I second Clay Ballard at top speed golf.

I am fans of most of these instructors, I haven't heard of all of them though so will watch the new ones.

One thing for me though is to limit how many of these I watch. Found myself thinking way too much about too many different swing thoughts before every swing. For me, I'll watch one related to what I need help with and only work on one drill for a week and then test out in a round. Before was doing multiple drills each day and just got to be too much.

What would be a good place to start for a novice golfer? Are second hand clubs worth the time?

Definitely yes on second hand clubs. The latest and greatest won't make your game. That said look for game improvement several years old, not older. If you're looking at YouTube instruction, look to see if the instruction makes sense to you. Simple is better right now. Stay away from the guys teaching that at this point of the backswing the clubhead should be precisely at 38.7 degrees. There are good YouTube instructors listed on this thread.

I watched Gankas for awhile when trying to work in a better lower body rotation, but stumbled onto Russell Heritage while doing so. Really like Russell's approach to the game and developing a consistent swing. He's got a good YouTube channel and his videos helped me identify an early extension, which I'm still working on eliminating. I've started watching more Clay Ballard recently and have liked him as well. But I'm starting to get too many thoughts going again when I really just needed to work on a better rotation.

I'm trying to find a cure to coming over the top with my upper body. My first move is rotating my shoulders on a plane level with the ground instead of around my spine.

The problem is I can't feel it. I see it on video despite consciously trying not to do it. It's bad enough that I'll hit a hosel rocket with my pitch shots occasionally.


If y'all have a video for that post it please lol

Here you go Rusty:

Another good one for you to consider Rusty:

I third Clay Ballard at Top Speed golf.
Has added 25 yards to my drive and increased accuracy.
His videos on the short game have help me as well.

Offers different levels of membership ... I'm not sure of the listed price, but I got a year membership for $40 bucks. It also provides "office hours" where an instructor takes questions from the viewers.

I have not entered the $200/month unlimited swing reviews. But I did a $200 year subscription masterclass focused on drawing/fading and with that, you can send in swing snippets and get feedback. That helped a ton.

Great video. Thank you. He's described it well that my first move is my right shoulder going forward. I've been focusing on my left shoulder. Maybe focusing on the right shoulder will help.

Frustratingly, this ONLY happens when hitting a ball. Practice swings, even at full speed, are fine. But on practice swings I tend to have early extension lol

It's a good thing I'm obsessed with this game or I would quit!

MikesFamousJava said:

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I like several of the names/channels posted previously, but the one I've really been focusing on lately is Tom Saguto. He's a stack and tilt single-plane guy. My biggest challenge has always been consistency with my swing, and he has helped my swing a ton by reducing a lot of the variables. He's a goofball but I like him.

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I like Saguto. His greenside bunker technique has worked for me.

Big fan of JC Anderson. He breaks it down nice and simple