Right Arm Rock Skip Action for Crazy Power in Your Golf Swing!

[@rossmills6888]

I was watching a slow mo video of a golf swing and noticed it looked like a picture of me at 11 years old skipping rocks on the Tennessee river. I wondered if anyone else had noticed the similarity, so I did a Google search. This video showed up first. Such an intuitive way to think about a golf swing! Thanks for the video.

[@danpatton6377]

I've played golf on and off for 30 yrs (8 hdp) and never heard of this. Went to the range with just this one swing thought of skipping rocks and i really enjoyed it. Simple concept. Better compression. Thanks!!

[@rjswish]

Great tip. I found I need to exaggerate the feel of releasing very underhanded to achieve this result. Thanks for posting!

[@GMAYER-ir3fe]

Your hability to find the right pictures is amazing. Please keep on... Thanks a lot !

[@grandpagolf]

Definitely exact!

[@Uofmdoc]

Steve, I’ve watched a TON of KZbin golf vids. This is one of the best I have seen. Eager to get out to the course and see how it works. Thanks.

[@Inmotion70]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bueyako390]

I agree, cool video

[@bentheir88]

Steve, that was the best description of the right arm and wrist motions that I have encountered on YT. Until now, I was not understanding how the forearm really rolled and snapped the wrist through I thought the key was to roll my right arm over my left but that just pulled or pushed every shot giving me very inconsistent results.

[@rachaelsmith4541]

The part about keeping your forward posture and letting your hands go low by your shin really helped me. Even though previously I didn't "pull" on the downswing, I think I just hung on too long before letting my right arm start to straighten. Thanks Steve.

[@lenardtan7169]

Great Advice tips, would really want to try it out..

[@CornelioRustia]

By far the best video that has improved my ball striking. Steve has made a very good layman’s term in describing all the elements associated in this golf swing technique. Thank you so much!!!!

[@Inmotion70]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@georgenguyen525]

I have been following Steve's instructions a few times. I hit balls solid in the range. Yesterday, I played a round with Steve's instruction in mind. It really works when I fully let it go. Now, with teaching of right arm action, I could not wait to get to the range to work on this drill. Thanks Steve.

[@philipellis3227]

Interesting concept, I will work on this.

[@uomosapiens1951]

GREAT 😊 I feel all the power (along your drill) is generated by the buddy ... Love it 🥰

[@Inmotion70]

Thanks for watching Patrick! Cheers!

[@hansotte6734]

Great tips. Crazy simple

[@tomsmith7547]

excellent video

[@mwiltfang4618]

I know a fellow who continued playing golf after he lost his left arm just above the elbow in a grain auger mishap. He used the rock skip motion with what he had left to pretty good effect. Let's just say the motion and method came "naturally" to him after the accident. It works. Thanks for the clear, concise analysis of the motion and principles, and helpful drills. Third time I've watched it. I pick up a new subtlety every time. After two surgeries, my right shoulder is a train wreck, and since a few tendons and pieces of bone are missing, I've lost a lot of strength in that joint. This swing imagery helps me overcome that limitation.

[@marcussheldon9220]

I can definitely feel the extra power, now have to put this into my swing and hit the golf ball. feel if i make correct contact it will fly for miles. lol Steve you are a genius , what a drill to create a feel. thank you

[@Inmotion70]

Cheers Marcus!

[@garyfarmer5855]

will try the tip of using the turn on the right side An going to try it out. Thanks

[@A.Man..]

Wow! I was really hesitant when I saw you for the first time on another video, but mate, I subscribed and look forward to your videos above all other channels. You're a best kept secret that should have more, way way more viewers and subscribers. Thank you

[@Inmotion70]

Awesome, thank you!

