Compress The Golf Ball Like NEVER Before (Golf Swing Basics)

I always struggled to compress the golf ball like the pros until I found this golf swing drill.
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00:00 Compress The Golf Ball Like NEVER Before - Ams vs Pros Golf Swing Tips
00:58 Pros v Ams Golf Swings
02:37 Simple Golf Drill

[@lidbergtech]

I commented yesterday. Went to the range today and OMG, my 7i used to be around 135 yards. Today I was hitting it 150 comfortably. Such a different feel in the strike. Massive thank you Sir! If you are ever in Thailand let me know!

[@CoachLockey]

Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

[@MaartenAnna]

Love it! Looks like you’re also getting more “lag” in the downswing, should add clubhead speed as well.

[@dansperring2507]

Just the drill I needed, I’ve been trying to find a drill to get the right feel for extra shaft lean and I think this is finally the one.

[@markr77uk]

Will def be watching this again ahead of the weekend as is an area I could do with working on - looking like another range weekend

[@raymondpena3790]

Thank you Coach.

[@JoppersGolf]

Love this! Struggle with pushing path to the right and this looks like it would work. Thanks mate

[@TheMalder0]

Great for driving range practice - will video my next practice

[@chongannyap7562]

Good drill BUT you forgot to mention about (1) clearing the lead hip to provide “space” for the hands to move ahead of the club head to promote shaft lean at impact (2) lead writs flexon and trial wrist extension at impact. For the uninitiated, without these 2 checkpoints, and with their lower body stalling, many will naturally “flip” their arms resulting in lead forearm supination and rolling of the arms at impact.

[@keithhamman755]

I’ve struggled to use this drill in the past as it just makes me to steep and increases fats! There is so much more too it weight shift etc. I am sure it works for some but to much on the inside can realy effect the shallow point of your swing.

[@dobermanownerforlife3902]

I have mid compression. About 1.2 last time i was on a trackman. Plus im a low to heel striker. This sounds like the perfect thing to try. I usually pick the ball off the ground with no divot.

[@Jeebizz101]

1.2 is the smash factor on trackman, "compression" doesn't have a metric that trackman can track, its just a term relating to optimal launch conditions

[@bootybandy]

What a great, simple drill. Thanks Coach.

[@CoachLockey]

You're welcome!

[@fergusfitzgerald977]

Will give this a try !

[@MrOl2dogs]

Look forward to trying that drill, cheers!

[@CoachLockey]

Hope it helps

[@alunpugh6301]

Another great video Coach, thank you!

[@CoachLockey]

Glad you liked it!

[@adrianlovett3483]

Great visualisation will practice it for sure

[@davidfrost6910]

Sounds a good concept which I will a go at once we can get out! Bob will look good in that top! 👍🏻

[@DAM-ob5ib]

Very good coach. Thanks

[@johnholland4776]

Wow! This works so well for me.

[@CoachLockey]

Wonderful! 🤙

[@laurieblows1105]

thanks coach , another great tip to try out

[@CoachLockey]

Any time!

[@DrewJ79]

Very well done!

[@CoachLockey]

Thank you very much!

[@SolomonLi]

So you’re telling me to use “twist face”? Don’t tell Mark. LOL… Seriously though, I’m definitely going to give this a crack with my wedges. For some reason all my other irons are flighting like I intend to, but my wedges are weak and flighted high. It frustrates me to no end to the point when I’m just taking shorter swings with less lofted clubs to hit into greens… Thanks Coach! Needed this one… I’m gonna give it a go soon!

[@per-ingepersson5454]

Great lesson!

[@CoachLockey]

Thanks! 😃

[@dukeesq]

Cheers! Immediately started the drill, but I noticed I started to fat some, so I'm over compensating something. I'll keep at it, as I did see success, too.

[@hnasdad]

Remember the bottom of the swing is not behind the ball, it's out in front. Your probably doing everything right, but your changing the interaction with the ground. Keep at it, it will lighten sounds like your close.

[@rickm4295]

Drag the knuckles of your gloved hand thru impact is what Tiger Woods says her thinks or feels when he is hitting the ball. I tried that myself and havent shot over 83 again. It really makes a difference, it basically is this video but just out of Tigers mouth, lol

[@jmm1817]

Thank you for this awesome drill. I do something similar, and it seems to work. I aim 1 inch ahead of the golf ball to help me compress better. Any perspective on that? Thank you!!

