GOLF - How to DRIVE LONGER and STRAIGHTER

[@casilatino]

Real swing at 17:29 was absolutely awesome and looks like a pro swing. Keep up the great work.

[@johntheiss8126]

Just applied this to my swing. My new sensation is that my arms are nearly hitting the ball by themselves without any hip help. This is just a sensation, because I always finish in a picture perfect position. This swing thought has done a lot to remove 18 years of baseball swing, where the hips nearly hit the ball by themselves. Have always hit a horrible slice. Like hitting cars in the parking lot slice. I hit a long draw for the first time in my life to day. Dispersion went from 50-75 yds. to 20-50 yds. with driver. Still a long way to go, but I am very grateful for this video.

[@gieusahaggis6293]

One of the best swing videos going. A guy told me 30 yrs ago to swing my arms faster. Now I know what he meant. Something I’ve struggled with on and off for years. Tx.

[@JPROP-vb7sv]

this drill changed my game. I wont forget it. Shot 86 the other day.

[@harabas1]

not bad. just 32 over.

[@VoodooZ]

Loving the Monte series. He seem to be a great no-nonsense type of coach

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Stephane Gauthier Yeah he is, he's getting really popular. Helping a lot of people get better

[@casilatino]

Your practice swing at 15:41 was so awesome and you kept your right foot on the ground halfway through your follow through which shows how flexible you are. Your real swing at 15:52 was very good too but your right foot was up in the air too early and you looked like you were coming out of your shoes to hit it.

[@NA_Hemi]

Man I videoed my swing last week and I am have Brandons before swing to a tee. cant wait to try this out. My conclusion was similar but actually seeing it and having it being discussed was a real help

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

fuiya Thanks for watching. stay tuned for more

[@justinwalters1737]

Nuts balancing crazy..luv u blokes

[@FairwayJack]

excellent video ...I have done this pinning flaw as well and blocked it right ...in the future, will be more focused on bringing the arm unit into the "staging area" before rotating into impact with the hips.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

+FairwayJack Yep, and keep your head BACK

[@lionbear7047]

Hey guys. First I want to say that your video series is great and Monte`s insight n the amateur golfers feels are revolutionary. I have struggled with dragging my arms through the hit for longer than I care to remember and after watching your videos and studying the swings of most of the ladies on the Korean PGA and KLPGA, I ame across a few insights of my own that have completely changed my swing. One thing that I noticed is that most of the men and women on the I korean tours all set the club pretty early like in the no turn cast drill but from face on they have their right arm stays straight in the takeaway and above the left at the top of the backswing. I guess this is to keep width in their swings and to keep the club from getting behind the turn. Another thing I noticed that has changed my swing is when they do a practice swing they do this over the top looking downswing. In one of your first shows with Monte, Brendon did this exact same motion trying to demonstrate a fault and Monte immediately said "great". Brendon looked extremely confused and I was too until I tried it. It does the same thing as what you guys were doing in this video. It gets the left shoulder away from te chin in the downswing and keeps the arms in front. But just like people can overdue a feeling, thinking if this gets me to do that, if I do it a little more I can be on tour. It can be a bad thing. Anyway, just though I'd share what helped me. Hopefully it can help someone else to. Keep the great content coming.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

That takeaway move you are talking about sounds interesting. They hinge the wrists right off the ball but keep the right arm straight as possible? Is that right? What player does this I can watch sueng yul Noh?

[@lionbear7047]

Yeah. Noh, Bae, Kim, Oosthuizen, Adam Scott, Rory. Woods was doing it but more extremely a couple of years ago. If you look up this guys page bauercti he has a couple of play lists of tour pros practice swings and their regular swings and you can see what I was trying talking about.

[@dreadgolf]

good stuff..keep it up. I think we all got caught up in the swing the club with the body motion and forgot that the arms and wrists are the greatest speed factors. In fact, I theorize the talent factor of a few separator from the skill factor of many is gifted hands. Tiger: "I remembered I have really good hands."

