This 5 Minute Video will CHANGE YOUR (GOLF) LIFE

[@nreid4486]

Directing the energy/force downward behind the ball sure has made a difference in accuracy, timing, distance and compression on the ball Greg! I’m really focused on a spot behind the ball and ignoring the ball completely. Truly remarkable man! Between you and 2 other dudes on KZbin have made my swing truly effortless now. Can’t wait for spring!

[@larrysullivan8890]

@N Reid.....focusing on only the back of the ball seems like a great idea. I'm going to try that. Just trying to visualize it while typing this shows me that I HAVE to deliver the club in a circular motion if my focus in on the back

[@Lje7]

Was doing this exact thing during my round and shot the best round pretty effortlessly. Not just with driver but irons too

[@jamiesloan7259]

You nailed this. Too many people imagine swinging the club “back n forth”, in a straight line(which is the target line). This causes many issues…. Over the top, swing too steep, early extension, etc. The golf swing IS NOT a straight up n down pendulum swing. The arc should be significantly “flatter” that what most people imagine. That’s why there are a million videos about “shallowing” the shaft. lol

[@al1356]

Hmm I wonder if this why Finau and Bradley flatten the arc so much. Maybe it has to do with how you control your body movements to match the angle of the club and keep it on that angle throughout the swing

[@HenryLiaw]

Well said. Make a huge difference.

[@HenryLiaw]

Thank you so much for this video! It helped me correct my swing fault, and I wish I had known this technique years ago. Your guidance made a huge difference-thanks again for the valuable help! Subscribed.

[@CharlesRDoral]

Genius, as always!!

[@williamford4371]

You are correct sir! What I didn't figure out until recently was that the other key is shown at 4:14. On the way back to the ball, your first move is to bump the left hip , then your left knee straightens causing your left hip to turn left and back aided by the right knee bending toward your left toe. Once I put the together, I'm playing the best golf of my life! Thanks for all your help!

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

You've got all the pieces but they're in slightly the wrong order but as long as it's working, go with it.

[@danagordon8871]

Hey man, long time no talk, but once again you have hit the nail on the head. This angle of video clearly shows what you are talking about.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Thanks. I've been working on getting the website up and running. It should be open next week!

[@loganjordan9752]

Accidentally discovered this through a sand shot yesterday where I had to swing "overhanded" . Smoothest swing i ever felt in my life and reminded me of my old pretty baseball swing. Unfortunately was on the 2nd to last hole but I pured my next shot on a par 3 20 yards past the green dead center over flag. Truly felt like the holy grail yesterday and immediately had to look up what felt like to me as an over hand swing. Felt like finding an old friend in that swing...thanks so much for the video because at first I thought it sounded crazy until thinking about it more and I was convinced it just changed everything

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I'm always surprised at how many people seem to actually get angry at me because they either don't understand what I'm saying or they don't agree. Play well!

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I got to thinking about your post. I have a question. You said you felt like you swung "overhanded," so my question is, did you go to youtube and search "overhand golf" just wondering if there was something out there, or had you heard of my channel before?

[@loganjordan9752]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf I searched overhanded golf on KZbin after I felt the sensation...it was the only way that I could conceptualize what I had just done because it truly felt like my swing. I thought about it quite a bit afterwards, and it kept logically making more sense and why it was the correct way to swing..I think I showed my girlfriend this chopping motion 100 times like you're just hitting a baseball off a tee (she thinks I'm crazy now), but changing the arc. quickly realized I was bringing the bottom of the arc back to my right heel in the underhand swing and compensating by falling forward...overhand the bottom of the arc always stays on the ball and I can load everything and swing with no fear. Laughed a lot because I felt like golf instantly became easy, I just had to think about the swing differently. So I searched to see if anyone had felt the same thing.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

@@loganjordan9752 I have advocated for years that simply thinking of the swing differently. Once you understand it's an overhand motion it's easy. Also, you have to swing in the proper direction.

[@rickwilliams6922]

If you watch the pitcher in the video 2:22, he has an over the top throw leading with the shoulder, perfect for a big slice.

[@thatwilldonicely1314]

A fascinating demonstration thanks, thats something im going to think about, !

