Transition in Golf Swing – Part 2 of Speed, Power & Distance Series by Herman Williams
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Thank you, helped my golf swing a lot, and made everything clear.?
Hi Herman, great video as always. My main issue is lack of distance. I
hit my 4 wood around 200 yards and my driver around 220 yards only. Do you
push with your right side or pull with your left oblique while posting up
your left leg on the downswing??
very good! You explain so clear, thanks !
J. Miller and others talk about the gravity move or free ride in which the
arms fall from the top first, then the body moves. I think you are saying
the body moves and the arms come down at the same time. I’ve been taught to
either bump forward and turn the hips first or just turn in a barrel. Don’t
want to practice the wrong thing so could you please comment. Also I think
moving down and ahead of the ball to start the downswing ( I know Hardy
teaches this) is going to take some practice.
@MrDoobie834 You need the next video. 🙂 We only got you to pre-impact thus
far in this series … you’re committed to your left side and have lots of
lag. This can make it tough on the driver when you are unaccustomed to
these moves. You are basically deeper into the impact area with the face
still open. Next video will help and I’ll try to do one soon specifically
for the driver. Don’t want to leave you hanging but stay tuned.
Allen if you’re fighting standing up thru the shot, it’s often a result of
casting which is caused by an open face somewhere in the swing. Be sure to
check those elements first. Good grip, good clubface position at top of
swing, lag coming down into downswing with a slight squat … If all those
things are happening you should be able to stay down more easily and
release the club thru impact. Watch my “shoulder move” video for a little
more perspective.
Most golfers start clearing and leave the arms behind. As the turn
advances, the arms fly outside. You can lead with the hip shift, but only
if you can make sure the arms go down & not out. As for moving ahead of the
ball, this is a perception. The head will actually stay behind the ball for
most of us, but if you want to get divots past the ball you’ve got to get
your core center to the left of the ball.
It’s definitely available … must have been a short-term YouTube glitch of
some sort.
I like your first description for athletic players with decent flexibility
and no lower back issues. But a less mobile player may need to move
everything together to avoid the torque on the back while also making sure
to get the arms behind them enough to avoid over-the-top downswings.
Jamie was not shown at impact in your vid but others on this site show his
chicken wing move. Jeff’s pull back move is supposed to speed up the
clubhead. Others say Hogan dropped from a cupped to a bowed wrist before
starting down. I don’t see it. Cupping the wrist hard and thinking of
keeping the elbows together going back has helped me keep a straighter left
arm. I had fallen into bad patterns of little shoulder turn and left arm
collapse. Video of me was a shock!
I just recorded my swing at 240 FPS and when I play back it’s funny how I’m
doing everything wrong. 10 years ago I could pound a driver out to 305+ and
had beautiful ball flight. I’m sliding my hips, reversing spine angle,
casting and my swing speed is down 10 mph. So thanks for this. It’s going
to take a lot of practice to get my lag and speed back but your tips will
help. Thank you!
Smart: here’s why– Herman bumps his hips so he gets a weight shift at the
same time that he drops his right elbow into the “shortstop baseball throw”
position. The next move is the hip turn: that is smart because the angle of
the knees and hips at impact is not far away: there is plenty of time to
get the right knee toward the ball and the hips open 15 or 20 degrees.
Smart guy.
Your videos are great. Thank you
Excellent Coach…will be trying this tomorrow….will no doubt have some
questions. thanks again.
Thanks … I don’t think I’ve had Jerry Lee Lewis comparison before. He
could definitely sing and play piano better than me, but I think I could
take him on the golf course. 🙂
Hey ..should my right leg be totally straight or be bent allitlle.
Great stuff…look forward to the next episode.
Hi Harmon, Great Tips. Tanks. Ömer from Germany
Hello Herman tried your new info today and again more improvement . Crushed
my irons, added effortless distance and felt much more solid through the
hitting area. Except with the driver. I was right right right all day. One
exception on one drive that was a low screamer about 255 yards. Just didn’t
seem to be able to close the face as I was doing on the irons. Any reason
for this or adjustments? Thanks
Steve Stricker has a very simple swing and it looks like he has no wrist
cock until he makes his back swing? I find that I am much more consistent
with a 3/4 swing is there much difference in power either way? Thanks for
you videos.
I must be the lone weirdo because I started crushing (relatively speaking
of course) with my driver and was excavating the earth with my irons after
watching these videos. I started out to the right with the driver but fixed
it 3 or 4 swings, mostly with the “trigger finger”. This is all from
watching these videos once and one trip to the driving range so this is to
be expected considering I have completely changed my setup, grip, and
swing. Thank you Mr. Williams for excellent tips!
Another fine lesson. You have a gift. Anyone ever said you look and sound a
little like the great Jerry Lee Lewis? Cheers.
Jamie Sadlowski appears to stick that left elbow out towards the target at
impact.or just beyond. Jeff Ritter talks about this too only he says to
pull the elbow back. Any benefit from either for the average hacker? I’m
giving your way my best effort and if it doesn’t work I had fun trying,
thanks for all you do.
bent a little
Another great video Herman. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!