[@dreadgolf]

When I first started, I was an avid follower of Jim Flick and his teaching. He would teach to swing the arms correctly and let the body will engage and react.

[@datsun770]

I always feel like I should watch again to see what the tip actually is.....

[@Ryglado]

This chimes with a lot of the Tony Luczak stuff. You swung it great at the end of this vid.

[@TheRafared]

Well done. Monte does it again. You had decent speed to start with but it's even better now. Next is a short game lesson Brendon.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Brian Devitt Thereisn't a golfer alive that wouldn't want another 5mph Clubhead speed. Yeah, short game, a playing match and a few things on deck. Thanks for your support.

[@kurtfattic]

Good stuff here. Enjoyed it.

[@irvinlee1800]

Brendon, i am amazed by your swing right here. thought i was watching a tour pro! transition was smooth (less loopy) and follow through awesome. on transition, just straight up and straight down. go back to monte and this swing. it's money.

[@Clippggggg]

Need to revisit this but I think you know that with driver :)

[@JC-qf1jd]

Loved this video, thanks. Made so much sense :-)

[@michaeledwards3905]

Great video guys

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Michael Edwards Thanks!

[@varutchk]

This is really cool, love watching ur vlog

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Thanks!

[@pwntagerz]

You interrupt Monte way too much dude

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

+pwntagerz I'm learning.

[@pwntagerz]

+BE BETTER GOLF aren't we all.. I do enjoy your vids tho

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Thx

[@alancolbert5841]

+BE BETTER GOLF This was a major help. Monte you are a great teacher simply by searching for other ways get a feeling through your students.

[@LouPalumbo]

I don't think you interrupted him too might....was a good discussion

[@fontking1a]

Not sure if this will help anybody but after fifty plus years of playing golf, I've finally come to the conclusion that the golf swing is simply swinging your arms UP AND DOWN while turning away from and then back through the golf ball. Instead of thinking about taking the club BACK, I picture cocking the club up with my wrists and throwing my arms SMOOTHLY over my right shoulder simultaneously while I turn away from the ball with my upper body. That is the back swing. Then instead of trying to hit the ball from the top, I simply uncock my wrists straight downwards while turning back and through the ball and this lets me hit the ball as hard as I want. My thought is "arms up and down" and finish balanced. Once you get this move coordinated properly, it doesn't look like anything other than a normal golf swing. Your arms are in front of your body as recommended by most pros. This eliminates the over the top move and also delays your right hip and heel from coming up too soon. Does this make any sense, Monte?

[@mudddge]

+fontking1a Anything can work as a "feel", but what about the mechanics that generate that "feel"?

[@ryanh222]

looks like you were spinning the before driver swing pretty heavy. a lot of your distance on the after driver swing came from bringing the spin down about 1000 rpms. catching the ball on the upswing and top center of the club face does a lot of good!

[@Youngpeculiar1]

Hey monte, i just looked at a video of my swing, and ifound i had the exact same problem. My right foot was off the ground before the club was at impact by a long way.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Youngpeculiar1 Do you ever shank it?

[@Youngpeculiar1]

Not necessarily, my bad shot with a driver is a dead push fade, and with my irons its a weak push fade that feels chunky. I think im hitting the ball off the heel, but im not sure.

[@steveperry1344]

@@BEBETTERGOLF oh yes, didn't know why but finally i see it.

[@mhblades9178]

Brendon, your work is a fantastic addition to Monte's videos! George Burns was great, but even better with Gracie! This video has immediately helped my driver swing. After watching, I played with a buddy who always outdrives me, and am now just as long and more consistent. One question: my interpretation was to move my left arm out as I begin the swing, but after viewing the video more closely it looks like your intention is out and down with the left arm. Is that right?

