(The Move) How to start your downswing

The MOVE

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[robertledbetter]

Best explanation of how to start the downswing I have ever heard. Eliminates what Homer called “downswing blackout!” Very perceptive.

[blackstrat]

The most productive lesson I have ever seen. This explains the heretofore "feel" I experience when I'm in synch and really crushing the ball, and with seemingly no effort. "Free-falling" is the magic word... and now you have unlocked the monster. I think that, loaded with this simple and unobtrusive swing thought, I will be able to reliably repeat more often this magic move. Great job...

[casilatino]

This move you are describing is what people like Milo Lines and George Gankis are also teaching, however, you describe it much more in detail and much better than they do. I have been learning this move for 3 months. I have noticed a difference in my ball flight in a gradual improvement as I get closer to getting closer to doing this move correctly. My point is that I don't have to be doing this move perfectly to see results, but I continue to see better and better results as I get closer and closer to doing this move properly.

[tradingdaze]

I've been golfing for 55 years and this is the best description of the "move" I have seen.

[ThePaulkitchen]

Jonathan, your content is incredible. I had this feeling of momentary weightlessness by accident once in my round yesterday.. drove it 300 yards with no effort. Almost felt like I was just along for the ride. What a gem you have uncovered. Thank you for all that you do, I love it all, please keep it coming, you deserve a million subscribers. All the best, Paul

[jobryty]

Easily one of the best explanations & teachings of transition from “backswing” to “downswing” I’ve ever heard/watched!

[StewartJsR]

Not only do I believe you believe this is the secret - I believe you are 100% right :) There is a ton of stuff out there on posterior pelvic tilt - particularly at setup and how this helps rotational turn. But it's never really explained how and why it is so crucial to transition back anterior at a point in your swing. It's the transition and the corresponding amount of transition that in particular defines how far you can hit the ball. More transition means more loading and lag and greater "drop" into the ball - when I saw this and your other video it was easy to sense-make players like DJ, Rory, Tiger, Cameron Champ and how they hit it so pure and so far and look so fluid doing it.T his one little move - you are one of the only golf instructors on the internet that has managed to explain it so well. Thanks

[breakthrough]

This is another great point. I kind of think of the move as a very very tiny hop, so small of a hop that your feet never actually leave the ground, at the very top of the backswing and then on the landing from the aforementioned hop your downswing comes into play naturally. When "landing" on from the aforementioned "hop" it helps me to weight shift much more easily as well. In my experience this sequence of events makes the inside to outside swing path in which you come across the ball possible. Until I began to do what Jonathan explains so eloquently I had a very hard time coming across the ball. Jonathan I must say you are one of the most articulate golf pros Ive seen.

[MrDavewales]

Thank you Jonathon, that really is the missing piece in my jigsaw, what an amazing thought, everything just naturally falls into place after it now feels like it's starting right.

[billhrank]

Every time I watch this I gain additional valuable insight and information of how to transition and release the club. Your knowledge of the golf swing is amazing and your delivery of information is spot on.

[alfredoacuna]

Hello, I am Argentine and I write for the Google translator. I have to affirm that this is the most brilliant explanation I have received of a golf swing. My most sincere congratulations to Mr. Taylor for such a brilliant explanation. Thank you.

[woohoo]

I've seen a lot of videos that try to explain the "move" and this one was one of the best. Thanks!

[thomaslahr]

This is great! And that kid at 9:56 knows exactly what he’s doing!

[h.wosnitza]

There is no need to watch anyone else give instructions on golf. Excellent and easy to understand video. Thank you Jonathon

[carlor.s.]

Wish I'd seen this video earlier this year. I'm really into the Stack & Tilt swing, but when it comes to an intellectual analysis & cogent description of what is important in the golf swing, this video is second to none. Jonathan, you are the Mr. Professor of golf! I will watch this several times over the winter & before the beginning of the golf season next spring.

[swisstrader]

The operative words here are: WEIGHTLESSNESS and FLOATING sensation.

I discovered this at the start of this season and this vid reinforces the same. When you start to feel like your club is just floating in space, it is a COMPLETELY different sensation than using the hit impulse to go after the ball.

I am guessing this is what he is talking about and it is not at all as complex as some are making it out to be.

It is more of a feeling or a sensation vs a specific move happening here but once you have that “feeling” engrained, you will hit the ball and swing the club in a very different manner than you are used to.

[ronaldkinder]

Excellent video as I have fought my entire golfing career, especially with irons, to hit from the top. Best explanation I have seen on the so called "transition" or how to start the down swing. it is almost like a pendulum, when it hits the top of it's arc, it starts down slowly and gravity pulls it down causing acceleration more at the bottom. Sorry to discover you so late as this video was 4 years ago, but thank you as you are what I was looking for!

[garrisonleykam]

Brilliant lesson. I've been able to dramatically improve my swing using the move. And my enjoyment of the game has skyrocketed. I finally feel like I am imprinting the ideal swing. Thank you.

[williamhon]

Hi Jonathan, after I watch your video, I fully understand the weight shift and the release. Thank you very much for this great video.

[jmartyswimvids]

I wish I had seen this 10 years ago....it’s spot on, exactly what it feels like when you get the transition right!