It's a long and important one. Oh and Masters is next week:) Timestamps for those with shorted attention spans... Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - The adaptive swing 3:47 - Step 1 - Loading the backswing 7:55 - Step 2 - Starting the downswing 11:44 - Blending the movement 16:37 - Adding the club 18:42 - How to practice

This is the best explanation of how to start the downswing that I have ever come across. "Leave the hands up there, the hips as they are, and first shift most of the weight to the lead side" worked like magic for my swing. Before this, I had never known exactly what to do after I reach the top of my backswing. This "magic" move at the top of the backswing activated my passive legs. Thanks.

@MyGolfDNA

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found the info useful!!! Let me know if you any questions or you need help getting rid of any golf viruses:)

I love it! I've never been able to understand this concept before, until now. I just turned 77 and the light bulb just came on. Thanks Chris. Keep hammering this stuff into us.

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Will do. Thank you for watching and glad you are enjoying the videos. More to come:)

@rickybaker2084

3 ай бұрын

I needed this! Thanks!

Best lesson ever and a great explanation. Thank you. I wish you had been around 60 years ago.. I might have made a golfer. Be waiting for your next lesson Cheers from Kyabram Australia

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much and happy to have you on the channel. Never too late to get better at this crazy game.

I been looking for and needing a video on this and you made it sound simple with enough reps, Thanks for the video

Thank you again for the great analysis!!! I have been loading onto my front foot….but I have been rotating the hips too early, I skipped the square part . I’ve hit a few balls and it feels like freedom 😊

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

FREEDOM!!! I love it. Thanks for watching and wishing you much success with your game this year.

Great content cheers

I took a lesson with Chris. First time I ever felt a really pure and easy swing with no tension in my arms. Now I I know the goal. Still working the transition. He understands the golf swing..

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

I have no idea how I missed this message. Thank you for the kind words and it was a pleasure to work with you on your game. Looking forward to seeing how things are progressing. Hope you’re doing awesome

Chris, I watched again and get it now. trail hip back is a precursor to learning to squat properly when hips retrun to square. Thanks again.

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Bingo! I’m glad you were able to figure out what I was going after with this one. I tried to make the a lot of the en vogue movements a lot easier to actually do for you all.

What a beautifully structured lesson. Bravo 👏

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. New one coming tomorrow that will tie into this.

You are the bon=mb,,,,,, you break it down in an Awesome fashion..

@MyGolfDNA

23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!!!

Many thanks for the explanation. Focusing on the feel in the trail and lead ankles as well as the feel to open the lead hip to limit the head movement leads to clarity on what you said is the “method to the madness”

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Glad you caught that part and my pleasure as always!

Wow - thank you!

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

Thanks Chris, I liked this video, though one thing that confused me is it sounded like during the drill I heard you say both to hold the trail hip back and then to have it return to neutral. I guess I am not sure where the rest of the body/arms are supposed to be during the part wehere you keep it back, vs. where they are when it is neutral. (i just watched it once, maybe need to review) BTW, I do not find your videos long, i think that means you are easy to listen to and provide information that the student knows is important and will help them, so keep up the good work. I like the falling idea. i feel more the hips returning to neutral when falling than staying back. I hope this helps stop the reverse C I fight doing. The Masters should be very competitive...my hunch is someone like a Xander or Cantlay, one of the guys near the top of the rankings, will break through for a 1st major and have a great week and win by 1-2 strokes. Thank you for all you do!

