“Traditional” Golf Instruction Sucks!

[@lukecdx9012]

Please can you explain and show us which direction to swing the golf club and describe how the golf club works?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I’m sorry but I had to remove the videos from KZbin that showed and explained everything. The problem was that as soon as anyone watched those videos they’d leave KZbin and go out and try it, because they actually understood what I was saying and demonstrating and were motivated enough to immediately try it - even if they were only going to air-swing a club. Early on my channel blew up and I had 144k views per day but then KZbin implemented a new algorithm that tracked what channel people watched last and although people came back after they tried the Holy Grail of Golf® swing, to comment about how they could feel what I was talking about, KZbin viewed this as a bad thing and stopped promoting my channel. So, even though I have a ~99% like votes KZbin won’t promote my videos. I literally think they created that algorithm because of me. So, now those videos are only available on my website. OverhandGolf.com

[@Wooduck]

The golf club is designed to swing beside you not in front of you. No one teaches how to do this therefore you get what you get. There are exceptions but if you don’t know where to look for those who do know you will stay lost. The golf motion is not that simple but it can be mastered if you find the right information and are willing to or better still think outside the box. Instruction that keeps you in your comfort zone is not what you’re looking for, that instruction represents the status quo. This comment is not golf instruction, it’s meant to say it’s ok to seek things that are not comfortable and start doing those things that make no sense to you and when that happens you will finally realize the same ole same ole golf instruction is just that , same ole same ole. There is a better way and one that works for everyone I call it the blueprint . Most people don’t understand the brakes, and how to apply them, and spin out on their downswing. Most people think firing the hips is a must, it’s not. Most people don’t understand how to contain the golf club or use a cross lateral squeeze to stabilize their motion. Most don’t understand how to use opposing forces in their motion. All I have mentioned can be performed very well by any player if they had an instructor who knew how to accomplish those needs. Yep I agree Overhand, been saying this for years now but I’ve found people are waking up to the harsh reality of not getting better with the instruction we relied on for years. I don’t hear you complaining I hear you speaking the truth, so the other dude can move on.

[@Rdms7]

The HG is essentially try and swing thinking it’s an overhand throw downwards into the ground and let the club bring you all the way around fully extended at impact. swing through the ball like you would a practice swing

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Pretty close. There's a bit more to it than that.

[@Rdms7]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf love your videos! You’re correct when you say nobody explains it the way you do👍🏻

[@countfloyd1269]

This is kind of spot on.

[@robsaxepga]

I agree 💯. The Golfing Machine AI's know to start with the plane and that all components must move in relationship to the inclined plane for those who have established swings. The industry starts with the body 👎🏻 which keeps people from improving. Get the hands right, the body work will be mostly done automatically.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Well, you’re on the right track, and that’s good, but the crazy thing is the more you understand the golf swing the simpler it becomes as opposed to modern instruction which is always becoming more and more complicated and confusing. Homer Kelly got really close but I think he quit examining or reverse engineering too early. The crazy thing is that the deeper you look the simpler it gets.

[@robsaxepga]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf not sure about your Homer Kelley comment as he may have gone deeper than needed but I do agree with the statement that the more you know s topic in all is complexity the more simply you can explain it. What's going on today is for a very small fraction of players. I can bury someone in tgm knowledge in 2 sentences and they're lost. That's not what you want. Simple but relevant is the goal.

[@tomdee3981]

I'm on board - glad I found this channel. Listen, I've been hunting for a video you did with an imaginary balloon/ball suspended behind the right side around waist -high and you aim to hit that with the center of the shaft. Can you tell me the name of that video - I can't find it! I assume it's still here? THANKS! I've watched thousands of videos - nobody had that concept - nobody. That's a great clip!!! It changes the entire mindset.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

That video is only available on my website, OverhandGolf.com That's one of the videos that was so compelling that it caused youtube to shadow-ban me. Anyone who watched it would stop watching youtube and go out and try it and youtube didn't like that.

[@tomdee3981]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf Title of that video?

