Simplify Your Swing By Using This Method

[@Gilesgillgolf]

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[@Gilesgillgolf]

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[@shaunjayes8842]

This channel should have at a minimum, 10X the number of subscribers! Spread the word guys, this is one of the best instructors on KZbin, by miles. I've been playing for over 30 years and I learn something really useful and practical, every time I click on this channel. Thanks for this Giles.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you so much Shaun! Wish I did have 10x more subs but hopefully one day 🙏🏼

[@THESHIPSHOW]

i agree 100% his delivery is relatable I have improved my swing exponentially watching his vids!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@THESHIPSHOW amazing! Thank you!

[@bertramvalentin3388]

For me that is teaching to the highest standard. It‘s so clear and incredibly to the point.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Bertram!

[@shaunjayes8842]

Exactly! It's so clear, concise and compact and useful. I just love it

[@rhowe22]

I agree with the comment below. This is one of the best instructors out there. The key is he gets a LOT of great stuff in without any gimmicks. He is providing value with everything he says. I hope he keeps doing more and more on all aspects of the game. I'll be watching every one of them.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying the video!

[@junesgirl22]

I am starting to video key points using my iPhone then will take it to the range to practice. Perfect. You are by far, my favorite instructor. I think it's your gift in life.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

That’s the best way of doing it! Hope it translates to great golf! Thank you!

[@chriscunningham4383]

Only just found your site.. Brilliant videos, so refreshing, simple instructions with some golden nuggets Appreciate all your efforts 👍👍👍

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Zac!

[@michaelgoodhand]

Wow! Your instructional videos blow me away! So much detail to absorb and apply!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@philippelucas6096]

This channel is just excellent ans really smart. Thanks a lot.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Philippe!

[@Bocajef134]

Great instruction videos. The most concise and helpful on KZbin. At the end of your videos please consider adding a slow motion of your swing example. Thanks

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thanks, will do!

[@vilhelm_sweden2438]

Great explanation of fundamentals, will try it.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@stevestrang480]

Perfect breakdown of the golf swing. Exactly what I have been working on. Thanks

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thanks Steve! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@GB-xh7hv]

Very good video describing what the left shoulder should be doing

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@huguesdemol8308]

Great video, seen so many but this is the one that I would share if I had to pick one to stand by

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Hugues!

[@Shankaporomous]

I have been in lost for 6 months since I took some lessons because I was loosing sight of the ball, about to give up on golf , would go try this today it is what my first teacher though me back in 2000, some how I forgot about thanks man , hope I can get it back, your videos are so simple ,

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Hope your game turns around soon!

[@davidlindsaymeakin8331]

From someone who struggles with transition, this instruction video has provided me with a great visual. But best of all the way you explain things is simple and straightforward. One if the best KZbin golf instructors out there. Looking forward to trying this tomorrow and perhaps a 100yds in video in the future?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you David! Amazing to hear your feedback. I do have some wedge videos already but I’ll definitely add it too the list

[@davidlindsaymeakin8331]

Just been through the earlier wedge videos 👍

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@davidlindsaymeakin8331 hope they helped!

[@Rich-in6ds]

Recently discovered your channel and am really impressed! No clickbaity fix-all nonsense. Just good, simple points that are consistent with the technical data you observe from AMG etc. I've played Bletchingly a few times too! Fun course!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Rich! Glad you enjoyed the videos & I hope it helps your game

[@kurtier]

Worked on so many things this winter I've managed to lose how they all connect. This video couldn't have come at a better time. Thank you!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad it came at the right time for you Kurt!

[@mohdarshadariffin4806]

Just came back from the range. Discovered the shoulder down thing on my own but wondered why it worked so well. Your video helped me understand why. Thanks. Will work on the impact next.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad it helped!

[@steveperry1344]

this is really gonna help because i'm left handed but golf right and i like to pull with my lead side kinda like you're showing. thnx for the help.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad I could help Steve!

[@RocketmanJP]

I'm the exact same! Shout out to those lefties who golf right haha

[@steveperry1344]

@@RocketmanJP yes i'm left handed except for golf, batting in baseball and hockey.

[@RocketmanJP]

@@steveperry1344 same here actually! I throw left handed but bat right

[@steveperry1344]

@@RocketmanJP yes me too, throw left and bat right. i bowl left handed.

[@johnc6919]

Another excellent tutorial, thank you.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you John!

