Effortless Golf Swing (Best Drill To Turn Your Arms Off)
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- In this tip I show you the best effortless golf swing drill to turn your arms off. I call it taming the wild stallion. For most golfers, not hitting with the arms is tough but this is one of the main keys to learn and effortless golf swing. Here's the best drill to turn your arms off and stop hitting the ball hard with just your arms.
Since 1991, I have taught a powerful, effortless, pain-free golf swing to golfers of all ages and abilities. So why learn and effortless golf swing? This type of swing is a swing for life. In order to learn it you need to do something different that what you have done in the past. I have found that this is the best effortless golf swing drill that will allow you to turn your arms off. This is step one. Once you stop hitting hard with your arms you can then start adding body rotation to generate the power. In other words this drill allows you to switch the power source from arms to legs and hips.
Most golfers hit the ball solely with their arms. The problem is you will never hit your best shots plus as you get older you will get weaker which means you will only ever lose power. For the sake of doing what I call the best effortless golf swing drill you can make the switch to a body swing quickly and have it for life.
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Tip Link: • Effortless Golf Swing ... - Sport
9:40 - This was the drill that got me the break-through. Just pause the video and press the period key to go frame by frame. If you watch closely, Paul lays the shaft of the club on his neck muscle, keeps his hands as far away from his neck as he can without losing a good grip. Don't worry about the lead arm being bent a little, it's just a drill to get snappy wrists. He starts the swing with his lower body and the shaft stays on his neck and shoulder for a long time while he rotates the lower body. The two very important things to notice is; 1. His trail arm stays at his side for the entire downswing. It's not out in front of him, nor is it too far behind him. This very important. 2. Look how extreme the wrist compression is (wrist cock). This is at 9:45, and the video must be in frame by frame mode to see this. His hips and body are pointing towards the sand bunker to the right out in front of him, but look at the driver head. It's pointing BACK at the camera, almost straight up the target line. From there he just keeps rotating and SNAP the wrist joints will release. If you don't feel a snap in your wrist joints, you are still too tense. I first loosened by grip and wrists and got the SNAP. Then I slowly tightened my grip and kept feeling for the snap, and it worked. The club will feel real heavy in the wrists and hands when you do it right. From that point on, you'll never ever swing the same again. It's almost like you're cheating, it's that good.
This one is all the way from Australia mate ! Gooday ! I have studied every video of yours I can find. I thought you had gone mad with your putting tip but to my astonishment it has worked amazingly for me. Regarding your full swing, over the last two weeks, my game has been transformed from an arm swing to your body swing. I’m finally getting the idea of it, particularly the wrist snap. I laughed out loud today when playing alone on my golf course. I normally hit a driver about 230 m. I knew I had driven straight today, but I couldn’t find several balls. They were 30 m further than I normally hit a driver!
I will love you forever.! Cheers, Dennis
Glad you found me. I have a pretty big following in Australia. Maybe someday I'll get there. Yes, the putting tip is amazing. I am putting a heart beside everyone who tried it and posted their results. Their comments are great. Sounds like you are getting it. The snap is huge. This gets you the clubhead speed. Then you just attach the arm unit to your body and BOOM you've got it all of the time. Great feeling. Keep at it.
I completely agree- total gamechanger when I remove my arms from manipulating the club!
thnx for the info and for the stop action with the period key, i never knew that one.
Thanks for pointing this out . Very significant IMO
Thank you. At 72 yrs old I was struggling to get out of shooting in the 90s. I watched your best putting tip video and effortless swing video. I put these feedbacks from your videos to use yesterday. I shot 82. Didn’t 3 putt at any time. Long putts left me in tap in range. And the swing felt effortless. Some old arm swing and hitting at the ball crept in. Just remembered the long straight shots and went back to turning off the arms. My brother who I played with is a scratch golfer and wondered if I spent the day at the range. Told him I didn’t get a chance to go. He was very impressed. Long comment I know. Just had to say it all came together. No more searching for CZcams golf tips. Just Paul Wilson for me.
Wow. That's great. Now you know you can do it you need to be doing daily practice swings so you get used to swinging this way all of the time. So much more fun when you play well. Thanks for the support.
Hi Paul. I have been working tirelessly for two weeks to convert my arm. Swing to a body swing. I have finally got the idea. I laughed out loud today when I couldn’t find several drives that I hit straight down the fairway. I finally discovered them about 30 to 40 yards further than I was used to looking for them. At age 73, I would hit my drives about 240 yards. Today they were approaching 280 yards. Long live the wrist snap. I will love you forever!
Very good. So glad you keep at it. Great feeling when you get it. Even greater feeling when you realize this takes so little effort you can do it for life. Truly mind boggling that I have to convince people to do this. This should be the biggest channel on YT. I will keep doing what I do and at some point I hope everyone starts doing it.
