there’s a lot of variables in a swing, but is that an okay starting point for the downswing or should it be more “neutral”?

CR you are definitely talking to me. My problem is several fold: The design of my arms forces me to setup in the impact position (can't change the way they're built). In order to set (cock) my wrists to 90 degrees, I have to cup them at the top (no cupping results in no more than 60 degrees of set). AND 100%, if my lead wrist is not flat to bowed at the bottom, very very bad things can happen. Still, I suppose I can take some comfort in your description of someone (like me) that shoots 70 something all the time as "extremely athletically gifted" with all those deficits. :-) But I sure as hell would fix all that stuff if I could make it work.

Thus is my current swing improvement project

@stsgolf14

3 жыл бұрын

Same as me 🙌

@Jimtoledo

3 жыл бұрын

@@stsgolf14 doesnt feel natural yet...but natural gets me a 18 hcp

I think the right wrist is the culprit in flicking on impact pushing the left wrist into flexion

What about with a driver

Great video! A simple analogy is if you try to backhand slap someones face with your wrist starting from a cupped position working to a flat impact position it is ten times slower than if your wrists start in a bowed position working to a flat position at impact, so in the same way starting the downswing with a cupped wrist robs power.

Do use this for the driver

Yes, that's me and I'm struggling. Weird that no pro has said anything when taking lessons. With my driver that works well, I close the face and my wrist isn't as cupped. I'd rather fix the root cause.

Could you do an analysis of Fred Couples iron shot setup and swing? 😎👍

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love his swing! Tempo!!

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I struggle with hitting the ground behind the ball?

So I pull my right wrist back to straighten my left on the takeaway, is this a bad cue or is it doing the same thing?

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 жыл бұрын

Love that! Should have the exact move we need in the lead wrist 👍

@jimrichards9781

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, started doing it in the summer and seems to keep my club in a good position and stops me overswinging. Always been a bit wristy

Chris great lesson one constructive observation moving forward I think you should split the screen or zoom in to show important points very difficult to see the inset shot with the hangar type device otherwise fantastic

I think it was Nancy Lopez who said a bowed wrist is the key to a great swing.

I don't understand why we need any wrist cock at all? What does it add to the swing? it seems that if we preset impact and hold it through the back swing we should be in a pretty good impact position with shaft lean at impact.

@cscoetzee

3 жыл бұрын

Try taking a short backswing (club parallel to ground or slightly higher) without any wrist cock, and hit the ball. Then do the same backswing but allow your right hand to hinge (which will also cock the left wrist). Now hit the ball, allowing hands to unhinge/uncock. You should feel a big difference in power and ease of hitting the shot, compared to hitting without any wrist cock.

I went from cupping the wrist to bowing it too much which is causing a lot of wrist and elbow pain. I'm hitting the ball much better but I don't think it's sustainable.

Its ok to do when hitting from ground not from mats !

What are we doing that causes the wrist to "cup"?

@ChrisRyanGolf

3 жыл бұрын

Great question, it’s often just an ‘easier’ movement and often happens when we set the wrists during the backswing

@Jimtoledo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRyanGolf absolutely easier to cock the wrists with a cup...way easier to slice too! Great vid cr

The cupped wrist has improved my ball striking 100% but I still can’t find ball /turf

Now how about wrist at impact to finish. just the wrist only, no trail elbow no legs, those covered already. just wrist with release. slow mo, need to see left wrist. thank you

Great video Chris,can we have more slow motion please,absolute waste of time showing the swing at full speed,it 's just a blur !

A as

why not set up with your wrist flat at setup

Why do you not just start with your wrist set.....

This vid made things worse lol😮

You are a better golfer than me. It's not my profession. However I'm a better student than you because you are a teacher. When a video is 10 minutes and I see scrolling through the preview a person hits 2 shots demonstrating I'm telling them to suck an egg because it's too much talk and not enough demonstration. KZread is a video outlet. A lot of European Instructors Online need Amazon Audible books because they talk too darn much. Sorry Chris. You are a talent but could make more quality videos than this. IMO.