GOLF - THE MAGIC MOVE

[@mickeyhughes7244]

Steve Johnston is the best PGA Coach on KZbin...clear, concise, knowledgeable.

[@nickam4524]

Some people are born to talk a plain language strait to the point. You blessed with this. Great tutorials. Cheers Fron Canada

[@joshuawhittemore1283]

This is fantastic! Sometimes it seems that instructors deliberately try to confuse the student and convince them that golf can only be understood by a select few, but if the student continues to shell out a ton of money, some day they will join the elite ranks. I appreciate this video greatly!

[@allisonmanxr2002]

Wow! This is the first golf instructional video that actually immediately helped me with contact and distance! Just this simple change has done wonders for my golf swing. No video has explained this move and it's simple and works. Thank you! Going to practice more today!

[@Chin256]

I’m definitely gonna try this. Thank you.

[@davidpollard3921]

Tried it this morning and its brought everything together. Fantastic mantra so simple to remember One of the best tips ever

[@princepowe5787]

Finally someone clearly described the Magic Move in clear concise language. You are without a doubt the King of Golf instruction. I can actually do what you described, now I have to be able to do the move without thinking “left foot, right elbow”. You are the man.

[@jjh00]

Best tutorials on KZbin. Thanks Steve.

[@badasssamurai4954]

I found your channel here of late.... I really like how you show/explain it! Thanks

[@stevejohnstongolf]

Thanks 🙏🏻 👍👍

[@KIRSTEINS13]

Absolutely love this drill! It has been a game changer for me.

[@steveperry1344]

gonna try it. i've been doing the right elbow down move, now gonna add the left foot move together like you say, thnx for the help.

[@qd5683]

Left foot - right elbow. Such a simple but crucial mantra to eliminate so many bad habits that I have in my swing. I always think - left foot first. This starts the weight shift left, and stops me leading with my hands from the top of the backswing. Thanks Steve.

[@rogernewton7831]

Hard to do initially but a great lesson to work on. Will give it go today.

[@auzziebridger]

I've been working through a few instructions from other instructor's to set wrist angle and shallow the club on the downswing. This feels intuitive and pulls those two items together into, as you say, one move. Kudos

[@johnobrien5645]

Well done!

[@TheBlueDevilDuke]

You're the GOAT man. Your drills are what separate you from every other golf creator on here.

[@BigOilerFan2011]

Big thank you, Steve. I've been searching for the compression secret for years and finally found it. I've worked on dropping the hands down but with limited success. Not sure how it's different but when I think about a drop of the trail elbow, I'm definitely compressing the ball. I'm going to be spreading the magic. Thanks again.

[@bobreidy8665]

Looks SO simple. Going to the course tomorrow after a terrible round yesterday. Wish me luck with the magic move.

[@jonteistockholm]

Great video!

[@stevejohnstongolf]

🙏🏻

[@miker5502]

Nice Steve! Closing in on thirty thousand subscribers...well deserved. Cheers MikeR.

[@tommurphy2117]

Thank you just as I needed im getting closer to full speed impact now really crystal clear once again.and better control too

[@shawnjohnson6093]

Another really good instruction!

[@mattpurcellheadgroundsmen]

I’ve actually opened my stance a little after seeing this, helps me get through the ball, great video, 👍

[@MrChargerbob]

Can't wait to give it a try... great detail... thanks

[@mickeyhughes7244]

Really enjoyed the lesson Steve

[@jimsheehan4328]

Awesome lesson! Thanks

[@davewinter1350]

That was absolutely bang on Steve Thank you 🙏

[@malcolmfawcett8012]

A real magic move. Thanks

[@dhimanbose4215]

Will try today on course. I feel it is a good magic move thought. Thanks.

[@kennethsplaine1149]

Great tips as usual!! Thanks

[@keithvenables8677]

What a great video ,thanks Steve.

[@TheWaverider2]

It works! Thank you for sharing.

[@leewallace6575]

Always great tutorials I so need some 121 coaching from someone as yourself

[@ceolmorjim]

Magic magic! Great stuff, Steve.

[@warrenp8877]

Jim Hardy described that as a karate chop towards the rear foot. It was provided as the first move on the downswing in a two plane swing. It needs to be accompanied with the reverse K body tilt so it didn't suit the one plane swing.