For the past couple of weeks, I've been working on my lower body rotation and getting my hands down in the downswing. Martin Hall used a visualization of swinging a club while standing in waist high water. On the downswing, the hands should break the surface before the clubhead. It couples well with your emphasis on lower body power and rotation. But I became so concentrated on rotation and hands that I allowed tension to creep back into my arms and wrists. I was striking the ball well enough, but almost never really flush and aim was inconsistent. Then I realized my arms weren't loose. On the swings where I get all of these things right...oh my word. I'm still trying to get it all wired into my brain to work together consistently. This drill will be very helpful in getting the arms loose first.
You may not have posted here lately, Paul, but we still remember you.
Paul, I discovered golf instructional videos on CZcams a few years ago. I've watched a dozen different channels over time and I have to say yours is my favorite. None of the other channels emphasize the body concept over arms. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much. I too watch others so I know what is out there and yes, I seem to be the lone wolf. I will keep doing what I do and one day everyone will try it.
Great drill. One question: 20 years ago, I tried a similar swing, taking the arms out of it. In David Leadbetters book at the time, he advocated upper arms against torso and start the swing with the belly button. I practiced this religiously for 6-8 months and eventually began making the best iron shots of my lifep; I could flush and fade and draw the ball at will. My hands would obediently follow my belly button. However, tho this swing was consistent, it didn't add any length to my shots and I was never able to transfer it to my driver. Eventually ego won out. I reverted back to my old hand/arm method I played with in early life. I was a 2 in my twenties and until a few years ago, shot regularly in the high 70's, including a 75 from the back tees in a tournament at Riviera. The armless swing drills you advocate remind me a lot of the Leadbetter method. And the drills, especially laying the club on your shoulder and letting the body swing it......feels very easy. But I want to regain my speed. Any advice for me going forward? Really appreciate your wonderful ability to explain things in simple terms. Thank you.
The difference is that you locked your arms against your sides and used the belly button but your wrists were tight so you didn't get the clubhead speed. I went to Leadbetter years ago. In no way did they ever talk about loose wrists. So you need to be way way way way way looser in your wrists. You get the power through uncoiling and allowing the loose wrists to generate speed. This drill is to get people to stop hitting with the arms. If you know how to do that already then work on these 2 drills. Do that for 30 days and you will hit it longer than you can imagine:
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Years ago, I had a scratch player do drill 1. He took it from 250 to over 300 setting the course record at the course where the Canadian Open was held. He was already using his hips. That would be like you doing the Leadbetter stuff. Same thing. So do the wrist drill for 30 days too.
Great advice Paul thanks for sharing your knowledge 🦘
This is a great tip. Most golfers should be doing this drill.
Love this Paul. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks. Great drill. Keep doing it until you have it. Then turn on the body for power.
This is the key to the golf swing that nobody tells you about. I'm still working on it but I finally figured out the feeling after using my arms for 20 years.
Exactly. Got to understand "why" the majority of golfers cannot do this. There has to be a reason. Well, the reason is they started as adults with arm strength. Big difference between adults and kids. Once you know the difference and why kids accel quickly you need to figure out how to turn your arms off. The main problem is everyone wants instant results. So they turn the arms off for a few balls and hit it nowhere so they start hitting again to hit shots like they used to. They have to realize this is a new way to swing and it takes a little work to make the switch. The payoff is huge if they do. Glad you are seeing it and are with me.
Thanks Paul, your dedication over the years to make this simple for us normal people who didn't have a swing coach at 10 years old is really next level. It's very hard to retrain your brain after doing it wrong for so long. I had lessons and we never talked about this. I feel this one tip should be the base idea that everyone needs to understand first.
Thanks so much. I am just so sick of people not getting this. Retraining your brain is a huge key for sure. Hopefully, I am explain "why" you think the way you do and why you need to change how you think. As far as lessons go I know what's out there. I ask every student if they have taking lessons in the past. I will keep doing what I do. Glad you're with me.
Same here. Paul’s easy swing golf has changed my game. Putting together a string of shots is still a challenge but getting the FEEL of the easy swing golf
Nick Faldo was made to do this as a kid learning. He has great rhythm and control.
You're the man Paul ✊
Thanks for the support. I appreciate it.
Brilliant lesson Paul 👏
Glad you liked it. Thanks.
Bang on...I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT..did what you said with the zero tension plan...usually play bogy golf...just put up 7 pars and one birdie for an 83...luv it!
That's great! I just want people to try it and see some amazing shots. Once you do you will want to do it forever. Your at this stage. Keep at it.
Thanks for posting
You're welcome.
Looks like a great drill. Gonna try this today.
Please do. Just don't give up until you can do it.
Hello Paul, lost my Body Swing effortless swing so back to your vid's. The Effortless Golf Swing (Best Drill To Turn Your Arms Off) tips including a 2 out of 10 grip pressure really helped get and keep my arms turned off and loose wrists. Also worked on timing to start the down swing getting hip turn going first and finishing so right foot is up on toe and belt buckle just left of target. Using this and focusing a very patient swing; hip turn first, the Body Swing returned. Hurrah! Left the practice session with no back pain and chuckling at the pure strikes and ball flight with no effort and no pain. Your right, it is a mind-blowing experience! Thank you for the best golf how to instructional vids out there.
