Release The Golf Club Like This For A Perfect Balance of Speed And Control

[@trippjones7489]

Hands down this guy is the best Communicator on the Golf Swing since the late Harvey Penick !!! We need more articulate swing coaches like this…..Keep it up Bro 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾!!!

[@MyGolfDNA]

Wow! You have no idea how humbling and how nice that comment is to hear! I love golf and I love to help people play this crazy game and comments like this make the the hard work feel appreciated. Thank you Tripp!!! LFG.

[@timhayes629]

I agree its starting to happen Mike fay golf is another good site

[@markcollins2578]

I have played and loved golf for many years your explanation of this critical part of the swing is by far the best that I have seen.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Thank you Mark! I very much appreciate the kind words and wishing you much success with your game this year.

[@TicoToni13]

Love it Chris! And keep being “long winded”, we need to understand before we can improve! ❤

[@MyGolfDNA]

You got it! I'm sticking to what works for you guys/gals as it's important to have the best understanding possible when starting any golf swing change. LFG:)

[@derhamtutton4139]

I absolutely love this dude who fully explains the golf swing perfectly 😊❤

[@MyGolfDNA]

And I love you for saying that. Thank you for the kind words.

[@ElSupremo5]

Best instructor on youtube and while that may seem to be faint praise it is not meant that way at all.

[@MyGolfDNA]

That's the most humbling comment any golf instructor can receive! Thank you for that! Wishing you the very best success with your game as you go forward. Please let me know if I can do anything to help you along the way.

[@kevinlunde6486]

Again another excellent instruction video dealing with a critical part of the golf swing and making it simple to understand and execute. The drills you use are helpful, the way you add to them is a logical path to achieve the end result of a repeatable golf swing. Keep keeping it real.

[@MyGolfDNA]

LFG!!!! Always trying to keep it real!!!!

[@MiguelHinojosaG]

Great video Chris! ..felt a better ball compression and my accuracy improved with this drill. I have followed your work since 2013 when you reviewed my swing online and your comment was “stick to the drill and stop watching videos that will magically cure your swing fault ” … you were right. This is the ONLY way to learn new movement patterns

[@MyGolfDNA]

Hi Miguel!! Thanks for finding the channel and happy to have you. More importantly, very happy to hear you are compressing it and hitting it more on line. That’s what it’s all about. 2013 was just as stubborn as 2023 me:) hope you join us for more in the future.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Like Button Please!!! Get it right! Get it tight! Let's go!! Hope you enjoy all of the info AND you have some fun with the drill. 🎯⛳

[@simonwee2777]

Best Lesson I've ever had! Thank you Coach. 👏

[@MyGolfDNA]

Very humbling to hear comments like that. So happy that you found this lesson useful. I really love this drill a lot. Thank you for the kind words and the support. Hope you join me for more in the future.

[@jimwiehe]

Good video, thanks for sharing the shaft rotation. It really helps me compress irons and be more accurate. Driver is still inconsistent, good distance with the occasional snap hook.

[@euanarmstrong1320]

Thanks Chris........ brilliant once again - I'm combining this with your 'learn to post up like a pro' move for lead side and trail side - combined with the sincronisation of the 'release like a pro clip.'.....and what I have learn above with the toe hitting impact bag...........Mate I just love all of this - I was scratch golfer in my early 20s - then gave up as knew I was not being taught properly..... and then worked for Ping for years - my passion kinda went out of the game.....This instruction, or you!!! and your knowledge has relight my fire and passion for golf !! - And I'm hitting it better than I ever have done in my life...........Now I know what I should be bloody doing!!! :) - can't blame the old school teachers of the early 90's they did not have the technology back then - and in UK all done by PGA registered coaches.... same old techniques that don't work in modern golf now....... BIG THANKS CHRIS TYLER !!!!! So eloquent and make it fun!- What a dude!

[@MyGolfDNA]

Euan, it’s comments like this that truly humble a person. Thank you so much for the kindest of words and thank you for being a part of the channel. I do very much appreciate it and it’s comments like this that continue to drive me to pass the message along!

