FEEL A BETTER GOLF SWING!: Top 10 swing feels you need!

[@adamhazelwood5282]

It takes a woman to post the only golf video I've ever seen on feel. Brilliant! Why is the most important aspect of the swing never discussed? Great video 👍

[@JW-yk6zl]

100% agree!

[@bryang949]

100% agree!!

[@justinpeterson2105]

Good point

[@jakethehud]

I am 77 years old and have been playing golf since I was 20. I have about a 25 handicap. I have always been a heavy-handed ball striker and have hit the ball, in my younger years, around 280 yards. Most of the time I slice the ball about a 100 yards and have never been consistent. I don't hit that distance anymore. I have been taking lessons and going to the driving range for 3 months but my improvement is minimal and not consistent. I came across your video the other day and watched part of it, but being tired, I put it into my bookmark to look at later. Well, today was later. I watched the full video and practiced what I could in my living room, without a club. I then went to the driving range and had the most consistent and enjoyable practice that I have ever had. Out of a large bucket of balls, I mishit about 6 balls but hit most of the other balls down the middle. I look forward to watching and learning from your other videos. THANK YOU!

[@lawbinson]

Curious, were you in the single digits at any point? Cheers!

[@jakethehud]

@@lawbinson Never! The lowest score I ever shot was an 89, and that was in the 1990s when I was in Myrtle Beach at a friends condo. I did it by making an off-the-green putt of approximately 80 feet, than stunned not only me, but the people who had just finished the hole. I could never get out of the 90s.

[@luxmanjames]

Great Instruction

[@uun4028]

Jake I'm your age and heading to the golf course after watching this great video. Erika's videos all incredible. Thank you for your inspiration.

[@siddharth7817]

Watched again and again

[@mrpeterseow]

I play off a 4 handicap. This video is one that everyone should watch and every coach should make. No other swing thoughts necessary.

[@richardkoon8648]

A golf lesson with the goal of making the swing a comfortable experience. what a concept vs a bag full of small details that we can't remember - even if we could execute some of them. After a couple of weeks of agony on the driving range, despite a feeling of hope every time out, I began to wonder - if ever ... So last evening after watching Erika's 10 feels video, and her video on transferring weight, I headed out again - with hope. And it was awesome. More than 90% of my shots were good! Thank you Erika.

[@beatrice525]

She is simply the best golf instructor! Love her!!!

[@stevechristofakakis2353]

I have seen thousands of golf videos on YT this one is in the the top 10 informative,realistic,simple,absolutely fantastic 👌

[@johnnorth7535]

What an amazing explanation. Probably the most simplest and most complete instruction on swing and feel golf I have ever watched.

[@justinpeterson2105]

In a golf teaching world obsessed with hitting positions, Larkin is a breath of fresh air She's approaching the swing from a totally different perspective ... FEEL

[@ML-xp5ls]

I at 68, I am learning to golf. Only in the backyard with a net, my husband teaching me. I couldn’t understand everything he was saying, finding your videos makes me think, I can do this! lol thank you. Found you on Performance Golf channel.. thank you

[@vikramkanth8086]

Erika, I can't thank you enough for this video. I've been struggling with the right feel, this edition is just amazing. A million thanks. God bless. I hope all other golfers watchbthis video 👍👍👍

[@Northern_va_fire_buff2598]

The dead arms feeling is the best swing thought ever!!! Shot a 72 from the tips at my course the other day, using only that swing thought!!! Thank you!!!

[@stu4843]

Erika, you are the most creative and pedagogical of the influencers on KZbin, really enjoyable and helpful and you seem to enjoy yourself! Fabulous, keep up the great work.

[@larkingolf]

Wow, thank you!

[@bryang949]

Totally agree!!

[@FrankBove-d8e]

I've watched many videos and yours is the best. It reminds me of Bobby Jones' "BACKSWING". I played well for years and then saw Bobby Jones' lessons, they ruined me but I stuck with it and love it. Instead of the rollercoaster, I tried to get the feeling of weightlessness as if I was on a swing and transitioning from the top to going down. After you reach to top there's a feeling weightlessness, "suspension" just before you start dropping. I think that's a better analogy, I never got that feeling on a rollercoaster.

[@-Thunder]

Swinging on a swingset is another good thought since it’s back and forward and you apply speed towards the bottom.

[@siddharth7817]

A very important topic, so sweetly presented. Admire your skill and beauty of the presentation 👌

[@jmm1817]

Thanks Erika. so many amateurs need this great lesson.

[@davidhiatt162]

I’ve struggled for 52years with tension and difficulty making a good turn in the backswing and a full finish. Your lesson is exactly what I need. Can’t wait to take a new swing to the driving range Thank you so much.

[@royal4826]

A high quality lesson beautifully presented.The reminder of dead arms and jelly wrists is so helpful .Thanks Erica from Winchester UK

[@larkingolf]

Robbie S fantastic ! Thanks for the Comment!