[@NonnyStrikes]

The day I understood your swing... I started keeping my lead arm completely straight and tried multiple ways to use my right arm/hand to swing the club. That's when it all started clicking. Took a while to break bad habits, but I'm there and playing some fun golf. It's nice going to expensive golf courses and having a blast with it, instead of being nervous and frustrated like many times before. Keep the videos coming. I know you love doing it, and you're helping the people that truly invest their brain into learning the game.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Yes, playing a good course and knowing you can play it, is a great feeling.

[@Murf1802]

Nice job explaining the swing, always go back to Hogen and the plane of glass going thru my upper body, I try to keep my arms on that plane of glass how ever you wanna get your arms back and then to the downswing, some have less minupulation at contact then others , but everyone has there own swing, but totally agree with your explanations of the driver swing, now I have to just keep that feel planted in my thick head lol ! I'm all about feels and forces in the swing, I believe positions in the golf swing will ruin you ! it all happens naturally when you do things correctly before you make contact with the ball !

[@jonwgee]

I found an old Cobra Long Tom driver this summer. It's 48" long. You HAVE TO swing that thing around, not up an down. Great training aid....

[@ilkernyc]

I’ve watched almost all of your videos. You helped me perceive golf swing in a different way. However, I have trouble executing overhand swing with irons. I would appreciate if you can demonstrate your approach with irons. Thank you so much!

[@neilyeomans7767]

I also find the swing more difficult to achieve with an iron when trying to swing like a pitch

[@bbyblue03]

No pro, but as you change clubs do you have /you watched how each has their own plane? (Ie flat to vertical) the swing is the same, the plane slightly changes. You’ll never swing a vertical driver or a flat sw.

[@Wiz51]

Correct. Nice video, bud. Historically, I’ve had a problem of being too shallow. I’ll be the first to admit I’ve shanked an iron from right there on the range onto the first fairway lol

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Oddly, only people with good swings tend to shank the ball occasionally. The shank you're talking about is just a 1/8th of an inch too far toward the hosel. All you have to do is address the ball on the toe and imagine you're going to strike it there. George Knudsen advocated for every club to be addressed off the toe because the arms stretch slightly when swinging the club at full speed.

[@neilyeomans7767]

You explain this so well! On have only just got the feel of the swing feeling like a pitch or a tennis shot and it has improved my game hugely and you have nailed it in this video on how it should feel!

[@AndyWard-z3b]

I like your videos because of your focus on intentions that are useful when learning the proper movement to swing a golf club. Problem is I've watched videos that say the swing is an overhand throw, an underhand throw, like skimming a stone, swinging an axe or throwing a hammer. It is none of these things. It's a separate skill. It's a golf swing.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Thank you. The thing is the golf swing is like a few of the things you mentioned but not directly. There are compensations that need to be made like skipping a stone - that motion will work but not if you do it toward the target. A stone and a 4 foot long lever are never going to react the same and assume they would is just silly, which is why it doesn't work when people try it.

[@tdgolfsubpar]

I noticed that you posted comments on Milo Lines Golf. Milo seems to talk about a lot of complicated positions, wrist positions, squatting, sequencing, unloading, etc. You take a much simpler approach. Milo is a great teacher as are you. I think it would be helpful to see you explain in a video how Milo’s swing and teachings are similar to yours. Or not.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I believe that simply having the proper intent will create those positions that everyone is advocating.

[@kylepruett3811]

So to mix the clock and baseball analogy would it be correct to assume that if the target is 12 o’clock, the camera is at 6 o’clock, you’re standing on the mound at 9 o’clock and home plate is at 3 o’clock and your throwing toward home plate? From the down the line prospective.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I can't figure out your clock ... I've started using a compass instead. South being downward or the direction my shaft points at address. Now if I swing my club toward south, when the clubhead gets to the ball or due south, it's actually moving west from the caddy view. The golf swing is a huge foul ball to left field. kzbin.infomJ2VSUIZFLU?feature=share

[@12piecebucket]

Who is that pitcher….that video is FANTASTIC

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I have no idea. I just searched for submarine pitcher and that's what I found.

[@definitiveenergy1878]

Morning, bro, hope you're staying healthy! Yep, revisiting this for the 5th or 20th time, honestly lost count.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

There's more and better stuff on the website - OverhandGolf.com

[@moonlightmelodrama]

A very useful reminder. That merry-go-round is a better base concept than ferris wheel.

