Swing Made Simple - Lesson by PGA Pros Pete Styles & Matt Fryer
Swing Made Simple - Lesson by PGA Pros Pete Styles & Matt Fryer

In this video tip PGA golf professionals Pete Styles and Matt Fryer, will explain how a good grip, good posture, one-piece takeaway, a short balanced swing and follow-through can lead to a simple swing that improves your golf scores.

After watching this video we encourage you to spend some time working on these key points and we are confident that you'll notice significant improvements to your game.

If like us you spend an awful lot of time looking at golf swings researching things on the internet maybe reading about golf swing you'll appreciate the golf swing can be incredibly complicated for some people. Some people to read so much that they they go to the driving range with 10 or 15 different swing thoughts and they're working on things in the mirror Matt and I see that all the time. So this video is designed to really cut through all of that fluff all of that bump and give you some really good key checkpoints and things that you can go to the driving range to work on. So Matt what would be your way of simplifying the golf swing as much as possible. Yeah I think to get a good simple golf swing I think if you've got just a few training schools of thought that you're going to impose into the swing.

Maybe you know if we're number one but get a good posture if we're not stuck to it correctly you're going to have a few troubles you know feeling balanced unbalanced throughout the golf swing. We are moving something around our body quite a bit of speed so if you're not stood in a good manner this club is going to drag you off in different places and actually striking the golf ball inconsistently is going to be quite a task. So down on the line here the camera view you know what would you like to see in terms of a good posture. In good posture one of things like their word that sticks out to me would be athletic if we think of every day life a lot of people who were driving sat in desks you know generally sat on the couch at home will see people who were slumped over not making the most of our frame. So if we can see something where is we stood tall to it the first thing we need some bend at the hips we need to see that there are glutes are going backwards not that we're sitting down into an easy first point is that you're pushing the glutes back so we can see now we've got a bit of a bend here. Then we're going to be looking for a straight a spine angle instead of this rounded hunched over not making the most of our frame and once we've got into that position it's somewhere where we're only just slightly softening the legs. We don't want to see a lot of set down into it where we can see that the weights gone into our heels too much when we're not giving us a good posture. Once you've got the glutes back and a straight spine and slightly softer legs what you'll feel is something where the weight is more in the middle of the feet now you can be nice and balanced you're not going to be rocking all over and show feeling that you're falling over or falling away from the ball is a good point we need to be stored and balanced as we're going through it. So we're talking athletic rather than slumped. Yes well but yeah the good thing it's quite easy to see one of things you see a lot lessons as soon as you put one of these on compared to there you look like a totally different person you will feel a lot younger. I think what I'd like to see a lot of golfers do is possibly use a mirror more because again coaches want since we got their posture they need you recognize that they're not in the same posture that we see on T.V. but if you could use a mirror down the driving range that's a really simple way of checking that you've got good posture.

So moving on from posture what's next in the simplifying the swing for a golfer. I think you know getting a good grip so one of the main things it controls so much throughout the golf swing is we've got a poor grip we are probably going to have some poor face positions throughout the golf swing you which is going to lead us to poor ball control. So we can see that we have got a good grip throughout the swing going to help us a lot and a couple of things we generally see a lot of people even when you just put the club down and just let you hang go on to the club it's usually running through your palm in this manner as well we want to see something where it would start a little bit more in the fingers in the hands wrapping over so we're able to release the club throughout the golf swing. We want to be able to control the face and let it get it turning over be able to create some leverage with the speed so we can actually advance the ball as far as physically possible. So once we've got good posture we've got that left hand on in the right position right hand wrapping over. Yeah we want to see again a little bit more in the fingers and it wrapping over from there and I think a good a really good point that you could look for is something where the little crease you've got between the thorn and the forefinger here. A generally a lot of people that I see get it quite weak so we'll get it pointing out in front of them it's over this way too much for myself I like to see that this little crease now is working back up towards the right arm pit for the right handed player. So as your right hands on and you've got it sat there you can just give it a good checkpoint now you can see it but it's back into that position and hopefully then you're able to have a little bit more control over the golf club face throughout the swing.

You've got the posture we've got the grip let's simplify this back swing to people who are maybe struggling with too many complicated thoughts within their swing simplify that for me. Yeah what I think I think the best thing to just think of it it's not a nice long swing we're just trying to make it let's short and smooth a little bit short and smooth and follow through into a nice balanced finish as well we see a lot of people you know a bit of bravado trying to hit it as far as possible and beat the skin off the ball. Let's just make it a little bit smoother and shorter through into a balance finish so you're able to control A the club and your body hope giving you a better shot as we go through it. In terms of making that club move away from the ball would you like to think about that being more of a hands motion or more of a chest motion. Yes it's a good word you know the one piece takeaway would see would see everything working at once you feel that every thing's connected is you're taking away as opposed to something where it's the arms in the body is isolated and it's just hands and wrists working your way. If we can feel a little bit more that we're taking it away we feel that the chest even if you imagine the bottom of the club looking a bit more into your torso if you take it away it will give you a feeling of connection now as you do it and then hopefully you'll be able to hit something where you can get a nice shot. Very nice but I think that's like a swing they're really did look simple I mean isn't that derogatory I say to somebody else which really simple some people take offense at that, but if you look at all the best sportsmen not just golfers but any really good sportsman they make what they do look simple. Yeah I think that's something we can all aim to do stand on the driving range hitting balls with what feels and looks like a simple golf swing using the checkpoints that Matt highlighted there in terms of a good posture a nice grip like the chest and the body lead this way shorten your swing you need to have a good quality position and hopefully that's a great way of simplifying your golf swing.