Anytime you lose it you immediately go down to 50%. People always start whacking away at it with the arms. Glad you are back. Stay focused and do tons of practice swings daily.
Mr. Wilson. I have played with the interlocking grip since about the age of 12.I watched this video and it made sense. Backed off my pinky. Than I went to the overlap on the range. I was literally stripping it. Thank you. 7 iron 150, 179 with the grip, club speed up 4. Again thank you.
Wow. Nice one. So glad you tried it. Exciting times ahead. Just don't get greedy. Watch:
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Hi Paul,
Just been out and put this into practice. The results were 80% perfect the other 20%were my other issues👍
Keep up the good work my friend👊
Nice work! Glad to hear it. Once you get the arms out then make the switch to body.
Very good advice !
Glad you liked it. This is just such a huge drill for most everyone.
Thanks Paul, I've been watching your videos for years and finally gave up and decided to do it your way
What a difference already
just played 9 holes and hit 1 bad shot (by my standards, lol)
I kept going back to trying to kill it in the past and going nowhere
now I'm doing it your way
now more sweating after the round pissed off!!
your effortless swing in really the way !!
thanks for all your help!
Glad you came to your senses. I am literally handing it to everyone on a silver platter. All they have to do is understand it and try something new. Doesn't take long to hit amazing shots. Plus, you have a swing for life. You see that hitting hard does not get you any more distance. So stick with loosening. You've got this.
Great 👍 idea I am going use it and see how it works. Great 👍 👌 content love it
Very good. Don't quit. Keep doing it until you can do it.
Thx Paul. I been struggling. So then I revert back to your swing ideas. It helped immensely. I used your easy flowing backswing to help my rigid backswing then coupled with turning thru and tried to fix any cupped left wrist. I was pga for a day. No penalty misshits
No ob. I focused on course management and putting didn't kill me for some reason for an even 71. With 3 birds. Thx a ton. Pitching was great too
So you are never going to stray every again right? I have had others do this too. I am handing it to everyone on a silver platter. You just have to do what I am teaching. You want slight cupping in the wrist. If it cups to much you are holding it too much in the fingers of your left hand. Just follow my grip here:
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and:
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@paulwilsongolf thx Paul. Yes teach I try my hardest never to revert back to the disruptors lol 😆 and I'll check out your grip. Tyvm
I love you're passion Paul.
I want to come to Vegas to get a lesson. I hope I make it.
Thanks for the support. I appreciate it. If you decide to come here I am on until end of May right now. I may go into June but not sure yet. Starting to book up so let me know sooner rather than later.
Thanks!
Thank you for your contribution. I truly appreciate the support.
Fire Your Hips !! A kettlebell swing is exactly the same. Your hips move the arms and the kettlebell. No Fire = No swing. Working on my game with your excellent coaching and explanation of the Body Swing. Thank you very much.
For sure. Great comparison. Glad you are with me. I'll get you there.
Paul, this is the TRUE KEY to get my arms out of my swing. It's very difficult to do but I work on this alot.
Thank you,
Well, you just need to think differently. You are not trying to hit a perfect shot. This is the problem. Everyone tries to hit it their best. This is a drill. Who cares where the ball goes? Keep at it.
@paulwilsongolf
Got it, thanks again Paul..
Appreciate it Paul! Played golf when I was a kid but now I'm getting back into it at 30, definitely guilty of using my arms too much. Going to try this at the range this week
I have fixed countless people who took a break from golf get their swing back. It's easy because they have used their body in the past. Take the break and you start hitting with the arms (which will never work). I just need to get them to loosen the wrists and use their body again to power the swing.
Watch this first to understand why taking a break lost your swing:
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Work on this first:
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Get the ball hooking and loose the wrists. Once you can do that you then start firing the lower body harder/quicker/faster to straighten it out. Not sure what your downswing trigger is but something in your legs and hips you use to hit the ball.
This is the easiest trigger:
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As you do this there is timing between the release and the legs and hips so you need to watch this to learn exactly how hard you need to fire your hips:
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This is literally days or a week or two of work maximum to get it back.
Keep me posted.
This is awesome Paul. When I'm on the range, regardless of the club I'm practicing with, I use it to hit to the 100/120 yardage markers, be it wedge, 5 iron, or 5 wood. Obviously I have to tone down the swing speed, but I personally find it a great drill to get timing and rhythm. Thanks for all you do.
Very good. You know what to do. Keep at it.
Great drill! I used your 2/3 drill as a starting point, and then try to add 10m for each of the next shots until I feel the arms “taking over” again. Then I stop and begin at 2/3 again. Works best in a simulator, where you can see the distance and don’t really care about how many balls you hit.
Very good. You understand it. Keep at it.
I'm 78 and found a few things to help with adopting Paul's swing....taking a slightly narrower stance compared to my "muscle it" stance, practice his swings many times over before trying to use it on the course/range, swinging a couple of clubs together to warm up helped me duplicate his swing during my practice time (muscle memory), don't worry about distance on the range/course...just try to duplicate his swing first until it becomes second nature.