[@euanarmstrong1320]

@@MyGolfDNA No thank you !! least I could say!!!- I summarise all your lessons on a word doc and take it to the range when I practice!! So I remember the key things - awesome I'm lovin' it!!

[@thomaslahr9022]

what a fantastic introduction! I LOVE the nuances here. A proper swing is not a one size fits all! Well done here.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Absolutely!!!!….we’re all VERY different. Thank you for the kind words and glad you enjoyed the video.

[@jasonkelley6185]

Love it. It feels so weird. My brain thinks, aint no way I’m hitting the ball with this motion. Then I spin those arms down and the ball just pops. My swing was a bit wild and pully today when I played nine, but I had a bunch of the best shots of my life. I hit 5 wedge shots with my 56 and 52 that were absolute darts. Never seen that sauce before. Everything was going 10 - 20 yards further, so that sauced things up a bit. I sauced a saucing iron right over the sauce into the sauce. You should have sauced my sauce. Saucing saucer sauced a sauce sauce sauce sauce sauce! Sauce. So yeah, thanks. I can do this drill all day. Feels great.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Sauce master 3000! Pretty crazy how awful some of this stuff feels and it’s mind boggling to know that it generally makes things a lot easier on is. Please send any leftover sauce in my direction so I can redistribute accordingly.

[@rhowe22]

Great instruction. I'll start working on this now.

[@harryg3889]

I’m doing good one day and feeling really encouraged then the next time I go practice not good at all. Same thing happened with the bowed wrist series. I’m trying to stick with this set of drills but not as confident. In fact a little discouraged.

[@MyGolfDNA]

What are you running into for misses that’s causing your discouragement? There are many different variable that can cause poor strikes. I need more info on what’s going on or I would need to take a look at it so see issues you’re running into. The ball adds a big layer of distraction. Are you looking at practice reps on camera and things are looking like you want them to look? Then when you add the ball back in, are the reps looking the same on camera????

[@seanverdi]

Awesome, awesome, awesome. You really hit it out of the park with this one Chris.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it Sean.

[@bobbygoodman2875]

Love your Channel Chris. As a 5 'cap, my focus is on flow (one continuous motion) but with your help with clubface...the game is easier (not easy). The journey is a blast and will still have to dig itout of the ground. Keep up the great work...much appreciated.

[@MyGolfDNA]

What a great fricken comment/post. A lot of people need to have this same sort of mindset with this game. Thank you for the kind words and thanks for joining me on the channel here. Onwards and upwards.

[@MichaelSeward-en3qo]

More positive advice that helps ALL golfers. Thanks for your efforts sir.

[@MyGolfDNA]

My pleasure! More to come!

[@lenardtan7169]

Great drill tips

[@martinbengtsson8671]

As a good player and coach myself. You helped me understand the release better then any PGA lesson/course could ever do👍 Even though scratch a have shears struggled with driver snap hoking when applying force. Had to settle with long irons that would fly almost as long because they are straight. Any chance you need an assistant. Would love to come over and learn directly from the source.😀

[@MyGolfDNA]

Email is in the description. Come on down to Orlando. I’d love to have you come learn with us. My passion isn’t just to help students but to also help coaches alike.

[@martinbengtsson8671]

@@MyGolfDNA wow thanks. love to be in Orlando right now when fall is starting chill the air in Sweden. Will definitely be in touch. 🙏

[@willvarela1557]

Thank you

[@drajoglekar]

Hi just wanted to tell you that I love your golf lessons !! You seem little upset today. It’s all good 👍 I I appreciate the education

[@MyGolfDNA]

Not upset at all. Just making a big important point is all.

[@beardsly878]

Great intro

[@billfeeny6897]

Thanks, very much

[@jeanyvesortola8211]

Thanks for the lesson. Is it how you make a pitch shot? How do you apply this wrist movement to the full swing?

[@MyGolfDNA]

We have a ball striking series on the channel and website that will go into the details of the wrists. We also have some pitching videos scheduled on the sooner side. There is a different function all together with shorter shots.

