A Golf Swing is NOT A SWING!! It's a SLING! Improve Your Swing with this Simple Understanding!
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
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Awesome! Yes, this 100% makes sense.
I have no idea why some of the comments say it is confusing. It’s really about as basic as it gets.
This is something I learned the hard way over 20+ years, letting the club do its own thing rather than manipulating it and trying to add speed with my wrists arms and shoulders. The only thing my hands do now is hold on my wrists and shoulders are now just hinges.
Wow! This was finally, _FINALLY_ the one magical golf tip that permanently 'unlocked' my perfect (pro-feel) _practice_ swing and allowed me to move it onto the _real_ tee box! My foursome stopped talking to me! LOL! Thanks, mate!
Brilliant advice. Exactly what I needed to understand. Thanks for making it so simple to understand. You are a great teacher
Spot on Dan! Most golfers I would say, try to 'Hit" the ball. This is what a rigid shaft would make you think you should do. Slinging the club on an arc, is what actually happens. The club head (weight) gathers the ball and propels it (momentum) towards the target.
Yes sir! I believe we really should call it a golf sling!
Great video Dan. Great explanation and demonstration
Thx John!!
Very helpful. Thanks!
OMG Dan, that makes so much sense ! Good on you,
Thx!
This is one of the best videos I've seen for the golf swing! I watch several golf videos every single day and this one really resonated. Well done, Dan! I'll be working on it tomorrow morning!
Thank you so much!
Hey Dan, I first saw your videos a couple years ago and I have been wwrking on my sling and I have gotten it to the point that I cannot hit it any better, my swing has changed completey from my post hip replacement swing. I was not able to usemy legs ver well,but my Ortho Doc said, they look good, play everyday for a few weeks and if they continue to hurt, then come back.
The result of slinging isnthat my hips aregetting better with all the movemnet I make through a swing. Its quite amazing that once the pain was gone my legs and hips couldmake the moves i needed to clear a path for the sling to follow.
Thank you for your golf instruction, it fits in with much of what is being taught by the best pros.
Great video as always! Thanks.
Dan’s back!!! Thanks for the video! I always have to remind to grab my PRO when I get out of sorts.. One of the issues that I have once I put the club in my hand is keeping my rear back. Even when I swing the PRO, I feel like my stance is too tall.
Thx! Yes to get the pro in alignment you will notice the pelvis moves back and away as part of an efficient motion. This is natural if your intent is to sling (keep pro in alignment). If you apply leverage to the shaft to swing it, your pelvis will pull inward in support. Keep slinging the pro and most importantly SLING your club like you swing your pro!
very impressive
💯agree. Thanks for reminding me. 👍
Brilliant - thanks👍🏻
I like this Dan😉👍🏻
Excellent video!
Thanks! Love your content as well!
Very good. I've seen vids talking about the whip feeling but you explained really well how the hitting effort ruins our downswing. I'm going to start concentrating on the sling action..... 👍
Awesome! It’s wildly different when you truly sling the club as a part of your body!!
Dan, I went to the range today after weeks of poor iron play. I practiced the sling effect first, then added 2 things I realised I had dropped... First keeping hands low and keeping them behind the club head in start of B/S, then I'd read that I might be standing too far from the ball, which affects the flow thru.
Wow, for he first time I really felt good nd hit a lot o decent distances. (I get the impression that lifting the hands too much is a killer?)
I just figured this out the other night in the yard while teaching my wife to stop being so stiff and loosen up in her swing and it made my game better. Wish I saw this video and tool 5 years ago!!
That's great! Yes - understanding the slinging vs swinging would certainly eliminate "stiffness" in anyone's swing!
Hello, great instructional videos you are putting out Dan! I am new to your channel and have found this very interesting. Is all this and the use of The Pro designed to teach Gravity Golf? I find your instruction very clear and very informative.
Thx! No relationship with gravity golf. But our relationship with gravity determines the way we can move efficiently. The Pro helps you see and feel the most effective movements of your best golf motion.
@@danmartingolf ah, got it! Thank you so much! I will be watch more of you instruction!
Dear Dan,
Unfortunately I don't own your Pro, but by practicing with the tips you gave and give, I swing my clubs without resistance and the ball flight is straighter and much further. And after 18 holes no tension in the muscles and that is the biggest gain with your Sling technique or with the help of that pro. Again many thanks.
Hello Dan just found you, great stuff love your instruction, theory etc make things easy to understand. Can I ask does the likes of grip thickness and swing weight play any part.
regards
Mel (UK)
Thx! Club fitting preferences help dampen or reduce the manipulations that are part of individuals swing idiosyncrasies. So yes it can help but not universally.
Sounds like he is applying the mechanics of centripetal force which makes sense. To do this will cause me to think entirely differently. Makes my head spin. Will give it a go, though.
Great video, Dan. Builds perfectly on your past videos on the proper way to use the golf club, especially the recent one talking about how the golf club “lies to us.” Would love to see a side by side of a swing and a “sling.” Thanks for posting this.
EXACTLY ! Why everyone that watches ELS, COUPLES, etc
All say " that swing is smooth" because it's a sling!
