This Slingshot Drill will Completely Change your Golf Game

[@jamesl.116]

I love the emphasis on movement over position!! Allows the body to react naturally when supported by intention, which frees the mind from multiple swing thoughts. Bravo!!

[@GRFGolf]

Absolutely! Thanks appreciate it. Developing awareness through movement is key 👍

[@roadtoscratchgolf3481]

Marcus, great explanation and demonstration. I’ve always told myself to swing over the angled alignment stick and return the club under it to a full follow through. This has given me the confidence to swing as fast as I want, knowing I’ll make solid contact with the ball. Cheers.

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks, glad it's helping support your practice. Keep up the great work 👍

[@Screamer1954]

Pure Gold!! I now understand the slingshot that’s been spoken about over the years. Great tutorial Marcus - another beauty.

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks, glad it cleared things up. Clarity is key for intention to move 👍

[@howrdhill4700]

I like this because while it’s about the arms I’m watching how relaxed your drop and pop looks. I switched to see how the whole swing looks. Thanks

[@buff2095]

Marcus- Your content is always fantastic. The audio is much better since you got the new mic. Thank you for the excellence you bring to golf instruction!

[@GRFGolf]

Awesome, thank you! 👍

[@FT163]

The best illustration of how the swing and release works in the simplest but clearest way. Thanks

[@GRFGolf]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paulfielding4431]

These are knowledge gold. Add these videos to the experience gained from going for a lesson, you've so much information to help you practice and play better golf.

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks Paul, a lesson definitely helps create context and clarity for future viewing. It enables you to recognise what is applicable for you to explore to compliment your own journey 👍

[@tradingcollege]

Great lesson. You’re the best pal.

[@GRFGolf]

Cheers Lee, HNY! Hope you're well and the golf is good 👍

[@marcthomas2333]

I could watch you for hours, Marcus. I really love your energy and your capability of explaining things and bringing us back to or most likely, let us discover a natural swing. Thanks

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks Marc, really appreciate it. We've all got it, just got to find our way there 👍

[@kennymac6376]

Definite game changer...I play at St Andrews Links courses and have tried this on my last 3 games without practicing the move first and I get instant results the connection is amazing. Sometimes I duff the ball and it goes straight left...however I will keep trying to get the move in to my game. Your videos are brilliant and have changed my game. Keep up the good work!!

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks and keep up the great work 👍

[@dogloverjb6873]

love to see golf instruction going back to the basics of "swinging the golf club".... I would love to see you do more videos on this slingshot drill.... I can't see that snap action when you do a full swing. Is that a snap feeling we should feel on all shots?

[@shaunjayes8842]

Great video; thanks for this. I would love to see another video on the slingshot, showing that wrist action in a bit more detail, especially with the driver. Subscribed. Please keep them coming.

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks, hope it helps. Will do a tutorial on wrist action for release👍

[@Supper-zero]

Great demonstration, can't wait to try this with the driver because that's the one I really have a hard time swinging up on the ball with. I tend to drag my hands through and never really snap the wrists.

[@sirtogii5216]

Taking this to the range with my GRF for the rest of the off season.

[@GRFGolf]

Enjoy and good luck 👊

[@bwusstsein4023]

Thanks!

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks so much, glad it's helping 👍

[@golfnbiker1]

A really brilliant lesson! A teaching master class! Thank you!

[@GRFGolf]

Thank you, hope it helps 👍

[@wildessex8615]

Superb, mate. Thank you.