[@patrickscribner]

What I love about MGD is that your videos give not only the movement, but also a structured way to practice. Now, I’d prefer that I just magically implement the movement after watching the video 😝 but this release is 100% what kicked me off on my heater this year. I would put this video in your top 5, it would be number one, but I had to dock you points for quoting the worst movie of the F&F franchise. Everyone knows Tyrese is the only one that’s quotable out of that movie 🤣

[@MyGolfDNA]

“Elian and Fidel que paso” was the only good thing Tyrese had to offer in the entire franchise. I can handle the point deduction though only because of some of the rounds you’ve put together so far this year.

[@AntonakisDemetriou]

This is the part of the golf swing I always got muddled and you explained it perfectly Chris

[@MyGolfDNA]

Thank you. Glad I could help clarify some things for you.

[@jacobbelmontes4899]

Comment bump from previous comment. You do show a view at 16 minutes and 8 seconds, kind of showing where the butt of the handle should be pointing at, but no actual comments on what is happening there. Anyway, still gave the video a thumbs up, because it was well explained, and offered a great drill. Do you happen to have a video showing how to get the center of your pelvis ahead of the ball for low point control? I'd really like to see a well explained video on how to feel a lead side hip bump, with a squat movement when hips are square. I really struggle with low-point control, and don't know how to do those 2 things (hip-bump with squat) correctly.

[@MyGolfDNA]

I actually have 2 videos on this very topic that I plan on releasing very soon. It's hard to figure out the sweet spot when it comes to the volume of information on here. I want to keep excessive thinking at bay, unless I'm personally watching over the combination of movements closely. Giving the freedom back to the students on movements can be lost in translation very quickly if there is too much to do. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for the thumbs up and thank you for the suggestions.

[@kevinlunde6486]

Off to the driving range.

[@cmsima]

Chris - I really enjoy your instruction. Great stuff. Question on this video. Would you consider this Part 2 to your Week 1, Ball Striking video? It seems more lower body centric than the Week-1 video. A lot of similarities - but different. How would you rank/categorize these two similar instructions? Thanks - cmsima.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Hi Cmsima, I wouldn’t consider this part 2 of week 1. Let me explain… I’ve never seen 2 people respond to change the exact same way in the world of golf instruction. Figuring out different ways that people learn, process information and how the information is used, is 100% the most tricky part of the entire equation. Ive had some people where I’ve wanted them to focus on lower body specific movement and they crash and burn all day! I then give them something to feel in the upper half and all of the sudden the lower body starts doing what I was working towards in the first place. The point is… Everyone is different. Everyone! So, my answer is this…I rank and categorize these instructions as 2 different looks into the same end result. Let me know if that doesn’t make any sense or if you need something different and I’ll gladly help.

[@cmsima]

@@MyGolfDNA I love that response !! Yes !! I get it . Thanks for the detailed clarification. Keep the videos coming. Your videos are really productive.

[@MyGolfDNA]

@@cmsima Awesome. Looking forward to have you join us for more in the future.

[@michsneddon6077]

If you had a strong grip and really strong P6 -, so need a more body release (and less arms) - would you still rotate the toe to touch the bag?

[@MyGolfDNA]

Really strong grips will need more side bend and very little to no supination of the lead wrist. So I’d need to see the situation on video to be accurate or I’d need to see some club face data! Sorry for the vagueness on this one. I just don’t want to steer you down the wrong path. Face angle needs to be handled with delicate care from one person to the next. If you want me to look at it, we can arrange that for sure.

[@wadesworld6250]

Chris, other than the obvious setup differences, would the drill be effective and look more or less the same with a driver?

[@MyGolfDNA]

Yep, same thing with the driver for sure. The setup adjustments will help promote less downward angle of attack as a hole.

[@billfeeny6897]

Chris, in the full swing , yes I know I’m getting ahead of myself, BUT ! Do you wait that late in the swing to square the club ( logo down) ????

[@MyGolfDNA]

This is where a bulk of the squaring is done. In some cases, I will have students start squaring it sooner but is very dependent on the particular students current movement.

[@grumpyoldgit8254]

The details in these drills are unbeleivable, most instructors would not have gone this far, especially as for having the toe hit the bag, they would have had you hitting the bag with a square face, which would have led to a completely different feel👍

[@MyGolfDNA]

Happy to have you on the channel even if you are a little grumpy:)

[@grumpyoldgit8254]

@@MyGolfDNA i am a big grumpy, believe me😂

[@markkeenan382]

Lead wrist palm to sky after release?