1. Should all the weight be on lead foot when the club is in top of swing, so i can spring back up with my lead foot? 2. How do i create change of direction force without pushing with trail foot when i'm completing backswing? Because if i slightly push off with my trail foot 45 degrees towards the ball landing into ball of lead foot(and spring back up), would this be wrong? 3. When i transition to downswing and have my weight on lead foot, shouldn't it be just lower body that's moving, and try to hold top back? Because wouldn't shoulder open up too quickly end up with closed club face? Thanks

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

1. Weight should be moving to the lead side. It's dynamic, so me saying all of it is there at the top of the backswing is not correct. Its working to get there though. 2. The trail foot does help get things moving. Just not a giant shove off the trail side. I explain that move in this video here... kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2eozqahZsm-d9Y.html 3. The head and upper body need to move back into position in transition. Then you keep the upper body quiet and allow the lower half to continue to lead the way. The head moving off the ball at the start of the swing is what we we're trying to get back into position. The head should NOT stay perfectly still in the golf swing. That's info that is dated and bad on the spine long term. It's just a small amount of movement off the ball and a small amount to get back into position. Horizontal force should be used BUT how much is player dependent. Hope that helps.

I genuinely strike the ball more consistently when I have the feeling of staying centered the entire time. I'm scratch but have never been able to have the feel of back and forth, even tho I know I transfer. Wonder why?

Love this! But where can I get the green shoes!? Those look sharp

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Stock X dot com. They have some goodies just like you see in this video :)

@4pitts1burgh28

3 ай бұрын

@@MyGolfDNA thanks!

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Let me know if you need style numbers. Sharing is caring…at least that’s what my mom taught me.

Chris, great lesson as always and one question: why do so many youtube pros state that transition into lead side...pressure goes to lead side ball of foot? They always note pressure tracing of tour pros shows thisnmove onto ball of lead foot whereas you coach that pressure moves (falls) onto lead ankle...?

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Great question! During the swing the weight on the lead foot will shift to the forward part of the foot (up in the ball/toes) as the trail hip rotates back and as the start of the horizontal movement back to the lead side commences, the pressure starts to increase in the ball/toe box but quickly shifts to the ankle/heel. We want to “land” in the ankle so to get the there have to move through the position other instructors are preaching. The focus should always be to move to the ankle as quickly as possible even if you have to move through the forward part of the foot to get there, for safety AND to get the hips to rotate properly. Hope that helps.

At the beginning when I shift the weight to the trailing foot, my lead foot heel always wants to come up. Is this incorrect?

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

Yes, that's fine. Just make sure it's helping the hip rotate and not slide out too far.

TMI

Shouldnt you start the left hip back to the rear at the same time moving the weight from left foot to the right? As Hogan clearly decribes in his book. If you go from right leg straight down on the left foot you are stuck

@MyGolfDNA

23 күн бұрын

The hips will never move just horizontally in the swing. They should move dynamically. Your comment is a little confusing in regards to the left and right so let me clarify...When you load into the trail side, the hips should shift slightly and turn on a slightly flexed trail leg. In transition, the weight will mostly fall off the trail side to the lead side, when this happens the lead hip will begin to rotate back to square at the completion of transition then pull open from the lead side obliques through impact. Hope that helps.

@lennartsandberg1568

23 күн бұрын

@@MyGolfDNA I see i wrote weight from left foot to right foot- should be the other way of course in the downswing. Is it not easier to turn the left knee to the left (To start the left hip back) and transfer the weight at the samt time to the left foot. Hogan describe the left hip turning as it is a rubber belt attatched to the left hipbone and fastenet in the wall behind the left hip. When you turn to the right in the backswing you stretch the rubber band. Many thank for answer

Hi Chris. Came across your channel and now a subscriber! I need to understand what I’m meant to be doing on the downswing. My faults are coming over the top and spinning out when I’m trying to turn. This is gold dust to me. REALLY APPRECIATE 💥🏌🏻

@MyGolfDNA

3 ай бұрын

I REALLY appreciate you and I apologize that I was late to respond here. Make sure your loading order is as sound as you can get it by focusing on a little pressure shift to the trail leg and big body turn. If you’re moving in the correct order going back and you’re keeping your hands and tension free, the downswing sequence will become easier to manage. Your brain responds to the muscle tension you feed it. Hope that helps.