[@jwb3034]

Hi Erika, for years I have been listening to your sharing. I do enjoy it very much. Through your instructions I can feel you love golf very much. Thanks for sharing. They are thorough and easy understood.

[@mery1973able]

I play off a 8 handicap and I think that this is the one and the ONLY one lesson every beginer need. No other golf lessons needed. Pure gold. Love it!

[@michaelwanger3973]

...you got the feeling. The best teaching video I have ever seen! Congatulations! Perfect, this is teaching the way it should be!

[@alohatraveler]

Your videos and way of looking at the swing has helped me tremendously just in a week. Many thanks and Aloha from kaua'i

[@geraldtan8537]

This is such a good video about elements of the golf swing that few of us spend time thinking about. Thank you for sharing your obviously profound knowledge with us. I, for one, have learnt more about the golf swing in 18 minutes listening to you that I have in many, many hours listening and watching to golf "gurus" to tell people what to do, but never actually demonstrate how it is done. I've always thought that you were a gifted teacher, and this video just demonstrates it perfectly. Thank you again for your generosity in helping others.

[@larkingolf]

Thank you!

[@siddharth7817]

Hi Erika, I can't thank you enough for sharing the so important video. It immediately brought about a quantum shift in my golf game. Chipping has become so easier now.Hats off to you.

[@mickhunt1965ii]

Erika teaches every fundamental everyone else forgot about. Thanks.

[@paulmccaskill9309]

Love your teaching, you explain every movement completely with something to connect it to for a better visual...by far the best instruction male or female. Thank you 💯⛳

[@markbalayo6273]

Hi Erika! Just wanted to say thank you I binge watched all your videos over the past week and shot the best round of my life! I’ve taken many lessons from various coaches the last 2 years and your simple approach worked wonders. Momentum and no manipulation vs positions! Cheers!

[@satishchand8700]

Superb instructor , at conceptual level.

[@Beadlesabout88]

Watched this video last night, took the advice to the golf course today and shot a 82 (18 holes) with my average score over the last 10 rounds being 95. This feel advice saved me 13 shots today. Remarkable advice after trying to hit the ball using muscles for the last few years. Great advice never gets old. Thank you Erika for the 'dead arms', 'loosey goosey' and 'jello' wrists advice.

[@ClassicSilveradoTrucks]

Great instructional video for 'what to feel' in the swing!!!

[@hollshales]

Yes! Hooked on the feeling and high in believing- well done, Erika

[@kathylewis6543]

Thanks for your great lessons Erika. I don't want any of my golf buddies to know about you. I want to keep you all to myself! You have changed my swing completely and I'm really hitting the ball. It's delightful!

[@macwallys1552]

This is so good. Erika explains the swing on a very natural way. No do this than that but instead go with the flow. I don’t know golf teacher’s especially male teachers who can inspire and teach you you to create a naturally body movement to swing the club. 👏👍

[@JL-qf3hq]

I like the natural fluidity in this teaching, the body will naturally know what to do given the couple checkpoints. When I use a fluid swing I tend to flush the ball much more than a rigid set point (P1, P2….) style, and I get effortless distance. My challenge is mostly low point management and not being so loose where I lose form or rotate off axis. The balance between form and fluidity is my goal

[@francisliew2662]

Love it! Really good to feel a real golf swing that doesn't hurt the body.

[@seinhoke3654]

Very useful techniques to make my body and mind relax together. Many thanks to Erika and I can't wait to get to the range again.

[@robertcote654]

Dear Ms Larkin, I have watched your many videos dozen of times from multiples platforms. You are the most creative, imaginative and top of the pack golf instructor I have ever encountered in my golf life! Greetings from Canada.

[@tomdiamond4304]

This is the best video I have seen on golf feel ! Thanks so much!

[@edoardobarzano978]

Used to hold 30 years ago, sponsored from my high school to play was 6handicap,and most rounds shooting under par. Then got back to Italy from the states and it wasn't affordable to play. There went my golfing dreams. Just started again after 30 years. I'm a huge fan of Ben Hogan and Moe Norman. This is one of the best videos I've watched. Choice of words also is very cool and direct. Just would like to thank you. Grazie.

[@twizgolfguy]

You have to be the best teacher ever ,such great tips. Thanks you Alan in UK

[@stevendressler6351]

Wow! I have never watched such a concise common sense video breaking down a golf swing from start to finish. I will definitely start to utilize the 'pressure point' during my swing sequence.

[@joedapro7236]

As a PGA Professional for many years, I have always created too much tension at address, and takeaway! Her feeling of moving left, then right to initiate the backswing has been very helpful to me. This allows my backswing motion form to be more lengthy, which all Senior golfers as they age, tends to shorten. One other very helpful point she makes, is that the handle of the club on the backswing should move before the head as you swing the club over your trail shoulder! Thanks Erika!