....plus adding a short pause at the top
I like the narrower stance for sure. A wide stance creates all sort of issues. Not too narrow though. Yes, do the practice swings as much as possible. That is great. You can literally do this without hitting any balls. Don't worry about distance. Yes, I like this. Get it. Get good at it. Then increase if you need more distance. You are on track. Good job. I like it when people take the words out of my mouth. Keep at it.
👏👏👍 hinge and rehinge is helping me.
Very good this is a huge part of the swing.
This changed my game and ball consistency today. Wow. Thx! I also paid for golf tech lessons last week. I feel like canceling them after I found this and it worked immediately
So glad you tried it. This is a huge drill. Get this and you are on your way to an effortless swing. Different teachers have different theories on the swing. I have been teaching the same thing for now my 33rd year. Find 1 teach and stick with it.
Paul..you're right..from day 1 I've been hitting the ball with my arm..I hope it's not too late to switch to a lower body swing and will stick to it forever😀
Very too late. Just follow along. You want it fast then do the wild stallion drill and watch this one too: czcams.com/video/LAejvDbw_aA/video.html Got to get the arms out of it first. So reduce the balls you are hitting and do practice swings. Get rid of the hitting then it's adding body for power.
... excellent lesson to build Consistency, Confidence and Distance. Thank you ☑️ John Williams @JWfit 🇬🇧
Glad you liked it. Go to break people down then build them back up.
I have watched Paul's videos for about two years now, since starting back at golf after a 30 year hiatus. The three that really changed my game are: 1) the body swing of course, 2) the waggle putting practice, and 3) the easiest bunker technique ever (just dig in and hit your normal shot). Amazing teacher!
So glad you found me. Those are 3 great areas to get you playing great golf for sure. Keep up the good work and thanks for your promo to others.
I regularly watch your lessons, the old ones and the newest one's. And, yes, like you say in your videos, others will benefit so I promo.@@paulwilsongolf
Thanks
Thank you so much for the contribution. I truly appreciate the support.
I am trying this tomorrow morning before work!
Let us know how you do.
@@paulwilsongolf 1st swing 95 yards
See how I work. I say no one has done it to get people to prove me wrong. I work in mysterious ways.
@@paulwilsongolf It took a lot of pre swings before golf ball touched club!
I know it's cliché, but in my experience THIS is golf's one great secret. Thanks for teaching it.
Glad you see it. Got to break the person down to nothing. Just turning the arms off a little is good but it's easy to start hitting again. Turn them off completely and it's easy to recognize if the arms creep back in. Plus of course if your not hitting you will have to use your body. Glad you see it. Keep at it.
Like your tips and videos.. it's been a work in progress for me and my game. Sometimes it works well. Sometimes not so much. What I've been dealing with on the wet courses of the PNW is deep divots..any tips and drill for this problem..
Glad you like the tips. Keep in mind you are changing. For most this doesn't happen instantly. Keep at it and make the switch.
As for the fat shots follow my fat shot fix but also I think you need to flatten your plane. That tip is below too:
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And:
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Sounds like a great tip. I can generally hit my 7 iron ahout 170 and my driver about 280 but thats putting in a lot of effort to do that, and I'm waking up sore the next day especially my arms and im only 35. I even injured my wrist quite badly and was out for 8 months. So I'll definitely try this if I can get similar distance or even the same and it's easy on my body ill stick with it!
Yes, you need to do this. You should be able to hit those distances with a feeling of nothing. At this point you can do it forever without it hurting. Those are basically my numbers. I feel nothing. Body never hurts. So give this a try and you will see after you get the arms out then start adding body you will be blown away. Actually ... watch this. See how little effort it takes me to get to 100mph:
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Then all you do is add more legs and hips for 110 plus.
@@paulwilsongolf so I had a hit today and it was hard to be super lose with my irons and hit them well but with the driver I completely let go on trying to hit the ball with my arms. Let go of all the tension and was hitting it around 265 with complete ease. I think the better I get at this the longer it will go. But it was the easiest 265 I've ever hit. Didn't even feel like I was doing anything
@@ward196how are you doing now, how far is that driver going?
Yes I am a Stallion.
I have been applying your program Paul.
It Works Everything is Coming Together.
I’ve lost many of my bad habits on the course.
I am playing much better Thanks Again Mr. Wilson.
I have trust issues.
The one with my putter will take a minute…
And my driver is Stuck in The bag.
I’m killing three wood on a dime.
You are on your way for sure. Stay focused. Hitting hard will never work. I am trying to save you a lifetime of wasting your time. I would do this drill for a week (hit no balls):
czcams.com/video/LAejvDbw_aA/video.html
You need a prolonged period of time of not hitting.
Great tip
Your a great teacher
I’m gonna try this method because I try to use brute strength to move the ball
It don’t work
Thanks for the video
Thanks so much. I appreciate it. Yes, get this and you are on your way. Hitting hard with the arms is never going to work. Plus, when you are 75 you will literally hit it nowhere. Get on this now and you have a swing for life.
Paul, so many of us are guilty of using our arms for power. Thanks for updating this important drill. When you fire your legs and hips in the downswing, do you have a lateral shift toward the target, or just rotate fast & thru without the lateral shift?
