Where does the POWER in the GOLF SWING Come From???

In this video, Steve breaks down where the power in the golf swing comes from - and it's a shocking revelation!
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[@tommalley5263]

Steve before discovering your videos I thought at 72 years old I could no longer play this game but In the last few months of watching your videos I can’t wait for my next round again thank you so much

[@brianm.9069]

Thanks Steve. I always thought the debate about whether speed comes from the body or the arms was silly. It's almost like asking is your right leg or left leg more important for walking. Great job.

[@fotografjindra6442]

Might be the best lesson I came over for a long while ;) So many important information, that has not been said anywhere else ;) Thanks for sharing it.

[@trevorroskewich]

Thanks, Steve. This is one of the most insightful videos on the topic that I’ve seen to date. Over the last few seasons, I have shifted my focus from an arms/hands dominant swing (over the top from the inside) and introduced more body rotation with quieter arms and hands (even playing jumbo max grips last season). This was great for consistency but terrible for distance. I’ve been confused about where exactly to apply power lately and what to focus on despite some of your great videos (throwing the club from the top of the backswing, etc) but am just starting to get it together and get some lost distance back. I like the fact that your explanation shows that rotation vs arms should be more of a complimentary discussion, rather than a debate between the different teaching philosophies out there. Nicely done!

[@davids8693]

You're my go to source for trying to get the most out of my game to make it fun sand rewarding.

[@ggmorris71]

Knowing what we should do is not hard. Teaching and communicating HOW to do it a rare talent. Thanks for lessons and contributions the golfing community thanks you.

[@LegendJeff]

Steve, I am finally starting to shallow the club and when it connects I get 5-10y more distance. It feels freaky but I’m going to keep at it! Its amazing the speed increase and the helpful draw spin. Your vids ‘this is why you can’t shallow the club’ and the ‘proper hip tilt’ videos is what helped. Thanks a million 🚀

[@cwood24]

Getting that proper transition to the left side has helped me produce further and straighter drives. Thanks Steve!

[@mikehayes682]

Steve. I love your simple but so well explained methods. After learning how to walk again after a stroke and 4 years of not playing. I am beginning to love the game again and my confidence has started to come back. THANK YOU. I wish your where closer for some private lessons. Excellent videos.

[@jasonkelley6185]

Wow, that's awesome. I'm happy for you that you are getting back out there Mike!

[@mikehayes682]

@@jasonkelley6185 Thank you Jason. People go through a lot more but a less than perfect day golfing is better than not be able to golf at all. Loving golf again:) Cheers

[@MrSpotlightrecordz]

This is fire. All your videos are my go to specially for times I need more power/ distance in my swings.

[@jasonkelley6185]

After viewing a couple thousand golf videos over the last couple years and finding some of the best teachers, I'm super happy to see there is still more gold out there for me to find! Really enjoyed the video. Can't wait to have you break down my swing!

[@Inmotion70]

Wow, thanks!

[@loyckfiona]

EXCELLENT detailed explanation. Yes, indeed. Am hitting longer for all my clubs, great contact with club face and it’s straight. Thank you for yr video. 🙏

[@larrycossin6355]

Thank you for your help in understanding the where speed comes from. I'm sure that being able to get that instant feedback from a monitor would indeed help to fine tune all of the elements in your lesson.

[@edisonlouie1501]

Steve, we all appreciate your insight and meticulous dissection of the golf swing breaking down the integrated components of power for which we all strive. Thank you. Your videos are fun to follow.

[@jbarretta14]

Steve I am a big fan I am working on the move of ulnar deviation with the wrist and applying force with the hands away from the target in transition and combining that with the simultaneous pivot to deliver the clubhead into the ball. My driving is improving thanks to your videos would love a virtual lesson!

[@atimpactOGF12BearBack]

Thanks Steve. The power is not from the ground up as you seem to suggest, though George Duncan, Open Champion, does also say the ground is not just for standing on; so a good point! However, you will find that if the wrists be strong, the player can get more distance out of a wrist snap hit than is possible from a long sweeping arm swing.

[@Inmotion70]

Yes you could make up some ground with a strong wrist snap....as long as you at least get braced.

[@riprau]

Thanks Steve. Discovered your content a few weeks ago and striking the ball much better now. I'm finally getting my weight back to my lead side!

[@gassyjones]

Brilliant video Steve! It baffles me how more instructors don’t implement this philosophy! Thank you!!!

[@dennisbabcock5315]

I want to give you positive feedback as I am hitting the ball 30 to 40 yards further. A big portion of my new found distance is from watching your videos. Your instructions are simple to understand and follow. Thanks for what you do.