[@aaronconsaul6645]

Always great content

[@robd38]

Hi Another great video.. I hear birds in the background, your cheering section. I am trying the dropping of the arms, I think i am doing it but the video says no, So i will try a bungee cord around the shaft and under my right foot for the pull down and see if that helps. cheers

[@Colwood22]

Absolute genius move, I always tried to move the lower body first but the club often gets stuck behind me, this will solve the problem. Thanks

[@TruthFighterReed0049]

Thanks for the insight. 🏌🏿

[@taffyddu]

Excellent Steve. Thanks, two moves, two swing thoughts joined up to make a great start to the downswing. An annoying aside Steve, I've subscribed, initiated the bell icon, but youtube haven't sent notifications or emails for some time. "Bit of a bummer". HELP !!

[@SavedInANanosecond.]

Steve, u r a true blessing brother! John 3:16

[@VimMitt]

Thanks.

[@The_Maze_Is_Not_Meant_For_You]

So wait, WHICH foot? Which elbow? 🙂 I really like this. Thank you!

[@johnoreilly1698]

Hi Steve, do you not turn your hip rather then bumping hip forward, a lot of coaches say not to bump your hip but turn your hip tks john

[@mattyg7873]

Thank God he finally swung 😅

[@Ripkalaw]

So good!

[@stevejenkins845]

Great vid 👌

[@chrisroberts8902]

Is this applicable to driver as well as irons please?

[@stevejohnstongolf]

Definitely is. Give it a try 👍👍

[@marcmanion4264]

Good evening Sensei! Left foot, right elbow is a good thought for harnessing “the unit” into action - is there a thought/ added drill to ensure that the club head is slightly closed at the top of the swing - or does my open stance already make allowances?

[@timothyalexander566]

I like the 'magic ' move. Been 10 years since I've played and just getting back into because I absolutely love the game. Just a quick question. Should we look to open our stance? I may have missed something my apology. 👍🇨🇦

[@datsun770]

How does this marry in with your latest hogan videos? I'm a bawhair from pulling the trigger on the Eureka system. 😉

[@williamparke8868]

Love that pal 👍❤️

[@georgemajor9589]

Another piece of logical thinking...... be trying this the next couple of days, cheers Steve. I noticed you’re in your yard again.... are you back on lockdown in Scotland?

[@RobBiagi]

Great, simple explanation. What kind of net is that? 😁

[@andyh7889]

Second video watched from this lad…consider me SUBSCRIBED

[@stevejohnstongolf]

Excellent Andy, welcome onboard 👍

[@craigscott3133]

This, plus looking back a the golf ball and pressuring with middle and ring finger of right hand. I feel like the checklist is getting longer.

[@bernardmiller3703]

Completely changed my ball contact. Actually take divots now. However would you use the magic move with the driver?

[@pauldavis4287]

Interesting, so you’re stance is open and not parallel to the target line. I’ll try it!

[@richardbolen1929]

Fantastic syncing the arms and body Do you use the Eureka setup for pitching? I have found it effective but feet closer together and the ball comes out straight consistent but low When I do this I have to use most lofted wedge Thanks brother

[@richardbolen1929]

The ball does spin well Stops dead on the second bounce

[@doc2help]

Moe’s magic move!The vertical drop and horizontal tug.

[@joshuawhittemore1283]

Also one of Sam Snead's "distraction" theories...if a player is focusing on bringing the rear elbow to the body while shifting the weight to the front heel, they aren't focusing on beginning the downswing with their hands. It's the simplicity of these instructors' teaching which is the real magic. They understood the game so well and put it into language everyone could understand. This is has so much more value than the instructors who insist on turning the art of golf into a mathematical equation or scientific formula.

[@frogmarched6869]

it makes sense to swing the club

[@TheRmeyPilot]

What the heck was that shadow on the ground with the whoosh sound at 2:57?

[@VimMitt]

When u drop th club in a slot, weight will shift by itself to left side because of weight of the club pushes the hip towards the target.

[@avocadomobster7823]

Does this also correlate with the driver? Been having a mean slice lately, which I am pretty sure is from coming down on the ball, and not an in to out swing path, so can this work for driver as well?

[@billmcgovern3013]

Left foot right elbow, how about drive forward off the right foot. That looks like the most dramatic move to me. I struggled with that move getting to the left side. I’ve been working on the eureka golf swing the last 30 days. I have had better contact,better direction but not a tremendous gain in yardage. Compression is better but would like more distance . This is the fix if I can get through the shot like you are demonstrating. I’m impressed with the entire eureka golf swing idea. I’m a work in progress and I know this is the final piece of my puzzle. Got to get these moves down and I know I will get back to single digit HC I am 10.5 at age. Love your vids, keep em coming.