Glad you liked it. This is a good one for sure. There is a shift. I want you to think TURN allowing the shift to happen. I did a tip on it here:
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@@paulwilsongolf thanks Paul! These 3 videos answered my question perfectly.
Hey Paul, I can draw my irons now but still slicing my driver. Do I need to stay behind it a bit longer? When I try to roll the wrists over, i hit these low pull draws but it's not really what I want to see because it's hard to replicate on the golf course over 18 holes.
So are you not seeing both steps? You hook it. As you do you are jumping up and down saying YES! I am doing half right. Once you can do that consistently you switch your thought to firing your legs and hips. You hit the top and turn your hips lets say. The arms follow. Just as you come through you feel the release you were just doing. BOOM! dead straight. If if pulls you need to fire the lower quicker. If you blow push it you fired too hard. Watch me do it with a student here first:
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Then watch this:
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So see it how I see it. Keep hooking it until you know it's going to hook before you hit it. Then slowly switch to body. The ball will tell you how hard you need to fire the lower.
It began as a small inconsequential thing and ended in complete catastrophe. All I wanted to do was modify my backswing a little, and it daisy chained into a series of changes that altered everything. In a week I went from pretty consistent iron play to mishitting almost every shot. I was absolutely lost in the wilderness and had no idea where I was.
My first instinct was to put the clubs away and not touch them for a few weeks in the hopes this malaise would somehow miraculously pass. But deep down I knew it wasn't the answer, so I started doing swing drills. For a week I did nothing but hundreds of swing drills; around and around; shoulder and hip turn; fire the lower body; keep the arms turned off and the wrists loose. In the heat of the day and in the winds of passing hurricane Idalia, I stood in the yard and drilled. I am now happy to say the demons have been exorcised.
Thank you, Paul. You helped me recover my golf sanity, and more importantly, how to maintain it.
I can certainly relate. Been there done that. Not fun. So glad you decided to do only practice swings. The ball is the problem. No ball means no hitting. Staying loose is huge too of course. Stay focused. If you lose it in the future let me know. I will fix you in minutes. Thanks for the support.
Mr Wilson may I ask if you do feel any arms in the backswing? Because when I feel no arms I find my swing gets extremely flat. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Thank you as always Sir
Yes, you need to set the top of the backswing. I teach powerless arms on the way down and through not going back. If you do nothing going back you will be too flat and the club will be flopping all over the place. I have done many tips on this:
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Hey Paul, do you have a recommendation for how to keep the left arm straight (to prevent over-swinging) whilst also maintaining zero tension in the arms? Thx so much!!
Do not keep the left arm straight. I did a tip on that here:
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Just letting you know that I have my own section on this major magazine now. I am posting 2 tips per day. Lots of work. I will continue to do tips on CZcams with more to come in the spring. www.mensjournal.com/pursuits/golf-tips/
Can you say that your trailing arm's elbow sticks more to your torso during the downswing?
Would you also say that the snap is delayed until the hips start to turn during downswing?
I find when I don't let my trailing arm's elbow stick more towards my torso, I seem to come more from above, resulting in a massive slice.
I answered this in your other question. I have never worked on tucking the trail elbow. It tucks due to having the right fundamentals one of them being not hitting with my arms.
The snap is delayed due to the body leading and arms following. I am not trying to delay it in any way.
My other reply addresses the over the top swing.
I want to do it, I really want to, but it's hard..... so hard to suppress the "Stallion"! I'll keep at it, it seems to be working for some. Thanks Paul!
Stay focused. As I said keep doing it until you get it. So it takes a few days it's a small price to pay for amazing golf.
Should your arms be extended throughout the swing with the driver? Seems like you're bending your elbows on the back swing and the follow through? Is that just for this exercise or for the finished product as well?
Here you go: czcams.com/video/1TiT0C8XF2U/video.html
Great to see you going through your fundamentals again for slow leaners like me. I detected a tone of exasperation in this video😊
Reminds me of SpongeBob SquarePants and we're all a bunch of Patricks!
Yes, Doctor Wilson is putting it all out there, with zero to little financial reward to himself! His lesson plan is consistent, and based on the feedback/comments, from myself as well, I would compare us to Jekyll and Hyde. I take all this info in, but at the range, cant/won't tame the stallion/monster. Next time is going to be better !
I am. You have no idea what I go through to not only do the tips, answer questions, put up with idiots bashing me, teaching, life etc. etc. It's really people not listening for now 33rd years that wears on you.
@paulwilsongolf So true Paul! I taught at community College for about 10 years, and the student attention span was about 3.75 seconds! We live in an age of (instant gratification necessary) . Musical instruments shelved or sold after only one week of zero application, is a example. I like the wax on, wax off method of teaching learning. My game is terrible right now from underuse, misuse. Can't even keep score right now. 4 rounds this year, but you bring me hope of getting into a fluid zen-like golf swing. At 60 plus years, Thank You !
Yes, I'm putting the in work trying to make people get better ... fast.
