Want To Compress Your Irons? Do This!

[@johntaggart859]

You make golf look easy… and are the best communicator by far. I love all the content on your channel…always top quality entertainment and on point. ❤

[@paulday7427]

I tried this after watching Paddy. It was actually quite tricky, sequencing it all ! Iona you make it look so easy & natural !

[@timquinlan8130]

Yep, this is a great one. “Stuck, stuck, stuck” is how I feel so often at address. Thanks!!🔥

[@davidrichards4261]

You have a real genius in pin pointing a specific point and nailing it. The series you were doing with beginner golfers was great. Would love to see more of that. If the girls are too busy dancing I would be a willing guinea pig.

[@kevingowdy3651]

Never seen this drill Iona. Definitely going to try it next time I'm at the range.👏👏

[@Principal9999]

Thanks Iona. Love the simplicity of the drills you share. Thanks again. :)

[@oliveradami199]

Oh, I will try this. This ought to loosen me up. Great tip, Iona, cheers.

[@winner1604]

Great drill, Iona. Will definitely try this out this weekend. Kevin

[@19DMS51]

That looks like great fun on driving range. Especially if it makes you feel the same on the course. “Light-footed” so to speak. Great lesson Iona, thank you!

[@stevemarch939]

Tks agn Iona! As another has pointed out, you explain the swing in easy & understandable terms. Well except for the "Wee". Just kidding!! Love Padraig's lessons as well. Especially his chipping putting instructions.

[@astroswell]

I tried this drill today and it's really a miracle, although I didn't have time to get it right with the driver, but after couple of missed shots I've hit several perfect ones with 7 iron, and it felt so good, I guess that's what compression feels like - almost effortless swing and pure contact :) Thanks!

[@donnypezzolla4770]

This is freaky. I was just doing this drill this morning (waiting for my bathroom delivery) albeit in shadow format, thinking when I go down the range this evening to do just this as my strike/compression/launch has been poor. Especially yesterday when I nearly launched my clubs down the range!! Thanks Iona, keep the excellent coming!

[@66stangRh]

I cant wait to try this! I reflect upon my golf efforts when I'm not on the course and I always say I'm gonna stop trying to hit hard and just find the right rhythm and let the club do the work. I really have a hard time with the weight transfer and so often just swing with my arms. And then I just try to swing harder. And the more relaxed swing always yields a better outcome. I'm really looking forward to practicing with this drill so I can start to grasp the weight transfer! Thank you, Iona!

[@douglassmith8523]

This is a great drill and helps with rhythm as well as feeling you can compress the ball. I was listening to Classic FM on Saturday night and surprised and pleased to hear the lyric voice of Iona Stephens. I loved it! A renaissance woman!

[@hansvanpelt245]

What a great simple drill. Tried it today before round. Will keep trying this. Thanks.

[@alistairchapman625]

GRF Golf (Marcus Bell) uses this type of exercises quite a lot. You might enjoy having a chat with him and his philosophy. Please keep posting, it's such a joy, interesting and helpful

[@buddyhassell6989]

Awesome drill that you bring us weekend amateurs and I appreciate what you do so much! ❤

[@craigsharp6581]

Fantastic clarity in your explanations and a very apt subject given the 36 holes I played this weekend 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@philturner1588]

Another great video Iona, fantastic tip and a fun way to enjoy sometime on the driving range.

[@johnmule9419]

My old instructor used to call it the "baseball drill"...best drill for feeling compression and a lot of fun to use!

[@FionaGibson-k1q]

Thanks for this video. I found the one on breathing very useful and it has helped me get out of a blip in my performance. So will also give this drill a go too 👍

[@afai264]

I've had the same thought of playing like this, it's amazing how well it works - whatever it is that the drill makes you do (correct weight transfer, or is it tempo?) it's hard to replicate it completely when you go back to your normal address - I try to think of the same tempo you get with the drill but it just seems harder from a normal setup whereas it seems to happen naturally when doing the drill.

[@chrisdepoy3370]

I've been using that drill for about a year and it FEELS SO GOOD I've really thought about incorporating it during my round.