[@GRFGolf]

You're welcome! Thanks very much 👍

[@toddwmac]

Thanks Marcus...a great drill. I struck me a few years ago that we don't have the language to really describe what is going on when it comes to the club head path, and your drill demonstrates this perfectly. Often instructors talk about the "swing circle", and they are partially correct. However, when you add body motion towards the ball and target, the actual clubhead path is an oval with the long edge of the oval pointing towards the target (more or less). The effective enter of the circle must move forward and down changing the actual club head from circular to elliptical. This challenge was confounded in history because it is hard if not impossible to accurately draw this dynamic motion in 2 dimensions and rarely if ever never made it into early golf books and guides. While this might seem semantic to some, those old guys like me who heard the term "swing circle" for years and years, and focused on trying to draw that dam circle with the club head, it created all kinds of problems that no one ever connected to a mental image of a circle. Your drill/explanations help change that image by rewriting the story and more accurately bringing the dynamic (and natural) nature of a good swing path into view. Thank you very much.

[@GRFGolf]

Conceptualisation plays a big role in intent and natural movement organisation 👍

[@josephforsyth7874]

Simple stuff, love how easy you make things.

[@GRFGolf]

@@josephforsyth7874 Thanks, hope it helps 👍

[@Bd-ox4mi]

I’ve been waiting for this for ages thank you ..I was just holding on a little too much instead of just letting it go itself and trust it …taxi for range 🙃

[@GRFGolf]

Hope it's helping 👍 HNY!

[@MikeD-7z]

Excellent help for my circle of speed!!

[@GRFGolf]

Glad it helped! 👍

[@bradleystuart8608]

This is brilliant. Thank you

[@GRFGolf]

You're very welcome!

[@chez10dd]

This and the toe divot drills have helped me properly release the club. What a difference. Lower, more penetrating flight. Plenty to work on, but finally feel as though I am working on the right path. Saludos de México. Gracias Marcus

[@GRFGolf]

Awesome, the toe deep drill does so much more than rotate the face 👍

[@chez10dd]

Absolutely, feel like I can take a divot with ease and get those penetrating ball flights ​@@GRFGolf

[@21st_Century39]

Makes a lot of sense for coming down under rather than over in a normal golf swing. Coming over the top is a common fault for a lot of golfers. One of the "corrections" for this, which l have tried myself, is swinging down at the ball from a closed position, which is a major game changer. But l,ll certainly give this drill of your,s a try Marcus. Fantastic.

[@GRFGolf]

You're welcome, thanks. Hope it helps 👍

[@stuartalexander4519]

Pure class Marcus 👍

[@GRFGolf]

@@stuartalexander4519 Thanks Stuart 👍

[@NoelIrl24]

Excellent lesson..i jane been trying to keep my lead arm strainght rhrough impact. I reliase now that it was messig up my intention. Thanks

[@GRFGolf]

Awesome, glad it helped 👍

[@EDDAVISONJR]

WHAT A COMPLTE SWING, FOR ALL CLUBS!

[@GRFGolf]

💯 👍

[@jamiebrown4120]

Pretty cool

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks mate 👍

[@bomalmsjo1050]

A perfect drill as well as the description of the 2-3 area. And a very good swing thought. I have a question. I´m struggling to find which way to hit... I´m right handed but bat from the left... the sling motion seems to be a copy of a base ball swing... Would it be a good idea to commit to the left...?

[@GRFGolf]

Yes, absolutely 👍

[@bomalmsjo1050]

@@GRFGolf Thanks coach!

[@cornalien8435]

This works way better than all that position crap! Just added 20 yards and haven’t even perfected it yet! Appreciate the logic!

[@GRFGolf]

That's amazing, keep up the great work 👍

[@maeu59]

There’s another Marcus from Sweden who calls this the circle of speed.

[@GRFGolf]

I've been doing this for years, check out the videos from the early days. Great to know there's like minded coaches out there 👍

[@MrBarrynicholas]

@@GRFGolfMarcus Edblad has been doing it for over twenty years, he's a Swedish long drive champion.

[@GRFGolf]

@@MrBarrynicholas Brilliant, I'll look him up 👍

[@RichieTheFoodie]

Great explanation, loved the video, thanks. Definitely look Marcus Edblad up from Sweden

[@maeu59]

@@RichieTheFoodiealso look up Overhand golf, a video called The red pill of golf

[@emersonlavado3671]

Updated sling version of GRF great Marcus

[@GRFGolf]

100% Cheers 👍

[@glennmartin4232]

Great lesson on a very misunderstood part of the swing.

