This TINY Move Will Change Your BALL Striking FOREVER

[@cgvagf]

Dissecting the golf swing takes a keen eye, and you have it. Most people just want quick fixes, but the golf swing, if perfected, takes all the components of the body to be in sync, and the mind plays a key role as well, which if learned, can all become mostly subconscious in effort. LOVE the content!!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks so much and yep certainly a complex movement, probably why it’s such a hard game

[@thomasadomaitis2195]

Fabulous advice as always, Chris. Don’t pay any attention to those naysayers. You are a great teacher with the uncommon ability to explain complex details in the easiest of terms. Thank you again for enlightening us.

[@Bill-uo6cm]

It is always a pleasure to listen to Chris speak. If he ever gets tired of teaching golf, he can always teach public speaking, I am sure. He's a very smart guy who knows golf and knows how to communicate. His videos are always informative and he makes every word count - never any empty babbling from this man. Since I have learned so much about the game of golf from his videos, I felt I had to take a brief moment to recommend Chris Ryan to anyone not familiar with his videos. That's all.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Wow thanks Bill 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@patrickmccahill6773]

In Chris Ryan we trust!!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Patrick 🙏🏻

[@maxwired2235]

One of your best videos, and you are spot on! From an engineering perspective it’s called parametric acceleration. The negative comments probably come from people not understanding gravity, centrifugal and centripetal forces in the golf swing. Players need to understand the importance of stance and posture along with no tension to allow this acceleration and these forces to happen in the golf swing. Love your content!

[@CraigHofer1]

The difference (for me) between doing what you say in this video is 135 yard 7-iron (without doing it) and a 160 yard 7-iron (by doing it). It fixes early extension too as you point out. Thanks for explaining the concept so well.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Wow! Pretty big change right there!

[@jeffberger7890]

Chris, the problem I have is timing the transition from hands low at last parallel to pushing up with legs through impact. I either stay low too long and hit the ball fat, or push up too early and hit the ball thin.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hey Jeff, yeah I’d say that’s probably the most difficult part of this, too early or late and the strike won’t be there. If the movement is good then it’s just reps and practice

[@kj475]

As is the case with any sport, timing is one of the most critical skills.

[@justaguy8976]

Really intelligent analysis. I think some look for answers to be complex and this sounds too simple. I love it and I’m about to go try it at the range right now.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hope it helps

[@rayk1411]

First time it's been explained so explicitly for me. I think is one key element that I've been missing while re-tooling my swing. It should lead to greater club head speed as per your demonstration at the beginning of the video. Thank you!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

It really should, hope it does too Ray

[@77bovi]

Forget the naysayers but thankful for them because that's why you made this video. This whole concept lead to a big improvement in my swing when I discovered it last year. Went away from it because I'm a constant tinkerer but in some ways elements of it are still in my swing. This concept also breaks down how getting hips open is not simply trying to open them as fast as possible. The club arms etc need to be in sync with the pivot. Get the hands down to the right leg then you can almost turn that hip up and "open" as fast as you want by standing up on the left leg.

[@TomSawyer42i]

i havent played for 12 years and started 4 weeks ago again. watched hours of youtube videos and hours at the range. couldnt hit my irons at all until i stumbled onto Chris's channel. saw the one where he pulled the club on the ground by the handle. it changed everything. tx Chris. i owe you.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks and really glad that video helped 🙏🏻

[@MichaelCohen-s9v]

Great video Chris and well explained. I wouldn’t pay any attention to the naysayers. That lowering n the downswing is something I will try to do. Thanks.

[@virtualbown]

The people who dont understand this probably don't hit the ball far and accurate. This is part of the 'whip' and how to hit the ball far. Chris, isn't the handle not only moving up but also in (around to the left for a righty)?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Exactly, great word too, this really does create that whip down at impact

[@malcolmglover3080]

Very well explained

[@cpamerleau]

totally in relation with your video on the "under water drill" which was for me the missing link to improve my ball stricking...and if before the stricking hands are returning lower than the original position, it is almost impossible to come from over the top. Thank you so much Chris, again highly pedagogical stuff here!!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Love this, glad that video helped

[@lrwebb869]

Under water drill? Which one is that?

[@cpamerleau]

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[@ianbeardsall4633]

I’ve just come back from the range trying this feeling of pushing the hands lower into the ball then going upwards. Combined with your other drill ( getting the butt end going towards the tee peg in front of the ball) , I’m flushing it more often than I have since I was a lot younger :-) Thank you Chris 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Love this Ian, glad it has helped 🙏🏻

[@vernonalexander2666]

This makes sense. Thank you for the detailed explanation of the situation.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Vernon

[@RaysRacing1]

I love this stuff. People have been saying "the golf swing is not a base ball swing" since before I was alive! And YET, it is so similar that the argument is losing ground. Technique, yes, different but length of bat, yes, different but the mechanics the theory (small mouth) the same. The most speed generated is from pulling the bat away from the ball. Anyways, thanks for your content. You have helped me a bunch these last couple of weeks!