[@jimwhite2341]

I worked on this for 2 days and wow! I increase my distance and accuracy. The snap is awesome. Thanks for the info and demonstration

[@craigmcconnochie4378]

Steve, I keep watching this video, love the opening lines left arm is a frisbee and right arm is a stone skimming, so my issue is I am left handed and play right handed. So the right arm is hard to try and skim and left becomes a pulling which doesn’t help. I really struggle with reliability of the swing. I love to see a video on being left arm dominant but playing right, the pit fulls and fixes. Thanks for your great work

[@petergregory7199]

Steve, I like the way you break the throwing action down into bite size chunks. You seem to enjoy the teaching side of golf and that gives your videos more ‘oomph’!

[@billyfromla1117]

Great visual.

[@mariongleason4938]

Best swing advice ever!

[@Bronco-Bill]

Tried this today at range with good results; ball flight definitely came down & felt solid contact. Amazingly straight right from get-go. Hope it works tomorrow!😉Thanks Steve

[@Inmotion70]

Great! Keep us updated.

[@kryschiou4449]

i love your mission, and thus i'm your fan. :)

[@justinwelch6240]

Throwing a sidearm throw reminds me a lot of how David Duval swings

[@wretchlikeme5321]

I'm an excellent frisbee thrower and a very good rock skipper, but I suck at golf!

[@wmrat1969]

Just found this video and I realize I am late to the party for a comment but I have tried this move for years and love it but I have the most trouble with my driver, irons great makes it really easy for me but the driver not so much, you have videos on the driver and I have def watched but this video is def what I try to do, any tips how to get my driver going with this move because I have a bad flaw with it LOL TY

[@vivekbhandari3862]

Great video Steve ! Would the rock skip action actually be similar to throwing the club down the fairway with the right hand ?

[@josephmilitello7905]

Yes, exactly

[@CaribSurfKing1]

One of the biggest issues most starting golfers face is using shafts way too stiff for them. They start strengthening their grips and doing all sorts of compensations because the club wont release because its too stiff/heavy. You especially see it with the smaller statured kids. This engrains lots of awful compensations, basically, for the rest of their golfing lives, which as we know are not really repeatable...and the give up! I hit a 5 iron about 200 yds at age 52, I use Dynamic Gold R300. If I switch to what a fitter wants i.e. an X100 its thin shots to the right or massive compensation pulls after a few of those. I watch videos of both swings with the 2 shaft flexes and I am in the slot with the R300 and over the top out of balance with the X100. Its taken me years to figure this out ( I dont have very big forearms , I am 6'3" and have a very languid slow transition ). Again, just trying to stress. Most people cannot hit stiff shafts as their initial set of irons

[@MrOsnolaKinnard]

So, I did this today ON THE COURSE. I did not even try it on the range...just went to the course and jumped into the deep end of the pool with both feet. Right away, practice swings feel smoother and faster. Hole #1 is a straight away Par 4 at 350 yards. If I smash a good drive, I will get about 230 yards. Today, I hit my first drive using the 'rock skip' technique into the pot bunker that was a solid 270 yards away from the tee box. Hole #2 is a 140 yard par 3...I normally hit a 7 iron...well, today, I hit it past the green by about 20 freaking yards. I have not hit a ball this hard and this far since the last century. I hit some pretty ugly shots the rest of the day trying this, but I also hit some REAL beauties that turned out horribly wrong because I hit them long or they went to far...case in point a par 4 that requires a 3 wood lay up...well, now it requires a 2 hybrid layup as I hit my 3 wood a solid 250 off the tee and straight into trouble. I can't wait to get to the range and work on this. Skip the stone, it works!

[@Inmotion70]

Now you just need Pepe to caddy.

[@Kennyindia]

We have very similar distances ( 57 years old, 127 lbs) so I can't wait to experiment with this concept. Thanks for sharing. Nice video, Steve!

[@fierce1hander264]

Excellent lesson Steve

[@brianlowry2274]

Unreal lesson! This is the secret👌

[@brianmclean7576]

Can’t wait to try this out - believe by getting my club low and in the slot and then swinging up with a skipping a stone motion will FINALLY give me extra loft with my drives - drives now are low piercing shots - wondering how this technique plays out with irons - any adjustments required?

