Golfing Tips

Ken Rock:

Your club disappears sometimes in from of that green screen :(

Lexi Plexi:

hi Herman. Thanks for all your hard work, your videos are always straight
forward and informative. seems that almost all of the other instructors
producing videos on youtube have covered the fundamentals and now just
continue to stay relevant they feel the need to make another every week.
This is helping no one and diminishes their earlier work greatly as they
now are teaching gimmicks and band aid fixes which cannot sustain a
powerful and repeatable golf swing. i need a spam filter to help sift
through all the crap that comes up on any search with the words ” swing” or
” golf ” in it. Anyways….before i get to carried away ranting,
THANKYOU!!! now that thats out of the way lets talk about Ian poulters
swing analysis. i think that is actually the only swing i’ve ever seen that
does return to the original plane line. if you happen to wAtch it again
look for the flag stick which is about 30* to the left of where his feet
are aimed. now watch the video while visualizing an extremely in to out
swing path required to draw a short iron that much.

Ian Llego:

This is definitely THE definitive guide to swing plane! I never fully
appreciated the concept of swing plane, until now. I thought there was only
one (Hogan’s pane of glass), turns out there’s two. After watching this, I
finally understood why I come over the top and the disastrous effects it
has in my golf swing. Your idea of an Intermediary Plane was brilliant and
its implication simple yet profound: since you start at Plane 1 on the
takeaway, move to the Intermediary Plane, then up to Plane 2 at the top of
the backswing, it makes sense that, in the downswing, you have to
transition first to the Intermediary Plane from Plane 2 before you go back
to Plane 1. This crystallized for me why I should “drop” the hands and club
first. I also now understand why the slight “bump” is necessary. Thanks for
“Hermanizing” me, Herman!

paul boyd:

Clearest explanation of swing plane I’ve ever seen. Ty

Stanley Ross:

This video is very helpful. Thanks

SnowDiaries:

great video, well made.

pd9971:

Hands down the easiest, simplest, cheapest, and most effective drill you’ll
find to stop coming over the top and when you do this drill your balance
will improve ten fold plus your contact and distance will improve
dramatically!! 

vjb007:

Brilliant. Very ingenious way of first approaching it from the club head
perspective. After a very long layoff from golf, this simple instruction
cured my problem overnight. When this approach started to work really well
and my old distance and ball trajectory returned, I felt I was swinging on
too flat a plane on the downswing—-but I wasn’t. Better in any case that
I swing on a slightly flatter plane than a slightly steeper one—the
difference is night and day. It’s made golf enjoyable again. Thank you.

brofun:

I have found lately that if I make my back swing wide, away from me..then
at the top, I have more of a feel of coming down and thru rather than over
the top! Not sure why..but it has really helped me to get that feel of
directing the power down and thru.

tony t.:

another good video, thanks

james eadie:

I struggle to play off 13 handicap, and I have the same problem as Karen,
but this is only with my driver, any tips greatly appreciated. PS don’t say
don’t use my driver 

Meandmygolf:

Yes if your lie angle is too upright it can cause the ball to go left. Have
you hit any shots using lie tape on the bottom to see how the club is being
delivered?

rayner1399:

The club-face release is in correlation with the swing-path, so an
over-the-top action ( out-to-in swing path) will result in a person holding
the club-face off!!! it’s a natural response, so the ball doesn’t go
farther left!!! correct the club-path first and then the natural response
will be to release the club-head more!!!! to fix the club-release first is
wrong and will create a lot of frustration for the pupil. It’s a case of
cause-and-effect!!! the swing-path controls club-head release!!

monkeybreeks jov:

Recently started doing 20 balls at range just to get the face turning and
it is slowly helping; will keep on doing this to try to get consistency,
cos i hit probably hit headcovers 3 times out of 20 as i still find it
difficult to try not to pull club down with hands. Will keep practising.
Cheers.

Meandmygolf:

The club face has the most influence on the starting direction of the golf
ball so even if the path is to the right, if the club face is pointing left
of target at impact, the ball can start left and curve more left.

monkeybreeks jov:

My irons from 6 to 8 are slight controlled draw. My driver is very high
slice (12 degree loft driver), but usually 7/10 is a huge hook. I think I
need to subscribe to your pages. I already read most of your 225 lessons re
hooking, lag, wrists, etc. My long irons are awful. This is not an easy
game. Cheers.

Pieter Breyd:

Ultimately Karen is swinging with her arms. If she can start the downswing
with the lower body ie a lateral and circular movement this will cause her
arms to naturally drop onto and along the swing plane and not come over the
top. This is the primary cause and not necessarily an open club face. The
club face issues can be addressed when she has mastered the correct swing
sequence

Meandmygolf:

I totally agree that path influences face, especially when you swing over
the top. However, just because you change the path of the golf club doesn’t
mean you will automatically change the face as you will have developed a
strong motor pattern in that area. In my years of coaching, face directly
influences plane. Face is usually the cause and a poor swing plane is the
effect.