[@justbobgolf]

Been loving all your videos lately Iona, keep up the YT channel. Great content

[@stephenwray3776]

Love Iona, I'm definitely going to try that. I do struggle with compression with my irons. I have seen Padraig do this .

[@DavidBay-p6u]

I like all your videos, I’ll give this one a try 😊

[@m00sewhisperer]

I love your videos about drills we can do to improve. Thanks for posting!

[@davidreid2301]

Happy Gillmore was great at this! 😉 Ha, ha! I should have waited to see the whole video before commenting! 😆

[@billc73]

Great drill! Thank you Iona!

[@robertflanders2089]

I’m seriously considering playing like this for a round….thanks Iona

[@FF04RDF]

I’ve started doing this in the nets before a round. 👍🏻

[@davesnaps3672]

“ I’m not trying to really wellie it “….That made me laugh… Another great drill to try. 👍⛳️

[@t.liening325]

Have to give this a go. I followed your tips on bunker shots and it helped me a lot. So why not Happy Gilmore a few on the range…

[@lawngurutaupo]

Great vlog as usual !! Some info…Mike Hendry {nz} 🥝is playing this year’s Open ⛳️ on a health exemption, recovering from Leukaemia!! Would be a nice story to tell..

[@e.v.d5595]

I am going to try this for sure!! Looks interesting

[@michaeljoyce8410]

Brilliant, thanks for bringing this to us. 👍👏❤️

[@agoona1]

Shorter 'sharper' vid format are great - please do more. The 12mins+ vids from other golf content folks are (I assume) feeding the YT algorithm but are full of general chat and 'bloated content' you end up searching for the take-aways and they often get lost. Thanks

[@Lth56]

Instead of compressing my irons, can I just sell them before I break them over my knee?

[@stevemarch939]

Ok, that's 😂

[@PJBHolden]

Compress them over your knee

[@martynlawrie3207]

Great drill 👍. One thing though no one seems to discuss tee height for a driver. My friends and I use the pink or orange castle tees but we don’t really know if they offer the right height for a driver? A quick video on this would be really helpful. Keep up the brilliant videos.

[@christopherward2817]

Just what I needed, took this to the range and worked a treat. Lets see how it doea on the course, sub 90 here I come.

[@bamber7129]

Great advice love the drill thank you 👍🏻😊

[@neilsheridan9621]

Great drill, well explained Iona.

[@markrandall6973]

This is a great drill. The core idea is that it gets you moving into the shot, transferring the weight/pressure properly to the front leg. But I think the equally important move it helps you to feel is creating separation between the lower and upper body, as when you step forward with the lower body, the club and upper body are still turning back.

[@DonAl9114]

Thank you so much. Very interesting. 😊😊😊

[@markvpinkham]

I am looking forward to giving it a try.

[@Chris-lh6hw]

I was just watching Finch doing exactly the same drill and talking about Pàdraig using this drill. Another great video thx 🙏🏌️⛳

[@richardheathcote1014]

You said you wish that you could play this way, but is there actually anything in the rules that prohibits this kind of movement in competition?

[@justbobgolf]

Oh please do a video playing 9 or 18 like that. That would be a great watch!

[@Lloydy10]

Probably worth doing as pre shot routine (obvs without hitting the ball!)?

[@willvarela1557]

I love it. Thanks

[@richb326]

Going to try this tomorrow 👍

[@michaellochrie4860]

Chasing the red with step through!!😀

[@ps67ps]

Super useful!!🏌⛳

[@darrenbeechall1830]

Great content iona 👌 any chance of tips on body sway I'm all over the place 👍

[@TheEugenelee13]

Love the videos! And love this drill. Question though…does this drill make sense for woods and the driver?

[@ontheroadwithiona]

Yeah a great question, when it comes to weight transfer and practicing the feel of ‘dynamic’ over ‘static’ I think absolutely yes :)

[@russelljones2264]

Great explanation -- any reason why you not amongst the Skysports team this week at the PGA Championship -- you are far better than several of your colleagues -- have you left Sky??

[@paulcooper8521]

Great weeee video 😂x 👏👏👏👍

[@skyemac8]

Great drill. Weight shift is forgotten.