[@GRFGolf]

Glad you liked it!

[@martymcnellis5993]

This is genius!

[@GRFGolf]

Thank you 👍

[@jamesmacleod1076]

Hi Marcus, can you add to this for a fade shot? 🙏🏻

[@GRFGolf]

Definitely 👍

[@jamiebrown4120]

Now I have to get a back swing that I can trust to put it in the 2 3 position 😅

[@yuranacreative9271]

I discovered this feeling in my swing a few years ago. It took me a while to harness it and gain accuracy, but I found effortless power with solid contact. A tip I would offer to compliment this concept which wasn't mentioned would be this: the speed of the clubbed, or the slingshot sensation is heavily dependant on the hands slowing down PRIOR to impact! If you watch closely, you see his hands stall during the sequence, just before the club fires into a slingshot. Another way to conceptualise it is to watch a video of a whip cracking and you'll see the importance of the hands stalling.

[@GRFGolf]

Thanks, totally agree. Can't include all details in order to keep it simple. Deceleration is a function that enables the transfer of angular momentum and happens naturally if we let it 👍

[@mikefink1963]

Is this kind of the Matthew Wolff swing?

[@Ulster2]

Do you believe that the design of the club ( heavy heel , light toe) means the club head wants to naturally rotate around the shaft. Effectively opening on backswing and closing on downswing. Thanks.

[@GRFGolf]

Absolutely, the club naturally rotates if we allow it to happen 👍

[@robzijlstra1277]

Hi Marcus, quick question. How does this drill (which feels like releasing forward) match the concept of your recent videos on the wrecking ball releasing down action?

[@GRFGolf]

The wrecking ball starts the motion 👍

[@24wnbfpro]

How do you prevent this action from overdrawing and snap hooking?

[@GRFGolf]

There's more to it of course but in general it's the lagged sequence with the pivot action of the body that is at the heart of it. Another main element is your low point and release pattern which influences how your body recognises squaring the face.

[@robsaxepga]

1 2 3 infinity 😁

[@mikerichardson5022]

There’s a Japanese instructor who hits balls doing that, i.e he brings the club back to where the ball was.

[@Blodcola]

I find that a lot of modern youtube golf instructions tell me to "keep the clubhead square to target" throughout the swing. They argue that letting the wrist move freely, or letting yourself "use all the levers", will put a lot of pressure on timing. What do you think, Marcus? Doesnt that argument actually make a bit of sense?

[@GRFGolf]

The pivot of the body action tensions the arms naturally and stabilises the wrist function. This exercise is just that and not actually how the wrists react in the actually golf swing.

[@matthewdavis8435]

The problem with watching this vid at 2:41am is your wife wakes up seeing her butt naked husband twirling his wrists beside the bed!! 😂

[@GRFGolf]

😂😂 too many innuendos that could follow here 😂

[@manfredherrig7522]

Yes, don't give the body the time to make errors.

[@KristHoney]

I wonder if the pro is doing this.

[@GRFGolf]

They're all lagging the swing weight in some way, shape or form 👍

[@lasvegasbreakingnews1752]

Blah Blah Blah, the BS never ends does it.

[@citanullunatic4084]

Obviously went over your head. Never mind, back to the slot machines!

[@lasvegasbreakingnews1752]

@@citanullunatic4084 BS is BS, and the gullible are the gullible. For the amateur there are no "simple" or "secrets". golf is extremely hard to do well. It requires a comprehensive understanding of the basics, implementing those basics, and practice, practice, practice. But if you want the gullible to sling shot their clubs into the nearest pound, have at it.

[@ianhicken5325]

Brilliant,you ain’t got that sling you ain’t got that swing,,sling it baby,,🏌🏼

[@GRFGolf]

😂 Bang on 👊