This is Why You Can’t Hit Driver-Stop Doing It Now

[@chadp8164]

i have watched soooo many videos on helping with my driver and this one is my favorite overall. well done!

[@Nigel999]

At last, a well explained step by step process on how to get that Driver working for you 😊 I’m going to try this on the range today.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙌

[@lewisblainsport]

I've been slowly getting back into golf over the last eight or so weeks and driver has been the most inconsistent/difficult to conquer. However, I watched this last night before heading to the range this morning, and I hit my two longest-ever drives - 300 carry and arrow straight. Mind-blowing difference from the usual snap hooks. Thank you, Chris.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Wow that’s awesome! Really glad it helped

[@bomalmsjo1050]

Wow, can't wait to test it my self!

[@Socks-q9b]

Another awesome lesson, thank you Chris. After all these years I’ve been watching you as the only coach that’s got an old fella down to single figures and on hols from NZ in the Bristol area visiting rellies and friends, I would have loved to have met you and had a lesson, alas not enough time … according to the wife! 😒 Keep up the great work. Cheers Socks

[@jasehigh2746]

Thanks for that,getting back to it after big time out,,just bought myself macgregor vmax,such a lovely club,,so forgiving for someone like myself,I would dread getting my driver out,this has given me a sense of “ can do this “, your drills in this vid are great shall set myself up. Thanks ✌️

[@pghomemovies]

Thank you so much for describing the role of the arms in the golf swing. I’ve been doing it all wrong! I’ve used your drills and I now swing the golf club with more club head speed and accuracy. 👍

[@digitalshapes9501]

Chris I really like your fantastically simple way of describing what the arms should do ti get to the perfect top of backswing and downswing.

[@marcusgeorge1825]

Hi Chris, this is gold (a bit like how well Australia are currently doing at the Olympics!). As it’s as simple as working out the population vs gold numbers where we are easily on top, just like this simple exercise. Love it, thank you, as I’ve just paused the video and tried it on my mini range.

[@cadger10]

Another great video!! You should do a video on keeping the lead arm straight throughout the swing. I recently discovered how that helps getting solid contact!

[@nycabilifeisgreat9768]

Chris…GREAT DEMONSTRATION! As usual, your very deliberate and thoughtful demo’s cover an aspect of the golf swing that explains things in a way that Golfers, new 2 the game or low handicapper’s can understand ! Thanks !

[@mtborn773]

Thanks Chris. I have been fighting the over the top swing off and on for years. I think I finally see what I have been doing. Look forward to practicing these moves and hitting the links this weekend!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hope it helps

[@Hgjdoa682]

Best golf educator! Will go and implement this. First video where i see downswing explained well. Thank you. ❤

[@dj-flights7376]

Chris, could you please show what the arms/hands do through and after impact like you show at 11:58 , without moving the body at all? Feeling that without body movement might help a lot of people if you can, thanks! Great video as usual.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

I can, I’ll try and film another video on this

[@weeronnie100]

Fantastic Chris been teaching my mate this he slices really bad weak left to right shots he's now smashing it down the middle with a baby draw unreal the difference thanks big man 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Love that! He owes you a beer 🍺

[@weeronnie100]

@@ChrisRyanGolf 😂😂

[@jeffpowers6861]

Great lesson! Tx C. Most ams I know have either no feel or the wrong feel. I use the Leslie King lessons to teach them how to blend the arms swinging with body rotation.

[@bh5606]

Good one, especially downswing with arms drill.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙌

[@redgreen01]

An excellent example of what a swing should be without the usual 10+ things of what not to do by focusing on what should be done. Great job.

[@hbrown9944]

Great video Chris! When I start to lose control of my driver it is always one of these key points!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hope this helps

[@larryschultz8076]

Thank you Chris Ryan!

[@SheriPascual]

I love all of your lessons!

[@kylen4770]

That was a terrific breakdown. A nice approach that helped me clean up my backswing. Thank you for that.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks for watching

[@TjaTLehtinen]

Excellent video and perfectly explained lesson! Thanks!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks

[@shaunwilliams4231]

I'll try it!!!!! Should I drag the club back on the ground on the backswing?

[@lenardtan7169]

Great video drill tips

[@deantennant913]

This is good.. easy to understand and apply.. sometimes we need the basics to reset

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙌

[@RMuggs]

Great video … thank you 👍🏼⛳️⛳️

[@jackal1776]

I love your drills they seem so much less complicated then a lot of other videos I’ve watched. Except now I look a bit more foolish at the course at set up 😅

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

😂but feels less foolish walking down the middle of the fairway to your ball 😁

[@dianabrunton9972]

This is really really good. Really easy to follow and at the right pace. Can you do another with irons and woods?