You get it for sure. So true. The thing is I get super-fast results. The problem is people don't know what super-fast is. Could be days weeks or maybe even a month or two. I took me 10 years of daily practice to get it back. I literally tried everything and still do (to see what's being taught). I show people what is going to work based on what the average person can even handle. This save them years of learning. It is truly mind boggling that I even have to convince people to do this stuff but as you said if they don't see amazing shots in 2 seconds they quit and go right back to a golf swing that will never work. I do try to tell everyone in my tips to give a at least 1 bucket and not quit after 3 balls. Within 1 bucket they will see some good ones and I hope that will convince them to keep doing it.
Paul, are you ever in the Chicagoland area? Would love to book a lesson if you do.
No plans to travel anywhere. Might have to come to Vegas. I will be back to teaching again in October.
Is it possible to learn this in the backyard with some foam balls or whiffle balls?
Yes, as I keep saying in nearly all of my tips practice swings is the best way to work on your swing. If you are working on moves and position then I would say do not hit foam balls. That is hitting. I am trying to get you to not hit. You could hit them for this drill though until you stop trying to hit as hard as you can with the arms.
okay, okay, okay... I'll give it a try. I was hitting my driver today, swinging easy and getting about 92-95 mph club head speed. I later tried to swing harder and reached 97-98 mph, but I felt I was putting in 30% more effort for an additional 3-5 mph. I was very frustrated, I'm tired of hitting my driver 230-240 and I want some speed. I've heard you teach this before but I never really tried it, but I'll give it a shot over the next month.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Let me know how you do.
@@paulwilsongolf Okay Paul, here's an update. What I did not tell you was that I had a problem with hitting the center of the club face, I would often hit heel shots. I would hit my driver 219 or 260, depending upon my face contact. I tried to work on hitting the center of the club face over the past 1-2 years and I went through about 20-30 cans of foot spray. I tried everything, I saw your drill on how to move your hips properly "A simple drill to clear your hips" and 2 things started to happen. 1) I started to hit the center of the club face and 2) I went from an average of 94 mph to 101 mph. Wow!!! I haven't even tried your drill above yet but if I'm hitting the center of the club face and I gained 6 mph, without even trying, imagine what I'm capable of doing. I can't explain how much this means to me. I take care of my father who is 95 and I went home and told him the good news. Moving my hips properly has changed my game. I've fluctuated from 10 hcp to a 14 hcp average but if I'm hitting the center of the club face with more speed this should cause me to become a single digit handicapper. I can't thank you enough. I'll try the drill above out but with the new hip turn I can't wait to see what happens, once again thanks. I'll let you know in 30 days what happens. I would love one day to meet you in person and shake your hand, I'll buy the steak and cold beer. Thanks, Paul
That's great. So glad you are hitting the center of the face. Too bad you didn't find me earlier. I would have saved you money on the foot spray. That never works because that is you manipulating the club trying to hit the center. All you have to do is nothing. Use the body and keep the arms turned off and it repeats:
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The distance gain is fantastic too. Super loose wrists and fire the legs and hips. Never hit harder. You are on your way. Keep at it.
How do you turn your arms off while setting your wrist hinge at the top of your backswing and in front of you in the follow thru?
It’s hard to separate the actions.
Well, if your wrists are tight and you are not hinging the club you need to get them hinging. To do this you will feel your arms and wrists. Once you unlock your wrists and have the hinging and rehinging you work on your body coiling and uncoiling. Loosening up is great but you need to get the swing working. Last step it to stop hitting or helping the shot with your arms. So work on this first:
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I would work on snapping them too and get the ball hooking:
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Once you get arm unit working switch to body:
Coil in the backswing. Uncoil to hit it.
Let me know if you need help with coiling and uncoiling or you can just search for these on the channel and they will come up. I would watch this too so you know how your body is going to straighten out the hooks:
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This is key - Paul my best year of golf was a loose effortless swing the first time you put this out. Then I lost it, went back to whacking probably from too many best ball outings. Thanks.
Yeah, those are swing killers. You had it so you know you can do it. Here is how to get it back:
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Paul I got it back! and it's interesting how. Just before league this afternoon I was at my son's house bench pressing with him I gassed my arms pretty good. When I got on the course my weak arms were swinging like a pendulum and I dropped 9 strokes from my normal 9 this year. I'm ecstatic!@@paulwilsongolf
When I take the arms out of it I feel like the Club is tough to control and I can’t hit it clean.. It almost makes the club feel like a sledgehammer. Should the swing kind of feel out of control at first? I feel like my arms being involved helps me square the club face and keep control of the ball striking.
Yep, that is the feeling. You need all clubs to feel unmistakably heavy. You are then powering but firing your legs and hips. Are you do that? You can't just be flopping all over the place with the club. Watch:
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Then get your lower body moving:
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You are allowing simple physics to square the face. Watch:
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Need some tips on getting out of deep rough with the irons, hard not to try and rip it…
Have you tried adding a club, ex 7 instead of 6,
Depends how deep the rough is. Super-deep and I am just getting it back in play with a sand wedge. Back foot hands ahead. This creates the descending blow to pop it out. Medium deep where you think you can actually hit it half decent you need to open the face. Do your grip then as you set up turn the face so it looks open. Then do your swing. So you are not doing a grip and opening the face. Normal grip and turn the face open. Then swing. Comes out just like that. I should do a tip on it.