2018-11-09

In this video tip PGA golf professionals Pete Styles and Matt Fryer, will explain how a good grip, good posture, one-piece takeaway, a short balanced swing and follow-through can lead to a simple swing that improves your golf scores.

After watching this video we encourage you to spend some time working on these key points and we are confident that you'll notice significant improvements to your game.

If like us you spend an awful lot of time looking at golf swings researching things on the internet maybe reading about golf swing you'll appreciate the golf swing can be incredibly complicated for some people. Some people to read so much that they they go to the driving range with 10 or 15 different swing thoughts and they're working on things in the mirror Matt and I see that all the time. So this video is designed to really cut through all of that fluff all of that bump and give you some really good key checkpoints and things that you can go to the driving range to work on. So Matt what would be your way of simplifying the golf swing as much as possible. Yeah I think to get a good simple golf swing I think if you've got just a few training schools of thought that you're going to impose into the swing.

Maybe you know if we're number one but get a good posture if we're not stuck to it correctly you're going to have a few troubles you know feeling balanced unbalanced throughout the golf swing. We are moving something around our body quite a bit of speed so if you're not stood in a good manner this club is going to drag you off in different places and actually striking the golf ball inconsistently is going to be quite a task. So down on the line here the camera view you know what would you like to see in terms of a good posture. In good posture one of things like their word that sticks out to me would be athletic if we think of every day life a lot of people who were driving sat in desks you know generally sat on the couch at home will see people who were slumped over not making the most of our frame. So if we can see something where is we stood tall to it the first thing we need some bend at the hips we need to see that there are glutes are going backwards not that we're sitting down into an easy first point is that you're pushing the glutes back so we can see now we've got a bit of a bend here. Then we're going to be looking for a straight a spine angle instead of this rounded hunched over not making the most of our frame and once we've got into that position it's somewhere where we're only just slightly softening the legs. We don't want to see a lot of set down into it where we can see that the weights gone into our heels too much when we're not giving us a good posture. Once you've got the glutes back and a straight spine and slightly softer legs what you'll feel is something where the weight is more in the middle of the feet now you can be nice and balanced you're not going to be rocking all over and show feeling that you're falling over or falling away from the ball is a good point we need to be stored and balanced as we're going through it. So we're talking athletic rather than slumped. Yes well but yeah the good thing it's quite easy to see one of things you see a lot lessons as soon as you put one of these on compared to there you look like a totally different person you will feel a lot younger. I think what I'd like to see a lot of golfers do is possibly use a mirror more because again coaches want since we got their posture they need you recognize that they're not in the same posture that we see on T.V. but if you could use a mirror down the driving range that's a really simple way of checking that you've got good posture.

So moving on from posture what's next in the simplifying the swing for a golfer. I think you know getting a good grip so one of the main things it controls so much throughout the golf swing is we've got a poor grip we are probably going to have some poor face positions throughout the golf swing you which is going to lead us to poor ball control. So we can see that we have got a good grip throughout the swing going to help us a lot and a couple of things we generally see a lot of people even when you just put the club down and just let you hang go on to the club it's usually running through your palm in this manner as well we want to see something where it would start a little bit more in the fingers in the hands wrapping over so we're able to release the club throughout the golf swing. We want to be able to control the face and let it get it turning over be able to create some leverage with the speed so we can actually advance the ball as far as physically possible. So once we've got good posture we've got that left hand on in the right position right hand wrapping over. Yeah we want to see again a little bit more in the fingers and it wrapping over from there and I think a good a really good point that you could look for is something where the little crease you've got between the thorn and the forefinger here. A generally a lot of people that I see get it quite weak so we'll get it pointing out in front of them it's over this way too much for myself I like to see that this little crease now is working back up towards the right arm pit for the right handed player. So as your right hands on and you've got it sat there you can just give it a good checkpoint now you can see it but it's back into that position and hopefully then you're able to have a little bit more control over the golf club face throughout the swing.

You've got the posture we've got the grip let's simplify this back swing to people who are maybe struggling with too many complicated thoughts within their swing simplify that for me. Yeah what I think I think the best thing to just think of it it's not a nice long swing we're just trying to make it let's short and smooth a little bit short and smooth and follow through into a nice balanced finish as well we see a lot of people you know a bit of bravado trying to hit it as far as possible and beat the skin off the ball. Let's just make it a little bit smoother and shorter through into a balance finish so you're able to control A the club and your body hope giving you a better shot as we go through it. In terms of making that club move away from the ball would you like to think about that being more of a hands motion or more of a chest motion. Yes it's a good word you know the one piece takeaway would see would see everything working at once you feel that every thing's connected is you're taking away as opposed to something where it's the arms in the body is isolated and it's just hands and wrists working your way. If we can feel a little bit more that we're taking it away we feel that the chest even if you imagine the bottom of the club looking a bit more into your torso if you take it away it will give you a feeling of connection now as you do it and then hopefully you'll be able to hit something where you can get a nice shot. Very nice but I think that's like a swing they're really did look simple I mean isn't that derogatory I say to somebody else which really simple some people take offense at that, but if you look at all the best sportsmen not just golfers but any really good sportsman they make what they do look simple. Yeah I think that's something we can all aim to do stand on the driving range hitting balls with what feels and looks like a simple golf swing using the checkpoints that Matt highlighted there in terms of a good posture a nice grip like the chest and the body lead this way shorten your swing you need to have a good quality position and hopefully that's a great way of simplifying your golf swing.