Hitting With Your Right Side for MORE POWER, CONSISTENCY and CONTROL

People often talk about hitting the ball with your right side, but what does it actually mean and what benefits come from doing this? Dan covers a lot of great technical information in this video that can hopefully help you to improve your swing.
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[@dang.9787]

Fantastic Dan - this "hit with the right side" feel for me takes at least 5 individual swing thoughts for the downswing and combines into one. Game changing compression and consistency since adopting this ONE swing thought. THANK YOU!!!

[@warhol200]

Love the video. Would love to see a separate video on the Right Side when using the Driver. Thanks.

[@mattcameron5039]

Great video. For years I struggled with coaches telling me to "release the club" and create "extension" and when I would continue to hit blocks and snap hooks they would say that I was flipping the club instead of being "connected". We would play this game of back and forth where the definition of this elusive "release vs flip" led me to believe that both were exactly the same thing and results were dependent purely on your timing and how many balls you hit. Since I abandoned the concepts a long time ago and haven't looked back since. Passive wrist angles with soft arms as demonstrated in this video combined with working the right side through the shot is way easier!

[@Justoneofthepeople]

I have had an injury and have not been getting through the ball, what you talk about is so very obvious and should as I see it get me back to my swing, thanks Dan another great video lesson

[@jmb4172]

Dan... one of your best instruction pieces... I review it over and over, especially when my swing is off. Thanks

[@bernardblumberg803]

I’m 70 years old and have lost distance on all irons until today. Hitting from the right has worked for me. Amazing and thanks,,,,

[@larrylee2507]

Good tip. I find that when my right lat/shoulder goes through, I can maintain the bent right elbow to impact otherwise it's a lash at the ball.

[@Lowdonclear]

As a left hander who learned to play golf right handed I've always had a dominant left side. This video was really helpful for getting my head around the 'feels' I need to more consistently engage my right side. It's already helping with my ball-flight and strike consistency. Great video Dan, thanks.

[@DanWhittakerGolf]

Great stuff Matt

[@JRipsTCG]

Same here. It’s changed everything for me. Finally a + handicap!!! Amazing video

[@mikebeck2274]

Dan I have watched this video countless times... you are a master of instructional analysis! Great, great lesson!

[@fentontaylor9021]

This is the key to good ball striking. You also want to drive your right knee towards the target to kind of get things going, then everything stays connected. Start by hitting chip shots this way. The right hand provides the power

[@WillBill2857]

I need to put it on my "to do" list to watch this video every month, all too often I fall into the trap of the sling shot swing and hope everything lines up at the ball which it frequently doesn't. Nothing beats the feeling of compressing the heck out of the ball with the right side !😊

[@randymahony8157]

Another great video Dan. It always made sense to me to use the right side because I'm right handed and all my power comes from there.

[@JLMedialtd]

This is exactly what I feel is the error in my swing Dan. I’ve suffered with early extension, high handle, right heal coming up high on down swing for years and although I ‘feel’ like I’ve tried to make changes, the truth is I’ve never achieved it. This concept looks great and is something I will try tomorrow. Speak soon about booking a lesson. Jason, Essex

[@Carnakr1]

Great concise information and feels to get the body turning through the ball with the right side getting down to the ball with the iron handle in front of the ball is great instruction.

[@openminded1923]

This tip came in good timing for me. Since Im working on my swing and to stop the flipping through impact!

[@Leemz100]

This is something I really need to work on. Even if I take the club back perfectly, my body tends to "stall" as I get near impact and my arms take over and I flip the clubface closed and pull or hook the ball wildly to the left. I need to work on keeping my body rotating so I can better square the clubface up. Nice job, Dan.

[@stevencornwell3083]

Great way of breaking down the right side in the down swing looking forward to working on that today.

[@sjgraci]

Great video. This is exactly what I am working on now. I’ve always struggled with stalling, sliding, and swinging with the arms. After 40 years of playing this game, I’m finally learning how to hit a golf ball. Thanks for the excellent instruction.

[@rtin6769]

Excellent video In golf nobody gets it right all the time isn’t that the beauty of golf? Practice practice practice never makes perfect but it sure helps. The thing about coaching videos is in the understanding of what happens in the swing and how it’s described, too many show what not to do and basically we all know that ,that’s why we’re watching the videos in the first place.