[@atxbowlingcoach]

That's great stuff

[@jeremygarza566]

When you swing with the driver. I know I’m suppose to swing at the target line. But do I swing at a specific spot on my target line? Like at the middle of my stance to catch the ball on the upswing?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Yes. Depending on the method you're using, swinging the clubhead to 7:15 or the shaft downward.

[@trebor5760]

Thanks. But is this the same thing when you are tall and have been given longer upright clubs?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Yes! The golf club must be swung on a diagonal path. That's how it's designed to work.

[@tejanochris]

On my backswing, I aim for the middle of the back of my neck. The great Moe Norman mentions it. I tried it and it works. My swing greatly improved. No slice or hooks.

[@larrysullivan8890]

@tejanochris...do you meant the shaft is parallel to the back of the neck ? Thanmks

[@tejanochris]

@@larrysullivan8890 Yes. As I go back on my swing I try to aim for the middle of the back of my neck. For some reason it evens out the downswing. I tried it several weeks ago at the course and was shocked at how well it works. Hope it works out for you.

[@WaldorfStatler]

The issue with ”straight lead arm” would be reason for me,63YO to finish golf. Because there’s no way I could do it, but it works pretty fine anyway🤠

[@oceanyt8]

Good sharing. What about iron ?

[@kierandoherty4255]

I played today using this video in mind with driver and I tried it with irons and I found it worked well on both and to add I've been watching you tube golf swing videos for years and if it works for you great stuff..😊

[@oceanyt8]

@@kierandoherty4255 Thanks mate, will try out later.

[@justnews9738]

I don’t have a problem with driver. But boy you’re in great physical shape 👍

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Thank you. I had my body fat measured yesterday and it came back at 8.2%. I don't think that's right. We're going to test it again in a few days.

[@dry509]

I have problems popping it up or slicing it and lack of distance regardless of whose swing technique I use. I don’t get the overhand throw?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

This is not a joke, try hitting the ball as far right as you can. Try to swing the club through impact with an open clubface that would glance the inside of the ball. It can't be done at full speed. As I talk about here, the club has to approach from the inside, only meeting the target line at impact. High right shots are a result of trying to move the clubhead down the target line.

[@dry509]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf Ok, thanks.

[@MrSpanky2001]

This may be the best damn advise I've ever heard.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I hear that a lot. Everyone is always trying to fix the symptoms of problems instead of fixing the actual problem that caused it.

[@maxwellpark3016]

Makes sense

[@paddyjordan703]

Nice video! Do you flare out your left foot? I think people do that to protect the left knee. But I’m having trouble with my ankle. It’s the end of the season and I haven’t tested it out yet. Have you had any experience with students that are having trouble with there ankle?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I don't know of anyone with ankle problems. What I see too often is the back foot flared out too much which make it hard to turn through properly. I prefer the back foot to be square to the target line. I'm putting out another video in a day or so that I think will help you. Stay tuned.

[@stevestevens6811]

What about guys like Moe Norman and Justin Thomas?? Much more vertical/lateral. Why are they able to get away with it?? Love your videos btw! Been a fan for years :)

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I'll agree that Justin does, but it's not like what I'm talking about here. Justin's truly swinging the club on plane but just a bit upright. What I'm talking about here is when people try to make their clubhead move in a vertical manner or plane that the shaft is no where near. It's a big conical. They're basically trying to make a vertical circle with the clubhead while the handle stays fairly static. There's very little energy transferred to the ball and well, it's just a horrible idea and the simple reason so many people are so bad at golf.

[@stevestevens6811]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf ohhh I understand! Thanks for clarifying! People get extremely flippy/scoopy with their hands thus disrupting the natural/necessary arc of the club as a whole! Makes sense. Looking forward to your next video! I've never missed one :)

[@alexandranoble6345]

Brilliant

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Thank you.

[@leesmith5288]

This guy is intense

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Isn't that a line from "Repo Man?" I think Harry Dean Stanton said it.

