GOLF DRIVER AND IRON SWING Why can you hit irons but STRUGGLE with your Driver

GOLF DRIVER AND IRON SWING Why can you hit irons but STRUGGLE with your Driver. Mark Crossfield golf professional talks driver swing and iron golf swing. whats the big difference when it comes to driver and iron swings and why do you struggle with a driver when your iron game is ok. This simple golf lesson will help golfers who want to improve their golf swing and improve their driver swing with complex golf swing ideas broken down for all to understand. If you really want to to work out why your driver golf game is letting you down and why iron play is ok this golf video will have the answer for you. The golf swing is a complex series of movements and the more we measure and work out what we need to do and what is just golf myth the better we can all get.
In the comments below let me know how your golf driver game is and if your iron play is better than your driver game. Also let me know if this video helps your golf swing.
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[@charliebarnard]

Would love to see this level of break down with irons vs hybrids vs fairway woods off the turf, please and thank you.

[@MarkCrossfield]

On it

[@johngrimes1358]

Great shout

[@jnvm5949]

Pity so many watch these honest reviews and can’t be bothered to tap the like button! I tap the like button for every one Mark! Free content with some likeable fellow humans, playing a game I love! What’s not to like! 👍⛳️🏌🏼‍♂️

[@jameswhitbread411]

Everyone who watches this video just saved themselves about £200 in lessons. Driver is by far my least consistent club, I’ve even cranked up the loft to help me (I’m trying to hit more up on the ball to get better) and these sort of videos are just like gold dust. Informative but you can take this out to the course/range with you and put it into something workable. It’s like a principal based approached with outputs in mind...do X and measure Y and see how it performed vs what you expected/should see. A lot of guff on KZbin that just state principles and do X....if we could all just repeat those videos we’d all be on tour but we can’t...queue up MC’s videos for the winning formula! More videos like this would be ideal (+course/club vlogs...love a vlog). I’d like a video on the wrists (no not wrist set thankfully lol!) just the rotation element as I struggle to know how much rotation through a shot I should be aiming for...sounds ridiculous I’m sure to most!

[@alcw625]

was just working on this yesterday...using that right heel weight shift to a really hard finish moving weight to my left toe (like squishing the tennis ball mindset or the jam out of my jelly roll), posting my left leg & found the ball was 10 yds longer and a bit right with irons....with the driver I'm 10 - 20 yards longer. After two lessons on force mats and now a bit of self discovery, I feel like I am going back to a freer swing I had pre Ernie Els...in the 90's it was all about "keeping it in play", "swinging at 80%"...with the technically advanced ball and clubs of this era (and I m playing course with wide fairways and not penal rough) it's back to swinging for the fences

[@bensquire8426]

I'd really love to have a session with Mark. I'd really enjoy having my swing broken down like this so I could understand it more and what I could get out of it. Thumbs Up!

[@Psychedelic63]

Not many golf coaches talk about forces so its good to see as it has some natural impacts on your swing.

[@deltimmins4869]

I think it is great that you show this type of video as it gives golfers a better understanding of what they are trying to do.

[@michaelrahm2165]

The right hand “reach” to the club putting me into proper tilts and alignment proved to be an amazing thought. I’ve always gripped then addressed, leading to funky angles. My range session today only focused on that and I saw drastically improved shots with irons and driver. Thank you!

[@garyhetherington4954]

Thanks Mark could never get my head around driver swing been to range today straight and long best golf coach on youtube

[@MrHugo1986]

Great video, fantastic explanations! I hit down 5/6 with irons which is great for max distance but not great for front pins! and occasionally 0/1 down with my driver too which is really frustrating and losing me distance! Love the video, keep up the good work!

[@grahamliddy9260]

G'day Mark, interesting video. You are spot on with your information but I believe the average golfer struggles to increase their vertical force given other swing issues they are managing. Personally I have never been able to improve my 'vertical force' and have a repeatable swing. I can assure you I tried! Swinging too quickly was my biggest issue! Early this year I decided to completely rebuild my swing and moved to a single-plane, not the Moe Norman version. I can now control the tempo of my swing and the length of the backswing. Of course I have needed to learn to swing much slower to achieve this. I now have far less moving parts and do not need to rise up during the downswing. I am swinging on plane and my ball striking is unbelievably good. I am over 60 years old and am so excited about what golf has in store for me. Cheers and keep up the good work. ⛳🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ExistReaper]

This is very helpful i hit my driver and woods alot better than irons looking forward to going to the range and trying this out see if i can my iron game better.