[@Inmotion70]

Just ball position, stance width, and lead.

[@knobnosterknapper]

Steve. Mikes right elbow is in front of his right hip before he even hits the ball. A pure arm swing with hips following. Watch the short vids again.

[@Inmotion70]

He externally rotates it phenomenally but you might be missing how much hip flexion he maintains into the slot...this is why the elbow appears to be in front so early.

[@davidb6981]

Have you ever addressed in your videos how your left heel raises on backswing but when it resets it comes down closer to your right foot? It’s a unique move and I was wondering if it was on purpose.

[@Inmotion70]

Video coming soon.

[@ronracette2445]

Hello mr Pratt just a question regarding the right arm concept. Is your left hand holding the club very lightly in the swing? Keep up the great vids Thank you

[@Inmotion70]

Yes that's my intention.

[@MrMisterMist]

"A good golf swing is made up of a left arm doing a frisby throw and a right arm doing a rock skip" You forgot to mention you should not let go of the frisby nor the rock, when playing golf. ;) Thanks for the valuable tips.

[@jeffringnald8462]

great video. solid advice. do you always move your left foot when you swing?

[@Inmotion70]

Yep apparently.

[@77777771955]

My biggest problem, as I believe most amateur/poor golfers is we cannot visualize the 30 degree tilted plane. We may start on it, but somewhere in the back swing we move to a 90 degree circle to get the club face square at impact. Probably reason for thrusting pelvis. Your using chair to keep pelvis back is best I have seen. Also reminding everyone it is a circle/hula hoop should keep people (like me) from finishing high instead of around.

[@leslieglover5336]

Well explained.

[@SpitSharp]

An excellent break down. I'm a lefty golfer, I can skip a flat rock to the left some what ok, can't do much with my left hand in the same opposite manner. Without getting into too much detail about me I was wonder if I should swing the other way? As of now I can hold my own but not consistent, I'm sure you've seen it all:) Thank you.

[@Inmotion70]

Nah stick with lefty. You can become more coordinated at this action over time.

[@SpitSharp]

@@Inmotion70 Thank you, appreciate the feedback, well do, stay and try to perfect it.

[@birdseyevue]

Great video! So should the left arm or lead arm just go along for the ride in a real swing?

[@Inmotion70]

Yeah it kind of does...gets driven by the turning chest while the wrist straightens out with the shaft.

[@deal1619]

Hey. Do you look at the ball when you use your right arm to hit it? or just visualizing?

[@s1dest3p]

I'm a firm believer in the lead arm being the most important arm for strike and aim. I need to work on adding in this trail arm move for power without adding dynamic loft - that's the issue for me with the right arm, dynamic loft too high.

[@jkerr7715]

Do you have a drill for the “Frisbee” left arm?

[@Inmotion70]

Yes. Throw a frisbee.

[@graemecatty9921]

My golf instructor reinforces the pebble throw technique just as you do Steve. The theory is easy, the end result not so. More practice I feel.

[@Inmotion70]

First throw a few golf balls. Then swing the club with no ball just the throwing arm. Then hit a few balls slowly and softly with that arm. Then two hands.

[@RAFA13D]

Great video. So sad the audio keeps getting cutoff

[@Inmotion70]

Sorry about that. All my latest videos have good audio.

[@slidetechnologies7573]

If this isn't the best golf teacher on YT, please show me who is!

[@mikedixon8741]

Easy, Tom Saguto. He's the guy who months ago posted a video about rock skipping motion improving your golf swing.

[@mikedixon8741]

Go to SagutoGolf and look for his video from 8 months ago on Lag in the swing. He talks for a long time about skipping stones, and he is a very unconventional gold teacher if you haven't seen him before. This is a good video, but just not the first.

[@jonnyfredriksson447]

@@mikedixon8741 Sure, he has some good videos, but if you fully believe in the Mike Austin swing you're gonna get som contradicting suggestions aswell. For instance his video about the Ben Hogan-right arm kept close to the right side of the chest. And if you wanna talk about "first". Well, Mike Austin talked about this, on video (camera atleast..), some 60 years ago.