Very good video. I think one point that will put things together is that you have to sling the club head past the hands as you do with your pro teaching aid. Too many of us get too tied up with trying to maintain the angle or lead with the hands. Your thoughts please.... Thanks
Agreed. The whole motion is about slinging the club head behind you in transition so it can sling back out to strike the ball for you. This requires the timing of the motion not be interfered with by trying to use your muscles to “hold angles” and the such. A golf “sling” is much more akin to throwing the club head at the ball. This creates a natural slinging action.
Explains why I haven’t been able to generate club head speed and distance. Thank you.
I understand why this concept is a foreign language to our super smart adult brains that says swing as hard as you can at the ball with your arms feeling the shaft as a lever (to use his words), but this video will change your (golf) life if you can spend the time to grasp the concept which will take time on the range + coming back to this video and repeating until it clicks.
Thx! It will also help a lot to use and master my training device- The PRO. It’s so much easier (but still takes work) to learn when you eliminate the shaft and the face. Appreciate your comment!!
This is what I needed. Ive been really struggling with delivery, particularly squaring the face. It never feels like I think ive been putting way too much leverage into the shot to "compress it". While it gives a certain feel of the hand pressing down, good distance, and sometimes can score well with it, its really inconsistent and leads to a ton of blocks or hooks for over compensation of pressing the face down. The face stalls out too much with too much leverage.
That’s correct. The club head must freewheel into the ball as if it is connected to you by a rope! Using the shaft with direct leverage for direction or “power” causes friction to the total system and slows it down! Thx!
Good promo for your swingpro and can see it working but hard to transfer to club swingplane in a few hours of trying.
It definitely takes practice!
I think I try to control the club because I worry I will miss the stupid ball altogether.
I interpret slinging as when I'm at the top of my backswing the club is in a sling .When I start my downswing the club will remain in a sling(the classic lag position).The club is released due to inertia/angular momentum NOT BY CONSCIOUS HAND ACTION.
Dan,have I got this correct??
Yes I like that image for sure. Once the club head is slung behind you close to your line of gravity, it must be left alone to extend to strike the ball for you. This requires that all parts of your body move simultaneously around your line of gravity , with all angular momentums equal and opposite at all times. It sounds complicated but it’s actually very natural as we are all wired to learn how to move with symmetry and efficiency. Thx!
I understand the theory now,just putting it into practice may take me some time!!Thanks again Dan
@@markcampbell-hd3wv it’s definitely a process to train your self to stop applying unwanted leverage to the shaft! But it can be learned and a great first step is to master the PRO! Thx!
@@danmartingolf in order to sling the club on the downswing, you have to be able to turn off your arms and have loose and relaxed wrists...this is what i have been struggling with.
@@douglasscovil3447 it’s not quite turn off, but it’s to understand that in your total spinning system, your hands and arms shape relative to the total movements of your entire body. For most people they certainly need to stop pulling and pushing on the club. Or “have arms more like ropes” as a functional feel. For example when most people try to “lag” the club they are doing it with their arms and wrists only. The simultaneous movement of the pelvis around your line of gravity must do it’s part as well to truly get a powerful extension of the radius to strike the ball for you. It’s an act of timing that cannot be violated. . In fact your total body must balance itself because the inertia of every molecule in your body must be proportional to its relative distance from your line of gravity. This creates frictionless rotation. Sounds complicated, but we are naturally wired to discover this in all of our movements.
Do u teach how to get the right intent? The swing aid best way?
Yes! The PRO is an essential tool for all of my lessons. Learning how to swing it correctly- keeping all components aligned for the duration of the swing reveals the movements that are missing in your motion.
Think about having the fastest part of swing being a foot after the ball. Very loose hands and smooth acceleration. The club will naturally lag and sling through the ball.
Where can you buy the sling
You can purchase at swingthepro.com or mytrueswing.com. Thx!
Can’t help thinking your just selling that sling thing. How do you develop lag with a sling?
What we call lag is a consequence of Slinging. You must condition your body to stop trying to use the shaft to force/manipulate the club head to develop an efficient delivery. When the shaft is replaced with a rope, slinging becomes intuitive.
So is this bsically the same drill as ball in a long sock?
No - the PRO is not a drill - it's a device that helps you understand and uncover your true swing! Thanks!
So is the intention to get to the top of the back-swing, and just let your arms fall straight down with gravity, whilst transferring your weight into the lead leg? Hips also opening naturally because of the weight shift?
Thx for the note! There really is no top of backswing. The club is still folding behind you as you simultaneously fall and rotate in transition. Every part moves in sync because of the clear intent to sling the club. When you intend to “swing” the club you invariably try your make it a series of isolated muscular events.
Is this the same as the rope bat ?
No sir. The rope bat is more like a flexible club. Also if the rope bat was used correctly in training, it wouldn’t bend. Thx!
Don't you feel the clubhead throughout the swing?
No. When the motion is perfectly symmetrical and the club is traveling in the path of least resistance it actually feels weightless. If you can feel the heaviness of the club head in the forward motion, you are likely creating resistance and trying to “swing” the club vs “sling” the club. Thx!
