THE GOLF SWING TAKEAWAY GOLF BASICS

[@MarkCrossfield]

Let me know if this helps your golf and leave us a like.

[@keithstanley5971]

Hi Mark, I struggle with my takeaway from time to time, the issue I have is what moves first and sometimes I can stand over the ball for some time trying to start the club moving. I would appreciate your thoughts on this, thank you.

[@paddymckibbin3957]

Hi Keith Stanley a tip that works for me in the takeaway is feeling the chest driving everything and the arms being passive and following after. Similarly in the transition from the top I feel the hips turning then the chest driving the arms into impact. Good luck

[@danielrojo542]

Cheers for the Video! Forgive me for chiming in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you heard about - Paneevelyn Swinging Clubsman (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is an awesome one off guide for revealing an effortless golf swing technique without the normal expense. Ive heard some decent things about it and my buddy finally got great results with it.

[@andrewkeightley246]

Back to basics using drills is the best thing for anyone at any level. Great series

[@kennethmalins5885]

Outstanding Mark! you are a true instructor! You clearly explain complicated movements and their reasons so we can better understand this unique game. Thank you!!

[@PMeade]

My takeaway was coming too much from the inside and causing me to stand the club up on the downswing. I am now more squared during my takeaway and hitting the ball "Straighter"! Lessons are KING!!! Love you work Mark, Keep up the great videos.

[@nigel_wadsworth]

It's the wrist angles that get me into trouble! Going back to basics will hopefully help. Thanks guys.

[@robbiles]

Always good to go back to basics occasionally to reset all those little bad habits that creep into the swing.

[@griff_again]

Definitely working on take-away. I haven’t had a home cooked meal in weeks..

[@maus176]

Great video Mark. The part about keeping the face parallel to your spine angle is really good. I haven't heard many coaches talk about that. Keep up the good work!

[@monarch_music]

I've watched (seemingly) dozens and dozens of your channel's videos. This is by far the best video you've put out. Both in content and video quality. Please make more of these. WE NEED THE VIDEO EXPLAINING THE FOLLOW THROUGH! Haha

[@JamieClark12]

Great video Mark! .. Cheers for spending time with me and Tim at Paultons range this evening 👍🏻 keep up the good work 😆

[@dwed1234]

Excellent Mark, thanks. Different ways to think of the takeaway but you have really helped to cut through the jargon and simplify it. Thanks. 👍

[@anthonio222000]

Best golf channel ever! It's Crazy they have only 288k subscribers 😱 P.s more Lester course vlogs please!

[@neutrino61]

Try to look what happens left and right from the perfect takeaway. This skill is soo important! Furthermore: Don't waste hours and hours to find your perfect takeaway!!!! This is the best `take home message` for today

[@richardjames5700]

Really good video Mark some great tips and ideas which I'll be using at the range tomorrow night! More of the same please!

[@jasoncookston]

Wonderful video Mark, I think it is important for people to experiment.

[@gordonmcleod969]

Just facing club towards the ground as helped bundles

[@stevedickson3037]

Exactly what my instructor has been going over with me in the last few lessons, along with your release ideas. I wonder, have you been hiding at the back of the range? These videos are great aid memoirs for my current lessons. So, when I don’t go back to my bad old ways. I’m starting to get the ball out there again. Thanks very much for posting them. Really very useful indeed.

[@wiggy123]

Superb. Loving these vids Mark. Keep it going mate.

[@jimrohnstock9913]

Been doing these and similar drills for some time. Unfortunately feel into the habit of watching my hands and rotating my head which led to a sway and worse. Good that you noted to watch the ball and then look after reaching first parallel. I'd add hitting show mini swings too to reinforce forearm rotation too, it's really helped me. Nice series setting your teaching skills and not just the vlogs too.

[@neutrino61]

so basic - but soo nice drills everyone can control himself. Thanks for sharing

[@yoryoryoryor]

This new camera work is amazing

[@simonhobbs9097]

Great video Mark, more swing drills please.

[@davebedard8138]

Love these videos Ive been hitting the ball higher than ever and loss of yardage I was afraid of doing drills like this because I was playing so good but league season is over now I’m definitely going to try this when I get a change to the range

[@DAoutdoors]

Another great vlog bruh. Still the best golf content on KZbin by a country mile!