[@nevendunkic8515]

the best golf instruction video !Feels in swing are the missing link in golf!Thanks Erika from Zagreb!

[@tschang2684]

A big THANK YOU! What you intend to do in your swing and how you “feel” you’re doing, are two different things. Let the weight of the club head do the work is really what’s important!

[@paulchez5102]

You're my absolute favorite golf swing coach!

[@charlietwigg5139]

I had the good fortune of terrible weather (in Maryland) for the past several weeks. I could not put up my golf net in my murky rural yard and strike balls. I was limited to practice swings.... a golf mat placed on the driveway. However, that afforded thousands of practice swings to internalize your swing feel plan. Today (good weather) I was able to put out my net and strike the ball. I was really pinging the ball! I like this winter script. Thanks.

[@jamesmotley7262]

Outstanding video. I’ve struggled forever with tension in my swing. This is just what I needed!!! Great concepts to work on. Thank u.

[@SteveAllen-u2c]

This explains away all the mechanical movements with easy to understand instruction..i am fired up now..Thank You...

[@alangoudie2299]

Thank you for 10 original & helpful ideas about your natural swing. They made me think & hopefully improve my golf swing.

[@kenjones1472]

I loved your explanation of how to have a relaxed swing with jello wrists, feeling the weight of the club and the trail arm whip & release and sticking the finish. Great video. K. Jones

[@aseemvivek8024]

Thanks a lot Erika. This is a game changer video for me. Dead arms, that's the key to effortless swing! Everything that you talk about makes a lot of sense. It has even helped me in my short game and bunker play.

[@bengeist3227]

The lateral tug really resonates with me. I've already been trying this but you've done a great job of clarifying this and many other aspects of the entire swing. Brava! And thank you!

[@matthobbs5329]

Thank you for making me realise the feeling of the left foot toe roll promoting the first move of the backswing.I am too 'armsy" and this makes everything feel more fluid and releases tension in the arms.I think this is going to make such a difference to me.We all need a trigger to start the swing.This will no doubt help me. Thank you Erica !

[@paulbarrett2756]

Great lesson

[@janestewart412]

I really relate to this video. I use Shawn Clement’s analogies a lot but the pressure point on the right forefinger at the top and ALL the way to release is something I’ve never felt as I obviously release too early. I think this nugget is true gold in the golf journey. Thank you Erika! 🤩

[@sanjivkhanna9870]

Just brilliant, Erika!! Cures so many backswing problems. I can finally get a full turn at age 63 :-) The club feels loaded and ready to go...

[@francescomozzetti5037]

This is pure gold!

[@sekcquah9258]

love watching your therapeutic instructions, so calming and relevant.

[@billadams3965]

Great swing thoughts! You're a natural, just like your golf swing! Great toes too.

[@danielboulet7549]

Hi Erika, I love your video, your comments, approach and tips given are very important and not seen in golf lessons and the way you explain them are just beneficial to improve the game of golf. I'm sure it's gonna make a difference in my game for me. Thanks a bunch Dan Quebec city, Canada 🇨🇦

[@jimvanhoesen5098]

Wonderful and easy to relate: A True Swing. Now I just gotta ease up and let it happen. Thank you!

[@AshleyfromTX]

I am loving your videos! Thank you for your detailed explanations. I can’t wait to get to the range again.

[@charlietwigg5139]

I appreciate your exploitation of physics with the lead foot initiating the backswing followed by a club lag . It's making my backswing more fluid.

[@JW-yk6zl]

This is by far the best and most useful golf video I have ever seen; and I've watched way too many. Thank you so much!!

[@Bomba75]

Love the explanation of how to let the body move more naturally in the golf swing vs. issues caused by teaching everyone the same "method" even though everyone's body is different. Beautifully done!

[@timothyfarley]

Great description of how the right arm works.

[@dogloverjb6873]

excellent video. Tension is the hardest part to overcome in the golf swing and feel the club in the swing

[@cbr8206]

I'm just about half way through this video and I have already received a ton out of it. Thank you. I have recently been seeking out videos like this that talk in depth and illustrate very minor yet critically important foundational aspects of the golf swing and there really aren't that many! Yours is really really good. Wonderful frame work to think about and understand what your body is doing and how you can evaluate what you are doing and how it affects your swing, etc.

[@bdcatterson]

Best swing video I've ever seen. thank you Erika.

[@eithneatthemaltinghouse2019]

First swing feel golf video I have watched that actually makes sense. Thank you for sharing.

[@kapilkrishan5840]

What a brilliant video. The end was the best to ‘Feel’ and Experience the golf swing. Thanks a lot for sharing in golden video

[@brberealdad5977]

Just came across this video and it really opened my eyes to so much I had never considered. Thanks for the lesson!

