IF YOU PLAY GOLF YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO

You should watch this 35 minute game changing video. In the end you will be convinced about how important impact is to the golf swing. It shows how most of the inconsistencies and frustrations that golfers suffer from are caused by a poor handle position at impact. It also shows what a good impact looks like and why it works.

[koleka]

I don't think I have ever watched a golf video that was so informative, and I have watched hundreds. This is how I like golf explained. Amazing work

[cooperradley]

Possibly one of the few videos on golf instruction that warrants watching over and over and over again. Thank you for making and posting this extremely critical and informative video. 👍🏼

[Skuttlemage]

After hundreds of golf videos...this video is the single best golf video I've ever run across. It is explained in a way that a mechanically inclined minds will understand. It has completely changed the way I was looking at hitting. The first thing is that I was trying to get the highest speed at impact, which I was, but it was without torque, resulting in weird readings on simulators. High club speed, poor distance, because I had no torque on impact. Many other lessons were equally learned. Amazing video.

[donschmidt]

Have I ever heard anyone so articulate? Marvelous voice and intellect imparting all this critical information. Regardless of swing mechanics all great players are similar at impact. That is the golden ticket.

[georgefox]

Best golf video by far i have ever watched ! Not sure why it took 30 years for me to find this ! Brilliant!

[stephennelson]

This is the best golfing video I’ve ever watched. As an engineer, the rotational forces involved made clear sense to me and I instantly grasped the importance of the lead Arm/shaft angle/hands to club face angles and rotating forces and torques as a single equation at impact as never before.

I’m lucky to have a range set up with a launch monitor in my garden and went out and hit 60 balls with as much increasing impact lag angle as possible, way beyond normal. I then turned on the monitor and couldn’t believe I was adding 10 yards carry. That’s an amazing result for just 15 minute practise.

Fantastic explanation and lesson.

Thank you so much.
Regards
Steve

[KDBowler]

I'm a teaching professional in Utah and have been teaching this to ALL of my students for quite some time. This is the most informative video on the subject I have ever seen. Very detailed and yet easy to understand. During the first lesson with any of my students, I have them place the club over their trail shoulder and pretend it's a baseball bat. Then I ask them to hit an imaginary pitch to center field. Without exception, they will lead with the lower body and create lag and quiet hands through what would be the area they would be striking a golf ball. The release is always long after the point they release their normal golf swing. I will be having all of my students watch this video so they truly understand the reason we train for a proper impact position above all else. Thanks DST Golf for putting this together.

[mcgolf]

This is it.. All the hours and hundreds of youtube videos I've watched were a waste of time. You explain this concept so simply yet so detailed! If only I watched this video back in June when I first started to consistently practice.. Thank you for the great video!

[Rchyri]

Been watching YouTube videos for years and I never comment on videos, I am commenting to say that this is the most informative video I have ever watched on YouTube. Thank you so much

[jcee]

Been playing for 3 years. This is by far the best treatise I've ever seen on club impact and optimal position. Game changing instruction.

[TigerAlex]

This is by far the best video about golf I have ever seen. It's important that you're talking about the core of golf, not certain moves and techniques. Thanks

[toddvorhies]

I'm so relieved Youtube's algorithm brought me to this video. I went out the range last night and it was picked clean and closed. I was dejected because I wanted to immediately test your concepts. I started chipping and had the best session of my life. I then went old school and started hitting balls from by bag and shagging them myself. I have never hit the ball so well. The best part is I now know why mishit happen and what they feel and sounds like. No one is teaching this... start here everyone!! I'm thrilled to have something to work on in preparation for my upcoming Ireland trip.

[mikecraphone]

This guy is like a physics professor. Good information.

[kevinkillsit]

I came down to put in a comment about rolling shutter and he just nailed it. A lot of people don't know this or the way a camera works or especially what a "global" shutter is. Before I even got a chance to explain this you already covered it. THis is a great video that I feel is wildly underrated. As a scientist and engineer I can really appreciate what you said here. BRAVO.

[rdokty]

I AGREE!!! I’ve been trying to explain that to some of the “best” golf instructors in the world. When I get done talking they look at me with this blank stair then after a beat “ok great “ So in the backswing we wanna…” like I’m a 3 yr old who’s wasting their time.

I have repeatedly tried to explain to them that if I don’t know how I’m supposed to get thru the ball the I HAVE NO GOAL. NO INTENT. So everything they teach me - every “position” they tell me to be in is… for me… a pointless waste of time.