[@danbag777]

What an amazing lesson be watch so many videos and just ended up confused. This is perfect Thanks Mark.

[@invioceenclosed]

I gave up on the back swing and worked in reverse by concentrating on the path I wanted back to the ball and the back swing took care of itself. This, in turn made it easier to concentrate on managing wrist angles.

[@antconno]

Great Vid mark. Made this really simple.

[@leontaylor5490]

Great tip.... been using your tip on getting the face pointing down to the ground on the takeaway. This is working on stopping me cupping the wrists. Great vid guys xx

[@jukkakymalainen]

I have had differen't backswing problems many years. Club inside, too short etc... I have take lessons and try many drills. Like you said, i think the key is to feel and understand your delivery to ball. Then your backswing "loading" gets better without thinking too much 🤔

[@dcloder]

Just about every bad shot I hit is from a poor takeaway. I get a little outside the line and I almost always miss it to the right. Thanks for the confirmation about its importance.

[@MikeDoba]

Working on those exact wrist angles you mentioned at first parsllel early this season turned my game around. I cant emphesis this enough to people.

[@davidwharton6333]

I have been playing for a while but sometimes feel I need to start again so I can take in the basics as I am getting more receptive as I get older! So enjoyed the video and the tips

[@scottchalk7808]

I had to same delivery as your daughter so I copied the takeaway drill with the right hand behind left hand you gave her instantly improved driver delivery

[@briandeluryea5363]

Focusing on how my takeaway looked compared to the ball has helped me greatly in keeping myself from slicing my driver without being conscious of my swing!

[@niallmcgrath3455]

This is a great video thanks Mark

[@matthewua1]

Shout out to FJ best glove in the game. Club face slightly pointing down to the ground on first parallel is legit advice.

[@JC-xk6gv]

Hi Mark, yes I struggled with my takeaway becoming disconnected and I had lessons to sort it out and I do what Rory does and think razor blades.

[@chrispearson5787]

I was very 'wristy', I've worked loads on my takeaway and it's helped me so much with face to path control and compression (I hate that word) when it comes to strike. Took a lot of doing and a long time on the range but really has been time well spent 👍

[@nickmarr1]

Great stuff, Mark. A video on the importance (or not) of the straight left arm (for righties) would be helpful, please.

[@SolomonLi]

Good stuff!!! Never thought much about my takeaway outside of driver really... but from the result I get from driver I wonder I need new ideas to move my path... LOL

[@larsmenken2679]

That’s all I work on for about 4 months now. At the end of every lesson I do beautiful shots, the next range session is back to old again.

[@ramrat1480]

Great tips and thanks for including some drills!

[@geraldhemming]

Always enjoyed your stuff Mark, but recently you have taken it to a whole other level. Video quality and content are outstanding! Congratulations! 🏌👍

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks bruh.

[@geraldhemming]

@@MarkCrossfield You are most welcome. By the by, I have sent a couple of swing videos to you via Instagram DM. Good luck in sorting that one! 😜

[@tonywestwell]

Love these tips, keeping simple thoughts in your head is really helpful, especially when the results of your last shot aren't great.

[@ruzzellp]

Great instruction!

[@martianmuppet]

"Manipulate around the perfect"... writing that on my glove so I am. Always an education Mark, thanks!

[@stevejenkins845]

Great vid ... after 25 years of not playing been bk for 8 months and totally frustrated sum parts of my round played like low single figure player with loads of shots thrown in a mid 20's handicap player wudnt do alot of great content in these vids to work on.

[@johntemplin7100]

So good Mark 👌

[@josefcoules3950]

Mark I see you went to a top tracer range how about a video review on the accuracy of top tracer ranges as I now use one

[@duncand1964]

Josef Coules also would like to see the muppets do a TopTracer Range fun night, challenges and 3 hole challenge on simulation to test visualisation skills ..

[@paulmilsom1346]

Good instruction, well explained, easy to understand. Thanks Everything you said, I have heard before, mostly by you, but it helps to revisit from time to time to remind me of the basics. So easy to get slipshod with the game 👍 as usual

[@simonbaines535]

Brilliant stuff .

