I was 22 in 87 and this is bringing back memories of playing my Spaulding Top flight 1,3,4,5 woods. The game of never ending frustration but also rewarding at times.
I have incorporated his teaching in my swing it's almost magical how well my ball striking has improved as long as I leave it alone from the top still a work in progress
I have just come across the video, the character, the teacher and the person (being Spanish, my very little knowledge of golf went back to Seve only…). I have been 8 months now into golf. Still lots of things are work in progress and I struggle a lot. I am taking his concepts with me next time I am going to the range and will try to assimilate them and put them in practice.
22:16 Amazing how Manuel breaks down he arms/forearm/wrist. I've never seen teaching like this. Use your arms and let gravity pull the forearms and wrist through. That's what we all do with a practice swing. If we could only trust to do the same thing at the ball. I think once around I do it correctly and that's when I say " Wow that was effort less and it went so straight". If you don't fight the club and gravity you almost play effortless golf and wont hurt your back. Cant wait to play again this Spring.
Thank you so much for this content! Itās the lack of this philosophy in todays teaching that makes the game so difficult for the majority of everyday people. We can not be conscious of our movementsā¦ ever!!!! We switch our focus from external intentions, to internal actions as soon as we realize we are not getting the results we want. This is not how we humans learn. Do children need lessons to walk when they fall over??
Amazing that a group of people just can't understand something sooooo simple. They are spinning their heads trying to complicate what he said. He explained the swing in 2 minutes demonstrating with that kid and in 20 seconds showed how the arms get the club back to the ball then everyone wants to spend 45 minutes complicating it as if they did not listen to a single thing he said or witnessed his demonstrations.
I love this swing concept and Iāve been working through it. One difficulty Iām having is when I swing the club back at the top of my swing my left wrist cups instead of flexing naturally like Iāve seen in others that have applied this technique. How do I swing the club back and have the lead wrist flex naturally instead of cupping?
Garret Mack at Western lakes golf club in Pewaukee WI was an assistant to Manuel and still teaches these concepts today. I got lucky and found him by chance at my local facility. I still canāt putt, but Iām hitting the ball pretty good these days.
I don't play golf, but I do play violin. And it's the same issue – the teachers make the bow-stroke exotically complicated. This concept of simply swinging the arm and keeping it simple is fundamental enough to be valuable in many other applications!
To me the most important concept in this entire lesson was the part where he said something like "my job is to move the club…..I don't have to worry about the ball, that's not my job" or task or whatever it was he said. This is the real key. He was NEVER talking about HITTING a golf ball. He only talked about SWINGING a CLUB.
Ernest has been expounding the gospel of swing, not hit, for many, many years. I do not think the golfing world in general disagrees with Ernest. They cannot; his idea that the hands are even 90% of the game can be true, but his doctrine ends abruptly, because he does not go the step further and tell his pupils HOW to use their hands better in order to advance in their golf. I find that most of my pupils have a swing. You can go on swinging a club till you are blue in the face and never gain a yard in length unless you work on the āheart of the swingā – the just-before-and-after-impact section. This cannot be glossed over.ā – HENRY COTTON
I wish I could shake his hand. I am 46 years old just getting back into the game after not playing for 8 years. I played professionally in the mid 2000's and even hold a course record in California. However….my lack of consistency was ridiculous and if my timing was off forget it. I damn near drove myself crazy recently trying to find the "key" to my swing….which meant something new every week. After watching this video last month it all made sense, and I have never swung the club better…..and so easily without 3 or 4 different thoughts. I may even have a go at the senior stuff in a few years lol. Thank you for this!
Let face it. Modern golf teacher saturate your mind with technical bull#@%$. At 70, I practice few hours just swinging (I call "brushing the rug). Finally I could easely back swing and finished like a pro. Perfect balance, did not have to think about anything. It is a natural swing. Now enjoy the game as never before. Try it!
With all due respect to Mr de la Torre, I think this is an oversimplification of the required elements that need to happen to swing the club consistently. Yes, you might find this helpful if your just beginning and need to have a very fundamental image of what needs to happen in a golf swing, but beyond that it's of limited value.
This goes out to the "deWiz commercial" ā Slice and over the top are not Synonyms!. Slice ref. to an open face at impact; whrereas over the top means: path from out to in (so called "tip over"/ term coined by Jim McLean). A Synonym for o.t.t. is pull. What do you mean is a pull-slice (widespread). A pure slice is relatively easy to fix, weil der Proband auf der richtigen Ebene schwingt und eben nicht von der Idiotenseite kommt. never mind!
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I was 22 in 87 and this is bringing back memories of playing my Spaulding Top flight 1,3,4,5 woods. The game of never ending frustration but also rewarding at times.
I have incorporated his teaching in my swing it's almost magical how well my ball striking has improved as long as I leave it alone from the top still a work in progress
I have just come across the video, the character, the teacher and the person (being Spanish, my very little knowledge of golf went back to Seve only…). I have been 8 months now into golf. Still lots of things are work in progress and I struggle a lot. I am taking his concepts with me next time I am going to the range and will try to assimilate them and put them in practice.
