Essentials

While the modern game has been greatly influenced by technology, it’s best not to make learning the golf swing more complicated than it needs to be. That’s why you need David Leadbetter. In this video series, the legendary instructor teaches you his essentials to making a consistently good golf swing in simple, easy-to-understand lessons.

Almost every golfer David Leadbetter teaches shows up at his academy with a grip that could use some improvement. Even the pros. The most common issue is gripping the club too much in the palms. David shows you what a good grip looks like and what it can do for your swing.

In this video, David Leadbetter walks you through the importance of setting up to the ball correctly. A good address posture eliminates many issues that can cause players to hit bad shots.

The pivot motion of the body is the lifeblood of any swing, David Leadbetter says. It provides the power and flow to any good golf swing. And it doesn’t take most golfers long to learn how to pivot correctly.

A lot of amateur golfers have problems at the start of the swing, which leads to problems with the overall motion. In this video, David Leadbetter simplifies this basic technique, emphasizing how a good start leads to an overall good swing.

There are many ways to swing the club effectively. The look of the backswing and downswing changes from player to player. But if you want the simplest way to make a swing you can repeat, one that rids you of slices, follow David Leadbetter’s advice in this video.