[@CoRnBaGZachWAT]

This is going to help me so much with ball flight and consistency. I actual struggle with way to high ball flight and have some vids of my swing on my phone and can easily see the right shoulder hang back and the right wrist extend through and before the hit

[@dougiemontana4815]

Great swing thought for me is feeling that the right shoulder gets ahead of the club head at impact, really gets your body rotating through the ball.

[@nathanieljames1101]

This is great instruction. I have trouble getting the timing of the feet, hips, and shoulders. The single right arm drill will help.

[@bobmagna]

Holy smokes! This vid is so huge. I came to this looking for a better understanding of right side bend and it's influence on plane, but I'm going to just do the drills and get to range and see what happens.

[@bobmagna]

3 hours later: Wow, thank you Mr. Whittaker! So, THAT's how I'm supposed to swing a golf club. Overall result after 140 balls was very good. Considering this was my first attempt at Dan Whittaker's right sided swing, I'd say excellent. Whittaker says it's more consistent and I'm a believer. My better ones were longer than my normal long with really nice ball height and shape and I was pleased to have so many. My misses were pushes and push fades, but when I finished better, they straightened out. My next ball striking opportunity will be actual play in 4 days. I like the drill and I'm going to do some shadow swings in the meantime.

[@ThePharosClan]

Great instruction, my head goes back through impact resulting in inconsistent strikes. This will be a big help.

[@luisenriquez1964]

EXCELLENT!! I like the concept of hitting with the right side. I find it much easier to control how I impact the ball, much more stable. thanks!

[@anderman1970]

This is what Jamie storey is trying to teach me, great seeing it done by his mentor, thanks Dan.

[@getsafe4423]

Most complete instruction. Should help everything to work together

[@barriefitzgerald2677]

He explains so well I actually understand

[@eymun]

Such good content from this channel. One of the best on KZbin!

[@shillionmongru894]

great video, I like that you explain the swing on a more overall level i.e. right side vs left side - Thanks

[@r533bbd]

Great tip! I watched it on the throne last night and played today, bit of a shaky start then I started to flush it and eagled the par 5 and generally played really well with it. Obviously I have to work it through the short game too but very pleased so far. Many thanks.

[@johnharrington6122]

r533bbd ,TMI ! Started to flush it ! 😂

[@keithacarl]

Pretty much what I'm working on right now. I feel like I need to have my trailing shoulder pointed toward the ball around the moment of impact while brushing the ground with the tip of my trailing thumb.

[@anthonywillis7634]

This is probably the best golf instruction video I’ve seen!

[@Lilly-S-23]

Awesome Dan watch Rod Pampling his a right sided player on the US tour pro from Australia 🇦🇺 unbelievable power and ball striker.. ride sided golf is a winner cheers mate

[@jpugolf1727]

This is gold ..GREAT lesson Dan. So many faults fixed with this tip.

[@stevedickson3037]

This is great, I come off the course with a sore right shoulder, probably because it’s hanging back like you say. Will try this out Friday. Thank you.

[@Brewsterblock]

Excellent - just what I have been trying to accomplish. Good breakdown. Might be helpful to make a few comments on the role of the left hand and arm through all this as well.

[@waynedavis0]

Excellent makes total sense. Can you do a video for driver demonstrating the same concept?

[@AngusMcDangus]

Another great video, Dan. I'm currently working on rebuilding my game entirely on the principles of the modern rotational swing. Always learn something or reinforce an idea watching your lessons. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with the KZbin community.

[@olleedsbacker3015]

Hello Dan, this is close to what I have been looking for . I always have had a problem with not taking a divot and frequently hooked many shots as I approaching the ball under plane. Recently I was “diagnosed” to be a natural “overgolfer” meaning that I should approach the ball with the right palm facing down at the ball to compress the ball and also avoiding overdraws. The grip also needed a change with the right hand more on top of the shaft and my elbow bend pointing diagonally right and forwards in the setup. Hope to see something on your channel about this concept as I see to many instructions on KZbin with a “standard” approach to take-away/backswing with the right elbow pointing in towards the chest, folding early etc. etc. I hope this make sense. Best Regards from Olle

[@UmerMumtaz]

Great stuff! Please do a video of how (not when) to start the right hand rotation at the end of the back swing for right handed golfers :)

[@darksidedroids4603]

Being a former baseball player this has always been a struggle for me. The baseball swing focuses on keeping the weight neutral or more towards back foot (not to mention the back foot pivots in a baseball swing). Still a work in progress for me but your theory makes perfect sense as demonstrated by 99% of PGA tour players. Keep up the good work Dan and I’ll keep practicing.