[@andycartergolf]

Nice one mate 🙌🏽

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks pal 🙏🏻

[@ald7688]

Very nice Chris, great lesson

[@ald7688]

@chrisryangold. Great fan

[@chrisbirch9383]

I think your videos are informative and easy to move to your practice sessions, there is no need to be negative and say nobody would do that, if you are able to dissect someone’s golf swing that much you obviously are already a pro or on tour so please post your videos so we can be as good.

[@sydn53]

This has not been highlighted prior to your vlogs Chris. Extremely interesting & effective form of extra power. 👍

[@oznurcakman9201]

Very valuable lesson, essence of golf swing . Thank you very much

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@lenardtan7169]

Well explain

[@Peter-df2ip]

Chris, I learn so much from videos - thanks!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Peter 🙏🏻

[@davidflinn7516]

great demonstration on how to get extension thru the swing and stop early extension

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks David

[@stevenhartman3267]

Perfect analogy of the swing. Thanks

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Steven

[@marcmarini8425]

Like your teachings , I subscribed.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks appreciate it 🙏🏻

[@dj-flights7376]

It's called Parametric Acceleration.

[@RMuggs]

Brilliant 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼⛳️

[@bowzerspowerz]

Solid advice for solid impact 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@rgrpncs]

Great Tips as always!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Michael 🙏🏻

[@MsRocketRoy]

Brilliant, again! Thanks.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Roy

[@johndunleavy6863]

Tell you what Ryan this video was perfectly ubderstandable due to the easy explanation you gave dont see why ppl gave you such negative feedback not only did you explain you physically showed what happens not your fault ppl gave it a go couldn't do it then thought nah it dont work well I've tried it on the range didnt always get it but when I did wow this is why we practice so big up to you keep up the great videos

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks John, in all fairness the original video was a very short 60 second video, hard to explain all the points in that short of time so hopefully this longer for vidoe gets seen by those who weren’t too sure

[@johndunleavy6863]

@@ChrisRyanGolf lets hope they watch it and learn i mean where would we be without you guys giving up your time to help us ???

[@johndunleavy6863]

Sorry Chris I called you Ryan my bad 😪

[@SeeEssPerez]

Good tip

[@robertshawnmitchell]

Hard to know without video if I'm doing it, but just hit a couple of balls into the net _feeling_ like I was, and the sound was very different, very flush. Thanks again for another great video!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Shawn and agreed almost impossible to know without filming the swing, and probably needs to be slow motion too in order to see it, but sounds like it’s helping which is great

[@daves1069]

Hi Chris Good video. Is it the same for the driver ? Dave

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hey Dave, yes would be the same with driver

[@royclose946]

Well done Chris 👏 😊

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Roy

[@leswoods3423]

Great advice Chris I'll certainly try this out when I'm next on the range 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Les

[@kevingreenwood1373]

I saw a CR vid with this wrist hinge change a few months ago & when I used it I got an instant speed and distance gain. From 130 / 140yds with 7iron I now usually hit 160/170yds and hope to be around 180 as my flow, tempo and rotation develops. There seems to be only a few other golf pro's highlighting this and the best example I saw referred to this as the "hitchiker" move - the thumb on the lead hand points up in the back swing (palm facing behind) and ends up pointing up after follow through (palm facing forward).

[@kevingreenwood1373]

My comment is not intended to sound negative toward CR. It was just the move being demonstarted inc an instructor and a pupil who was using this move for the 1st time.

[@waynecrossland7017]

Makes sence.. the handle of the club will be travelling up through impact if doing most other things correctly 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Spot on Wayne, and so many advantages when it does that 🙏🏻

[@michaelbredelin]

Your Demonstration is correct and reflects the law of parametric acceleration.

[@hydrogolfer]

Great video Chris. One question…to over exaggerate this drill I suppose it would be most logical to get the hands super low at the point of the right thigh (as opposed to moving around the hand low point [ie, lowest hands before the right thigh])?

[@marcusgeorge1825]

Thanks Chris. Makes perfect sense. 👍😎🇦🇺

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Marcus

[@moonlightmelodrama]

Brilliant

[@russellgarner3073]

Sound advice. Will try it at the range next time.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Russell

[@James-wi6qr]

Do you do this same movement for driver too?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Yes absolutely, maybe even more so too

[@James-wi6qr]

@@ChrisRyanGolf Thanks!