Medium deep tip would be great, we all see tips from the range
@@jmack619 yes I will resort to a 4 iron to just get back in the fairway
But doesnt that drill create a feeling of decelerating at impact which you would not want? How else do you hit a full swing to go 50% less distance? What am I missing...thanks
Who cares. If you are decelerating the arms you are NOT accelerating the arms. This is what I want. Need to turn them off. This drill will do that. If you hit in any way with your arms it will go past the 2/3 point. Plus, you are not doing this forever. You are doing this to turn your arms off. At this point you are speed them up with your body.
@@paulwilsongolf We care, i think its a valid question to understand. Especially since many of us have been taught to accelerate through impact. But anyhow, I think I understand now what you are saying that its just a temp practice aid - I'll give this a try. Thank you so much!
So how's accelerating the club working for everyone? It's not. Do whatever it takes to do the drill. Let me know how you do after you do it.
Light grip pressure makes it easier to activate the hips…correct?
It can't be too light though. It is loose wrists secure grip:
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Okay I’m buying in I want to hit it farther and hitting harder is not working I just got back into golf after a lay off and I’m not hitting it very far at all but I know when on track man that I hit it my farthest when I try to be smooth thanks for all the tips the work begins 😂
Glad you are now "in." Only took you how many years to realize hitting hard is not working? The problem with hitting hard is that if I feed the person enough balls no matter how bad their swing is they will hit a few good ones. So you know what they think? I've got it! Problem is that was luck. So 30 years later they are still hoping that magically one day they can do it all the time. This day never comes. As I will keep saying kids have no or minimal arm strength. Many 12 year olds or younger can out drive older stronger adults. If they can do this we need to be copying what they are doing. So ... turn the arms off completely. This loosens the wrists, widens the arc etc. czcams.com/video/nxPegIT6O9Q/video.html
If your arms are turned off you would have to use the body to power the swing. Once you do that you create serious power with no effort. Get that and you will have it for life because you don't have to be strong to be loose. Do this:
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Also, the problem with taking long breaks is that when you come back to playing human nature is telling you to hit the object sitting in front of you and hit it hard. I have taught countless people in this scenario. This gets the previously decent player to be terrible when the start playing again because they are now solely hitting with the arms. So, you cannot take long breaks. You need to at least be doing daily practice swings at home to keep your body working and arms loose. Stay focused. You will be hitting it great in no time.
I just turned 50 and I keep getting the worst golfers elbow!! Is this because i use my arms too much? Its kind of a scary thought to loosen up when addressing the ball, but when i keep my wrists loose, i always hit a clean shot, and my brain is constantly telling me that wont work! I really have to take this to the range and force myself to do this!! Thanks!
This is a serious problem. You are hitting and hitting hard with your arms. You need to immediately stop otherwise this golfers elbow will never go away. Stay focused and master this drill no matter what it takes. Watch this one too:
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@@paulwilsongolf thank you!!
So what you are saying Paul is to begin with, as a drill, we hit with less hit, like a driver 140 yards, and to achieve hitting it less, happens or is happening, because we are actually not hitting with our arms anymore. Is that what you are saying?
Correct. If you add any arms and hitting you will hit it past your 2/3 distance.
@@paulwilsongolf thanks
I DID IT FIRST TRY
Very good. I convinced you to do it. When I say no one has done it now you will focus on doing it. I work in mysterious ways.
I was the first to hit it 100!
No there was another guy way before you. See I actually talked you into it. If I say you can't do something you will actually try to do it. I work in mysterious ways. Keep at it. Get the arms and any hitting out of your swing. Then power it with the legs and hips. If so, you will be hitting it like a pro in no time.
Tame the wild mare too! 😂
There you go. Mare's too!
Would love to hit a7 iron 100 yards and carry my driver 140 yards.
Then you have come to the right place. It is simple. You need to hinge and rehinge your wrists. Then you attach this arm unit to your body which is coiling and uncoiling. There is the tilt as well but leave that out as you get the components of the swing. Typically, if a person is here for lessons, I work on the hinge first. Sorry, before that I would work on a neutral grip then stand them up taller (a lot of people are too bent over - not too tall but not bent over - athletic like short stop position). Here is the grip:
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The you hinge and rehinge first to understand what your wrists are going to do:
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Once you get the concept you hinge going back then roll the wrists so you hook every shot. This delofts the club and gets you about 30-50 more yards. Yes, they will be pull hooking. Doesn't matter as this is step 1. So 7 iron teed up 1/2 inch. Going into your backswing and hinge. Then as you go to come down you roll. Hinge and roll and get it hooking:
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Once you can consistently hook every ball you remember this feeling as you start switching to the legs and hips. So no you hit the top. You fire your legs and hips and allow it to roll as you hit the ball.