[@kinnasclark8091]

Great display of how our power comes from multiple areas !!

[@maxmoreno5891]

Sequence is just what I need. ALL THE BEST. CHEERS.

[@juanmalamo4719]

Thanks Steve, your tips/explanations are always so helpful. And they work!

[@kevinhartman7465]

Body swings the arms, arms swing the hands, hands swing the club. Great video.

[@George-nw1io]

Appreciate your videos Steve. I've had limited time to practice or play over last several months, but still using your drill using the chair to improve my swing! Stay healthy and well, and hopefully you'll be able to get a look at my swing ...LOL 😉 Best Always, George

[@elizabethcobler9274]

Thanks Steve! This is exactly what I need to work on

[@imrusty6280]

Steve. Big fan here. Well, big around the waste. LOL. Yet another great video explaining how I can gain power at an "advanced" age without throwing out my back after every round. My friends are wondering if I'm using "hot" balls these days. Keep 'em coming!!

[@brianf.9945]

As always the info is top notch. Just like your golf instruction program.

[@alejandroreza6593]

You and Mike Malaska are my favorite teachers.

[@Yalelax]

Thanks Steve....as always, the sequencing is difficult and becomes even more troublesome with advancing age. Plant the front foot, turn "under" with the shoulders, and whip...might work for some seniors...

[@kryschiou4449]

congrats, steve. major winner amazingly predicted! profession with precision!

[@pauliatomasi8951]

Awesome video Steve! Thank you so much!

[@patrickcooley8679]

Steve, Love your Videos. they have helped my game a lot over the last year. Keep up the great work.

[@thomjohnson1292]

Long time Austin swinger taught by Walter (Smile) Jones and Mike Dunaway. You are right on the money, great video.

[@Inmotion70]

Smiley was my mentor too, down at the Palms and the Citrus. How did you know him?

[@scottkintzing2514]

Great stuff. Thank you for taking the time to help us !

[@iorrigriffiths8271]

it'd be interesting if you'd measured your swing speed in the different situations. feet off the ground on the stool, toes touching the ground, etc. etc. Just to see the figures. Maybe include keeping your weight on the trail foot, centered weight and weight on the lead foot at impact. I know you could still "brace" to snap the club with the weight on any foot...but interesting anyway. Don't know if anybody else has ever done that.

[@StanCrafted]

Great content once again, Steve. The sequencing of ground forces, body rotation and hand action can't be overstated. Thanks

[@jayingram3326]

Good vid. I'm an ex-mini tour pro and taught beside Mike in Studio City years ago. I'm 77 now and walk and play minimum of 5 times a week. Good tips of yours. I've lost yardage in the last few years but still can play. 20 mor would be great. Thanks.

[@Inmotion70]

Are you still in So Cal? It would be great to talk to you about Mike!

[@KP-gs1vl]

Good lesson as usual Steve! Thanks!!

[@larrycardenas6122]

Hey Steve love channel. I don’t play often but love to be competitive with my buddies that play every week. Your channel has been a great service would love to have that free analysis. Thank you

[@quantumpotential7639]

Best them on the greens.

[@zanenewton1474]

I needed this video, thank you. 😊

[@joeflorence938]

Thank you for all of your info!

[@draftdaydice3656]

Wow! This is one class you'll leave as smart as you came.

[@kang-yannlin9987]

Great analysis of the power of the swing. Thank you.

[@johnmcguire8689]

Perfect demonstration of power.

[@karenstone7088]

Love your videos! Has taken my game to new levels this year! Looking forward to becoming a member. If your on the East Coast ever!!! Lesson time!

[@tmonser1]

Great video as usual Steve!

[@rollorescue1582]

Watching Mark Crossfield build length on his driver in his last few videos raises an interesting concept along with the points you make here. It's not just about ground forces, rotation, and hand speed, it's (as you said toward the end) getting them in the right sequence and, as Mark is discovering, the exact timing. He has been working hard on moving the maximization of ground force on his swing from after contact (as he found with the swing catalyst mat) to just before contact and he has realized a substantial jump in distance (265 ish drives to 300+) of 40-50 yards. It takes A LOT of effort to make those microsecond adjustments to maximize the combination of forces, but the payoff is pretty big if you can manage it.

[@Inmotion70]

Takes reps.

[@golfgrouch]

Thanks Steve!

[@jeffmcclaren9126]

Great insight into the golf swing 👍

[@nbt3663]

Leg and core strength. I used to be a long hitter. But stage III cancer took away all my leg and core strength and now I'm 30% less.

[@kang-yannlin9987]

Great analysis of the power of the swing.

[@wormburner7237]

Great input. Trying to get the sequencing in order. Difficult stuff.

