How to Smash Long Irons Effortlessly using ZEN Golf Mechanics

[@mrgerrytube]

More Zen Golf Mechanics magic. Class.

[@bswartz1960]

I like what your teaching but you need to cut back on all the lame speeches! Just get on with the drills and fix his swing!

[@streetspirit2005]

Marcus I’m sitting here for 10 minute’s trying to think of something different to say about how good a coach/Jedi/ blah blah blah you are. Nothing in your video’s surprise me mate , from poor quality shot’s to stripping it , I’ve never seen or heard of anyone being that consistent in coaching. I’ve took the foot board with me to the golf and let all the boy’s and girl’s have a go and also told them about your KZbin channel. Thank’s to you and robin for posting these video’s because the have help me so much and I’m sure there’s plenty of people on here feel the same. Already looking forward to the next instalment cheer guy’s 👏👏👏👏👏

[@roadtoscratchgolf3481]

I know I’m extremely late to viewing this video and commenting on it, but it’s pure magic how you helped him instinctively rebuild his swing to a more natural movement and got him to change his focus from the ground and ball to the flight he envisioned. His swing is more fluid, rhythmic and free flowing, which makes it faster, more complete with a consistent strike. This is want we all want in our golf swing. Keep up the excellent work.

[@garyrobson1609]

Class again....where can I buy the training board from please

[@ozzie_golf1157]

Excellent lesson and the thought process going into the visualisation of the shot you want to play, football reference, is brilliant! Definitely going to try put that into use on the range! Exceptional work!

[@Seminolecountryband]

I absolutely love the content of your lessons.

[@18stags]

I've being watching your videos for the last couple of weeks and using a handmade board and bought a couple of balance pads, when I've been practicing I've been hitting hooks, draws and still a fade sometimes still, but I'm laughing when I hit these shots I'm loving it .It's a work in progress not perfect but I'm hitting approach shots pin high 😮

[@dry509]

Hello. What about a lesson on hitting fat and topping. I hit behind the ball or top a lot of the time.

[@mukulrawat62]

...And again a superb video from guru Marcus . The traditional teacher would've have him perfect the low 4 iron shot under the tree branches. LOL. Amazing how traditional coaching can rob one off the innate talent an confidence and send you on a wild goose chase for years. Thanks Marcus and Robin. You both are true gems. ,👌👍👍

[@banditbaker1675]

Thanks for another Brilliant video! Are you now fully back up and running with your lessons? I really hope that I can get a lesson slot confirmed

[@GRFGolf]

Yes back in action, I'm getting through my emails as fast as I can 👍

[@banditbaker1675]

@@GRFGolf Thanks Marcus, I can imagine that your email inbox is as full as Tigers Bank Account. Take care and hopefully, I will hear from you eventually 👍

[@seantaylor3244]

Best explanation of d-plane I've ever seen! Brilliant😀!

[@worldwide1873]

I wish this dude was in the USA . I got to a 6 handicap this year and just recently went backwards. I recently was trying to tweak my target line and a few techniques to try and get to scratch. Can’t wait to get out and apply this mindset.

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

Yep. Right there with you. Was hitting mostly baby draws shooting at worst 84-85. Normal rounds of 6 or 7 over. A few rounds 2-5 over. And one round of -2 when I all thought about was target. No mechanics.Then my scores soared as I kept my weight towards the balls of my feet at setup. Picked a spot on the ground in front of my ball as my target line. Perfected my takeaway. Flat left wrist. Etc....Then I discovered the golf genies videos! Diligently practiced the last 5-6 weeks on Zen concepts and I am literally jumping out of my shoes I am hitting it so pure. Ball first. Divots way in front of the ball! Never could do this before even on my best days. Much shallower attack angle. Infinitely more confidence.Played my first round at 20 over! Didn't trust it and was very tight. Next round same course 11 over. Lost 5-6 out of hard wet bunkers. Third round 3 over! And subsequent rounds of +2,+6,+7,+5! So this stuff is I think the future of golf instruction I even saw one you tube instructor preaching the very things Marcus has been preaching. Obviously he had watched many of his video lessons. Won't mention his name but I will say he is from Europe.

[@simmo5071]

Question is it the toes of the right foot or planting the left foot that get this downswing started? Wish we could see the shots and the foot action (just being greedy).👍👍

[@GRFGolf]

Happens way before then 👍

[@simmo5071]

@@GRFGolf That’s too zen for me👍

[@GRFGolf]

@@simmo5071 😂😂 Pressure shifts back to lead foot way before you see the resultant swing motion

[@simmo5071]

@@GRFGolf Thank you millions. Gosh I really wish just for 3 hours I lived back in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 maybe a little longer I could also visit my daughter and other family members, nah 3 hours should do it!

