Video Transcript

7 Golf Tips I Wish Someone Told Me Sooner! (My Ball Striking Was NEVER The Same)

Pro Golf Swing Tips and Global Swing Philosophy

“In today’s video, I’m going to be sharing with you seven pivotal tips, drills, and lessons that I picked up over the many years I’ve been playing golf. They really helped me refine my swing and improve my ball striking, and I think they’re going to help you out a lot as well.

And several of these tips came from the likes of Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, Tommy Fleetwood, some of the creme de la creme when it comes to ball striking. So, Henry Fall here. Welcome back to those of you who’ve been following along. If you’re new here, I’d really appreciate if you hit that subscribe button.

Really helps me out. So, I filmed these tip videos several years ago for a partner of ours with Mileines Golf, but I put them together in this one video. I’ve timestamped it for you if you want to click ahead, but I like to think these lessons could help just about anybody.

They kind of are all-encompassing of that global system that we like to talk about with my lines golf and what it means to swing like an athlete. So, let’s get right into it.”

Dustin Johnson’s Clubface Control and Wrist Hinge Feel

“So, you probably clicked on this video because you’re really struggling with your dispersion. You’re hitting balls way to the right, way to the left. You feel like you have no control over the club face. And golf really comes down to controlling your ball flight.

There’s a simple feel that Dustin Johnson has used and talked about that I think could really benefit you. What he likes to think about is that his right hand is essentially the club face. Okay? and his right hand is basically staying on the plane the whole golf swing. So you see how my palm is kind of on this plane.

So the golf swing’s on a plane and the palm’s on the plane on the plane on the plane on the plane on the plane on the plane on the plane the whole way. I’m not really rotating my arm much. I’m definitely not twisting it. That that palm is basically my direction.

That’s where I want the ball to go. Plus, if I bend my wrist back a little bit, that’s going to help me create a little bit of shaft lean and compression that we want. Okay, so there’s my feel of the right arm. Something Dustin Johnson’s talked about just growing up, you know, at the driving range, you know, hitting a lot of balls at a target.

Dustin Johnson Swing Secret

The easiest way for me to hit it there is just that’s how I started swinging is just face control. So from when I take it back, I just never rotate the face from my address. Let’s see if I can do one slow where I then feel that. So palm is kind of on that plane the whole way. You could even do like a little open palm here.

And you can see how it’s on the plane the whole way. You could go really slow and chip that just like that. So you feel that palm and I’m basically reducing the number of variables.

I’m just keeping that relatively square. So then I can just move my body dynamically and athletically. So it creates a little bit more stability in the golf swing. That’s where I start to feel like the face stays really stable just like Dustin Johnson.

And that right wrist, that right palm, that’s a really good director and guide for the club face if you think of those working together. Okay, so try that out.”

Ben Hogan’s Trail Elbow Connection Drill

“feel that Ben Hogan talked about quite a bit throughout his career and did some drills and exercises to help him with that right arm getting in front. So, a lot of you at home tend to get this right arm kind of stuck and plastered back behind us.

So, now we got no room to go. You tend to see the hips kind of firing in versus that trail arm kind of staying with us or in front of us and that elbow, right? That’s kind of the the magic elbow that we’ve already probably heard about Ben Hogan.

The Magic Right Elbow –– Ben Hogan Golf Swing “The First Movement”

So, how did he do it? And and maybe what’s a good practice that we can use for that? So, what I want you to just think of is at setup here, this right elbow is kind of pointed at the right hip socket and your hand or palm is kind of open like you’re going to give a a slap, right?

So, feeling like that arm travels with us is a nice thought number one. And just in the golf swing, feeling like that right arm travels with us, okay? versus getting kind of way out behind or sucking it back this way, retracting the arm.

So, just feeling like it moves a little more with us. And then number two, a feel you can do for that is take your left arm and the back of the left hand, the glove here under my right tricep. So, your trail arm and just making some one- arm swings with that moving with us.

You could in theory hit some shots this way with just your right arm. Just some little very small one arm shots. I wouldn’t do too many of those, but that could be a good feel to get that right arm in front and get that magical right arm feel that Ben Hogan had so he could really cover the golf ball and get that arm where he needed to for that nice low cut that he was kind of famous for.”

Lee Trevino’s Towel Towing Drill for Body Rotation

“I’m going to be sharing with you a drill and feel that Lee Trevino talked about for elite ball striking. You may not have seen this one back in the day. So, what Lee talked about, and I’ll I’ll add in the clip here in a sec, but he would take like a a golf towel and basically put in his right hand and basically feel like when he swung that that towel was following him the whole extent of the golf swing.

So, you see how I’m not pushing it. I’m letting it follow me. I kind of let it drop on my left shoulder and then I keep going around the corner. I’m not throwing it from the top and I’m not stalling my body because now the towel surpasses me. I want to feel like I’m leading that towel. Putting it up to the top of your back swing. 

The Secret Weapon of Lee Trevino?

Now watch how the handkerchief will follow all the way through. You see what happens to the hanky if you stop? It falls and catches up. What you have to do is try and keep your body in front of your hands and the club face coming through the hitting area. Let me show you. Okay. So, I like to think of this like I’m towing something.

I’m towing the club into the ball. I’m not throwing it from the top. So, let me hit one slow. Okay. So, you can see how I was able to tow that and keep my chest going, keep my rotation going, and that’s what brought the club back. it wasn’t me pulling down my arms or throwing the club.

So, if you struggle with your swing feeling kind of stiff and rigid, not very natural, not very athletic, do give this Lee Troino feel a try. I promise you, you’ll move through it a little more freely. Just like that. Okay. So, try that out. Use the hanky just like Trovino.”