[@Eqnotalent]

Is that your full swing at the beginning? Or warmup swing?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Actually, I think that was the very first swing of the day. I was supposed to meet a student that day but he went to the wrong place so I decided to shoot some video. I only had a small bucket and I see they're all still there. I did get warmed up and looser ... The swings at the beginning and end of this video are when I was warmed up and loose. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYbdi5SAbp5kbK8 I'm not quite as flexible as I used to be. I'm working on it though.

[@carlchappell6383]

You look pretty supple to me all the time, brilliant relatable content as always,

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

@@carlchappell6383 I got a lot looser after a few swings.

[@strongisland7015]

Yea I love this, I’m way too steep and I hate it. Any tips on getting shallow? Or what feels you do to stay shallow

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Sure, as I've said in other videos the swing is actually flat or horizontal. The only reason it meets the ball that we've bent over slightly. Start by making what feels like a flat and level to the ground baseball swing and slowly bend over until the club brushes the ground.

[@Slim-r2h]

Think of it like hitting a baseball off of a tee. Teeball!

[@mattsmith817]

This is exactly why I feel I can’t hit my driver. It feels to long and when I hit it I put so much spin on it that it always slices horribly about 100yards out. I can hit my irons straight because my swing path is more over the ball.

[@Jackybug]

I notice you swing under Hogan’s plane. How do you handle the backswing to wind up in the right position at the top?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

The position at the top is determined by your intention to swing. Also, the more I think about it I think the swing plane idea is a detriment to the average golfer. After they learn about it they attempt to swing on it, as they think they should and their swing gets worse. Watch Jon Rahm and notice he couldn't care less about a swing plane. Golf is about learning to hit and control the ball. There are no awards for having the most beautiful or technically perfect golf swing. The ball is all that matters but we have to learn to use the golf club properly in order to navigate the ball through the course. Hogan illustrated the swing plane as a plane of glass in order to show that if you break the plane you'd break the glass. The whole idea is to stay under the plane.

[@Simeon-the-Magnificent]

Can I pinch that line " the ball has to go straight it's what the clubs designed to do" and then I OB

[@daniellesoulard5215]

Can you do that left-handed with a 4 iron from a bare lie? Hmm maybe not :)

[@dry509]

The examples look like they are throwing side arm instead of overhand?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Look at the tilt of the shoulders of the pitcher. His shoulders are vertical and his hand throws the ball from above the shoulder, so it's an overhand throw although it looks sidearm.

[@dry509]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf Gotcha. Thanks.

[@neilyeomans7767]

Why can I feel this swing with my driver but struggle feeling it with my irons?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Because the irons are shorter but as long as you understand the concept your irons will work just fine.

[@arielluna4399]

👏👍

[@WorldwidebirdiesGC]

Looks like a 39inch driver lol

[@LeeCharles90]

If this isn’t differ I’m reporting it lol….. golfing for my country for 20 years lol

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Can you rephrase that so I can understand and answer?

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Golf is NOT easy! Just watch the pros on tour - the elites of the game - struggle at times! Like taking a double bogey 7 on a supposedly easy par 5! It happens all the time.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

You're right the game of golf is not easy ... Hitting a golf ball is easy though.

[@LeeCharles90]

Give me two seconds. Ground force pushing up ( legs and back)while hands and shoulders swing against it. That’s it …… I call it whip power…… one force acting against another to create a powerful force

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Yes. Force can’t be directed unless there’s resistance. Otherwise you’re just waving the club around in the air.

[@petercoventry7653]

No offense. But I agree the the previous comment. This for most people will be a band aid that will not work under pressure. Most amateur golfers have faults in there swings, this kind of tip does not help. My advice to anyone looking to improve there game should seek help from a good teaching professional the fundamentals of a golf swing are far more important than gimmick videos like this . To improve you have to do the right things and work hard at it. Sorry but that's the hard truth

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

That simply isn't true - you do not "have to work hard at it," to play golf well. YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO USE THE TOOL PROPERLY and literally no one does. The golf club is like magic when used properly and becomes an evil spiteful snake when used improperly. If what you say is true how can a 5 year old kid pick up a club for the first time and have a great swing in 15 minutes? Did he/she "work really hard" in that 15 minutes? No, of course not. The child has no "superficial knowledge" that an adult has so they let the club teach them, whereas adults spend their whole life trying to teach the golf club to do what they think it should - and it refuses every time.