[@CoachLockey]

If it works, keep doing it 👍

[@jmm1817]

@@CoachLockey ok 😊

[@TheMalder0]

What height would you typically expect to see with a 7 iron?

[@pie56]

Good content well explained this tip will help.

[@CoachLockey]

Glad you think so! 👍

[@chaseybears]

Simple but brilliant..thanks Coach ;0)

[@CoachLockey]

Glad you liked it!

[@Danny.A665]

Had a lesson with my pro with exactly same thing. Gained 10 yards with my 7 iron 👍

[@CoachLockey]

Boom

[@kevinsalley6914]

Good stuff coach

[@CoachLockey]

Appreciate it 👍

[@shanehughes3349]

Any drills for excessive hooks?

[@EmsThaBreaks441]

But Coach, you are making it seem easy for ordinary golfers to be able to vary the compression of the ball. For iron shots, getting the strength and technique to compress the ball is useful. But learning this takes a lot of time. Even more difficult is then to learn to reduce the compression with say a three or four wood to hit it functionally off the deck more than 190 yards.

[@situationormalgolf]

If my path is already plenty right could I just put the ball even or outside instead to promote a more neutral/left path?

[@CoachLockey]

👍 yes. But if your path is right just be careful you aren’t already taking enough loft off

[@situationormalgolf]

Thanks Coach@@CoachLockey

[@jeremiahmclane2374]

I ht low draws already will this drill hurt my swing?

[@CoachLockey]

Yes 👍

[@jeremiahmclane2374]

Simple, thanks Coach!@@CoachLockey

[@stevenhochman1]

And you make it look easy as well. You can do it w your eyes closed

[@sKratchglfr]

Man I wish we could eradicate the word "compress" from Golf. Great content as usual Coach I just hate that word.

[@CoachLockey]

Me too, but it’s a search term that we have to play the game with 🥹 😴

[@lawrencesargent1392]

The ball is being distorted not compressed. You don't have to use the word compressed. You can choose to use the word distorted or distort.

[@lawrencesargent1392]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you can't compress a golf ball. Air bubbles can be compressed but rubber cannot be compressed. It flows in two directions and acts like a solid in the third. All of this information is contained in THE GOLFING MACHINE BY HOMER KELLEY. In my opinion the greatest contribution to golf instruction and the greatest contribution to golf.

[@werdnacole]

Is this really your take away from this video. No one (apart from you) cares what its called. It's a commonly used term in golf and we all know what he's talking about. Perhaps you should be watching a physics video rather than getting pedantic about golfing terminology.

[@lawrencesargent1392]

Not the only reason. All these swing gurus in their videos are replete with errors with their seems as if physics and their seems as if geometry. Is it asking to much for these instructors to understand the universal laws of physics and geometry they are working with never mind how to apply these laws to golf. Prove what you are saying is true. Mention the laws. I don't mind playing the bad guy. So many instructors pass on information that go against these laws than these same instructors get mad at people like me for pointing it out. It seems like the only thing so many instructors want nowadays is to get their egos stroked. God forbid anyone should challenge anything they have to say.

[@timothydaniels504]

It’s just a figure of speech, in my opinion. Not a very good one; just an attempt to describe a motion that looks like it’s designed to compress the little ball against the big ball, the earth.

[@twm4259]

I don’t understand the notion that “you can’t compress a golf ball”. Given that a dictionary definition of compress is “flatten by pressure” and the many slow motion videos of a club striking a golf ball I have seen, I can say with certainty that the ball does momentarily flatten a bit. In fact the rules of golf talk about the Coefficient Of Restitution. So restitution from what to what? Not spherical (compressed) to spherical.

[@lawrencesargent1392]

@twm4259 if you can disagree with HOMER KELLEY YOU are a lot smarter than I am. According to the golfing machine air bubbles can be compressed, rubber cannot be compressed. It flows in two directions and acts like a solid in the third. As one of the 50 so teachers that Mr. Kelley has authorized, and possibly the last one, I can honestly say their isn't even one sentence in the book THE GOLFING MACHINE that I think will ever be disproven. But if you do have at it.