[@charlietwigg5139]

Erika. Since your intro of the "Jell-O Wrists" and "weight of the club" concepts others have renamed the concept and included it in their instructional videos. You deserve credit as the originator! Thanks!

[@roberthubbard5696]

All the best images of a relaxed and smooth golf swing in one place! A keeper, to watch over and over. It is too easy to try too hard with golf.

[@amalitadl]

Aprendí más en este video que en 3 años de lecciones y practica de cancha y driving. Enseñas muy bien! Me encanto los dedos del pie en el piano 😊. Tus ejemplos son perfectos . Quiero ver muchas veces este video pues quiero lograr los 10 puntos explicados. Gracias!!! Cuando vengas a Argentina tendrás aquí una amiga siempre.

[@bajanboi68]

I accidentally stumbled on to this video and I'm so glad that I did, it's a great video and beautifully articulated. It's given me a number of great swing thoughts and images to take away and try on the range. Thank you, the subscriber button has been hit 👍

[@grahamtaylor9915]

What a refreshing video Erika , you’ve given me a new attitude towards a golf swing.I’ve certainly subscribed to your channel and look forward to more lessons from you, thanks so much, you’re precious to the golf community, CHEERS GRAHAM ,from Australia.

[@michaelharp4495]

Just shaved 10 strokes off my game the first time I tried this....eliminating the death grip is truly the key....great video

[@bestgolf888]

so wonderfull. I will watch it every single day, until the course will be open again. Thank you.

[@jamesma5689]

Thank you Erika! A great teaching video with alot great learning points. One of them is "pressure point" in the trail hand. I have never thought about that before. Now I am going to use the feeling (pressure) as a que to start down swing, and will keep the pressure to create a lag and to avoid casting the arm.

[@robertrapp1595]

I have heard about loose arms and down swing. But have never seen it taught is such a common sense way. thank you

[@mickhunt1965ii]

I have hit a shot like this once in my life - a 3 wood on a 225yd par 3 to par - that shot keeps bringing me back, thinking Fred Couples, Brandt Snedeker, and Erika Larkin! It flew way over the green, up and downed on a downhill lie shortsided. It feels like not caring, but you are, just not like an obsessive person - then you remember we play this game for fun, love and enjoyment, right? That matters!

[@transcender5974]

Excellent...."feels" usually integrate suitable positions in an integrated, unconscious but useful way. Thank you for this comprehensive review of useful feels.

[@garethwilliams6474]

Casting & the club chuck nailed it for me, release the tension.

[@ericmurray982]

Well done Erica!

[@LivinTheDreamOfDan]

Regarding Jello wrists - when I look back to my best game of golf I had been playing racquetball for a solid hour just before playing a round of golf with dad. Now it makes sense because racquetball is all about the snap of the wrist so they were all warmed up for my best round of golf ever. Thanks for the video packed with great advice and love your positive attitude! Cheers.

[@ericdanthon2]

I don't know how I came across it but I want to be honest and say this is the best video on the golf swing that I have ever seen. You also have beautiful swing.

[@naslainsylvie3151]

Excellent 👌... je m’entraîne et m’inspire de vos tutos.. merci Erika

[@bruceroberts3471]

Erika - This video is inspirational. I'm sure I will be coming back to it often. Well Done!!

[@shaowensu5245]

This is such a helpful video, I wish I have watched it years ago! Thank you very much.

[@alanplummer]

Excellent points, Erika! So many important feelings to be watching for and tuned into. Thank you!

[@oceanyt8]

It works. I adopt your jelly swing and 8-inch tee behind the ball. Tried out and amazing..

[@mattdaniels6430]

This really is a very thoughtful video, fantastic for beginners as a starting point. Thanks for putting it together, it is a great idea to collect the most important feels, something that everybody no matter where in the journey he is will be able to relate to. Very well done

[@danpalka103]

Erika, This was fantastic…thank you. Excellent communication!!!!!

[@kevinlawrence9709]

Like you were reading my mind. I’ve been working a lot on my swing and have been thinking about how the swing should feel rather than the mechanics which are usually the focus of lessons; online and in-person. You hit on every point very well. Thank you!

[@siddharth7817]

Absolutely fantastic

[@georgenguyen525]

Hi Erika, Very high quality golf instruction video. I cannot wait to get on the range to try it out. Thank you. You are super in helping other enjoying the game more. =)).

[@robertmcanarney7589]

Gorgeous lessons!!!!

[@leepetersen4082]

This is VERY GOOD INSTRUCTION ...BRAVO!!!

[@ronm2970]

Yup, tend to rush through a round. Thanks for the tips to slow down and enjoy!

[@Jdeneik]

Awesome Instruction!!!!

[@maartenbosch7707]

I recognise a lot of the feels when I play good. Try to be more conscious now thanks to you. Thanks!