[@wallstreetoneil]

Mark - fantastic video - one comment. Taken from my tournament tennis forehand, I find that I can get my 105 Driver speed to 112-113 if I rotate my Right Foot open to the 1 o'clock position because this allows my Right Knee to OPEN during the squatting force down into the ground downswing (Sam Snead knees) and thus I can get even more Upwards force from my front Left Foot/Toe (the jumping tennis topspin forehand) part. I experimented a lot - it's somewhere between 12:45 & 1 (Right foot) where this happens.

[@121Bobski]

Mark, I took your advice regarding driver setup to the range prior to my round and shot my best round of the year. 4 over par brutto playing off 8.5! Thank you.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Great news

[@billshepard9970]

Thanks for this!. I’ve watched previous videos of this swing change earlier this year for you Mark but for some reason this one made it hit home for me. Immediate 5 mph ball speed gain in Skytrak with driver and employing to some extent with irons seems to gain yards while also taming draw which is my miss. I’m down from 8 to 5 via simulator pandemic work and now hopeful that a few yards can keep it moving in the right direction. Keep up the good work!

[@guybrown1865]

More of this please, I hope the more I watch these videos it will sink in my brain when I’m practicing and playing. Thanks.

[@primafacie6442]

Good tech content Mark. Your description of hitting the ball harder is actually an increase of kinetic energy of the club head through increased speed (KE=0.5Mass x Veocity squared). As V is squared it has a huge effect on the resultant kinetic energy available to transfer (via strike /smash) to the ball.

[@leeclements4645]

Spot on tips its working as my driver getting more distance however irons are hitting the same distance this not much worry as you say controlled distance.

[@davidwharton6333]

Similar to another comment hybrids and fairway woods are often my downfall. Irons I play one length so keep the same ball position. Useful reminder of the difference between iron and driver.

[@joeflorence6819]

I find your videos very informative, educational and entertaining. Thank you

[@aarongibson7090]

Love the visual you give of pushing into the ball of your front foot with that force being moved toward the launch monitor. I have started to use this in my own game and not only do I hit it farther but I am also shallowing the club better as a result. Keep the good instruction coming, love your channel.

[@paulcarter9325]

Thank you. Great guide and ideas to work on now coming into the range only golf.

[@temzac1135]

Excellent explanation! This really helped Mark.

[@neilshayler3119]

cracking lesson, I currently hit my irons really well but can be erratic with driver and hybrid, and weirdly I use heel type swing for wedges for more control and know I need to aim right of target.

[@timburt1173]

Love this sort of content. Most of us have a general understanding of the difference but this really drills down into it.

[@gordonmcshannock4610]

I really struggle with my driver. And this has opened my eyes. Hit my irons and my 5 wood good so think I have been hitting down on my driver. Will try youre tips. Cheers mark.

[@keitho6018]

Another thumbs up Bruh...KZbin should have a check box option to just ALWAYS thumbs up 👍...I never thumbs down... I'd like to see how YOU and Coach Shape shots in the sim, with a tree bunker etc...and then transfer to on-course... "Shot Shaping Series?" I know you and Coach go about it differently and its nice to see and take what one can use and apply to one's game. -I watch coach set up right, and pull hook driver left and incorporate that front time to time 😂 cheers!

[@truthdragon7719]

More of this please, I normally power fade (slice) with driver to a point where I aim so far left to allow for it, and then hit it straight left. Played irons only for 3 years as was sick of threes off the T killing my scores.

[@reuk]

3 years a very long time

[@dtnalex1]

Can’t beat measured facts 👍🏻

[@kylerobo]

I’ve used the jump on my driver quite a bit the last few weeks and I can hear a faster club head and my strike has maintained quite well considering and going a bit further. Great breakdown, swing catalyst has really added a dimension to the explanation and mechanics!