Upside-Down Club Speed Drill for Forward Impact

“How to hit the golf ball with a little less effort. Okay, so many of you are trying to apply a lot of force at the ball. Hit that golf ball. Well, I want you to think of it more this way. Let’s say the golf ball is in the way. You’re going you’re just moving through that ball.

That ball’s a point in space that you’re moving through. A good little exercise you can do is take this club and put it upside down. So, the grip is on the butt end here. And I want you to on a scale of 1 to 10 pressure-wise, you could start at a 10. Now go down to like a one. Really feel like that that butt end, the grip is really heavy.

And I want you to make that that whoosh out front here um in front of where the ball would actually be. So you keep moving through the shot and get that whoosh out front. So now you got that feeling of passing through this space with some more energy out front.

Now take it to the ball and let’s see if we can get that ball to just sort of be in the way of our of our swing versus trying to trying to hit the golf ball so hard. So you see so many people get kind of stuck and locked up and they they never really get through the shot.”

Split Grip Drill for Hip Turn and Clear Impact

“How to better rotate through the ball. Okay, this is a question we get asked all the time at our academy. And for me, I have this little exercise I like to do. It’s a split grip drill. Now, maybe you’ve seen it before. You know, you grip the the right hand halfway down the shaft or so, third of the way down. Kind of like a hockey stick, right?

But not quite as far. And, you know, normally you see it done where it’s kind of a pump drill, right? I want you to do it more of a rotary action and feel like this handle stays outside of our hip. Okay?

Now, if I were to hit a golf ball or any object here, I wouldn’t just throw the club like this from the top that that handle would almost hit me, right? Why? That doesn’t look like a very powerful move versus turning out of the way. Okay? And the handle actually getting outside of our hip, chest opening, lead hip back. Okay?

So, this can be a great feel with the house. So, you turn off and then you turn through. Okay? You see the shaft in my chest? Well, they’re kind of parallel. Well, if you look at baseball players or hockey players or tennis players, the instrument is usually parallel with our chest going through impact.

Okay. So, let’s get that feel. I’m going to make a couple of these rehearsals nice and wide. And then I’m going to go hit the golf ball. See what happens. Oh. I would say that was a nice little rotary reaction. So, that’s a good drill you can do at home to train that better impact position.”

Wall Shallowing Drill for Fix Over the Top Swing

“Today, I’m going to share with you guys a simple drill to help shallow that club in transition. Something you’ve probably heard before. Okay, so we’re going to have a little fun here. I’m actually behind the net, but we’re going to use it for a drill.

Okay, so I’m going to go ahead and get set up. I’m going to go up to the top, I’m going to start with my club upside down for a second, then I’m going to go up to the top and I’m going to kind of avoid this wall in my back swing. I want to kind of stand that shaft up a little bit. And then in transition, I want to kind of land and let this this handle drop back into that net. Okay.

Now Shallow The Golf Club

So, up to the top, let it drop into that net. I want to stay on the net just for a little bit there. Coming down. You can see how that shaft has now gone from stood up to shallowed out sort of on the plane. I still have it on the net there and then I can turn into it. Okay. So now with the club and if you you could use a wall for this.

That’s why I recommend maybe starting with it upside down so you don’t bust the wall. But I’m going to go up to the top, get on that net, let it ride down, and then into the ball. So many of you at home, you get up there. Okay. Maybe you’re a little in the net early, but then you’re throwing it out off the net very early out of the top.

Now we’re over the top. We’re not shallow. We’re steep. And your path probably is going to start getting across the line. And you’ll hit pulls and slices with drivers. So, let’s do it the opposite. Stand it up, get it on that net, and then bring it from more in to out. Okay. So, really cool drill here that you can do at home to shallow yourself out.”

Tommy Fleetwood Alignment Gate Drill for Solid Contact

“Probably the simplest drill you can do, the simplest practice for better ball striking, for better contact, flush shots. We all want flush shots, right? But what can we do to train like the pros? So you see Tommy Fleetwood and Bryson DeChambeau, two of the better ball strikers in the world.

And what they do is a simple drill of putting something outside the ball and inside the ball and basically making an obstacle course for themselves where they pretty much have to hit it solid and if they don’t they know they get feedback.

Feedback is so important. So simple drill you can do and I got different colored golf balls here just to make it obvious. Two yellow balls, one outside my target and one inside my target. Okay?

Okay. And I’m just looking for that good, nice, clean contact where that club travels through. So, we’re not hitting it, you know, near the hos. We’re not hitting near the toe. We’re just getting that that nice centered strike. So, let’s see if I can do one. Good.

And I should get some good feedback there. Now, if I was to say swing catch one funny, well, obviously I would have come from the inside on that one. totally miss the ball. But usually the one you’re going to see is where the club gets too out and you’ll get the old ricochet where you hit both balls. Okay?

Centered Ball Striking Cheat Code

But in either case, you’re just building a nice little railroad or road map for you to follow so you can get that good, clean contact. I recommend you guys do this honestly every day. It’s a simple, easy exercise. The other one you could do on top of this, especially if you struggle with that heel strike, is grab a head cover or a shoe.

I got a sandal here, something outside the ball. You could use a range divider or a bucket and just put it just slightly outside the ball and force yourself to avoid that object so you get that good contact you’re looking for and you don’t hit it on the heel or the hoszle. So try this out. I would do it every day.

Honestly, it’s just such an easy practice like the pros are doing. So do yourself a favor and add it to your practice. So, thanks for watching and hopefully you got something out of one or maybe all of those tips. They certainly helped me along my golfing journey.

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