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

@@tomdee3981 It was either "The Holy Grail of Golf®" or "Golf for Dummies, The secret to making the ball go straight."

[@joshuat7171]

@@HolyGrailOfGolf I believe what you meant to say was you couldn’t charge 600 bucks to access it if you gave it away for free on KZbin.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

@@joshuat7171 Oddly, when I first started here on KZbin I did give it all away and my channel took off and was making good money, but then KZbin stopped promoting me because everyone who watched my channel would stop watching youtube and go out and swing a club and they didn't like that. So, I took down the main videos and now I have to be careful and just tease people with the concepts.

[@johnmcmillan2869]

After watching your videos, I just imagine I'm hitting the ball with the grip. I think this accomplishes what you advocate and, ta da, it works.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Sure, there are a few different way to think about the golf swing, although I’ve only come up with two that result in the same move but if you’ve got one that works for you that’s all that matters. You should be able to have just one swing thought as opposed to all this ridiculousness of trying to perform 15 or so moves in succession and in perfect timing just silly. Clearly no one who’s any good at golf doesn’t do that.

[@4thand133]

I think this is spot on. I think the reason many never improve, even with thousands of dollars spent on lessons, is that they simply do not even know what they are supposed to be trying to do. What they ARE trying to do, they may even be doing correctly. But since it's the completely wrong thing that they are trying, they remain terrible at golf. Guy in blue behind you is a perfect example. Whatever he's trying to do, he's probably doing it. But it's a waste because it's all wrong.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

You get it! The golf swing is incredibly simple when you know what to do and how to do it but literally no one does. Everyone talks about how great Nelly's swing is but in fact she's just doing it right. There's nothing special about her swing and anyone can do it if they know how. The problem is that everyone has an idea of how they think the golf swing works and literally all of them are dead wrong. So, no matter how perfectly they perform what they believe to be correct it will always suck. Most everyone gets lucky once in a while and hits a perfect shot but they all say the same thing, "... I have no idea what I did!" The only think they "did" was not do what they think they should do.

[@4thand133]

"Did i do it?" "Yeah but you still suck." 😂

[@TheWedgeWizard]

No one thinks those things unless they just picked up a club today & in that case they don’t really have any thoughts about “how the swing works”. 99% 😂 not even close. Weird how such a high percentage of players break 80 or par for that matter not knowing how the “club works”. All these videos are is describing what you personally feel in your swing rather than anything close to the reality of what is happening via the golf swing. Sure explain your feels, that all well & good but constantly saying things like “99% of people don’t know shit…” when you’re a fairly average player yourself is a bad look.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I disagree. Ask anyone, no matter how long they've been playing, "What direction do you swing?" And they'll look at you stumped. You see everyone who's figured out how to hit a golf ball fairly well has learned to do something they're unaware of which is why they're always practicing because they don't truly know what it is they're doing, they only know how to do it, and it changes from day to day. My approach is to truly know exactly what it is that we're doing in the golf swing - so it's not just a feeling. You might think the idea is silly that a person could perform an action without knowing exactly what they're doing but we do it all the time. It's called "implicit learning" and we all did it learning to ride a bike. Finally, I used to be much better (+1.3) but now that my home course has closed I don't play or practice much any more.

[@toma9976]

You certainly have a beautiful swing, especially for a very muscular guy. Most golfers (Bryson excluded) are much thinner like runners and their swings look whipy. In your case you demonstrate how to put a lot of muscle mass into a very well coordinated swing. Kinda reminds me of the old Kung Fu movies with Crane style (wispy) versus Tiger style (coordinated muscular power).

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Funny that you should use the word “crane.” I just finished a video for my website that I called, “dumping the crane.” There’s a big difference between a heavy hit compared to a slappy or glancing blow on the ball.

[@markantiss2165]

Mate can I ask you then, can you please show us how the swing works and how to hit it properly because l agree with you. From an Aussie golf fan. Thanks mate

[@Grayback1973]

Craig's KZbin videos are now basically just advertisements for his golf program that you have to pay money for and rightfully so. The guy has put his time in and gave countless hours of thought to his own perception of how the golf swing works. He should be making money of it IMHO.