[@richardjames5700]

Wow Mark this is gold - what a great analysis and lesson - I will be practicing this and going back t it again and again - Makes so much sense!!

[@davidbates7732]

Hi Mark this vid is aimed at me I feel I'm balanced in my back swing right the way through to my down swing, will have to try this on the range first hope see some distance in time.

[@ReaverWall]

I am on the opposite end hitting my woods much better whereas with the irons I am almost always flat in attack angle and in some instances even up. However have been making changes and improvment is being made. Its somewhat what I love about this game is the self improvement and the work to get better, the journey of doing so. Thanks for all the content you have throughout the years! Keep it going! :)

[@benhendricks570]

Very informative video. Thanks for the deeper insight into the swing

[@kingeasynow]

Really struggled this year with hitting down with the driver to the extent I’ll often have divots after the ball!!! 😱 Lessons planned but this is an eye opener 👍🏻

[@SteveBebb]

Hi Mark. I really struggle with driver and feel this has given me the most actionable of advice from all the 'tips' I've seen this week - especially the loading into the lead toe on the downswing. I tend to hold back and have a steep attack. I'll let you know how it goes at the range later. Thanks

[@craigsummerville8823]

Thank you for highlighting the differences between driver and irons. I would like to see a video on the setup differences (if any) between a 3-wood hit from the tee versus the fairway. I have a much easier time hitting it off the deck and wonder why it’s more difficult for me off the tee. I imagine it’s largely due to setup. Also, I wonder how much setup issues are affected by eye dominance? I’m a right handed golfer who’s left eye dominant so it’s easy for me to register setup differences down my left arm at address. Because of this dominance, however, I’m much better at shooting rifles left handed even though I’m naturally right handed. Something to consider, might be interesting to explore.

[@jdothman8575]

Mark you constantly read my mind then make a video about it

[@matthewatkinson5868]

Working on hit down on my irons had to get use to not sweeping irons and not taking divots will try the ball position

[@uglypatriot5171]

Yes, more instruction please. Cheers

[@robertzandraneeld7987]

Very good. Your style and content is spot on. Thanks. More please.

[@mikelewis5045]

Great video I got lots of power but not timing the push out and loosing the power, more on this and tips for timing peaking power correctly without the force plate! 👍🏌️‍♂️

[@decodelbanjo]

Great video, don't normally share but this was super informative 👍 good job Mark

[@AlexNblue]

Great quality coaching 👍

[@anthonybennett4274]

very good explanation and i enjoyed it try and use this after lockdown

[@markcook4693]

Used the more iron like driver shot the other day when it was windy. Knew it would be a lower shot, just aimed up the left side let it fade back.

[@johnwhitman6]

Great video Mark! Can you show how this video relates to hybrids and driving irons? Downward or upward angle, etc...

[@gee2478]

I've got to be honest. I'm going to have to watch this a few times before i fully understand it but I guess that's what learning's about.

[@matthewcroad7218]

Excellent video Mark. Proper info

[@johnwallace520]

I don't really know what I am doing differently but at last I am hitting both irons and driver. A month ago this video would have been perfect with my irons reasonable and my driver unhittable!

[@paulmcfadden6517]

Thanks Mark. Good explanation of the different swings required. I've been trying to get a positive AOA with the driver for a while now but it's difficult without all the fancy equipment. The single Trackman session I had told me I was 8 down with the irons and 4 down with the driver. With 104mph clubhead on the driver, I was getting 216yds carry. I'm now trying to measure my success (increasing AOA) by visually monitoring my launch and carry. Maybe it's time for a Trackman lesson.

[@jonathanfaulkner7848]

Great to see you using swing catalyst to help us amateurs improve our understanding of ground forces. I’m very keen to have a go on one, just need to find a coach that has one!