@@danmartingolf What I think I meant to say is you feel the location and momentum of the clubhead during the swing.
@@Peter-we8iw you certainly can sense it, but it really has a unique “absence” of weight. I apologize for being abstract but the best way I can describe it is one of weightlessness. Your body knows it but the mind can’t really “feel” it and “make” it happen. This is why most elite players can’t tell you how they swing, they simply have trained their body to connect to something the mind can’t consciously produce.
I have no idea of what to take away from this video.
It is not the same as swinging the club also has the twisting motion to help the club square up.
It's a model of a golf swing - yes - the golf club has some adaptations that need to be made because of the face and it's asymmetry, but the fundamental intent of slinging is how it should be used. Those who use a significant twisting motion to try to square the face will struggle mightily with any consistent results and will also slow the club down. Thanks for the note!
You know what else works is a stick with a rope on it. Or just a rope folded in half.
Not actually the same but can certainly have benefits.
Swinging the "Pro" over and over again every day the last month or so, but I cant get the "feel" of swinging the Pro to translate to the actual swing, or sling, when I'm confronted by the ball laying on grassy ground. I flinch, glitch, herk and jerk just before impact because I cant get the 40 yr "hit" mentality out of the equation. I cut my backswing short so the proper sequence of the body parts is in disarray before coming to impact.
2 things: have you followed the instruction on the My True Swing app? and please email me a video of your golf swing and swing with the pro. so I can give you some feedback/coaching. I can get you on the right track! Happy to help!
@@danmartingolf I appreciate the offer very much, but my issue is completely psychological. The conscious mind knows what to do and there is no interference when swinging the Pro or a club during a practice swing. It all goes out the window, however, on the clubs way down to meet the ball during the actual swing on the golf course. There is a lack of trust, rooted in fear I suppose, and no app or lesson is going to be able to fix that. I'm hoping that swinging the Pro thousands of times will begin to make a dent.
@@Blue_Dun sounds good! It’s important to swing it correctly to fully benefit. Reach out anytime you need help!
@@danmartingolf I feel like I am swinging it correctly. I've watched you explaining & swinging it on many of your videos and I've taken video of myself. It's a pretty darn good swing when I'm swinging the Pro! 🤣 Thanks again.
I don’t want to seem like a hater bc I’ve liked your videos so far but is this idea any different than Dr Kwon’s rope idea? Not saying you guys didn’t come to your conclusions independently but a heavy rope is about 1/3 the price of your swing aid.
No hate taken! I have a video on my channel that is recent that describes the difference between the rope swing vs the PRO. The PRO exposes hidden torque that ruins golf swings while the rope by itself doesn’t address it. Thx!
@@danmartingolf yeah I actually saw that right after I left that comment lol. Did you get the idea from Michael Broderick? I’d like to get one but it’s pretty pricey.
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@@danmartingolfnot sure what happened to my comment, might’ve been bc i tried linking a video. Yeah I actually saw your video about rope training aids right after I commented that lol. Did you get the idea for the product from Michael Broderick? I really like it, i just think it’s kinda pricey.
@@connorking3523 no it’s the brainchild of a good friend and mentor. Not even sure who Michel Broderick is. Maybe I should know though! The PRO has an entire coaching program that I developed with it. It’s not just something you swing, the key is to learn to swing it with zero lag of the cylinder relative to the rope. When you learn that skill it unlocks the total body movement that is your best swing! It’s something that can teach you elite movements that would amount to thousands of dollars in lessons! But of course I’m biased!
Great advice. But you're giving away the secret sauce! I hope my golf mates don't see this video. I like taking money from those knuckleheads!
may be what this guy is saying is true but golf is already difficult and when instructors try to make it even more difficult with complicated theories then it becomes an impossible sport to play for the normal weekend warrior.The most succesful CZcams golf teacher
is the british Rick Shiels , nearly 4 milions of subscribers.The reson of his success ? Keep it simple, let it alone the difference between swinging and slinging.........
I hear you, but the difference is fairly simple to understand and it's absolutely vital to developing an efficient and repeatable golf motion. Most people simply don't perceive the skill correctly - and if you don't perceive it correctly it will be nearly impossible to improve skill level. Just my take! Thanks!
What a confusing video! Dude, who do you think you are addressing in this video? Make it simple for me to understand
Thanks for the feedback. What is it specifically that is confusing for you?
Where to uythe pro sling
Best comment ever because your completely wrong, after you spend a few years slicing the ball come back to this video, apply it, and come back and update us after you have one of the biggest “ah ha” moments of the golf swing ever
wow....very confusing video... I have been playing for 30 yrs and this make no sense. I have no idea what this video is trying to get across. please use words that a 10 yr old would understand... no reason to complicate the swing vocabulary
I totally understood him and appreciated his extensive and elaborate vocabulary
He's talking about casting. Not sure why he didn't use the term
He's not talking about casting, the main idea is to extend the radius, makes perfect sense
Think a baseball hitter instead. The batter is slinging the bat around to make contact with the ball when he is at full extension.
I understand what he is talking about. But I also understand your point of view. There is a bit of jargon being used. His point is very very important however.
Great
Great video!