[@MyGolfDNA]

YOU can use it, if it's tied to the grip and shot pattern that your trying to produce. Not against movement from flexion towards extension...I just don't teach it to be an active movement unless you have some sort of Dustin Johnson grip AND you want to go into lots of side bend through the hitting area.

[@markkeenan382]

@@MyGolfDNA thanks for getting back to me! Appreciate it! It’s an area which has always confused me.

[@MyGolfDNA]

My pleasure. Let me know if you have any questions or need any help on the wrists. It’s a tricky topic.

[@roysacavage2694]

I'm going to get real picky with my comment. But Chris, in the slo-mo of your swing, I don't see any bowing of the wrist as you're coming "down" into impact. Does the bowing exercise just get you into that bowed position "at" impact. In other words, do I presume correctly that the bowing does occur during the downswing but you won't necessarily see it until your at "impact".

[@MyGolfDNA]

You don’t see it much in my downward action because I’m pretty limited in lead wrist flexion. The only real way to see how much flexion is in the wrist would be to use a system like hack motion or gears so we aren’t just looking at it from 2D. The bowing exercise as outlined in this video is geared towards keeping people from going into cupping or extension at the point of contact.

[@jacobbelmontes4899]

At 9 minutes 46 seconds, it would have been very helpful to show how far away from the body (lead thigh) the club handle should be. Maybe a video angle from down the line, showing if the club handle should be close to the thigh, or if the club handle should be further away from the thigh. I've had better success with the club handle closer to my lead thigh, almost like the butt of the handle was pointing at my belt-buckle, but I think many amateur golfers aren't really sure where the club handle should be, and often aim the butt of the club closer to straight up at the sky at impact. Overall, still a great video.

[@patrickscribner]

Now we need a “lag-a-sauraus Rex” sweatshirt. 🦖

[@MyGolfDNA]

I agree. Dino 🦖holding some angles on the front. Dino fork and show on the back. I’ll get some hoodies made.

[@tohmsono5081]

this is like a Netflix episode.

[@MyGolfDNA]

I see you were kind enough to leave me feedback 2 separate times. I left you some feedback on your other comment. Good luck and play well.

[@suecobandito8954]

Just do your thing and press on. Like in politics-if you're explaining...keep up the good work.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Thank you! Trying to press on like you know we will!!!!

[@richardbeaver8135]

Chris, I’m 72 and getting back into golf after a hiatus of 12 years. I’m loving your videos. On this one I have one question.. will this wrist movement work for fairway woods and the driver?

[@MyGolfDNA]

Welcome back to the game Richard. Yes, you can use the balanced release that I taught in this video for fairway woods and driver as well. Glad you're enjoying the videos.

[@cluman1]

A lot of anger in this video. You have to have thick skin if you're going to be a KZbinr.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Not angry at all. Just passionate about helping people play good golf. I’m actually a very happy and pleasant person. My apologies that any anger came through the presentation.

[@tohmsono5081]

if you are more focused on the subject at hand, and don't waste time on talking about things that don't matter, you wouldn't have to produce 1/2 hour Netflix episodes.

[@MyGolfDNA]

Thank you for the feedback! Since you were kind enough to offer me some guidance, may I offer you some back in return? Ok I will… The best part about KZbin is, YOU tohmsono can start your very own “subject focused” less time consuming videos and post them for the world to see. I’ll subscribe.

[@tohmsono5081]

@@MyGolfDNA offended, aren't ya? yes, truth usually hurts, but don't let that distract you from producing absolute snorers for years to come. also, educating yourself on what audience reacts to the best wouldn't hurt you either. education..you heard about that, right? good luck.

[@GregG-ry7no]

@@MyGolfDNA Hi Chris, I realize it's frustrating dealing with people like this who will find anything to complain about, but please don't get suckered into responding. It's a waste of your time that could be better spent making more great lesson content. Keep up the great work!

[@jasonkelley6185]

Haha, yeah. Don’t feed the trolls. :-) you’re video length is fine and on par with other golf channels.