[@mrkipling3841]

Simply amazing gents! Loved it!

[@ThomasShankland16]

Robin/Marcus a love you guys and the shit you’d teaching you’d have completely changed my mind set would love to come down from Glasgow for a lesson. Thanks for all the videos loved every one of them

[@aaronh.917]

very inspiring to go out to the range with the idea of exploring instead of critiquing

[@pocwave445]

Brilliant, overall but especially the discussion of alignment

[@pocwave445]

If you do this again on a lesson, it would be great to have RMW get positioned directly in front or directly behind the alignment stick so we see the same angles that your golfer saw.

[@LightningDogg]

Practicing the low hooded 4 iron is not so crazy to me. I actually don't practice it on the range because I get plenty of practice on the course. Honestly any course with trees on either side of the fairway ... know I'm hitting that shot 10-14 times a round. I'm at the point where my tiny little brain has paralyzed any natural body motion. The last year of "thinking" through my swing process has put me in a hopeless condition. Marcus (by way of Robin) is the first hint that even I could unlearn this nonsense and climb out of this Analysis Bog!! Thanks and cheers from across the pond!

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

Go for it! Its amazing how quickly your body and mind can adapt to all the rubbish we have been bombarded with concerning the golf swing. I was ready to throw the clubs in the lake or the trash until I found this Zen golf site. Practiced 5-6 weeks now and have played 10 rounds since practicing Zen ideas. My first round was poor +20. But I only practiced two days with these new thoughts. Next round +11. Next 8 rounds +2 to +8 over! If I had the $ I would fly over for a three hour lesson! Probably get to under par.

[@LightningDogg]

@@nicholasdemetriades9154 Thanks for posting that, it gives me hope. I actually had 2 rounds where my friends commented that I was striking the ball much better. My short game is shite so my scores weren't good but I was pleased with my progress. Then 3 days ago I reverted back to bad habits and struggled badly, so I have work to do. I am going to build a balance board and I really feel like that will ingrain the proper swing flow. Old habits are hard to break. Cheers

[@GreenKreeper]

Hey Marcus. You might of answered this before but I really want to make my self one of them boards that you step on. Is there any precise measurements or is it just a case of figuring it out ? Cheers xxxx

[@streetspirit2005]

I made a couple mate just make it wide enough for your long enough

[@GreenKreeper]

streetspirit2005 oh right sound thanks x

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

I made one. Its easy. Its 28 inches long. 14 inches wide. A little over 3/4 of an inch deep. And a dowel of the same as the depth 3/4 of an inch. Or in metric 72 cm long. 36 cm wide. 2 cm deep. And a dowel of 2 cm or 1 cm. I used 2 cm dowel and its fine. This works amazingly well.

[@LongGoneDawg]

First, love the channel, and these short vids you and Robin have created (for free!) have helped my game tremendously. However, quick question, are you saying alignment is unecessary? Then, how does one ready themselves for the shot at a target, in your belief system? On the course, on a bad ball striking day, I feel my alignment is the key culprit. Would to hear your views on alignment.

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks for your comment, great to hear you love the videos. Your body aligns itself autonomously when your attention is focused on the intention i.e. external focus on where you are going 👍

[@daramacdonald]

Another success. I like the logo too.

[@LokiLures]

Are your teachings compatible with the Moe Norman single plane swing? Thanks

[@GRFGolf]

No swing model, it's all about facilitating self organisation so I don't know what's gonna happen 😂😂

[@barking_mad6649]

Is Joe from't Tarn?

[@chekyerego]

I'm tempted to fly to England for a lesson. I'm in California. That's a long trip. A good excuse for a vacation.

[@johnnyblaze9206]

I live in California as well. Its too far for me to travel. I have full confidence in a 2-3 hr lesson I’d be hitting 25+ yards farther. Maybe one day Marcus will take a “vacation” to California.

[@link5059]

Great video but I can't help think I've had similar light bulb moments before and then the next week I'll be over compensating and start hitting massive hooks.

[@carlnicholas7732]

Great stuff as usual.

[@mentalframer]

So if you’re lining up at a bit of grass say a foot or so in front to give you an idea where to line the face of club. Is that wrong?

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks for the comment. I'd say IMO it's unnecessary interference. Can't think of anytime we'd use an intermediate target to align something up. Especially when we're going to stand in a different place. Your movement is adapting to your perception from the place you are stood in that moment. the body will align itself and the club for you without the need for any assistance. Got more to come on this 👍

[@nreid4486]

So much for Jack Nicklaus’s intermediate target.

[@logiman]

@@nreid4486 That was my thought as well. The intermediate target has always made sense to me and provided a sense of confidence that enables commitment to the shot.