[@JohnStrandt]

Wut?

[@terrybryant5305]

Average to less golfers can't follow this Your info cannot help most golfers. A shaft that fits the swing is better advice. Move the ball forward and hit it on the up swing is much better advice than you talking in Greek, which is what most golfers heard from this video

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

The golf swing is actually so simple it's almost unbelievable for most people. Yet they're amazed when a 5 year old kid does it perfectly.

[@davenorby8161]

You have spent the majority of the video telling someone how not to hit the ball incorrectly thereby reinforcing their bad habits. Do not despair, most instructors do likewise, especially on KZbin. All you need to say is that the majority of golfers are doing it wrong so here is the correct way. Then show them only the correct way. Sports psychology 101. I would challenge you to take ten golfers that request help and tell them the same as this video. Then take another ten golfers and tell them only how to hit it correctly and I will guarantee the results of the second group will be much better.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I totally agree! That's the way my videos were designed originally but I had to change because too many people were getting inspired and would watch and then immediately go out and swing a club ... therefore leaving KZbin, so when KZbin started tracking this they refused to promote my videos. When I started the channel I had 144k views per day but after they new algorithm and the demotion I went down to 1500/day. So, after doing some research about how and why it happened I had to try something a bit different. Also, I moved the most popular and truly inspiring videos to my website and now my youtube views have gone up. All youtube cares about is that you continue watching youtube. I was purposely trying to inspire people to go and try what I was advocating but oddly that came back to bite me in a @$$. I do think it's important for people to understand that they're not doing whatever on purpose but rather x or y, which they believe they need to do, and physics, is actually causing it.

[@m3toz4]

Delusional is real😅

[@johnathanwetherill456]

How do I get my 5 minutes wasted watching this video back. You don't say. Only 2 million videos on you tube already worked that out.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I would suggest taking a course in English. That first sentence -- which is actually a question -- is an atrocity.

[@Sammy-nw3zk]

Why don’t you list ten of them for us? I’d give you points for originality, but 2 million people have already used the “X minutes of wasted time” idea.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

@@Sammy-nw3zk List ten of what?

[@Glidedon]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf Sammy's talking to Johnathan

[@Samantha-cw1ci]

@Overhand Golf was talking to Johnathan while displaying my lack of You Tube "comment response" abilities. Sorry for the mistrake. I unusually don't make money of them.

[@thomasfraser9072]

Hi Overhandgolf love your analysis of the golf swing. However the real golf swing is angular momentum. It is the simultaneous swinging of your club in a linear direction combined with a rotational direction. Like love and marriage; you can’t have lineal direction without rotational direction in a real golf swing. Separating the two distinct directions from the other is why most of the golfer in the world are at best boggy golfers. To achieve this essential complex diagonal swing simply know that your swing centered circle is anchored on your the grip of your club by your trail little finger. The Trail Little Finger is the only part of your body that your brains can sense the weight of your club head consistently traveling on it’s slanted circular path directly to and through the ball Swinging your club back and forth with your trail little finger will fold and unfold your body and direct both your body and your club head to achieve the real golf swing of angular momentum. Hope you give it a try. And remember you heard this first from me. Cheers ⛳️👍😃🥂

[@Ulster2]

Interesting. I learned my golf from. U.K. magazine series by an amateur golfer. It was essentially about how the hands controlled the whole swing. On the downswing he advocated the feel of the little finger as all you require to swing on plane and have an automatic release.

[@Shadow-zq7dq]

If you see a title that says “it’s easy”, don’t waste your time on it.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Golf is easy. Everyone thinks it's hard because they're all trying to do the wrong thing and no one knows it.

[@etalors9830]

Pointless video.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I'm not trying to insult you in any way but I've recently learned of an interesting complex known as "selection attention." Basically, it's when a person literally cannot hear the message being conveyed because they're completely unfamiliar with it so they immediately dismiss it without actually listening. So rather than thinking, "this is new," and listening to the message they're unconsciously saying to themselves, "nope, don't agree, what a bunch of hooey ..." My ideas are quite unique and new to many viewers so I get this response quite often. If I engage the person they usually come around and agree but it takes time.

[@dennisobrycki4029]

Obviously not for you - Don't watch !

[@deeser286]

Zzzzzzzz.....