[@johnwallace520]

It's the connection/disconnection of the body and the arms that gives me problems with timing. The takeaway is normally Ok but its from the club parallel upwards that I get my problems.

[@jeremychristensen2875]

A pro that worked with me pointed out that my shoulder turn stops in the beginning of my take away, and my arms would go up and I’d have no chance of hitting through the ball, just swiping across it, We worked on making sure I kept turning.

[@robertoreilly7063]

Cheers Mark. Will try these tips. I generally feel that i have a good take away to first parallel but do suffer a lot from over draws.

[@jamesbrown6372]

The problem I had with my take away was that I would sway and this would cause me to fat the ball in my swing. I worked on a move where it felt like I was twisting my hips rather than lifting the club away from the ball. This took so many bad shots away from my game and improved my connection, strike, power. It allows me to move my hips towards target I. The down swing.

[@arthuracorn]

Great vlog and tuition I have had a lesson last week and discovered what I can work on and improve and was amazed how many parts were not quite right in my game and swing impacting on my ball flight and distance and seeing this has reminded me of what I am practicing in takeaway and swing path.

[@anthonyswift5943]

This is class!

[@robertcourt8593]

The video you put out last week with eldest seems to have really helped me out, in particular the first drill (2nd drill in this vid). I've never realised my takeaway was so bad and such a contributing factor in my big slice. Only hit a few balls but was actually able to hit draws with the driver with some consistency.

[@bhonjiyo5885]

Best video this year Mark! Love your attention to detail and the overall video footage, exceptional! Looks like you lost some weight, on a diet?

[@drroger98]

Feels very retro back to the Ask Golf Guru. Prettier settings though

[@peteraloisio3533]

Hey mate, I've just started with a new coach using Trackman. I always new I was coming over the top with a path of -10. Within a 1hr lesson he had me hitting balls with a +4.6 path. Albeit this was with a really strong grip. I suspect he has pushed my grip around more than required, with the expectation that on my next lesson we will be bringing it back to a more neutral grip. The other thing that happened with the corrected path was a gain of about 20m in carry. Who would have bloody known all this stuff actually works. I have saved this video so that I have to try some of these drills and see if these help as well. Thanks bruh.

[@kevinyoung7168]

Superb video

[@loutennant99]

Very helpful video. Well explained to a thicko like me 👍👍👍

[@AJ-fr3ht]

Loving the basics series. I seem to change my backswing every round. Does this make me more skilled at this game.

[@jaredklein3930]

Hey Mark, One of your loyal army from Australia. I have spent a lot of time working on my irons over over the last 6 months and feel like I'm happy with how I am striking them (thanks massively to your videos ) however really struggling with driver and set up. I feel like the foward ball position makes me want to tilt and point hips left. In turn I feel like I get my hips sliding and then present open club face with my hands trying to catch up or when I do square the face I get the pull. Wondering if this is common and if so could you so a video with some tips. Cheers Bruh

[@andrewjgordon1372]

Great vlog Mark, great info I try and get to the first parallel about where you have it but find the toe of the club pointing to the sky not quite turning slightly down....but will keep giving it a go...👍

[@deanfrear9936]

Mark, are the details of the takeaway the same for ALL clubs? Have been told to take wedges back behind more acutely rather than straight back for example. Cheers. Love the vids btw

[@andrewnatt1448]

Brilliant vid

[@n0thing]

Ever thought of doing an amazon store for all your camera equipment and preferred golf equipment? Could probably make some decent passive cash from the referral earnings.

[@justinstephenson9360]

This is something I am working on with my coach at the moment. Trying to be much straighter back over the first foot or so (I was coming inside too much) with the club more "closed" at first parallel. Much better shots with irons, much worse with hybrids/woods. Golf is so frustrating

[@rotti163]

The old ones are the best. Low and Slow

[@2009Stefon]

Seen Chris wood doing practice swings (left hand low) what would he be trying to feel with that?

[@ronanjohnston5995]

Hi Mark, Great vid! Could i ask ur thoughts on George Gankas style of coaching? What i mean is do you think keeping the simplicity of golf coaching will keep players in the game?