[@nreid4486]

logiman - I use it to visualize the leading edge and the path of the swing. Thanks for your comment!

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

Yes. But he had a explicitly vivid image of the flight of the ball through the air. This probably just gave him the confidence to go through with his picture of the shot.

[@MsGman598]

Hi, can I ask how to book lessons with you and how much for a 2 hour session? Thanks

[@GRFGolf]

Hi, I've got an online booking system with all the details in the description 👍

[@johnrussell1202]

Great stuff Marcus , you have just figured out my game or should I say what has happened to my game over the years . Gone from good to absolute crap ( unfortunately)

[@drewlivingston7991]

Marcus , how do i go about booking a lesson from you

[@GRFGolf]

Please email me at [e-mail] 👍

[@johnnyblaze9206]

I watch these videos and you show the golfer on the pressure board and then on the twist boards. You only show 10-15 secs on it. How long does it normally take till the golfer starts doing the movement automatically.

[@GRFGolf]

These lessons are 3 hours long so we can't show the whole thing on YT. There's lots of different applications and it's the purpose and feedback for that particular golfer that encourages these movement responses. It's different for everybody, and it should be 👍

[@gj9877]

Practicing his recovery shots in gardens and from under trees because he's accepted his tee shot faith. That sums up golf so perfectly!

[@mparunak]

is there anyone doing this type of instruction in the US???

[@GRFGolf]

It's a system I devised so only me and my team 👍

[@mparunak]

@@GRFGolf I’ve got the board and plates, guess I’ll teach myself from Videos!

[@GRFGolf]

@@mparunak Great stuff, good luck with it and hopefully we'll be back out in the States in the near future 👍

[@brianmccool9728]

Ya right so Marcus - you need to move to the US for just a little while lol...

[@LongGoneDawg]

Or a train the trainer class. I'll volunteer ;)

[@atb2003]

I am in Beaverton Oregon, anyone around here teaching Zen Golf Mechanics?

[@GRFGolf]

Sorry only me and my team at Bawtry Golf Club near Doncaster England

[@timothyades9983]

All people want to talk about is how slow play is the problem with golf. Yet I am convinced thar the lack of effective tuition is the main reason people become dissolutioned with the game!.. Too few people willing to think differently (like Marcus) and too many mars bar sellers!

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Not exactly a Chop!

[@Ortoped007]

Nice video as usual. But plz cut the seen with that guy sneezing right into the air! Jesus! Is Covid19 something familiar?

[@vinceschiavo5385]

He sneezed on the little guy just to his left and the poor bloke turned into a skeleton!

[@SteveSmith-zz4ih]

"does that feel good" i ask the same thing - and i'm immediately told to "hurry the F$&! up" thats not in the spirit of the game is it? now lets talk about golf!

[@GRFGolf]

😂😂😂

[@cynt1111]

When the alignment sticks came out thought you were going to use them to whip him, their true use😂

[@GRFGolf]

😂😂😂

[@jfann9154]

He did. Between the ears, where it matters most!

[@thomasdavico3107]

A bloke called J.Nicklaus did ok using intermediate targets

[@RossTheNinja]

Depressing when everyone's before swing is better than yours.

[@roryblake3232]

Never seen a guy rate his shot a 10 with so little emotion:)

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

Because he has done it before when he wasn't reading or watching all the rubbish we are led to believe will improve our swings!

[@benwilkinson5277]

You use analogies from other sports too much. Stick to golf. If someone said stick this in the top corner for a million, I wouldn't be curling it in. Side foot straight back and through as it produces the most accuracy much like a ground side foot pass. Darts....lots of players aim the dart In front of their face and pull back to the side of their face. So not quite sure where you were going with that. One thing all mentioned sports have is alignment and it's at the core of being a good player in any sport and it promotes consistency. If finding an aim point being the golf ball helps with alignment then so be it.

[@Arkade_Perfect]

You’re missing the point. If you were “side footing” it into the top corner would you be thinking about what your hips and knees are doing or would you be thinking about the flight of the ball and the target?

[@bencrew4376]

Don’t think Marcus needs KZbin advice 😂

[@benwilkinson5277]

@@Arkade_Perfect both.

[@benwilkinson5277]

@@bencrew4376 Why? Because he is a good golf player and a mediocre darts, snooker and footy player it gives him the right to make poor analogies between the sports? I likely play darts better than he plays golf, but I wouldn't dream of teaching someone in darts whilst I'm referring to golf. The two don't really go hand in hand.

[@Arkade_Perfect]

Ben Wilkinson well tbh it works for me. I played national league basketball and can’t remember ever thinking about what parts of my body were doing. When it comes to golf I was doing literally the opposite...so he doesn’t need to be great at darts to get a message across.