[@jonr3809]

This a good drill but it needs improving. Shifting the left leg back before the arms start is an unnatural move. It does not imitate the natural start of the swing - it is awkward. The arm club unit AND the left leg should shift back at the same time. THEN let the left leg lead the downswing. That is a better rehearsal for the actual swing.

[@harrypsaunders]

That's how I did it when I first started playing at around 14 years old. I couldn't hit it properly, at all, without taking a step up. I think it was because I played Shinty and that's how you hit the ball.

[@petekenny3774]

Brilliant iona 😎

[@Advancesquash]

Great video. I suppose the question is, "Are there any rules in golf to say you are not allowed to hit a golf ball by stepping in like that (i.e. Lucky Gilmore)?"

[@peterlarkin9907]

Brilliant Thank you

[@davidsimpson4145]

Sweet tip!!

[@alanking5001]

The timing of the step really highlighted the fault in my full swing I couldn't believe how early in your swing it should be it almost feels like the body gets in position early and you've got loads of time to swing the arms

[@chrisbullen7460]

Having played a lot of cricket the step gets you working on a balanced hitting position and timing the shot rather than giving it wellie

[@rangerofthenorth2850]

Thanks Iona ❤

[@jamesblakeley-iz9hh]

Where were you filming from Iona ? Love your content ❤

[@terrydean9754]

a wee video. I love the accent.

[@steinarhovi3321]

"Just stay out of my way, or you'll pay, listen to what I say" "Or we may eat some hay? Or make things out of clay?" My favourite Adam Chandler moment 😂

[@davidballard9781]

I don’t see any reason why you can’t incorporate it into to your shots I used to do this a lot but for some reason I don’t think about using it anymore. It certainly does work but like lots of things we don’t do when we should do,I’m going to have to put it back into my routine because it is so helpful

[@lylemckeany]

Serious question: why wouldn't you consider playing like this on the course? As far as I know, it's not against the rules to do so

[@Richard-r4u3o]

It would be fun to see you play three holes but every shot with this drill and see what results

[@markfearnley4082]

Is that westcliffes driving range ??

[@steveman7251]

I reckon some day we''ll see a pro bring this to the tour. Fosbury flop of golf! I'll give it a whirl tomorrow, guessing its not as easy as you make it look.

[@robmatthews4680]

Good throw BTW

[@luismarquesgeraldo]

Hi! Are you at west cliffs?

[@richardarmitage5757]

“Dynamism”!, 😂😜

[@jefferystensland1304]

I saw another golfer incorporate a similar technique, I believe his name is happy gilmore. Won a pretty big tournament if i remember correctly. All kidding aside, thanks for the great practice drill

[@ontheroadwithiona]

4:09 😅

[@StanforddeJong]

Is there a golf rule preventing you from starting your swing and stepping forward at the same time?

[@jofenwick3724]

Tried this today and failed badly bar 1. I’m going to assume that is a measure of my problem shifting my weight so I’ll keep trying it. That said I hit my driver 30 yds (ave)further afterwards🎉

[@deadlymantis4210]

@1:52. You can if you choose too.

[@Johnssomer]

If it's good enough for Padraig 😂😂😂 ❤ it,

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Happy Gilmore created a PGA level drill😀

[@TheBigBananaaa]

👍✅🙀✅👍

[@m.stephenriviere8462]

4:58 Bawm!

[@WhoDunnit32]

The best drill I ever tried for compression i.e ball then turf is to place a golf ball in a direct line behind the ball you are hitting with the correct clearance, this shows exactly how it is done kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajQkGmOoLOeeLc I think drills that physically force you to something are i.e practical drills are so much easier than listening to words then trying to do it.

[@ontheroadwithiona]

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[@procurorick]

ouch, one more thing to coordinate...

[@jonathanhomesley4895]

We don’t need the quick cuts. Iona is relaxing to listen to. The cuts are distracting and jerky.

[@dji8601]

The ugly zone❤❤

[@MrBarrynicholas]

Telling people to compress the ball has ruined the average golfer.

[@Ipdex]

Great legs, pretty girl, very good golfer. Thats some combo..

[@williamscott5983]

What a pity you got a wrist injury you would have been brilliant on tour because you're down to earth and not made of chocolate like some on tour

[@rayking2254]

Love it will try next time on range ⛳️🏌️‍♀️