[@darksidedroids4603]

*pivots EARLY

[@Tork131413]

Great video. Tried it out on the practice field with almost instant success. Power and accurac simply explained. Many thanks!

[@ocdchaos5580]

These vids of yours speak directly to my issues. Subscribed. 👍

[@horacedouglas8130]

Helluva lesson here. It's all there!

[@Batdadtalks]

Awesome Dan!! one thing I was missing was the pressure into my right palm. Thank you so much for the insight!!

[@paulpinard926]

Great insight into how to use the body via the right side during both the down and through swing. You have helped me tremendously so far getting my backswing sync’ed up and much more on plane. Now I need to get my downswing and impact more using rotation instead of mostly my hands and arms. This video really helps- Thanks Dan

[@markhimpoo4972]

Hi Dan, if you are hitting with the right side, how do you initiate the transition? Is it different? How do you effectively clear your left side ? Are you more open at impact? Thanks for another sensational video.

[@mrhotdropper]

Your a brilliant coach Dan. All your vids are quality mate. 👍

[@richardfox2185]

Thanks Dan very good instruction for right side movement. You didn’t include the hip. Is it the same for the right hip also? Best regards, Richard.

[@thewelshwizard5869]

Absolutely brilliant 👌

[@楊維賢]

The right side dominant swing could be dated back to Ben Hogan and Gary Player, followed by Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, extended by Trevor Immelmen, Ernie Els, Stewart Cink, Adam Scott, Padrag Harrington. Now we could almost every active player of PGA/LPGA play in this way with just a few exceptions. However, most of the internet on line coachs play in left dominant way. This phenomenon may be originated from the two milestone charaters, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, both play in left dominant way. The question is most of them sometimes tried to analyse the swing of Rory McIlroy or Dustin Johnson, but unaware of the differences of swing philosophy between them.

[@gregburgin1210]

I tried this for years based on all the Ben Hogan related teaching videos and found that it was next to impossible to turn aggressively with the body but somehow not come over the top with the right shoulder turning forward. Seems to me you have to be very flexible to get away with an aggressive hip turn that leads the swing. The only way I ever achieved any consistent ball striking was to do nothing deliberate with the lower body and simply focus on keeping my head high and behind the ball from the middle of the back swing all the way down to the ball. But then again I have only marginal athletic talent.

[@bradjunes1610]

I think you sir are path to my problems. As a Javelin thrower getting 1st in every event in high school, never learned to put the right arm in the golf swing. Now 68 with 2 hole in ones on par 4s, 2 on par 3s. Still have been afraid to put the ight side in to the swing. It somehow makes me go left and right. So I just swing with my left side now. .

[@roeydaz]

Good stuff Dan and well explained. This video is worth watching several times over and the drill done daily to promote muscle memory. Thank you.

[@steviesynapse]

Great video Dan exactly the sort of stuff I'm looking for. I'm trying hard to work this into my swing but as many other contributors have commented about their own attempts, I'm finding it difficult to stop my body 'early extending' which causes me to add loft, lose distance and be inconsistent. Shot 73 the other week and then 85 a week later. Subscribed to your modern rotational golf swing course and been working with the content over winter which has been helpful.

[@johnstuckey9768]

I appreciate your videos Dan. Thanks.

[@songguitargolf]

GREAT TIP! Thanks!

[@jasonmitchell7550]

Probably your very best video. Thank you!

[@fbeck7996]

I would like to see how wrists should be cocked at top of back swing. Left wrist supinated vs. cocked, etc.