[@maxwired2235]

Thanks for this explanation! I haven’t found many instructors that really teach the importance of how the left shoulder needs to work for solid contact and club acceleration. Request….if you haven’t yet, can you talk about the best way you have found to swing without tension, but with speed/power?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Max! I have done some videos on speed where we briefly touch on tension but I can add it to the list

[@petersossic287]

Mid single figure handicap for last 45 years. Struggling a bit last 2 years with lower back and flexibility. Just tried the shoulder drop and turn on the backswing on the practice fairway and hitting the ball like a 21 year old. Striping everything from wedges to woods. My god, where has this been all my life. No sore back either. Couldn’t believe the consistency. Giles, where did you get this one from … my goodness 🙏

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Amazing Peter! Glad this made such a big difference in your game!

[@billhill4929]

Best video I've ever watched!!! Just subbed, thanks!!!!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@brianmclean7576]

Earlier today I was at driving range trying to get better with my rotational swing - I know where I’ll be first thing tomorrow / this seems so less complicated & easier to 2 repeat - can’t wait to try

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Hope this simplifies it all down for you

[@mrkipling3841]

Excellent instruction. Thanks!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@OSP_Nonchalant]

super super informative, thank you!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad it helped!

[@sumit4908]

Awesome drill for impact. Thanks a lot

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kevinhussey6511]

Really enjoying your videos mate, great explanations and advice, cheers pal!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Kevin! Great to hear you’re enjoying the videos!

[@patrickmurphy4912]

Excellent!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you

[@steveperry1344]

i keyed on some of your tips when i went golfing the last few days down on cape cod in massachusetts and i hit a lot of really good shots. thnx again for the help with the golf and the pivot action.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad I could help & that you saw the improvements!

[@alanking5001]

Brilliant explanation thankyou so helpfull 👏

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@lenardtan7169]

Great Advice video tips..

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@sandistordahl9131]

Absolutely works so great. Bobby

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Great to hear it helped!

[@MrBarrynicholas]

Excellent

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you so much!

[@ronharrington8659]

Very good

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@JeffWestcott-gf3lw]

Your content and explanations are outstanding! The video on how the lower body works in the downswing was the best I've ever seen---explained like no other instructor. In this video and in others that you show the weight shift forward into the left side during transition it appears that you're moving your body mass forward a lot----are you doing this as an exaggeration for effect or are you really moving your body mass that far forward? I've been trying to shift weight into my left side like this for some time and been told I'm swaying. Can you differentiate or provide details showing the weight shift into the left side versus a sway? Also---is the upper body moving forward during this shift to the left side too?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Yes it’s a full body swing, other videos hold the answer so please watch them. Can’t give away all the secrets

[@steveperry1344]

so i don't do the visualize the shot thing very often but when i do i sometimes pull it off and that is one of the best feelings in golf.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

100%! The more you do it the better you’ll get at pulling them off

[@steveperry1344]

@@Gilesgillgolf so the other day i hit a push drive into an ajacent fairway and my next shot i had to hit over 50ft high trees and about 200 yds to the green. i pulled out my 5wood and pulled off the shot, i was quite astonished and reveled in it to myself.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@steveperry1344 that sounds like a hero shot! Amazing!

[@steveperry1344]

@@Gilesgillgolf i a lot of the time worry too much about what could happen so i just swung with a bit of abandon and not worry about the outcome.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@steveperry1344 that’s exactly the mindset to carry on every shot. As soon as you hit it it’s out of your control

[@totalpackagehealthcare7257]

Loving all of your videos…shouldn’t i be able to take this same concept to the driver swing but adjust set up? i’ve watched your driver vs iron set up videos but i think i’m still struggling between the two. i’ll hit driver well one day and irons crisp the next but never put it together

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Yes you should be able to use it with both

[@pauloverett8652]

@@Gilesgillgolf but perhaps a little less angle of tilt due to the longer club?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@pauloverett8652 of course due to the flatter plane

[@robzz9903]

Hi Giles, excellent vid, I seem to get to the positions you show, however, I am just missing the ground whilst pushing up through the impact. I am finishing with the belt buckle forward at finish and balanced ok. Can you suggest how I can address this problem please.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Hi mate, I’d highly recommend watching my release video. I would think it’s due to the fact that you’re not releasing the clubhead down to the ground enough and in that video I have some great checkpoint, drills & keys for you

[@robzz9903]

@@Gilesgillgolf many thanks, look forward to your next!!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@robzz9903 glad I could help!

