I'm 69 years old and have been playing golf for 57 years. I've watched countless self-help golf videos. THIS drill has made a greater impact on my driving distance than any other single drill I've ever tried. I've only worked with it during two practice sessions, but my driving average for my last round was 17 yds longer (247 vs. 230). I can't wait to get more comfortable with this new swing feel which, I think, will result in even greater distances. There's no single silver bullet for golf, but this drill comes close! THANKS!

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks so much! Appreciate it 😃

Can’t believe this doesn’t have millions of views, best golf tip ever honestly

@TopSpeedGolf

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

This by far is the best video that truly explains how to create true lag. Thank you so much for sharing this training video!

@TopSpeedGolf

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

2:45 is GOLD. Clay,Malaska, AMG, Cogomo all others talk float load but your demo on weightlessness in club head then drills to feel and implement , from baby swing to full swing is priceless. Great job Michael Derr

@TopSpeedGolf

8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Great drill. Love the simplified way you break it down starting with the grip and partial swings. Thanks

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

No lie, this drill works!! Quite possibly the greatest video to fix your iron contact and compression.

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

This is just fantastic. Just discovered this a few weeks ago and this puts all the pieces together.

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it helped! Keep playing well!

BEST DESCRIPTION I EVER HEARD

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Thanks for watching!

Wow, this is an eye opener. Float load. Will make sure to try it in the next range session.

This is the best golf teaching video.

@TopSpeedGolf

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I can honestly say that once you get the hang of this it literally is game changing. I’m hitting everything 15-20 yards further with less effort. My low point is stillllll a little behind the ball but this tip cured my pull hooks! Any tips on doing this and getting a low point after the ball better?

@SteveMe21685

Жыл бұрын

Just a thought….at address, release all the tension you’re holding in your arms especially your inner shoulder crease. Then allow the swing to begin in your body and controlled by your feet. I have the same issue of sometimes hitting behind the ball and I find that it happens when I’m trying to do too much with my arms. Good luck!

@TheSalonGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveMe21685 We have the same name? My name is Stephen and last name starts with an M lol.

@SteveMe21685

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSalonGuy No sir, im actually you in the future....Now if you'll just shutup and listen to me we can fix this swing!!! lmao

This is absolute Gold!!! This is what I've been missing to create effortless club speed, power, and compression. New word for me...Float Load. My club speed is around mid 60's to low 70's no matter how hard I swing. I will work on this Float Load drill. Thank you so much for sharing!

@TopSpeedGolf

Ай бұрын

Happy to help!

It’s a phenomenal video. I accidentally “found” this swing years ago and have been trying to rediscover it ever since because it only lasted a single round back then and I didn’t know I how to recreate it. This video had me reclaim it and I absolutely blasted my drives last time out, not to mention the perfectly pure contact with the also unusually long iron shots…

@TopSpeedGolf

2 ай бұрын

Nice!! Glad it helped!

104K WOWZA - everyone is talking Float Load these days - calling it everything under the moon but still FLOAT LOAD - this is still the best video on it and what it is and how to access this in your own golf swing .

You guys are the best coaches on youtube. No one has helped my golf as much as you

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate that!

watched this this morning...tried it today..what a difference!...lose a little control, but that can be overcome!...the speed and ease of getting a faster club without tensing the arms is amazing!!

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Great job! Thanks for sharing!

I agree with the previous comment. I tried it and for the first time understood how the feeling of the weightlessness of the club helps your body manage the transition and acceleration in the downswing. No rushing down, no casting, just easy solid swing. Best drill ever.

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for that! Hope you play well!

You briefly mentioned it, but are you still rolling you knuckles at impact?

excellent !

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

yup, understood it... think i can adopt this

@TopSpeedGolf

3 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Wow...excellent video...most are pretty good...but this is a feel you can work on in your backyard.

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😀

Great drill

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Loving the float load concept, looking forward to trying it. Doubt I will get 194 yd total with my 8 iron which seems silly long given the easy looking swing you did, but I know my numbers , so looking to see if gains are possible with seemingly less effort. I’ll report back and give you “ real world “ 64 yr old 6 HCap before and after... using range balls, top tracer tech ( pretty accurate for ball speeds) in cold Glasgow November weather, if I can float load with 4 layers of clothing on and my stiff old body and get gains.. you will hear about it !

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes!!

190 with an i8! Heck I’m just gonna practice the half swing and if I can get 160s with my eight!! Drooling !

Float loading at the top with a slower tempo downswing eliminated my tendency to cast and lose all lag by the time I reached parallel. So good!

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!! Play well!

@joesunova8874

Жыл бұрын

Good or bad idea? As I go from parallel to impact I am also adding pushing the grip end down with my left (lead) hand and lifting the grip with my right hand. Seems to promote lag thru impact and ensure right wrist stays bent as I “think” about having right hand knuckles up as I lift. Don’t want to overthink every swing - just trying to train my hands. Thoughts? Thanks.

Lots of lag with my practice swing. Lag disappears when the ball appears. I hope this will work. Excellent video.

@TopSpeedGolf

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Let me know how it goes!

Great image showing natural lag , not forced. Is club face square just after impact or turning over. I'm sure Drill will help us warriors. KEN

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Play well!

