- So beginner golf swing basics,
well there's a lot of things you can tell
a beginner golfer that might help.
But I've picked out three for you
that I think if you can get the concepts especially,
and I'll show you drills to go with them,
and get started this way,
it'll really be a shortcut for you.
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Okay, first thing to realize in golf,
obviously, you've got this stick.
It's effectively a mallet.
Your job is to apply pressure to the golf ball,
not so much to hit it,
certainly not to get it in the air,
it's just designed with loft.
That's what does this.
And here's the thing, and this sounds super obvious,
the goal is to apply pressure at the back of the ball
so that you send it forward.
Now let me just show you very briefly with the pro
how the club's designed.
We'll get back out and look at this.
Okay, Adam Scott here, wonderful player.
Looks like a middle iron.
There's a yellow line that shows you the angle
of his golf club.
Now he'll swing more or less along that.
The arms will then rise somewhat above it,
but you'll see the downswing as it progresses,
he returns there and really delivers down that line.
And as you see, club comes right at the back of the ball
and squashes it.
Golf balls compress like tennis balls do,
not as easily, but that's the idea.
Put pressure on the back of the ball.
One little pitfall a lot of players get into,
if you draw a line with many golfers,
from the club to the ball,
they go right down that line at the ball.
In other words, they're aiming at the ball.
It shouldn't.
It should come down more.
You can see how he's coming this way.
That allows you to get on that swing plane
and gradually work your way around to the back of the ball.
So as we start on a small scale,
keep these two things in mind.
Number one, you're trying to apply pressure to the ball
right on the back.
Number two, your swing should be aimed at the target.
In this case, that green over there,
not at the ball.
So easy subconsciously to aim at the ball.
Get a little flow and just on a small scale,
come in at the back of the ball,
get your club going in that direction.
Now, again, as a new golfer,
you're probably not gonna get the consistent contact
that maybe I'm getting on these shots.
Don't let that upset you.
Keep getting the shape of swing,
getting the feel for how the club should move.
Contact will come.
So here I go, back of the ball,
mentally, I'm aiming the club in
that direction out there.
Then you can do it on a bigger scale.
Okay, recommendation number two.
Don't hit with the golf club.
New golfers have such a tendency to try to hit at the ball.
It ruins the motion of the swing.
As we just said a minute ago,
you're trying to apply pressure.
So let's say two things,
you're trying to flow, get some motion in the club,
and apply pressure, not hit.
So start on a small scale, this is a nine iron.
And just pop the thing out there.
Now you may not get as good a contact as I did.
Don't let that dominate it for you.
Just get the right motion.
So again, I'm thinking flow,
and here's another key to it.
The club should be reacting more to your body.
Don't get these little control muscles and start moving
the club independently.
Get a little bit of sense of body motion.
Let the club begin to react to that flow
and apply pressure as you go through.
Then just change the scale.
Make it a little bit bigger.
Again, relax your mind, don't worry about contact.
And just start to get that flow in your golf swing,
you'll have helped yourself.
So here's our third tip for you as a beginner,
and this is a boring one,
that's why I've stuck it at the end of the video,
but hang in there if you've come this far.
There's a lotta ways to grip the club
but if you don't get a couple of things right,
it's gonna be a struggle for you.
So first thing you wanna notice
that in any good setup, the arms hang down from the body,
and here's the key,
at a significant angle to the club shaft.
So many new golfers just line their arms up
with the golf club.
You won't be able to grip it that well.
When you do this, the club is gonna rest more on the heel
with the toe ever so slightly in the air.
So relax the lead hand.
This pad must be on top of the golf club
if this thing's going to work properly.
So again, a good grip, this is important,
allows you to apply pressure down on the handle.
That's the essence of wrist cock.
That makes the club feel light
and allows you to create speed.
If you're in line with it,
you have no leverage on the golf club.
So I'm telling you,
if you get a grip that's consistently good,
allows you to apply pressure to the club,
allows the club to feel light,
the first two things we talked about,
applying pressure to the back of the ball
and getting that nice flow in the swing,
are so much easier.
So don't forget that one.
So beginner golf swing basics,
hope those are helpful to you.
Hang out with those three,
get good at them, you'll be on your way,
you'll be off to a good start.
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