[@zporteso3493]

Its the same with irons and woods, you just change ball position and spine position

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks so much, and yes will look to film that soon

[@coreystephens4029]

Tried this out last night at the range with amazing results. Not sure why this lesson is aimed at driver though? It works great for irons too!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Awesome! Love that glad it helped

[@edwardbrown6245]

Absolutely amazing video Chris …very well done.. please do it with a 7 iron.. it would help a thousand people and me..thanks

[@zporteso3493]

It's the same. Just different ball position and spine position

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Ed and will do

[@michalgoetz1338]

Chris, I think it's also so hard because the body position at impact is different than the body position at set up, thus the hands can't do exactly the same move in reverse which we did on the backswing, but a slightly different motion. If it was the reverse of the same move, It would be much easier because it would be easier to practice. But since the correct movement has to be tailored to the position at impact, then we are actually rehearsing the wrong hand movement relative to the correct execution with every wrong body position in an attempt to hit the ball.

[@puneetgupta7705]

Awesome a perfect lesson on driver

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks hope it helps

[@MrBleedk]

Thx Ryan, does this also apply to irons? especially the part of the backswing shoulders above the stick near right foot?

[@Horty44]

I cannot for the life of me remove that fear of hitting my driver from the tee box. I only use irons. Ill have to give this a shot.

[@go4jackson]

You can do it! Fluidity and tempo over power and speed!

[@Socks-q9b]

@@go4jacksonstart slow small strokes on the driving range, build the confidence and the let rip!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hope it helps, confidence it such a huge part of driver

[@chriss2412]

Ive been the same way for the past 4 months, all of a sudden it’s nothing but duck hooks 😔 I need to figure it out because my irons and wedges are dialed in, but losing a lot of strokes only hitting 200 yards out of the tee box using my 6 iron

[@terrancea.thornton7654]

Work on visualization drills, tempo and rhythm. When you pick a target with driver, it’s usually a long way. Try to trace the path that you envision back to a intermediate target that’s a few feet away on the line of your path… Hope this helps…

[@timtrent2426]

Chris again love youor stuff you area great communicator. I would love to see some instruction on aim..NO NO not with sticks and thiings but rather aiming right to a target or left toa target, Doesn't sound hard but it is

[@Chris_Traynor]

The pep talk I needed -I think!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hope it helps 🙌

[@derekblankenship6079]

The arrow behind you drill looks like what Billy Horschel does on the teebox before he hits driver. Always thought it looked odd for a pro lol but they certainly arent immune either haha

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Never considered that but yeah, I actually saw him over the weekend doing exactly that.

[@donnieshort6166]

How far back do you set the alignment sticks from the ball and your stance? I have this very problem and would love to fix it. Thanks!!

[@davesabine9912]

The key seems to be the “blend” in the downswing but is there a drill for just the arm path without the body? Seems to be the missing link

[@dichotomous692]

nice one

[@papashuk26]

Great stuff! If I recall from your old videos, it looks like you have really slimmed down! Has this helped you game?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Lost a little weight, not lots and don’t thinks it’s had much of an impact, I’ve been doing some swing work too which has definitely helped

[@papashuk26]

@@ChrisRyanGolf 👍

[@danmurray9480]

It would be nice if we knew what angle the alignment sticks are at and where do you exactly place them for the drill.

[@brianhoward6283]

Very good tuition using a driver

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙌

[@phe9238]

Super

[@bomalmsjo1050]

I assume that I could transfer this drill to the irons as well...?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Yes absolutely

[@Chrisca44]

step 2 backswing practice is impossible to keep my arm straight while pointing backwards

[@Rugras.]

You're right. I should stop hitting driver.

[@jonrandolph1045]

God I wish I could get an actual lesson from you I have speed and a decent swing but can’t hit my driver as far as I should with my swing speed it’s so frustrating

[@jonrandolph1045]

Can I pay you to send you videos and have you tell me what’s wrong and how to fix it

[@tohmsono5081]

Rory"s arms do nothing as well at the start of downswing, but they do not go out when they start, they stay on path. you should clarify those things and be acurate in your explanations at least

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Rory’s stay ‘on path’ what do you mean by path? Are you also sure that Rory’s arms do nothing?

[@jasongraham5648]

Your socks make you look like you’re getting ready to retire in Florida.

[@gregzikan9463]

I like your bull$#

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

😂

[@CharlieAX]

Where can I buy the shirt ? Like the logo on your left chest

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

This is a GFore top, but the logo’s are slightly different to what you can purchase through retail I’m afraid