[@jackmurray8404]

Very good

[@cluman1]

All work in conjunction with each other but the majority of my speed comes from my arms and hands. Whipping your hands from backswing parallel to frontswing parallel will give you the distance most of my fellow golfers are looking for. I actually have a training drill for this. If you don't have a professional looking swing and you slice, hook, hit fat and thin shots, I would recommend you fix that first before chasing speed. Take 10 balls after you warm up at the driving range. If you can hit 8 out of 10 balls down the middle while hitting at 80% power, then you're ready for speed.

[@littleo353]

Well done. The timing of the "ground force", the hip turn, the establishing of a foundation on the left leg and finally the timing of the hands - if all coordinated together equals distance. mess up any one of them and there is a loss. I have recently watched elite women discuss throwers. Almost all of them are solidly planted on their left leg for the strong move in the throw - some with the right toe touching the ground at moment of release and some where the right foot is in the air. All of that centrifugal force is built up as they turn to the left with the right arm/discuss trailing so that the body, starting with the feet, acts as the center of the spokes on a wheel. And for them that "center" is their left leg at the moment of throw/release. Not much different than the golf swing. The club head is like the discuss - at the end of the circumference. The arm and club is the arm of the thrower. The legs are the foundation to prevent that reverse effect. It has only taken me 60 years to figure this out. :)

[@frankskyle1]

Relax to hit it further (I keep having to remind myself). Another nice video, Steve.

[@brianbeatty3540]

Great channel

[@8uvrays]

There have been numerous studies in such activities as the tennis serve and throwing a ball on where the power comes from. They indicate that nearly 50% of your power comes from the internal rotation of the upper arm. As you throw a ball forward, you lead with your elbow which creates external rotation. As you reach the limit of your forward range of motion, the rotation switches direction to internal rotation. Following through across your body prevents your elbow from flying up so all the rotation is funneled forward through the forearm. In golf you would have both internal rotation in the trail arm and external rotation in the lead arm. If you whip the clubhead forward with the hands late in the swing the clubhead pulls the arms the wrong direction and weakens the action of the upper arms. Mike Austin, however, called for an early wrist action which was necessitated perhaps by a strong initial external rotation ala your pizza spin move.

[@Inmotion70]

Not without ground support is it near 50%!

[@8uvrays]

@@Inmotion70 Sorry, I was not disagreeing with the importance of ground force. But rather that creating ground force without creating a release is very inefficient.

[@createwithin9101]

Win 🏆

[@davidwalters313]

Very interesting as always

[@michaelthomas4067]

Hi Steve Wish there were more golf teachers like you in Australia. Think I would have been a way better player if I had your knowledge when I first started the game, back in prehistoric times. Michael.

[@charlesclose6084]

You’re the man!

[@randolphsnyder1505]

We can move our hands at around 20 mph,so the club head must be accelerated by more than just hands,we can add a little using trunk rotation but the real speed of the head comes from wrist rotation which can be illustrated by twirling a weight on a string.Another illustration is using a hammer,if you engage the elbow and shoulder joint to increase hammer head force ,you will then understand that timing is also a factor.A snap of the wrist while twirling a weight on a string will also clear up the whip action analogy.

[@tomlahay1973]

Thanks for the videos Steve --Just leaving a comment so that ---I too can become a winner --haha --I really enjoy your videos

[@greglaban3241]

Great information. I’ve lost a lot of distance over the years!

[@Inmotion70]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AAAAAA-cw7ts]

Would Love a free Swing Analyst, also i just started some over speed training! Thanks JImmy

[@Bronco-Bill]

Thanks

[@courtneypalma4228]

I love your videos. Very helpful!!!

[@trotamundo8]

Hi, exelent , thanks.

[@poconnor35]

The chain of events, in order- provide the power and speed. Thank you.

[@3n2a2]

Chair swivel is good for showing reaction force needed. I thought you might put also just put one foot down and spin around. :-) Not mentioned is the acceleration from pulling up on the handle. This is demonstrated by letting head fall in a pendulum motion and raising the pivot point up. If you did this sitting with springs under your seat, your body would go down...ie no reaction to "jump" when standing.

[@qomarqomarudin7307]

Just subscribed and thank you sir

[@stefanbodingh615]

Interesting and I would like to train the speed sequence in the swing, but it is difficult to get everything right when you start with golf late in life

[@singhgj2403]

Just great Excellent exhibition of mechanics of speed and coordination Thanks

[@davec8730]

i have a playing partner, he recoils as if he's fired a shotgun often when driving, it causes him the slice, and be short too.

[@mikethomas1763]

In your drills with a chair behind you, how high should the chair be? Should it be as high as the waist? Hips?