Literal perfect explanation

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Checking in again Clay has a few videos over 100k views and one at 319K but this one now should hit over 100K soon up to 91K now WOWZA. Should focus on the float load it works and can help all OG’s BTW Bobby Jones #1 thing he made sure to do was Float Load. He didn’t call it that but it was same thing.

playing off a 8 handicap, decided to implement this drill and promised myself to stick to it on the range, tried it yesterday for the first, shanked alot, could you please help in what i could be doing wrong, thanks

I am watching everyday for next 30 days.

@TopSpeedGolf

2 ай бұрын

Haha, awesome!

Would love a how to release the club video or do you guys have one already? Been watching for years and I think from all the "lag and stop flipping" videos I never release the club and lately it's been causing a lot of shanks and drives starting straight but going right

@TopSpeedGolf

Жыл бұрын

We've got a ton of videos on KZread! kzread.infosearch?query=release We also have a section of our Top Speed Golf system dedicated to the Straight Line Release. You can check that out here: topspeedgolf.com/topic/release-introduction/

8 iron 194 yards. Dang! That float is inner strength.

Watched in frame by frame and when you did the full swing at 8:22 there was absolutely no "float load" Is this just a thought?

There’s not the video about the tip of the elbow when clicking where you said.

Can you carry this slowly with the arms and wrists?

Just a observation. The action which is occurring but not being mentioned is the side bending action of the spine. All good ball strikers do it so reflexively they often don’t realize it but it is not something that most beginners do when swinging a club. Biomechanically the action is similar to the under arm tossing of a rock across the surface of a pond. If done at the top of the backswing you will observe by just side bending and doing nothing else it causes the shoulders to tilt more than the hips which swings the hands down and forward in an arc and causes the trail arm to tuck into the rib cage. What makes that move “magic” in the Harry Penick sense is that it is possible to side bent backwards while the shoulders are still being pulled forward by the club momentum in the backswing. When you isolate the side bend action you will discover it also creates a reflexive shifting of the hips laterally in reaction to the upper body mass moving backwards; the sub-conscious brain reacting to keep the body in balance over the feet just as it does when winding up to throw a ball with the trail arm. Pulling the hand down with side bend action against the forward inertia of the club head is what causes the shaft to bend and store potential energy from the backswing - the advantage of metal and carbon shafts vs. hickory Byron Nelson discovered. But to maintain that shaft bend and lag in the wrists it creates the laws of physics dictate that the hands need to keep trying to acceleration faster than the club head mass. That is accomplished in the swing of good ball strikers because in their downswings then progressively increase the amount of side bend. I came to realize this by analyzing videos of pro swings frame by frame. The more a golfer’s anatomy allows them to side bend in the downswing the more they can keep the hands pulling down against the inertia of the club head mass. In the swings of most recreational golfers which lack progressive side bend action the hands don’t keep accelerating faster than the club head mass resulting in the bend coming out of the shaft early in the downswing - casting.

Can that float load be used with your driver? Or is that a stupid question

@jameskaiser7111

20 күн бұрын

Yes - especially with driver and all clubs -

@jameskaiser7111

20 күн бұрын

Hand position at impact is forward lean or hands ahead of ball at impact in irons and Driver all lined up - but most important at impact is to have compression which means the clubhead is always behind the hands and has speed. The real test for float load is can you get your hands on your trail thigh at P5 with shaft still horizontal to ground. Because if you can then you will have great club speed and be in great position at bottom. Bottom line is at top or P4 try to not have too much wrist bend or lag at the top then when recentering with lower body and you make your downswing move at top start adding lag (wrist bend coming down) THIS IS FLOAT LOADING. In this video Michael show the club hear going up and then he drops his hand so club feels like it is weightless or floating this - notice too he also has flexed his wrist to maximum on the way coming down - just when he starts to move his hands down - same thing as your down swing.

Interesting concept with regards to the "floating swing" and makes sense. However, there appears to be some conflict with finishing the swing. Now in contrast to the last video I just watched with Clay, it was recommended using the left forearm to pull down on the club and the last 3 fingers of the left hand should be gripping the end of the grip tightly in the pull down move. Not to mention I cannot tell you the number of videos I've watched and the discrepancy with regards to the hand position at impact. Left wrist bowed, right wrist hinged, roll the wrist over shortly after impact, don't roll your wrist. Way too much inconsistency. That is withe exception of just about every video ending with click the link below to learn the "E Slot maneuver" to finish the swing. I've seen the video and it still doesn't answer the question of just what is the correct hand position at impact.

@jameskaiser7111

20 күн бұрын

Hand position at impact is forward lean or hands ahead of ball at impact in irons and Driver all lined up - but most important at impact is to have compression which means the clubhead is always behind the hands and has speed. The real test for float load is can you get your hands on your trail thigh at P5 with shaft still horizontal to ground. Because if you can then you will have great club speed and be in great position at bottom. Bottom line is at top or P4 try to not have too much wrist bend or lag at the top then when recentering with lower body and you make your downswing move at top start adding lag (wrist bend coming down) THIS IS FLOAT LOADING. In this video Michael show the club hear going up and then he drops his hand so club feels like it is weightless or floating this - notice too he also has flexed his wrist to maximum on the way coming down - just when he starts to move his hands down - same thing as your down swing.

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I'm not an idiot, you're not Clay.

131 is my maxed out 8 iron 😢

@oxfordbambooshootify

Жыл бұрын

Same boat 😢

@oceanyt8

6 ай бұрын

Rolling all my body and butt, same 135 max..Of course no proper coach here. Self talent but that's all I got..