[@mrbritvic]

great tip as usual dan but what about driving the left shoulder up which is easier than driving the right shoulder down

[@joesharplin5443]

Looking forward to trying this move tomorrow, thanks m8

[@nerd9992]

clue to my last puzzle. dan's hogan explanation is outstanding!

[@peterrutkis2384]

Thx Dan, this has helped me immensely. I would like to see how you execute the Driver with a right side technique.

[@alfredtu2]

was taught this when i started 3 years ago, great video!

[@thedreamer2766]

Very good info and explanation........cheers!!!

[@stevekanaracus3569]

Super video per the initial right shoulder move at the start of the downswing while moving the right knee and hip as well. So would you say the right shoulder gets going at the start of the downswing that is you consciously get the right shoulder going right away. Is this correct

[@thomasanonymous1103]

Thank you Dan for a very interesting and useful lesson!

[@robertdellaserra6151]

Great lesson how about the driver swing

[@db2763]

Brilliant Dan, one of your best. A great help!

[@johnkelly2507]

Thanks Dan, Just what I needed ... Will definitely work on it ..

[@BruceBusby]

Exactly what I needed to see today! Thanks so much!

[@aussiegolfer59]

Check out the right sided swings for the best right side hitting

[@mwhall]

Very good vid, just what I’ve been working on. Thanks for your help, cheers, Mike

[@19thGolfShorts]

Looking at what your doing i feel like peter finch does this to perfection in his swing

[@milliefarmer370]

Really informative mate

[@mussaramadan]

Good point

[@mikebeck2274]

Dan... Masterclass!

[@GarySaini8]

I love this video! It helped a lot. Can you also make the same style but with driver?

[@stevekanaracus3569]

A Question Dan ? Doing the motions you describe I feel my left arm moving inwards as my left arm moves in front of me, that is as I move my entire right side. In other words the left arm is not moving out and away.

[@walterrucker3172]

This is fantastic advice and well explained! Thank you from Tennessee

[@brucekristich4073]

great stuff mate, cheers

[@leepopham-lithgow5104]

Great video Dan just got to remember this now on the course.

[@davidwheeler9222]

Superb level of detail, top guy too!

[@chestermicek]

Good show.

[@steveb3822]

Dan great vid.. this be same with driver ? Obviously different ball position.. 👍

[@eaacowboys]

Mr W, please show the Ride Side Power Swing and then work back and the show parts by parts how to develop the ride side power. tnx Ed

[@krayzejava]

This is the best golf video ever. It’s my missing piece so I may be a bit biased .... great stuff.

[@aniach5302]

my boyfriend enjoyed this video. well done.

[@adamstubbs4376]

Great vid this and something im struggling with at the minute. Got the exact issue you describe, club path numbers vary from like 3deg out to in to 3 deg in to out, so very inconsistent shot shape/path.

[@Automation_Control_Tuning]

Great video Dan, could you do a similar video for the Driver, to confirm positions etc?

[@legend9018]

Can’t watch this video enough! 🙏

[@johnmanning7269]

Dan love your channel, so my problem is i hit driver 230 yds woods, hybrids well but wedges is destroying my score, very wedge pitching, approach, sand (ok out of bunker) they go straight left when i hit my wedges they land about pin high but 10--15 yds left they go straight left regardless of distance from green any advice on cure?. i tend to try and leave 120 yds for a 9 iron to the green, i am 14 handicap 74 years young, so any advice would be great.thank you

[@razakhan999]

hi dan .. great content ... can you please do a video on a tendency to have a high handle delivery of the club , leading to toe strikes on the club face .. any drills to help with that would be really appreciated .. been struggling with it for a while ...

[@joelnall5882]

Thank you

[@shr90602]

Hi. If you have time, can you clarify the right palm facing down. It doesn't look like the right palm is facing down but rather forward. What am I missing? Thanks,

[@tbGTR]

Dan Whittaker in stray piece of hair shocker...fully wild barnet - great content but was throwing me right off haha

[@charlesfitzgerald3201]

I think this was Hogan’s secret ,, hitting with the right side and the hands through impact in this way ,,, down the target line ,,, great video Thanks ,, I’ll work it

[@kevinbown2257]

This is a video. How do you keep moving forward/turning?

[@niqqadarshpolice]

Excellent video