[@daryldesjardins]

Hello From Canada,,, Thank you for the very informative video. I think this is what I have somehow lost from the past. cheers !!!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Daryl

[@ralphwalker2353]

Are you saying that it is the rotation of the body from hands parallel with ground that projects the ball? Do the arms not swing as well?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Yes they do, the arms are swinging as well as the body moving

[@matthewlaw8268]

Takes a professional eye to break down the mechanics of the golf swing and you sir know what you are talking about!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@PC-pd7hl]

Please also tell us where is the point around which the shaft pivots - little finger of lead hand / where fingers of the 2 hands meet? Or somewhere else?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

It’s pretty close to where the hands meet, se between the two

[@TrEuDaT]

You are my favorite youtube instructor.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@timbartlett5179]

Ripping the ball with having the hands lower then UP UP and back and the club flushes every time. This rotation fad is bs unless you start at 10 years old. Chris Ryan is the man.

[@sheriff5909]

I wouldn't think there are many serious golfers on tiktok but then again, I am not on TikTok myself. Thanks for sharing Chris, great video as always

[@graemeross7536]

Great tip Chris, so many experts, don't know why they watch these videos.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Graeme 🙏🏻

[@dfcook]

Does shallowing at the top give the most effective position for this sort of movement?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

I don’t honk you need to shallow, but if you are excessively steep then that would make this much harder to do

[@lafawnduh1543]

Forward shaft lean is key to ball striking and adding distance but you have to trick your mind into actually doing it. Clay Ballard at Top Speed Golf well help you without overthinking your swing.

[@mattgude5810]

Great explanation! Ignore the haters😃

[@davidwatson9890]

Understood!

[@JDSFLA]

The concept that the handle must move from a lower position, and then move up is not new, so I don't know why so many people were objecting to this. I have seen it demonstrated with other KZbin instructors (like Russell Heritage), and it is essential for good ball striking and improved club head speed. Thanks for the video.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Chester, amazed at how the topic was received, agreed so important

[@jeffreymoss4257]

I am sorry that so many of your Tik Rok followers do not know about the golf swing. I can think of 2 or 3 You Tube coaches who promote the move you discuss (i.e. Steve Pratt and Danny Maude). I am aware of this move but have trouble consistently applying it, but your explanation has provided some hints that may help me. Thanks.

[@jpspencer1]

I enjoyed his theory of hitting a golf all.

[@williamreichert4798]

I have looked carefully at the swings ofJessica Korda, Tommy Fleetwood. and Xander Schauffele. At no time do these players lower their hands in the downswing to a point lower than where they are at address. It is true that after the hands pass the impact or address position , the hands rise while the club descends. This action virtually guarantees that you will have a great hip rotation and weight shift on the forwards foot.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hey William, tough one to respond to as only have a few lines of text. The hands may not seem lower, but I was referencing the grip end of the club, which I believe would be lower at some point with those players when hitting an iron, for some it’s very slight, maybe a cm or so, can be difficult to see but the data is there. You say that the hands do not get lower but they go up after impact whilst the club is going down, by definition this would mean that none of the players mentioned would be able to take a divot after the ball, but they all do, if the hands are going up and the club head is lower post impact it would only be possible to have a defending strike if there were less shaft lean at impact than address, and that isn’t the case. Just really difficult to see at full speed or even at slow speed 🙏🏻

[@williamreichert4798]

@@ChrisRyanGolf Yes. I get your point. That makes a lot of sense

[@rayrapp8929]

Chris, you don't know what your'e talking about...only kidding of course. Love the tutorial, you are the master of golf drills and analogies.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Ray appreciate that 🙏🏻

[@chrisengland1]

Ignore the TikTok haters - sadly too many people who get off being negative in the world - your content is great - keep it coming 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Chris

[@essoteric]

Lol why is this even a debate? Hundreds of slow motion videos of tour pros show the grip working up and around the body at impact!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

I know, but I even had golf coaches who said they had over 30 years experience arguing against this, such an important part of the swing too

[@strummer9837]

Hi Chris I for one would have believed you. I believe it is called something like parabolic acceleration: Great vidieo

[@jamiesloan7259]

I definitely play better extending the left side more through impact. It shallows my divots out, when they get too deep.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Doesn’t surprise me Jamie, such a key movement

[@topperdufferson]

Funny how people online don't seem to believe actual facts, they have their phone/device in their hand so they can actually look up the facts first but their pea-brain thinks they know best..... These people probably think the earth flat as well 🙄

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Very true! I think the majority are online to learn though which is great

[@justinredman9463]

Great video! Exactly the move I have been trying to replicate as my good hits have that lower than address grip feel on my downswing. I "stay in my seat" and feel the grip dropping then turn my left side and feel that C at impact. Fantastic video.