[@jfair79]

Brilliant content at the moment Mark, really breaking some stuff down again. Perfect for heading into winter and ironing some stuff out on the range. Would love to see similar content with takeaway and swing plane variances around different length clubs. Cracking as usual, links vids have also been really good on a banter level too 👏👍💪

[@jamesl5352]

Hip rotation was something I worked on for a while. When I started golfing my wrists were very inconsistent.

[@loutennant99]

Oh. And. Took a while to get out here to Dubai. But great T-shirt!! It’ll be displayed in Oz with Sri Lanka and Pakistan and New Zealand teams all bound to ask about it 😂😂😂

[@donnywilcox3963]

I do these drills alot at home ..because I can't get to the golf course as much as I would like ....Mark there is a short par 5 on my home course that if you hit the fairway in position to go for the green in two one almost always has a lie where the ball is above your feet (for right handed player) and slightly uphill and as much as I have tried to practice this I almost always pull this shot a couple yards left of the green ....I struggled catching this shot thick/fat as well sorted that out but can't seem to fix the pull ....and it's killing me because I am usually when I hit a decent drive around 140-165 out which should mean I get on in two alot more ....but because of the sidehill lie that causes the ball be above my feet I only hit it about 30 % of the time and I would like to improve that %

[@garysmith6994]

Very good stuff

[@adamstubbs4376]

Great vid. Quick question though you have constantly said takeaway "planes/paths" make no difference to downswing path/plane (you can hit out to in with a flat swing plane), so why would you advise a neutral takeaway? My backswing is "flat", but gives me consistently better results that a high/neutral backswing.

[@MarkCrossfield]

I explain this in the video?

[@adamstubbs4376]

@@MarkCrossfield You explain about practicing different takeaways but is it worth forcing a takeaway that doesn't feel natural if it's more the correct/neutral option?

[@MarkCrossfield]

Adam Stubbs no corrects remember only functional. Think of this as a building idea. 👍

[@ajaytuk7416]

Used to until I understood what the 1st checkpoint ( a la Jim Maclean) was- Once I had a feel for where that was I never worried how I got there-- other than the pace/tempo

[@ajaytuk7416]

I think its a Butch Harmon thing as well- I saw an interview with Ricky Fowler where after a disastrous DNQ he had him hitting ( I mean duffing his shots :-) ) starting the swing from the 1st checkpoint

[@VacantCard]

Would you say it's similar to a putting stroke?

[@Stu412t]

Lack of flexibility is my main issue. So if your fit, I would say improve your flexibility and core strength.

[@anthonyobrien1540]

Very well explained. Wet TS3 bruh 😥

[@rickj1969]

no mention of a chinese takeaway ?, great stuff very imformative and helpfull :) x

[@jonathonturton9334]

Quality

[@jpxst180s6]

Hands in , club head out , angle head head slightly to the right and keep it back behind the ball, and then commit 110 % 😃

[@shaggy4344]

I've worked on it over and over and had lesson after lesson the problem was 3 different pro's tried teaching perfect and I've suffered too many serious injuries for that.3 years later my swing is an absolute shambles and I'm hundreds of pounds out of pocket

[@brianmccool9728]

Disconnect my arms from the rest of my body (clubhead behind very early). Work on keeping elbows facing each other as long as possible.

[@drewy99999]

Camera is siiik braaa

[@jonathanragan1069]

been trying not to come away from the ball to far inside the "plane"

[@neutrino61]

as you said: don't do these drills on the tee-box. On the course you wanna play, don't get lost in technical stuff

[@alfiepar722]

👍

[@storysiblings4670]

I've been trying to get the feeling that you cannot see the logo on my glove.

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

It doesn't matter what you do in the backswing.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Defo impact rules but always remember there are lots of tools that can influence impact for a golfer. Finding your triggers is the key. 👍👍

[@mcfly2727]

Ah...the takeaway...Chinese Indian or Fish & Chips? 😂👍👍👍🔔

[@Lukethomas24]

✅🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️

[@lej2str]

Now I know why there is slow play. Golf youtubers standing on the tee box and shooting their videos. But in all seriousness, why are you the only one on the course?

[@MarkCrossfield]

Because we are on that hole 1.5 hours before play reaches it.