[@seth1455]

@@Grayback1973 no problem with him charging for expertise, but this kind of video is just like a snake oil sales pitch On you tube there's 000's of detailed instruction videos, why would You tube ban his more detailed videos ? (see description) Makes no sense from any perspective specially YT's they're in it to make money and advertisers love to be associated with a popular product like golf.

[@Grayback1973]

@@seth1455 I agree that his "shadow banning" claim is ridiculous and I think he is lying about that completely. However, I still stand by my original thought that if he wants to charge money for his knowledge then that's fine and nothing wrong with it. All of his original stuff from years ago was all there and free on YT. At some point he decided that he wanted to charge for his knowledge and he came up with the "shadow banning" nonsense instead of just being straight with people........whatever. He won't ever see a dime of my money so I really don't care.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I have literally about a thousand pages of notes that I’m working on turning into a book.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

They didn’t “ban” me but they’ve refused to promote my videos because my videos are unique enough that people actually understand them and any avid golfer is motivated enough to think, “I gotta go try that,” so they stop watching youtube in order to go try it and youtube started tracking that, which they call “session time” or “click through rate,” and because of that my “session time” is very low.

[@EdamameDuffelBag]

Did you at least give blue shirt a lesson?! 😂

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

No. Until I got home and watched the video I had no idea this was happening behind me.

[@ElSupremo5]

You are easily one of the best if not the best KZbin instructors. I believe in the holy grail. However, you can come off as a bit arrogant and dismissive. I am sure you're a gifted athlete and most sports come naturally to you but that is not the case for most so the idea that simply driving the center of mass in a certain direction may work for you but that is likely because your body naturally reacts to the forces created but this is not the case for me and I am guessing many others.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I totally agree! I tried the gentle approach for a few years but now I'm thinking, "screw it, either they get it or they don't and it doesn't matter if they like me as long as the get the concept." The thing is as Bertrand Russell said: "Every great idea starts out as a blasphemy." I know I'm proposing a totally new concept and I know it's correct. The Holy Grail of Golf® is simply how the golf club works and was designed to be used.

[@smacfe]

You should go to or watch a PGA professional instructor, you will be pleasantly impressed.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

If a golf lesson doesn’t start with explaining and/or demonstrating how the golf club works, the lesson is crap. Basically, all golf lessons are an attempt to teach by negation, or by trying to get the student to do the right thing by NOT doing the wrong thing. So, it’s, “Don’t do that, don’t do that, don’t do that, …” until hopefully the student, either accidentally or through frustration, actually does the “right” thing. This method is ridiculous because it’s almost impossible for the student to remember that “right” thing because all they can remember is NOT doing the wrong thing. Not a single instructor I have ever seen and no book or magazine article I have ever read has ever been able to specifically describe what that “right” thing actually is or how to do it. As crazy as it may sound, and I’m very aware of how bold this statement is, no one, other than me, actually knows what that “right” thing is.

[@sawgrass51]

And you just accomplished what?? Oh wise one tell us more!

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I planted the seed in your mind.

[@terryholloway9930]

Help us understand how da ting works then I know it’s opposite of what your brain tells you how it should work how far off am I?

[@countfloyd1269]

This is Overhands channel so I won't get into details but there is a reason the pros have their heads tilted to the right and keep it there until impact.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Well, I wouldn’t say it’s opposite but the golf club works completely differently than everyone thinks it does. It’s a very unique tool and like a monkey wrench or claw hammer if you attempt to use it incorrectly it won’t work but once you understand it, it works almost magically.

[@ChiTherapie]

The same old stories. Your a complainer not a teacher. Move on

[@kurtheitman552]

You're, not your. And this is complaining too pal. Move away. I normally don't respond to fake username people because they don't have the courage to put their name to their posts. Cowardly and always negative. Respond it you must, but I won't read it.

[@TAYLORFAN50]

Spot on! 👍

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Ah, but you did learn. I planted a seed in your head - "Am I swinging in the right direction and how does a golf club actually work?" You never thought about either of those before.