[@ianlegg9151]

Thanks brilliant explanation

[@bernddreilich7100]

Very good vid and instructions Mark! I guess the first and most important skill with Irons is to learn to hit down and compress the ball. With wedges and into 9-7 irons I discovered that a more rotational swing gives more control on strike and direction and helps to attack pins. 2nd most important skill is to learn to hit more up with the driver with an Avg Swingspeed I have to gain carry, lower spin, centered strike and control direction and curvature. Thanks! Now I understand what vertical forces are for and how they are produced thru groundpressure Excellent! I guess the Rest is hard work, sweat in the steal chamber to push the swing speed 😓

[@davedmon249]

More of these? Yes please!!!

[@neilgardner8066]

I have been trying a heel-to-heel rotation swing with my irons but have lost a lot of distance. Will give the left toe version a go in my next practise session. Thanks for the vid

[@robjelley1138]

Love these videos, breaking it down to the numbers just for me helps to illustrate the differences required. Would love to see more on this line 👍

[@colinbrown2096]

Really interesting - use of ground forces means there is distance hope for us all 👍

[@stuartpittard1300]

I love watching these videos it starts to make sense .....now the hard bit ....put it into practice lol 😂

[@TramSpotter649]

Mark, a comment about Swing Catalyst. The video and the graph of pressure has the ball going left to right on the screen - a typical front-on view we are familiar with. However, the foot pressure plan is the opposite - with the ball going from right to left (i.e. left foot on left of the mini screen). Extremely confusing communication - and unnecessary! Can you suggest to Swing Catalyst that they have options so you can make all the depictions go the same way. (And obviously all reversible for left handers). Just a thought.

[@SwingCatalyst]

Hi, this is Carl from Swing Catalyst. Thank you for your input! This is actually a feature that will be added in the next software update. The user will be able to display the feet and the trace to his preference.

[@TramSpotter649]

@@SwingCatalyst Thanks for responding. I thought you would have been already on to it, and you were.

[@johnfitzgerald1055]

Incredibly helpful feedback. Explains to a T how I struggle off the tee.

[@chriswebster3698]

Mark, this is pure gold bruh! ⛳️🏌️‍♂️🏹

[@keithfinley2939]

Love it. I always use the pat pat iron swing... gotta practice the other.

[@d.a.stacey4808]

Great vid Crossy...a lot of info in that short instruction, timing the downward pressure, and the jump out is something I have struggled with.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks bruh

[@chadcoupland6611]

Great info. Keep it coming.

[@billybone1450]

Great video Mark. Really helping me to practice effectively and explore ways to get more power. I found that after seeing a coach recently he was getting me to hit the more rotational swing and I noticed this definitely effected my power/distance and also I feel it was levelling out my angle of attack which I felt was harming my strike. I am going to try these moves to see if I can get more power back and crisp up strike.

[@danielwinterbottom5531]

This has given me another way to improve driver i suffer from the sky ball and the dipping ball due to hitting down on it. I swing around 115/120mph but don't get the output with driver. I hit hybrid 240ish driver not much further unless i get it right

[@scottwest5624]

Thank you Mark, very informative and I saved this as oddly enough, I lately seem to have the opposite issue of more consistency with the driver, but loosing power/distance with the irons... time to get back to the range and try some of these ideas - thanks! 👍

[@michaelrafter5313]

Great info... I would also like to see something on ball position.

[@ianrobertshaw6245]

Very good video Mark. I hadn’t thought of it like that. Especially the varying iron swings for distance. I tend to just club up or down but I’ll try this.

[@raymondstitt648]

Really enjoying the content in this video

[@brianmccool9728]

This is a brilliant video! My struggle is with the magnitude of the driver spinal tilt and the feeling I can get stranded on my trail side if the tilt’s too extreme. I also feel like that I can rotate my shoulders around my spine - lead higher than trail - and this encourages an upward path for some reason. How to balance tilt and weight distribution?

[@eddy11ish]

So interesting! How to go about changing my swing to be more engaging with the ground is the tricky part, all makes sense as a concept but how practically is the real test!

[@richardsmith8555]

Really informative and would enjoy more of these videos. I am not set up correctly with my driver, 100% not enough tilt.

[@sirtogii5216]

I reckon having that force plate and being able to show scientifically the dynamics of the swing is a proper eye opener.

