This is What Made me Turn Pro

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[harrisc]

The longer I play the more I realize golf is all about patience; patience with your swing, patience with your strategy and patience with the mental aspects as well. I think the biggest struggle in the beginning/early stages of golf is once you start building some confidence the patience goes out the window and you want to start swinging harder and faster and taking more aggressive shots.

[PaulWilliams-lsnx]

This is a gem. The 3/4 backswing and full follow thru with the ball “just getting in the way” and the clubhead doing the work gives consistent strikes and powerful flight pattern. Staying with this simple concept it’s surprising how much thought stuff goes out the window as unnecessary /damaging.Thanks Russ

[백정우-si]

I recently figured this out by accident and it just changed everything. Then suddenly you appeared on my youtube. The moment I saw the thumbnail I knew what you were going to talk about. Watching this I gained more confidence. Thank you.

[AveryTheToddlerGolfer]

I can't believe it took me this long to figure this out but everything you're saything is spot on. That feeling of compression is soo gooood and its nice to be able to simplify the swing and keep centered.

[MT-pgpi]

Majority of amateurs never truly strike the ball pure with compression. Best feeling in golf

[billycan]

Russell was the young assistant Pro at Maxstoke when I was a member there many years ago, and he was an incredible coaching pro then, but now he is top draw and if you watch and listen to him he will undoubtedly improve your game. Well done Russell, keep up the quality teaching.

[davepatterson]

This lesson really struck home with me. I have been working on increasing my shoulder turn and found that compression with the irons is getting worse. Getting a better strike with less effort is really a breakthrough moment.

[deanmiller]

A rotator cuff injury taught me this same concept. Often over-swung, over-turned, erratic shots the result. My PT said if it didn't hurt, I could play. I had to shorten my swing by 1/3 at least to accomplish that pain-free swing. All of sudden I am hitting straight to slight draw, more consistent ball striking, better yardages the result. When I get wild, I know I've gone too far on the backswing. Great lessons and well explained.

[johnwhittle]

Man you make golfing look very easy. I have been learnin from your drills and I am getting better. I am a traumatic brain injury survivor. Thanks for the lessons Mr. Heritage, appreciated.

[shep]

Russell, you are the only one talking about keeping the head still and quiet over the ball. My feel is to keep my head still and stay down over the ball. Is my heading moving yes b/c it's an athletic move but I FEEL quiet over the ball. It has made all the difference, brilliant as always.

[sgodlike]

I've shot 3 consecutive rounds over 90 over the past 2 weeks.
I'm a single digit handicap.
Over the past year i've dialed in my driver which has always been the final frontier for me in terms of getting to scratch.
All of a sudden, my irons left me. As in, perfect looks at the green for eagle or better and missing the greens entirely.
My buddies all agreed that i'm looking great and couldn't put a finger on it.
"Slow down" was all they could agree on.
Then i watched the tape.
All this time on the driver had me taking the club back with the type of width you should only have when looking for a bomb. Driver in hand.
Moral of the story is STOP TURNING SO GD MUCH.
Great video 👏

[bille]

This especially makes so much more sense for the recreational golfer. FANTASTIC LESSON!

[mccarthy]

two years ago an instructor taught me this style of teaching and its legit. I personally need drills to stay on top of it but works very well. Less backswing but getting to your left side and compressing the ball. It works, when you do it

[riverreasteve]

Excellent lesson Russell. I was particularly pleased to hear that it's not necessary to turn the full 90 degrees with the shoulders. When your in your seventies and as stiff as a board this is pretty difficult at the best of times!

[KA-dmlm]

This is a great video and just what I needed at this point in my golf journey.
I am 43 and started playing golf 1 year ago. (Don’t ask me why I took so long to find this amazing sport). I played hockey most of my life which is good and bad for golf. My goal for 1st year was to have consistent strikes for a round a golf, complete a round without losing a ball and break 100. Turns out I crushed those goals, broke 90 a few times and can easily play a round of golf without losing a ball and can go a round with only a hand full of duffs.
The key for me was compression and learning to hit the long irons. I still am obviously not very good at it but it’s what allowed me to achieve my goals.
The conclusions I came to with my own tinkering (no lessons) is pretty much this video. I realized that with more club and a shorter more compact and controllable swing, I could get good compression easier which allowed me to control long iron shots more. My best rounds allowed me to hit high % of GIRs on my 2nd shot. That has been the key for me. That and short game. You have to be able to be deadly from 100 yards and have to be able to putt well, which I really can’t do consistently and need to work on.
Great video, when you compress the ball you will know. The ball will fly off the face even if you feel like your club is digging and you hit a fat shot. Why? Cause you’re hitting the ball first! ; )

[bradenweyenberg]

I literally had "A-Ha" moments on both items you mentioned (compression and a shorter backswing) this past summer. They have transformed my ballstriking significantly. I haven't seen a drop in handicap index that correlates with the progress I felt I've made, but I can sense it will come. I am currently a 14.2 index, but feel that I've been striking it like a single-digit 'capper. Just gotta log more rounds!

[robertbarrett]

Great video, simple concise instructions that work very well! Thank you!

[tomnelson]

I have been coaching for close to 18 years. This is probably the best advice one can give out in my ever so humble opinion. The problem is getting the student to listen, hear and then believe. Go to any range and virtually everyone is taking as long a backswing that they possibly can. . .and then trying to go a bit further. Great video! I will be using it to validate the concept.

[samdriscoll]

This was awesome. Hit all the points I’ve been thinking about lately. Glad I’m not the only one!

[CorekBleedingHollow]

I started breaking 90 in 2019 but i've been on a plateau since then. Just up and down between 15-18 handicap the past few years.