How To Effectively Play Golf

Nick Hough says:

Harry, welcome to the world of deliberate practice and stepping up to the REAL challenge of becoming a pro – 1000s of hours of practice! Yes it will need 1000s of hours I’m afraid. But, don’t worry – Talent is a myth – read the book Bounce for real inspiration – or any other book about deliberate practice and what it takes to become world class. You CAN do it.
The 'feel' issue (and not being able to describe/vocalise what you're doing) is called Expert Induced Amnesia (read the book). It's a result of years swinging and hitting the golf ball and achieving results without thinking about it as an explicit movement. Your swing is intrinsic – you just do it. (as a result of hitting 1000s of shots over your teenage years). Now, here's the problem – breaking that pattern requires you to add extrinsic thoughts into your swing, and these take hours and hours (probably 1000s) to mould into ‘intrinsic’ movements – you also have to make sure the new moves are not altering other parts of the swing – which they do, hence you need to do more practice! Remember ‘feel is not real’ especially when progressing toward new anatomical moves to achieve better impact. All of the parts of the jigsaw need to match up, and that may NOT come quickly – hip/pelvis changes in the swing ultimately lead to many hosel rockets, but persevere and work harder!
Your coach seems to have a great plan – lower body work is the key to a great long game, and the transition and leg/pelvis work comes first in all great swings – GG swing tips – George Gankas is another coach who really has this concept nailed (and I’m working hard on this stuff! But, the practice required to break your current (pelvis firing open first – without a dip/squat) transition is going to be a HUGE challenge. I wish you all the best and your young age should make changes easier for your brain to implement into action. One bit of advice I can give is – do loads of mirror practice without a club – 10 mins here, 10 mins there every day, plus your range work – it’s the only way to cement those new transition moves into place and never ignore flexibility – the tour pros are like gymnasts! Good luck Harry – BTW, I’m no pro (and don’t profess to be one) but 5 years of commitment to get produce ‘tour grade’ golf mechanics has taught me a great deal about the graft required to become truly great – I think I’m about 4000hrs into the 10000hrs process! Lots of work (and shanks) ahead of me, and you – all the best!

Golfanwalt says:

are you going George Gankas style now and rotate through the ball like crazy?

cafedeltransit says:

Cracking Vid H..
Reminds me off a Sean Foley swing.
What’s the reasoning behind the alignment stick on the angle…?
Hope Gary’s ok with your divots..????

Sean Hunt says:

He's learnt a punch shot 🙁

brandon ilsley says:

Stuart Little ???

Ryan says:

Your Video editing/production is amazing. Your boy Wiltshire needs pointers from ya. 🙂

James Adcock says:

White bread isn't good for ya just saying

Mark Sheehan says:

Is the trip to Spain with James?!

Morgan Cross says:

Definitely one of the best things he could have had you working on. All that old snappy leg, standing up/gaining height, flippy hands stuff was causing all those thin shots, inconsistent shape, and distance control issues, not to mention difficulty playing any kind of consistent cut shot which you'll probably be able to do again now. Stick with it!

Rocky Tango says:

woah…sick editing bro

Josh Rich says:

Great Content Bruh keep up the good work.

K4rN1v00L says:

goddamn harry that hip turn is looking mighty good boi so much more stable on your back swing as well quiet and smooth

Dakota Chestnut says:

Best change you could've made. You were always very flippy at impact. This change should help you tremendously.

Joakim Fredriksson says:

Changes looking cool keep grinding this and stick with it

Topthecat says:

Really interesting stuff, hope it helps your game:)