[@aussietaffia9152]

More please.. great info

[@adski0125]

Excellent, thank you

[@SolomonLi]

Great little nuggets here Mark! Love it... Looking forward to taking all this out to the range!

[@andym5900]

More of these please

[@Lynle55]

Keen to see the ball pazish vid 👍🏻

[@joejackson4401]

Love this Mark thanks. Can you do a video on dynamic loft with driver? How to stop that high wafty floating flight, versus the penetrating one we all want on windy days?

[@waynepadley1337]

Great stuff thank you !

[@deaneaston3044]

This has been my biggest issue this season. Strike, face to path and accuracy are fantastic with irons. However, when swinging the driver, I’m now becoming occasionally “stuck” due to a now (proper) tilt at setup. Driver is coming too inside on back swing. Causing over draws and occasional snap hooks. How do I “turn” properly while maintaining tilt without getting “stuck inside” with driver? As opposed to more upright body position with irons. Hope you can help. Cheers Mark👍

[@jackallatt1441]

Not a criticism Mark but this is a very difficult subject to get across via KZbin. I understand the advantages but it is so hard to relate without the technology. You do a good job in presenting it.

[@chrislewis7]

I’m like the don’t do it this way guy. I hear you talking about using the ground but I can’t get the feeling of doing it. Will try the things from this video next time I’m on the range.

[@Anti-Static_Matt]

Thank You

[@johnwallace520]

Very well explained Mark and it will be practiced at my next session at the range.

[@kevochanner8859]

Yes more please. But I would like to know how to push.

[@Davidefc]

Can hit driver but been struggling with iron play hitting heavy and some thin could with some pointers ball position struggling with, get the occasional sweet shot ⛳

[@jeffpriz]

Love this video Mark, definitely want to see more of these! thanks

[@djones1304]

Could you do some videos of this level of detail but on putting stroke. Subtle changes that affect path, loft delivered etc

[@grahamt1088]

Great content sir. ! This makes the winter months perfect training for hopefully a better year to come. For all.

[@user-hk6hd3yb7c]

Very interesting and you've done well to increase club speed with the vertical move ! I suppose for a conventional 2 plane swing, you do need to make vertical jump or else you'll hit the ground. I am a single plane golfer, like Moe Norman and Bryce. It is so much simpler, you don't need to think about how you are going to swing the club, you can think more about strategy and execution. I still want to implement you vertical power into my swing. Good stuff !!!

[@stephenfletcher7649]

Hi Mark, great explanation of the different swings, although it’s very difficult to see the position of arms legs and body against the black screen behind you, would be great if it was white or a lighter grey you just disappear into the background and You miss a lot of the image of your explanations due to the video being so dark. Again you are one of the best explainers of the game in simple terms for all levels of golfers. Regards fletch down under 🏌️‍♂️

[@MarkCrossfield]

I need to wear light trousers to pop out I agree.

[@robwebb5644]

Awesome video Mark! Loving the breakdowns - lots to practice 😀

[@robbiles]

👍 Mark. Love a bit of tech talk. I see there are some new inner sole pressure sensor pads out. Might be worth buying just to see where my pressures are. Salted Inner Soles they are called. Do you think they would be worth it?

[@jerdo402]

Great content. Thanks.

[@rjchombre]

The odd thing for me is that I am having some success with pushing into the ground with my left foot with my driver but can’t seem to get a feel for that with my irons. The wider stance with my driver makes it easier to execute than with the narrower iron stance. Any suggestions? Good video as always.

[@paulgoulding2291]

Mark, love your content but have recently felt that something is missing. What drew me to your channel initially was your down to earth personal touch as in your “morning you’all” morning coffee. I have always trusted your instruction and testing but do miss that personal touch. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Don’t worry Paul i is still the same old me 👍

[@ToraxReborn]

Him interviewing Ryan Fox is down to earth as he gets... I've played toured around in New Zealand with Ryan he wouldn't like staged and posh content. He's as real as he gets. Still the same old mark..

[@cadwellcollins8587]

Me. Crossfield, can you please look at Bridge stone JGR hf1 and hf2 irons truly forged clubs that are super game improving