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You watch your ball. If you still pull hook it you need to fire the lower harder/quicker. If you blow it right that is too hard. Slow down. You are watching your ball until you get it on target using the legs and hips.
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I would watch this one too thinking about what I just said:
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After you get that and you want more power you need to fire the lower body quicker/faster. This is the power source.
Do this drill daily at home:
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There go. You have work to do.
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Glad you liked it. Thanks.
Good drill, when I get this happening in my swing I hit it a mile
Glad you liked it now I just have to convince you to keep doing it. Well, your words should convince you. Why would you not want to hit it a mile all the time.
My swing thought was always to swing like Fred Couples and that,s what Paul is doing here.
Very good thought. So many people love his swing then they step up and try to hammer it as hard as they can. Why visualize what he is doing and imagine it in your own swing. Glad you see this and are trying to do it. Keep at it.
I watched Paul 20 years ago and he was wearing a red shirt and khaki pants.but his theories are right on.
Been wearing a red shirt for about 20 years. It is holding up well. Seriously though, I have been wearing it since 2002.
Really wish I were a wild stallion. I could do it on the first swing unfortunately.
If you did it on the first swing that is me convincing you to do it. I work in mysterious ways.
Hey Paul,
Love this drill.. will give it a try and looking forward to the challenge! Hope to master the 7 iron to 100 yards and driver to 140 yards and increase with the body swing from there.
BTW, I came across these broom drill videos that reminded me of the body swing. Interested in your point of view. Almost reminds me of your metal block thought on a driver swing you posted.
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This is a good one. Get this and you are on your way. Just stick with it.
I love to add this in all golf content because it seems to make the biggest impact comment wise.
Play your local course from the women tees. Use just a 5 iron and a putter. See what you can do for score in a week.
If that doesn't improve your game, start from scratch because you're doing something extremely inconsistent.
That is a great idea. Unfortunately, no one will do it.
@@paulwilsongolf That and golfing at night with glow balls! Those two things transformed how I hold the club infinitely.
That will never happen either. Glad you did it but trying to even get people off the couch to do practice swings at home is a miracle never mind playing red tees or at night.
@@paulwilsongolf It's very good to hear that honestly. It just ensures that I'm putting in the extra work required to have consistency day in and day out. Thanks man!
What happened to you? No more videos?
Busy doing other things. Winter here so I am on break. Will start again shortly.
TTWS ❤😂
Fo sho
This is way to advanced for me...I can't consistently hit the ball flush enough to get a "normal" club distance. For the life of me cannot figure out why. Is it my eyes? I'm near sighted. Should I wear my glasses or not..or is it my swing? I always always top the ball...even when I tee up high...for the life of me I cannot make good contact. Other golfers watch me and can give no advice. Very frustrating.
Topping is hitting hard with your arms. Need to slow down. Need to work on hinging and rehinging your wrists then coiling and uncoiling your body. Start here:
Body Swing Concept: czcams.com/video/E8y9jEyY35k/video.html
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Power the swing with the legs and hip not the hands and arms. I have tons of lower body tips now posted. Try this one. It's an easy way to get you hips moving: czcams.com/video/j1mS5Ku8Q10/video.html
Thanks a lot Paul...AGAIN! Not sure if watching videos is enough. Do you think I can honestly get better watching videos without personal face to face instruction? Really don't have lessons in my budget. Just wondering if I should just move on. Thanks so much for you taking time to answer me! @@paulwilsongolf
You definitely can get better following my tips. Just look at come commenters below each tip that are playing the best golf of their lives. Just keep it as simple as I suggest. You've got this.
@@paulwilsongolf OK.. you talked me into it! Thanks again so much Paul. I will be giving you updates!!!
This is really important, I think. If you try and drive with hips and knees AND are hitting with the arms its disaster - shanks, pulls, slices tops, fats. Totally out of control.
I told my wife i was a wild stallion and she laughed at me. 😢
Perfect example of feel vs. real.
Boom.
I can do this a few times, but the old “hit” creeps back in. This isn’t a one day fix. Like Paul says, it’s take practice day after day. Like Yoda, you must unlearn what you have learned.
Yes, you need to do it until you master it then you are in control of your swing. When people use the arms they keep trying to hit great shots. This is a drill. You are not trying to hit great shots you are trying to take your arms and any hitting out of your swing. You are almost there. Just stay focused.
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Thanks Paul. I also purchased your full digital program. It’s great stuff. Thanks for the continued content.
Thank you so much for your support. I truly appreciate it.
He always sounds so frustrated lol
Yeah, I am. I'm handing this to everyone on a silver platter yet few listen.
your so funny!
I have my moments. Wish I could go all out. I've tamed my inner wild stallion
@@paulwilsongolfPaul. You appear to be mentally well rounded. Thank you for your hard work, consistency and dedication !
You're most welcome.
Taming the wild stallion -- Love it! I mentioned Bobby Jones and you my friend in my latest video. A huge break-through for me using your "Wrist Compression" -- czcams.com/video/RSkYL_QQxXg/video.html
Just posted a comment on it. Check your channel.
@@paulwilsongolfThanks Paul!