Use This Simple Golf Tip To Hit Your Irons Further

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Driving · Sep 12, 2026 · 215K views · 4.4K likes

Want to hit the golf ball further but struggle to make a longer backswing? In this Danny Maude golf lesson, you’ll learn how to create more distance without needing a huge golf swing. This is particularly useful for golfers with limited mobility, golfers recovering from injury, senior golfers, or anyone who simply feels more comfortable making a shorter backswing. Using one of Danny Maude’s favourite golf drills, this golf instruction video shows you how to improve your strike, create more clubhead speed and learn how to “catapult” the golf club through impact so you can generate effortless power with the swing you already have. In this golf lesson, you’ll learn: • How to hit the golf ball further with a short backswing • Why you don’t need a longer golf swing to create more distance • The finish position that helps improve ball striking • Why the trail shoulder is so important through impact • How to stop lunging towards the golf ball • How to create more clubhead speed without swinging harder • The “Longest Putt” golf drill for effortless power • How to use sound to improve golf swing acceleration • Why a shorter golf swing can improve your strike • How to transfer this feeling into your full swing and driver If you struggle with golf distance because your golf swing feels short, restricted or powerless, this is a brilliant golf drill to practise. The key to hitting irons longer isn’t simply making a bigger backswing. It’s learning how to organise the body correctly, improve the quality of your strike and accelerate the golf club at the right moment through impact. This simple golf tip is incredible if you struggle to make a full golf swing. Danny helps many senior golfers hit driver straight while also helping them hit driver longer. This is one of his go to golf tips. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 How to hit the golf ball further with a short backswing 00:23 2 golf swing keys for more distance and effortless power 01:12 Golf drill for senior golfers and limited mobility 01:28 Short backswing drill to improve golf distance 02:06 Correct golf swing finish position for better ball striking 02:52 Golf swing fault that causes tops and loss of distance 03:31 Trail shoulder move for a better golf swing 04:20 How to create clubhead speed without swinging harder 05:14 Golf swing speed drill using sound and acceleration 05:55 Ball striking drill for cleaner iron contact 06:34 How to hit irons longer without a longer backswing 07:24 Trail shoulder drill to stop coming over the top 07:46 How to build a powerful full golf swing from a short swing 08:10 Effortless golf swing power for senior golfers 08:25 Danny Maude Swing Coach app for golf swing analysis 08:40 How to hit driver longer using the same golf swing move Practice Plan Here's the practice plan to go with this video. Take it to the range with my pleasure: https://www.dannymaude.com/how-to-hit-longer-with-a-shorter-golf-swing ▶️ More Danny Maude golf tips, golf lessons and golf instruction: https://www.dannymaude.com 📱 Try the Danny Maude Swing Coach app FREE for 14 days: https://www.dannymaude.com/Swing-coach-app The Swing Coach app analyses your golf swing, identifies the areas that need improving and gives you simple golf drills to help you improve while monitoring your swing as you practise. Currently available on iPhone. If this golf lesson helps your swing, please give the video a thumbs up, subscribe for more simple golf tips and share it with a golfer who wants to hit the golf ball further without making a bigger swing. #DannyMaude #GolfSwing #GolfTips