[@slidetechnologies7573]

@@mikedixon8741 I've seen him many times. I don't like his teaching style and also his swing is ugly! I'll stick to big Stevie!

[@Latebloomergolf]

Saguto golf!!! HAHAHAHA he doesnt even show his golf balls on a launch monitor half the time. He jerks his body so much in the golf swing it's incredible. He will have back problems very soon.

[@alanainsworth4549]

Thanks Steve will give it a go tomorrow!

[@brkmen]

Here's my problem Steve, I I need help with. I am right handed but I golf left-handed. It feels really awkward to try and skip a rock left-handed. It would be like you trying to skip a rock with your left hand if your right handed. Any words of wisdom I could use? Thank you.

[@Inmotion70]

What is your current handicap Joe? If above a 5, then it's ok to skip this one and wait for the next video.

[@LordVader2U]

I have the same problem except opposite. I am left left hand dominant and play golf right handed. Very hard to teach the right arm to do rock skipping

[@MrOsnolaKinnard]

Your left foot action is interesting.

[@Inmotion70]

I'll say.

[@aidenmcgorry9867]

Still hitting the 9 iron a measly 90 yards 😫

[@rogermoores9416]

What happens if you have never thrown a frisbee or skipped a rock?

[@Inmotion70]

Then we find another analogy that works for you.

[@sooflyrly]

fucking awesome bro

[@young-kikim3705]

One arm swing?

[@desano1975]

I emailed you and I got no response

[@Inmotion70]

I saw you in the queue. As you can imagine, I'm extremely busy.

[@desano1975]

Thanks Steve

[@zachscott8795]

I can't skip a rock even if my life depended on it, does that mean I'm really in trouble?

[@Inmotion70]

No. You can learn the motion slowly working on individual actions. That video would have taken a long time though.

[@zachscott8795]

@@Inmotion70 I was mostly kidding! In reality this drill instantly spoke with me, I don' t know what it is, but everything else I tried just doesn't translate to my brain the way this one does. Can't wait to try this out at the range.

[@jsusna1972]

While you did say you were mostly kidding, I often wonder when I see instructors mention the "rock skipping" motion how many people have never actually skipped rocks across a pond or lake. I can still remember the excitement upon finding the perfect skipping stone and sending it flying across the water. Looks like I'll be skipping rocks at the range tomorrow.

[@redwave3520]

To incorporate this movement into your golf swing properly, you need to have a strong grip, which tilts your upper body back, away from the ball, and sets your elbow back under your rear shoulder. Then you need to pretend like you are skipping the stone! You turn back, away from the "water", raise up, and then power down by driving down by squatting and turning, with your elbow tucked into your side and your wrist snapping through. it is a natural movement to get the chosen result - skipping the stone across the water. You HAVE to do these things to get the stone to skip, with some power and distance, as Steve says. Concentrate on the process of skipping the stone, and then incorporate it into your golf swing WITHOUT thinking about it, and you will be amazed at your results!!

[@stevec326]

What worked for me was to envision "throwing" the club to the side of me. My clubhead speed went up by 20 MPH by doing this simple trick. 97 to 119. Crazy.

[@williammacdonald9271]

When people ask for swing advice, I tell them 1 arm swings, everyone has a perfect swing with 1 arm...Hogan at the height of his career would do 100 per day

[@pauln412]

Oh yes sir , not keeping the butt back on the downswing is my main problem!

[@Inmotion70]

of many people! Not an easy project but very worth it.

[@cupmccutcheon3009]

👍

[@jackflash8756]

It doesn't look like a skipping stone action to me.

[@Simeon-the-Magnificent]

Everyone knows mikes 515 yard drive hit a cart path

[@Inmotion70]

There was no cart path running down the middle of that fairway. Try again douchebag.

[@Simeon-the-Magnificent]

@@Inmotion70 wow, hit a nerve there. No hard feelings. Best, Simeon