22:16 Amazing how Manuel breaks down he arms/forearm/wrist. I've never seen teaching like this.
Use your arms and let gravity pull the forearms and wrist through. That's what we all do with a practice swing. If we could only trust to do the same thing at the ball. I think once around I do it correctly and that's when I say " Wow that was effort less and it went so straight". If you don't fight the club and gravity you almost play effortless golf and wont hurt your back. Cant wait to play again this Spring.
How is Mr. de la Torre not on the front page of every golf magazine and book ever!! Mac, de la Torre and Norman FTW.
This is an amazing video. So simple. The concept of how the arms work in the swing alone š¤Æ how come this isn't more commonly known or discussed??
Thank you so much for this content! Itās the lack of this philosophy in todays teaching that makes the game so difficult for the majority of everyday people. We can not be conscious of our movementsā¦ ever!!!! We switch our focus from external intentions, to internal actions as soon as we realize we are not getting the results we want. This is not how we humans learn. Do children need lessons to walk when they fall over??
Amazing that a group of people just can't understand something sooooo simple. They are spinning their heads trying to complicate what he said. He explained the swing in 2 minutes demonstrating with that kid and in 20 seconds showed how the arms get the club back to the ball then everyone wants to spend 45 minutes complicating it as if they did not listen to a single thing he said or witnessed his demonstrations.
I love this swing concept and Iāve been working through it. One difficulty Iām having is when I swing the club back at the top of my swing my left wrist cups instead of flexing naturally like Iāve seen in others that have applied this technique. How do I swing the club back and have the lead wrist flex naturally instead of cupping?
Garret Mack at Western lakes golf club in Pewaukee WI was an assistant to Manuel and still teaches these concepts today. I got lucky and found him by chance at my local facility. I still canāt putt, but Iām hitting the ball pretty good these days.
Between Emanuel de la Torre and Tom Watson, I have been able to hit my driver, hybrids, and irons 100% better. Now i have
This is the best golf instruction ever in the world
SWING THE CLUBHEAD with your arms and let your body react.
Bob Brue identical clinic, more entertaining even.
I don't play golf, but I do play violin. And it's the same issue – the teachers make the bow-stroke exotically complicated. This concept of simply swinging the arm and keeping it simple is fundamental enough to be valuable in many other applications!
Simply the greatest all time.
To me the most important concept in this entire lesson was the part where he said something like "my job is to move the club…..I don't have to worry about the ball, that's not my job" or task or whatever it was he said. This is the real key. He was NEVER talking about HITTING a golf ball. He only talked about SWINGING a CLUB.
Ernest has been expounding the gospel of swing, not hit, for many, many years. I do not think the golfing world in general disagrees with Ernest. They cannot; his idea that the hands are even 90% of the game can be true, but his doctrine ends abruptly, because he does not go the step further and tell his pupils HOW to use their hands better in order to advance in their golf. I find that most of my pupils have a swing. You can go on swinging a club till you are blue in the face and never gain a yard in length unless you work on the āheart of the swingā – the just-before-and-after-impact section. This cannot be glossed over.ā – HENRY COTTON
I wish I could shake his hand. I am 46 years old just getting back into the game after not playing for 8 years. I played professionally in the mid 2000's and even hold a course record in California. However….my lack of consistency was ridiculous and if my timing was off forget it. I damn near drove myself crazy recently trying to find the "key" to my swing….which meant something new every week. After watching this video last month it all made sense, and I have never swung the club better…..and so easily without 3 or 4 different thoughts. I may even have a go at the senior stuff in a few years lol. Thank you for this!
Let face it. Modern golf teacher saturate your mind with technical bull#@%$. At 70, I practice few hours just swinging (I call "brushing the rug). Finally I could easely back swing and finished like a pro. Perfect balance, did not have to think about anything. It is a natural swing. Now enjoy the game as never before. Try it!
Looks like I've found the way to shoot my age before I'm 90! Have Manuel's book in route.
Moe Norman says this guy is the best teacher
With all due respect to Mr de la Torre, I think this is an oversimplification of the required elements that need to happen to swing the club consistently. Yes, you might find this helpful if your just beginning and need to have a very fundamental image of what needs to happen in a golf swing, but beyond that it's of limited value.
This goes out to the "deWiz commercial" ā Slice and over the top are not Synonyms!. Slice ref. to an open face at impact; whrereas over the top means: path from out to in (so called "tip over"/ term coined by Jim McLean). A Synonym for o.t.t. is pull.
What do you mean is a pull-slice (widespread). A pure slice is relatively easy to fix, weil der Proband auf der richtigen Ebene schwingt und eben nicht von der Idiotenseite kommt.
never mind!
If this crap worked everybody would be breaking 80 all these golf pros are such BS artists