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

I like to match and I'm throwing a ninja star low down the target line. The key is not to slow down the hips but to speed up the left hand and arm to get everything matching in speed

[@mhblades9178]

+BE BETTER GOLF Ha! How about low, left-handed frisbee throw low and down the line? I get what you're saying about matching, and keeping hips moving>

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

No frisbee, it's gotta be something deadly.

[@mhblades9178]

+BE BETTER GOLF Just don't want to hurt myself! Went to the range this morning. This was great--a total freedom swing! Also, throwing away the lag on my irons was awesome-and my object was to nuke it! I owe you a beer if you're ever in the Boston area. Monte, too, of course.

[@spmerrell63]

I am hitting my irons on a string with the tips Monte is teaching. However, my driver is my nemesis. Does your left wrist hinge vertically while you are throwing your right wrist on the down swing? Great great videos.

[@nebraskacornhuskersathleti2248]

Hey dude I have the same problem with the Elvis hips. What exactly did he tell you to fix it. You guys didn’t really explicitly say it. Is it just casting your left arm? Did you pull your zipper more towards the back? Thanks

[@MANversusGRAVITY]

Brendon - great video thanks for sharing. Not sure I fully caught the critical "fix" Monte had you work on in order to maintain depth in the hips. Is the basic idea to separate the left arm from the chest earlier in the downswing in order to speed up the arms? Or, was the idea to align left arm with knee line?

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

MANversusGRAVITY You got it. It is left arm off the chest to speed up the arms. That was the main point.

[@MANversusGRAVITY]

BE BETTER GOLF Perfect, thx, Brendon. Btw - completely agree with your comment that driver is the most important club in the bag. It's always a pet peeve of mine when "experts" tell you to focus on your short game to really improve. I get this point... "50% of shots are around the green..." That said, if you can't consistently get off the tee box, this game really isn't much fun to play at all. Keep up the good work.

[@sumsar0125]

+MANversusGRAVITY Sure, but if you swallow your ego a bit you can easily get off the tee box with a hybrid/long iron and be 40-60 yards short or so. Of course it's not optimal but it can work. For me the putter is the most important club in the bag, you can really add or subtract A LOT of points based on how that thing is working. It's not as sexy as bombing the driver 300+ yards, but it's a crucial part of the game imo. Btw love the videos Brendon, I'm gonna try Monte's tips in my next practice session.

[@alienrenders]

The special effects in this vid are second to none.

[@Bigskydog]

EXACT thing the Kostis told me to do. You have virtually the same driver swing as me

[@adamhurd83]

Nice lesson! What were your swing results typically before? Hooks, cuts, shanks?

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Adam Hurd Pull fades

[@canefan17]

Did I miss the part where you guys demonstrate exactly how to throw left arm off the chest?

[@GermanBullitt]

At 5.57 ...seems like you open the clubface right on the beginning of the takeaway.....

[@alfredadrianjr.4702]

Just hit the shit out of it with your right hand. I'm pretty sure Henry Cotton, British Open winner, was a big proponent of this.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Alfred Adrian,Jr. Basically, thats it, right wrist

[@alfredadrianjr.4702]

When I was a kid that's what I instinctively did. Started at 10-11 and by 13 broke par from the men's tees for the first time. Of course I had great flexibility and fantastic eye hand coordination. Unfortunately my prefrontal lobes woke up and I became analytical. Went from potential professional golfer to biologist......that's life! Young golfers today though finally have instruction and coaching that is sound, or at least less anecdotal, and I think this accounts for the increasing conformity of swing pattern that is distinctive of high performance.

[@uschihungerland8681]

Alfred Adrian,Jr. und

[@williamreichert4798]

I think the essential thing is that when the downswing starts, the club moves away from the target initially. You should feel a momentary increase in pressure in your right foot This keeps you from opening your hips too soon. www.golfdigest.com/story/world-long-drive-champ-jeff-flagg-secrets-for-power Notice what he says about this.