[@Inmotion70]

Buttocks.

[@100torresm]

Great content, hope I can apply some of this to help my game.

[@Inmotion70]

I hope so too!

[@jayschwarz4365]

An analysis would be awesome!

[@peterforrest6682]

Thanks for the video Steve...Newton's third law confirms what you explain...

[@supplehons4662]

Interesting - like Mike Austin says, body puts the arms in position to kill it.

[@julianthompson3949]

Steve, as always simply stated. Getting the body to follow along is harder for those who are approaching 60.

[@quantumpotential7639]

Now that golf is going the way of football, basketball, baseball (a game filled with skilled positions) I now only need to focus on from 100 yards in. My "designated hitter" simply put me in scoring position and I take over from there, focusing on getting the ball into the hole with lots of birdie putt opportunities and up and down for par action. Once I get my official short game handicap index, I will be prepared to take on any course no matter the length. I'm 61.

[@josephmousa8717]

Great Video! What grip gives best speed through hands and wrists in your experience?

[@Inmotion70]

Either ten finger or overlap is my strong preference for most golfers.

[@SpitSharp]

For sure speed comes from being relaxed in the arms and everything else with it.

[@pjpcadet]

My belief is « power essentially comes from wrists ». A good grip ( what’s a good grip?), a good posture ( K.Bradley’s one or Tiger’s?), turning to load and shift ( conventional or S&T?), shallowing with the good tempo( single plan or flattening the shaft?), all these things are just made to allow the wrists to whip the face square. So many way to do it!!…

[@nevendunkic8515]

Steve, are you aware that you start downswing moving your left heel to the right. Maybe it's magic move?!

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Best idea I ever got was from cracking a whip: using the big muscles of your hips, trunk, and back and timing it correctly. The arms, wrists, and hands are just along for the ride.

[@Inmotion70]

That's a great idea!

[@FAC1806]

Newton's third law!

[@Bast-kavothe]

Great content Steve. I’d love to get your thoughts.

[@johnmurphy766]

Cool

[@steveng8727]

I'm a bit confused Steve, always heard that 80-85% of speed comes from our hands & arms and those wheel chair guys hammer it like you stated using only 1 arm !

[@Inmotion70]

Without something to stand on and brace with, we can only swing around 30-35% of max, it appears. Wheelchair guys are bracing in the chair with their left arm.

[@steveng8727]

@@Inmotion70 thanks for the response, always enjoy the vids over here in Asia

[@cafergunay3778]

Well it's just like a car isn't it. Imagine a high powered drag car trying to accelerate with terrible tyres, all the power would be lost. Its not the tyres generating the power it's the engine but the power is useless without the transfer of energy. Your upper body, torso, hands and arms are the engine, your legs and feet the tyres.

[@Inmotion70]

Good analogy!

[@jt10ball]

Future lucky winner

[@rogernewton7831]

The hands and the arms.

[@jamestown4867]

Tony Luczak, now Dr. Luczak puts it at 85% hands/arms/shoulder and 15% legs/lower body.

[@Inmotion70]

I disagree, as would most PhD's in biomechanics.

[@jamestown4867]

By “it” I meant clubhead speed. Power and speed are not synonymous Putting a trebuchet or Iron Byron on a device that mimics the human lower body action, I can’t imagine, would produce more than +15 percent of the stationary speed. Are you saying that the lower body accounts for more than 15% of clubhead speed? BTW, your exaggerated throw from the top video and the left hand blocked by a pole at impact video got me my first ever 300+ drives. Also my MA swing (ab. 6 yrs) doesn’t feel like I’m exerting much lower body force unless I’m really going after one. And the application of force seems more lateral than rotary- as in throwing a ball, the rotary force seems more a reaction to the force I intend to apply to the throwing action of the arm/right hand. Ernest Jones preached that the hips were followers and I thought he was dead wrong. I finally understand. ...Though I still disagree with his thoughts on leveraging. How would you actually breakdown the contribution to clubhead speed by the lower vs upper body?

[@AGCampagna]

I've seen how straight you it the ball, so it mystifies me that with such a high speed rate of closure the toe is moving that you can square the club face up the way you do.

[@Inmotion70]

I don't have a high rate of closure at all.

[@ralph4840]

"Much Ado About Nothing." Comedy by Shakespeare.

[@werquantum]

Me now: Makes total sense. Me tomorrow at range: Wtf?

[@stupc1968]

long time sub here steve free swing criitiqe yes pls

[@swisstrader]

Spoiler Alert!: it’s not one thing, it’s everything! 🤔

[@romanpena7939]

Can I still win if I've been subscribed for a while now?