[@rufussthoo4083]

I love (because it is so amusing) that a bunch of non-PGA, handicapped golfers think they know more about the physics of the golf swing than someone that studies and teaches it for a living. Gotta love Tik Tok 🤣

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Gotta live TikTok 😁

[@joechurch653]

Great explanation! I am always amazed at when i do a practice swing where i'm trying really hard to stay down, how i can almost always miss the ground, but this explains it, thanks!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Joe

[@johnblynther7735]

Dont worry about the comments, Chris. 💪 First rule on social media - Dont defend yourself against haters ESPECIALLY if havent done anything wrong, but not even then - they´ll just hate even more.

[@stefankast4842]

This is parametric acceleration. Handle up--> clubhead down, handle inside--< clubhead outside

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Exactly! Such a key move

[@Parrott65]

The people that said you were wrong don’t know what they’re talking about. I have implemented this very thing on top of opening the hips and I am living proof I have gained 1 to 2 clubs distance as a result.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Wow that’s impressive Russ, certainly an easier game with a 9 iron in hand over a 7

[@sasahumski2255]

I get it, you can't fix every swing with one 7 minute video. You do a great job, you really do! My Dynamic loft is really high/ flipper/early extend/brain damage. Your best bet is to advise us to get a lesson/ with feedback. Concept/feel/ and actual swing are a little like night/day. It's funny, but not funny. This is serious stuff we're talking about, ha. Think I need to take up bowling, bigger balls.Golf is very easy, down the middle and on the green, why do we make it soo hard???

[@slowlyrusting4044]

Trolls will be trolls, Chris. I can't tell you how many times I've been at the driving range and have to "bite my tongue" because a 30+ (on a good day) handicapper is next to me giving lessons to their spouse, friend etc. The stupidities that spew out as golf "tips" are comical at best. I did lose it once? and turned to the "student" and said, "The best golf advice I would give you is to forget EVERYTHING he just told you."

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

😂😂 I’ve definitely been there and heard terrible advice being given, not sure that will ever stop

[@monsoon4558]

This move does not happen bcus you do it "actively". You're just confusing more people by saying that. This move happens bcus your left shoulder goes down, up and around as you open up and extend through finish with soft wrist arms and shoulders. Any "active" action in your swing will increase tension, decrease speed and produce poor contacts.

[@ianbeardsall4633]

Sorry, but I beg to differ. I’ve just come back from the range with actively doing this on my swing , and the results were superb. I normally hit it high, and I was getting a much more penetrating flight on a lower trajectory.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Who moves your shoulder up and around for you?

[@monsoon4558]

@ChrisRyanGolf i was solely talking about actively moving or pulling up on the grip. There is no need to do this move actively bcus you explained why this happens naturally in the second half of the video.

[@dmoneyrepresent7024]

Apparently, some of the TikTok Range Warriors have never heard of Centripetal Force🤷🏻‍♂️ Great work as ALWAYS, Chris! 🥂

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

😂Thanks so much

[@xrated335]

The simplest way to feel the principle of what your doing is to spin something around the end of your finger…or a rope in your hand…and how you keep it going or move it faster.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Exactly! Should have used thst in the video 🙏🏻

[@spm6713]

You can't beat physics👍 Every golfer should be taught what impact looks like and then work backwards. Once you know, everything else makes sense. Most people are scratching around thinking the ball is the target and that everything needs to be in line at the ball, hence they stand up. If they don't stand up they hit the ground.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

So true, I always coach impact first to newer golfers, so important to start off with the right concepts

[@darrelstevens9707]

I think this happens on it's own in the swing people just don't think about it in those terms

[@ST-xg3gy]

I guess the moral of this story is, Tik Tok viewers are clueless? Great tip.

[@GothamGolf]

It's called Parametric Acceleration and yes "all the best do it"

[@danielmosias6280]

Chris all those people that said you're wrong and it doesn't happen, can I have some of their names so I can check how they're going in the Masters this week 😃.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Haha, it’s a pretty long list I can tell you 😁

[@nigelholdman2220]

Can see why people were mad. Regular golfers are not world class athletes lol. We just want to hit the ball straight. Doesn't matter how we do it

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hey Nigel, I actually see it the opposite way around. World class athletes with immense talent can overcome or recover from less than perfect moves, the less talented you are then it’s actually more important to get the key moves correct to improve, this is one of those key moves in my opinion.

[@kj475]

This is what pro's mean by "using the ground".

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Exactly!

[@joeperez3520]

Who, in their right mind, could deny that this is what is happening during a proper swing?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Plenty who are still disagreeing Joe 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@joeperez3520]

@@ChrisRyanGolf 😫

[@cadger10]

This is the same concept you covered in your old video , kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2HEqWeEr7inrKc. Great videos!!

[@killas1n]

Negativity on TikTok? No way 😅

[@garyneal4189]

Easy to understand. But not easy to do. Lol

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Very true.

[@midhc5072]

Strange that people don’t get this?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Perry