[@thomasfraser9072]

Hi Steve ‘the left foot right elbow’ of which you speak works well if at the top of the downswing we get our trail humerus bone ( upper trail arm) nudging against our trail side rib-cage. This one action quickly shallow our club and gets our entire muscular skeletal body turning in the proper sequence to our golf swing. In fact believe it or not our trail upper arm begins, directs and ends our entire swinging of the golf club if we allow it to. Cheers ❤️⛳️😃

[@caltom1427]

The Raven approves.

[@BigOilerFan2011]

Another comment - having your trail elbow descend from a bit behind causes you to avoid early extension. It's not enough to open up - to make room for the elbow to get by you must stay in posture.

[@oldprogolf7292]

Agree with everything, Steve, but there is a wee bit missing to make this perfect and that is clockwise rotation of the left arm. Different players do this at different times in the swing (Rory on the backswing, Wolff in transition, Couples on the downswing). In your practice swing you do it on the backswing so the club is slightly laid off. Perfect. When you hit the ball, with a fuller swing, you "unrotate" at the top then have to rotate back on the downswing, possibly leading to inconsistency. A small movement, quite technical, but worth a look. Difficult to teach this, but in my opinion, all top players rotate (except Rahm and DJ), young kids learn it naturally.

[@highvoltage5154]

Are you saying left foot right elbow?

[@jamiemorse4487]

I'm still trying eureka but find its my go to swing when nothing else is working. Do you think I should just concentrate on the eureka swing? I find more and more pros seem to be using this.

[@kirkclements4893]

If you pressure down on the trail leg you get better results and it looks like you are moving left

[@waqarghulam3548]

Most are aware of the magic move, the point is how to do it, when you try to do it during a swing usually it’s already too late.

[@timothyfarrington484]

Why do you open your stance for this swing?

[@tohearncanada]

The Magic Move

[@cz1mmt]

It is somewhat of an illusion that the actual swing doesn't really start until the waist area. Little counterintuitive but true.

[@johnthebiker300]

Someone told me to think about pulling the toilet chain down, which works for me.

[@jackmarquess7198]

Feet aren’t open? All square? That’s confusing?

[@jcgolf159]

Your accent is kick arse! Are you in any pictures? Villain in a yet to be released James Bond maybe? Oh. And the gulf is perdy good too ;)

[@patrickmckenna6713]

Hi Steve, love your instruction videos which are very practical and superbly demonstrated by you. But can I make a suggestion to help us left handed golfers 🤔 instead of referring to left or right, I think it would be more helpful if you could use terms such as the “lead side” and “trail side” in the swing. The lead side referring to the left side for right handed golfers and right side for us lefties, and consequently the trail side referring to the right for right handed golfers and the left side for us lefties. Does that make sense.?

[@carlosjuarez9527]

Just goes to show that Harvey , and I am sure people before him, had this down decades ago. This move isl explained in his Little Red Book in 1 sentence. The golf swing is simple, but made to be difficult by many so called teaching pros. I am sure Harvey explained to Ben how to swing a club at a very young age , but said get your butt to the putting green to become a Majors/U.S. Open Champ! and Ben listened to Harvey.

[@bh5606]

Why make any more videos if this is all there is to it?

[@stevejohnstongolf]

Okay I wont

[@larrybeavens7580]

Steve, I’m 75 , and this old dog has been trying to learn a new trick with your Eureka swing. I really like the feel of it, but my miss is a nasty pull hook. Could this be the piece of the puzzle that I’m missing? If my hands and right elbow are going out instead of down, would that cause the pull hook? Thanks...

[@alanduncan9204]

I tried this Eureka. First hit with a 7 iron was straight punch about 15 yds less than I normally hit. Next was a massive hook, 3rd and last was a shank... its not for me. I manage fine with the Moe Norman single plane. I never hook or slice with that style.

[@ralphsomack7110]

Steve: compared to Ben Hogan do you take your club back on a plane steeper than his?

[@A-FrameWedge]

You think your hands should go straight down but the hands should be moving down to a a place somewhere between your feet and the ball, Hogan and Snead both did this as do a lot of the best ball strikers and actually helps to flatten the shaft on the downswing.

[@15cuhonda6]

Magic moves are only for magicians

[@jamesdavis5517]

3% of club golfers will come back from lockdown with a better ball strike. Those with a net at home.

[@jackmarquess7198]

There is the open stance; just didn’t give you time.

[@jackmarquess7198]

Mr Steve Thoroughly impressed you noted my comments and responded. That’s customer service with a smile! I’ll be sending you a second video this week; signed up for