[@Rrracket]

so, what was the intention you had that changed the results?

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Intention of left arm off the chest is the first move down.

[@Rrracket]

BE BETTER GOLF thanks for that, and for these videos. I haven't been able to make these ideas work for me yet, but I like Monte's teaching method. Wish I lived in the same area code

[@timfrost08]

+Rrracket probably because you have different issues in your swing. I have played with lots of different intentions and found a couple that work for me. This one personally wasn't needed.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

It's not for everyone, but it helps a lot of people. thanks for watching

[@timfrost08]

BE BETTER GOLF thanks for the video it was very enjoyable. For me personally I don't have fast hips and I'm not an arm pinner so I think about different things. Monte would probably have got me there in 20 minutes instead of taking 3 years to dig out the dirt.

[@joed8016]

Tempo training should be next. That will help u even more.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

joe darby Good point, when I am trying to do a new move listening to the tour tempo songs helps make it permanent.

[@ArchieBallCat]

BE BETTER GOLF never heard of tour tempo, after looking at some videos it looks like a great tool. Thanks for the videos, this is a great channel.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

Yeah, # to 1 ratio, Swing, Set, Through.

[@federicoalvarezdelaballina443]

Estos tutoriales deben traducirse al español para una total compresión.

[@jimwgt]

With regard to "keeping your back to the target," I've had teachers tell me this, but it never worked for me.. However, I had an AH HA moment when I translated it to "feeling my right shoulder come through last." Maybe this idea will work for someone else.

[@BEBETTERGOLF]

+jimwgt Imma try this, thanks!

[@bigglesthwaite]

What is the drill here?

[@alienrenders]

Spin hips a little later. Move the left arm down and off the chest first. That's it I think. If I were to think of an analogy, don't do a wet towel swing (if your club was a wet towel) where the towel can only snap out after you're done turning. Instead, try to do a pendulum swing where the arms and club end up extended toward the ball at the same time. This drill of spinning a little later will avoid coming over the top and make the apex of your arm extensions and the release be at the ball instead the Elvis rotation where the rotation of the body and the club release are not in sync. It will also keep your right foot from being raised too early. But this drill only works if you do the Elvis release where you twist your body too early. That's what I understood anyhow.

[@jtsimikas]

At about 5:40 a ghost appears then disappears

[@LowsHand]

What a huuuuuge ballbasket...

[@08jag81]

Guy disappears at 5:40

[@tonytanti8138]

what's with the red skinny jeans bro...heading to Coachella after your range session

[@DetVen]

Nah, just an Arcade Fire concert.

[@a4boyzmom]

Teach this guy a proper take away;; such an early take away.

[@chebrneck]

If this was a real lesson and my pro talked away my money I'd never come back.

[@LouPalumbo]

Might help if you listen to him when he's talking...

[@tonyclark6297]

I disagree, it works for the driver too!

[@markdavies5376]

Stop the hips from affecting the shot,by locking down the lower body.Feet,knees and hips,As John Jacobs said,co-ordinating the lower body with the arm/shoulder swing is difficult even for players with talent.And not without lots of practice.Also only let the club go back to vertical or just past vertical.Lots of mouth in this video,hardly understood any of it.Confusing and vague.

[@mikeglisson6127]

O.

[@huygmail]

Too much talking! What's the tip

[@Jeff-tj4tx]

florida salesman

[@markmatthews6839]

One critique: y’all talk to much. Swing! Show us swings! Demonstrate. More worky, less talky. Thank you!

[@ajh21313]

Too much elusive talking from Monte, get too the point quicker. Some good points but Jesus...

[@carlcampbell6827]

People that want Monte to start rushing, are misguided. He is not going to fix something in his teaching method that is not broken. I started reviewing his work over and over and over; no rushing. This was over a year ago. Lo and behold it all came together. As a result I am playing the best golf of my life. I am a die hard and not a newby.