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My #1 Tip For Consistent Ball Striking (25 Years Taught Me This!)

The Key to Consistent Ball Striking and Contact

“So, you’re here for more consistent ball striking, better contact, shots that fly straighter, and a swing you can rely on. Having been around golfers of all abilities through my many years of coaching, including some of the best players in the world, I found sort of one thing that I think can really help simplify your swing and ensure better contact and shots time after time.

And in today’s episode, we’re going to be focusing on that one thing and some exercises you can do to bring about more consistent ball striking. Henry Fall here and I want to welcome you to my new YouTube channel. I’m out here at Dobson Ranch Golf Course today in Mesa, Arizona. Many of you might know me from Milo Lines, but I wanted to uh start my own channel here and have a little fun with you guys.

So, today we’re going to be talking about that one thing I think can really help simplify your golf swing and improve your ball striking. And what that is is simply turning in bends. Okay. So, what is that? What is turning in bends?”

Golf Swing Plane Mechanics and Low Point Control

“Well, I’ve brought a hockey stick out here. And the reason I really like the hockey stick one, it’s somewhat long. This is actually a junior stick, so it’s a little on the shorter side, but somewhat long. It also has this kind of face on it. And for many of you at home, the golf swing becomes over complicated because of how you are moving, turning, winding in relation to the golf ball.

Well, if I put a golf ball down here on the ground, we’re obviously here on this plane. And my job in the golf swing is to wind and unwind somewhat on this plane so that the club can route up and down somewhat on this plane. Right? If we can keep it that simple, it’s really going to help us provide a reliable route with the club, so the club can kind of follow the same track more or less swing after swing. And then it just becomes a game of low point.

So if I can get my low point forward when the ball’s sitting on the ground, the golf swing starts to become more and more simple. If we can simplify turning and bends, it kind of keeps you on course, so to speak. you don’t get off course, off track.”

Proper Backswing Turn and Internal Hip Rotation

“So, here I go. If I take this hockey stick and I get myself sort of pointed down at the ball, chest sort of down at the ball. So, I have the stick in my sternum here and then I put it across my chest. We’re going to start on the back side of this circle.

So, if I wind up, you can see if I take this stick, it’s pointing somewhat down towards the ball. So, I’m turning my shoulders sort of on this plane, but I’m also working into some amount of internal hip rotation. I’m loading that trail leg… winding up. I’m expanding this trail side. Okay?

And that’s going to all keep me down in relationship at the ball. When I do this correctly, too, you notice I’m not dipping or lowering. I’m actually keeping my height more or less. So, this keeps my chest sort of out on top of the ball, my pelvis back. And again, keeps me turning in my bends, keeping the relationship with the ball. And then if I were to unwind back to the ball, same thing. I’m trying to point that stick somewhat down towards the ball.

Winding, unwind. So, this simple rotation, so to speak, on the plane, it just it routes everything sort of for you. And then even if you have some goofiness with the clubs and the hands and the arms, certainly got to match that up, but you can get away with it much more. And this just again simplifies the action.”

How to Stop Early Extension and Stay in Posture

“For the flip side, what I could do is put the stick on my left side and then I could go back down to my back swing and then all the way through to my finish. And what I feel like here is if there was like a pile of snow on this side, I’m almost scooping it up and shoveling it back behind my left shoulder. So, this is a really nice feeling to kind of complete my circle and again keeps me in my bends.

So, it looks pretty easy or basic here on screen, but for many of you at home, you’re over complicating your swing. When you start turning onto your bends, you start losing your angles. you start early extending, thrusting, all that stuff.

So, this kind of does everything for you. Keeps you in your posture, keeps you in the shot, and keeps your pelvis back, chest down, and lets you compress shots just like you want to. And it’s what I found to to be the most consistent on the golf course rather than using your hands and arms all the time trying to time things.”

Face-On Golf Swing Mechanics and Body Turn

“Okay, so now I wanted to give you guys a look at this from face on as well. So, here we go. Stick out of my right shoulder. I’m going to wind up again, get that stick sort of pointed down towards the golf ball. Not quite at it, but a little bit outside of it. And then unwind into the ball. And you can see how I’m squaring things off and I’m turning in my bends. My chest is winding up, my chest is unwinding, and then I can rotate through the shot.

Conversely, if I put this on my left side, I can wind up, get that stick kind of behind the ball there and then again sort of scoop that snow up and back behind my left shoulder, turning in my bends. And that gives me a great feeling of winding up and unwinding. It’s super efficient, super simple. That’s really going to help make your golf swing more reliable, too, on the golf course if you can just feel and practice that motion.”

Using Household Training Aids to Practice Golf Posture

“Okay. What I’m also going to do here is I’m going to grab one of these bag holders. And this can kind of be nice, too. It can sort of give you a target. One thing to think about as you’re winding and unwinding on this plane is we don’t want to wind and unwind start getting sort of bent or tilty.

Just on the flip side, we also don’t want to be like sort of in too much flexion over the top here. So, you want to be sort of level through the strike, so to speak, in the bend. So, I’m going to put this outside my left foot and give myself a sort of target so I can wind up and unwind. And you can see how I clicked that uh bag holder and use that square face of the hockey stick to wind and unwind.

So, really like that one as well. If you’re looking to get stacked up, move that low point forward as well. It’s a really good one. So, why do I like the hockey stick? Well, it’s nice. It gives you a face to aim for. But if you don’t have one, you know, use a PVC pipe, use a broom, find something in your house so you can learn to turn in your bends, and that’s going to really help your golf swing.”

Athletic Golf Swing Principles and Tour Pro Warm-Ups

“Now, as I said at the onset of this video, many of you may know me through Milo Lines and Milo Lines Golf. And our motto is to swing like an athlete. Well, when I think of an athlete, I think of powerfulness. I think of ease, but I also think of efficiency. And to me, this is efficient.

This is how we we wind up and unwind, deliver the club to the back of the ball, just how all the great players do it. And it’s really the key for consistency in my opinion. Again, it takes the the guesswork out of it so much with the hands and arms. If you can just set up and feel like you wind and unwind on that plane, then you can sort of just step into any shot feeling pretty confident in how you can deliver that club. That was a pretty nice little high cut right there.

So, as you can see, I just felt like I was winding up on that plane and unwinding on that plane. And from being around a lot of the best players in the world, especially on the LPGA Tour, I’ve seen that whether it’s in their warm-ups or when they’re working on their golf swing, they’re looking at this sort of basic understanding and how it can improve their golf swings, how it can neutralize their path and just, you know, simplify things because under the gun, you want it pretty simple and you want to have a swing that you can trust.

So to me, winding up on plane, unwinding on plane, it’s really as simple as it gets. And to me, it really can make your ball striking more consistent.”

Hitting Full Shots While Maintaining Posture and Bends

“That’s pretty yummy right there. All right, just for fun, too, let’s add in a swing of me hitting at you guys where I turn in my bends and on that plane. So you can see that look right at you guys. Let it go. Turn in my bends. There we go.

Okay, let’s just do one more for good measure. So good setup and then I just feel like I wind and unwind on that plane. Make it as simple and efficient as possible. There we go. I’ll take every single one of those. So, again, turning and bends. I really think it’s as basic as it gets, but don’t overlook it. Do some hug drills. Do some hockey stick drills. Turn in your bends. Work that plane.

I think your golf swing is really going to thank you. It’s going to be more reliable and your ball striking will get more consistent. Seeing as this is a brand new channel, I’d really appreciate if you guys follow along. Hit that subscribe button, tap the like button, hit the bell icon, all that jazz. I’d really appreciate it. And thanks so much for watching.”

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