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Michael Breed demonstrates three drills to stop your swing from coming over the top.

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All this while, the tip is very simple. Keep my back to the target. What a lifesaver. Been over the top for months and this fixed it. Thanks!

fleoflux

Sitting on a bench at the clubhouse While waiting for a thunderstorm to pass I watched this video.
I've been fighting over the top swing.
The storm passed and I went back to hole 8 and gave this a try.
Turning my back more and keeping my right elbow tucked in made a heck of a difference.
My contact was better and I was accelerating through the ball and I was getting more distance.
That lighting storm was a blessing.
Never thought I'd be writing in to say a video helped but this lesson did.

johnrabourn

That first tip reminds me of something similar that Jack Nicklaus said. He said he tries to keep his left shoulder under his chin when he starts down. He said that he knows he can't do that but having that feeling keeps him from coming over the top.

jsusna

I've watched a ton of long complex videos that made no difference in my swing. This simple 4 minute video has helped me virtually eliminate my over the top. Thanks Michael for keeping it simple and to the point!!

DickFataldo-iqly

Dear Michael, I just wanted to thank you for your brilliant video. The words ‘ keep your back to the target as long as possible’ have completely cured my over the top swing motion, forcing me to come inside and connect with the ball so sweetly I am hitting my 8 iron around 155/160 yds. I applied the technique my rescue and driver and it works! The connection, power and impact is so pure, I couldn’t quite believe it. Most shots were straight with a nice draw to them, those that didn’t go straight still flew a long way due to the connection. Your free gratis advice is much appreciated. If I ever make it over to the States, the beers are on me. Cheers. Vince from Harrogate, England

vpmclaughlin

Michael, I watched your show, The Golf Fix religiously for years on the Golf Channel. I loved your energy. I miss that show. But I enjoy your monthly column in Golf Digest. Anyway, thank you, THANK YOU for this lesson. I'd been struggling lately with coming over the top. Couldn't fix myself because I didn't know how. Very discouraging. You straightened me out.

drfrankmeans

Michael - Keep up your passion for teaching golf and do not listen to these people who just want to try to be funny. You are a great instructor and one that is trying to help golfers understand this extremely difficult game. Thank you very much and keep up the good work.

allend

That first swing thought is helpful and often overlooked. Driving your hips to clear the way for your hands is great to create lag and follow through, but if you start them too early it pushes those hands and promotes that casting motion.

Shmeeps_phd

Great help for me fixing the over the top move. Great results practicing at range. And on the course Thank you

gerardl

I almost bought a set of 10 steak knives after watching this video!

darrencain

"Back to target": see also Haney, Toski, Flick, Love Jr., Vivien Saunders, et al. Same for the other advice as well. It's largely a matter of training yourself not to dominate the swing with the shoulders, especially on the downswing. One you make the initial "over" move of even a few inches with the shoulders, starting the downswing from the shoulders down, the path the club takes to the ball, if it's going to hit the ball at all, is impossibly steep. You can't hit the back of the ball forward from there. Also, the approach is not only from steeply downward but also from the outside. Even coming slightly across the ball from the outside tends to move contact away from the sweet spot and toward the toe. The combination of force dissipating into the ground instead of the back of the ball and near-certain bad contact on the face is just devastating. It's the #1 flaw of nearly all handicappers and occasionally plagues even pros.

The well-known "magic move" advocated by Harvey Penick also addresses the problem. In case you're not familiar with it, he used to tell players to practice in very slow motion starting the downswing with a bump of your weight to the left (for a RH player) and, at the same time, bringing the right elbow, turned in and under (inside of elbow facing upward and outward, facing the right downswing plane), back close to the side without doing anything at all with hands and without turning the shoulders and upper body toward the target at all in that initial move.

The feeling you're looking for here, and with any of these drills or aids, is that your shoulders are enabling the movement of arms-hands-club, but not pushing and shoving the arms-hands-club around. Shoulder movement makes the right path and plane possible, but especially for male players, there's so much strength in the shoulders it feels like you should be applying it directly and forcefully to the swinging motion. But dominating the swing with the shoulders as a primary mover of the club is just death.

emncaity

Brilliant! Makes perfect sense now that I've watched it

gregmcaree

First summer in 50 years golfing that I've struggled with this, and when I mimic this motion holding the driver like he says with my left hand I can tell my lower body has been doing the exact opposite of what I should be doing. I can feel totally different muscles working so I'm hoping I can correct this now that I understand the feeling. He explains this better than most.

anthonylennen