Unless you Picked up a club as a child when your instincts are the least influenced by conscious technical thought - you come to the game with a pre-conceived idea of how to get the club to the ball. And if you happen to start really late - say upper 20’s and higher - AND have an instructor - you are REALLY behind the 8 ball.

Everybody and anybody who has consciously observed other people hitting golf balls - their brains will almost immediately create a concept of how to hit a ball and 99.9% of the time that concept will be incorrect.

Then if they go to a teacher and the teach watches them swing and then starts with…”OK… not bad… so let’s start with your backswing or takeaway. If that’s wrong you’ll never be able to bla bla bla.
SO WHATS SO BAD ABOUT THAT??
I’ve never heard if any teacher starting off by telling a student…”yeah ok. What you’re doing - what you’re trying to do is wrong”
Sound harsh? It’s NOT

IF nobody tells you that - I don’t care what they tell you to Practice or what position they want you to be in - even if that information is exactly correct - even if the player manages to find those positions - so the play can get the the top “correctly” - from THERE HE/SHE will STILL try to get to the ball the only way that makes sense to them - THEIR way -

And teachers are baffled: “I don’t get it. This kid gets right where he needs to be and then goes off twisting and turning and shanking it.
OR
The student will pick up the teachers instructions really well - hit their marks
(Maybe hit the ball) and the teacher will applaud them and be amazed that when they come back they’re doing all the same wring things they were doing when they met -

My long winded point is: of COURSE they’ve gone back to their way. The teacher - having said told the student “don’t worry about impact right now. If we can get the backswing where it needs to be the rest will just happen. WHAT!? But that makes no sense.

You can’t get to the super market if you don’t know which supermarket you’re supposed to go to

I have seen MILLIONS of videos: “STOP COMING OVER THE TOP!”
Then they’ll go in to tell you that’s it’s because you bring the club back inside and from there you have no other way to get to the ball.”
Ok… I’m no teacher. I’m not even a good golfer yet but… I’m sorry Mr “I’m a member of PGA TEACHERS BLA BLA”
but that is INCORRECT!

People take it back waaaay inside cause that’s THE best way to then come OVER THE TOP!
Coming over the top is not a MISTAKE.
To a player starting out it is the only way that makes sense to the get the club head into the ball!!!!

Taking the Club waaaay inside and then coming over the top - while not consciously - is EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO.
Until they know that is wrong any instruction (to the student) is just another path to come over the top.
And they will try every backswing the teacher wants BUT once they’re done with that - the will reroute everything and find a way to be able to come over the top
Yikes. Hope that was insanely boring and actually made some sense.

Lastly - many times I have asked a teacher “How does the club get delivered to the ball??”
And they’ll say:
“Don’t worry about that. That doesn’t matter right now. Just do the backswing stuff we’re working on and that stuff will just happen 😰

[bobs]

I’m a 70 y/o beginner, and have watched hundreds of videos to learn. This video is by far the best. It is a series of revelations for me, and has likewise created a series of ‘eureka!’ moments on both the range and the course.

[buztan]

After a three year layoff from golf, my handicap went from -2 to -15 and I lost 'all' of my distance and feel. This single video has fixed everything wrong - DELAYED EXTENSION IS THE KEY!! Thank you so much :)

[Big_Mr_T]

This is one of the most informative videos I've seen in a long time. I know I'm doing it, but struggled to visualise it. I manage to execute this well on the driving range but for some reason I tend to go back to my old ways on the course, hitting high draws with my irons and snaphooks with the driver. Very well constructed clip, thank you! 👌🏼

[Latebloomergolf]

Apparently I had became a good golfer with a baby flip.
THIS VIDEO HAS FLIPPED MY BRAIN.
NOW MY MIND IS JUST MAKING SURE TO KEEP MY LAG UNTIL IM ON TOP OF THE BALL . THEN I THINK STRAIGHTER ARMS THROUGH AND AFTER IMPACT WHILE SWINGING MORE LEFT THEN IM USED TO AT IMPACT.
INSTEAD OF GENERATING ALL THE SPEED AT THE GOLF I'M NOW GENERATING SPEED THROUGH THE BALL . WOW THIS IS AMAZING STUFF.
THANK YOU

[subwaytm]

There are some people who just need to hear “get your hands forward at impact”. Some people need a 35 minute deep dive explaining why. Thank you for making something for the the later group!