[@changhak10]

should I do the driver swing as instructed ? or is there another way.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Do as instructed 👍🏻

[@davidjames8337]

Hi Giles is the backswing slighty steeper for irons than for driver am losing distance with irons i play of 15 handicap

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Hi David, yes it is. Due to the shaft being shorter we tilt over more which means the shoulders work on a steeper plane

[@nomanishfaq9011]

Hi Giles! Love your videos. I have a cheeky question. Love to know your views descriptively or do you have any video on this would love to watch? In my practice swing i have more hips close, chest close, more shallow(inside) right path like severe draw but in actual swing with ball , mind compensates with hips, shoulders open, left path for hitting straight shot till impact and then in follow through also the swing path goes to the right till one moment before finish. and then it goes to normal at last and manages to get a straight shot. Because if it replicates practice swings then I can miss the ball. In other words at practice the swing club is more behind at the delivery position and in actual swing the club is more outside at the delivery position. I think if I fix this open move in Actual swing by making a close move with my body then I am doing the wrong fix. Because it is fake open. So If I Fix like a severe draw move (which happens in practice swing) By making my Hips more open in downswing then it is the right fix. But not sure. Do you see such pattern ? How do you fix this?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Very simply your body is reacting to something being out of position. Changes are the root cause to your issue is back in the setup, backswing or transition. You need to identify the thing that is out of position creating this reaction. Rehearsal swings always look different as we aren’t hitting anything so we don’t have to be functional

[@nomanishfaq9011]

@@Gilesgillgolf Very well said. Thanks 👍 . So for this root cause you would look at actual swing's setup, backswing, transition rather then Practice swing(rehearsals)? Also one thing i tried is feeling upright backswing and more left path (like slicer) to solve this very inside club and closed hips, shoulders look of rehearsals but still in actual swing it causes more open up than previous plus club look is still very outside at delivery. So no change occur.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@nomanishfaq9011 the first place I’d look it clubface. Your body always reacts to the clubface positioning throughout the swing

[@nomanishfaq9011]

@@Gilesgillgolf Ok Giles. Please can you confirm for club face or any other root cause you would look at actual swing with ball and not practice swing? By the way Giles, Very appreciate your reply.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@nomanishfaq9011 you would look at both 👍🏻

[@AndrewDCDrummond]

Left shoulder down is a good thought/checkpoint for getting some left sidebend and thoracic tilt in the backswing but I think the checkpoint for the transition/downswing is really that the left shoulder moves as you describe but as a reaction to the left hip actually moving slightly first, which you see in pro swings when in very slow motion. If the left shoulder is not moving as you describe it’s a signal that the left sidebend/thoracic tilt in the backswing wasn’t enough.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

The left hip moves before the backswing finishes & the left hip moves as a byproduct of a pressure shift. If you physically try and bump the left hip over you won’t be stacked correctly. This videos purpose is to highlight a simple checkpoint of the left shoulder. As highlighted in the video I did also mention the key relationship between the upper and lower body in the transition.

[@einstu]

@@GilesgillgolfThanks for taking the time to answer the questions, as much as it must be tedious. It's these follow up details that makes the difference understanding and integrating the change. Keep up the good work. You are my new favourite KZbin golf channel!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@einstu thank you! I enjoy helping people improve their golf so keep them coming

[@erichosto6925]

Brian Manzella beautifully coined the phrase “pull back run up and jump”! A while ago.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Is that for the shoulder movement?

[@einstu]

What do you mean, "outside the golf ball"? In another video you talk about tracing the butt of the club at or inside the ball. I imagine a slight arc going back and down as you land on the left leg (stacking in the transition). I"m confused by where your laser pointer is on the ground relative to the swing path and ball. I'll be on skillest soon as I really like your stuff.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

The shaft points inside the ball. The shoulder tilt will point outside the ball 👍🏻

[@firstname2072]

I know whats good for the golf swing, literally any video from you lol.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you 😂

[@daveparsons7756]

Same feeling with driver??

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Yes the same feeling

[@robinbroadfield3342]

If I move my lead shoulder down and forward at the start of the downswing, can I dispense with the thought that my hips should also drive down and forward?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

The hips don’t drive down a forward. You need to watch the video I’m posting on Saturday

[@robinbroadfield3342]

Thanks. I've subscribed and I will. @@Gilesgillgolf

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@robinbroadfield3342 great! Thank you

[@robinbroadfield3342]

Your excellent "Downswing lower body video" clarifies exactly what the hips should do - and how to initiate the downswing correctly with the feet. @@Gilesgillgolf

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@robinbroadfield3342 great

[@mohdarshadariffin4806]

Blustery day out

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Definitely

[@eddieyoung3856]

😮

[@Gilesgillgolf]

👍🏻

[@vreeke777]

That’s for athletes not easy

[@Gilesgillgolf]

I’ve got players of all athletic abilities nailing this. No excuses 👍🏻

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

Why do so many instructors say this move limits the turn too much in the average golfer? This is only good if you are in elite company. Sorry it won't work for the vast majority.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Because they don’t allow the trail leg to lose flex and keep the hip moving. I’ve used this with hundreds of golfers of all levels & athletic abilities. It does work

[@vreeke777]

Body give no speed hand do only

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Incorrect, body has to move in certain directions to allow the hand to accelerate & then decelerate to then transfer energy into the club. Biomechanically proven facts.