@@washredskin887 no way, are you sure they aren't just having you do that to exaggerate the opposite of what you did...I went to golfec and they had me taking it way outside like the last one Shaun showed because my fault was doing the first one he showed....over time it met in the middle
I have been recently struggling terribly with my irons. This video helped me more than any video I've ever seen. After watching it over several times, I focused mainly on the part starting at minute 10:31 through 11:01. Just incorporating the information you illustrated in those 30 seconds helped me immensely to get my swing on the proper plane. After practicing the takeway move for awhile, I simply went to the takeaway position and then, leaving my arms pretty much passive, rotated just slightly to the top of my backswing and am now hitting my irons better than I have in a long time. I'm hitting the sweet spot much more often and getting better flight on my shots. It feels like I'm not even swinging hard and the ball goes flying. Now I'm just trying to get the full swing a little more fluid, instead of hesitating slightly at the initial takeaway position. I've watched tons of your videos, and you guys are great! The very next time out I shot one of my best scores. Thanks.
Hello Gentlemen. Once again another demonstration for a move such as the takeaway and back swing that has NEVER never been demonstrated in such a proficient and simple form. I’ve been around the golf game for more years than I cane to mention…..this video of the take away is the best! Ever! Again you are miles ahead of all lessons. Thank you and I can’t wait for the next amazing moment. Jerry
I have never hit the golf ball as pure and solid as I am since practicing this lesson. It has erased the tension and control of the golf club! Thank you!!
Top notch instruction from Mike and Shaun. This modern understanding of the game, which includes verifiable biomechanics, is a milestone in golf instruction. You guys are REMOVING THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLF SWING, YA BABY!
I've been playing golf for 35 year I am a 8 handicap I've had lesson from some great treachers this tip is unbelievable for me ,striking the ball the best ever!!!! Thank you!!!! Work countless hours on my back swing, this is so simple...Thank you I owe you guys lunch .
Well explained guys, got to get the golf swing takeaway nailed as it sets us up for a better overall golf swing. This will definitely help us golfers out. Cheers
perfect explanation of a backswing that works for me after twenty yrs of doing it wrong, youre the only one ive seen on you tube doing it the way that gets good results, thanks alpt
Not sure if you guys are still around, but I can't thank you enough. I have watched many golf videos in the hope of helping my game. I have watched this one and the one with the right hand wrist motion and then I spent hours in the net and did NOT his one shank, something I have been doing for years .. Thanks again ..
Watched the video last night and realized (hoped) that my flawed takeaway ( my misapplication of the “one piece” turn causing me to overturn early) was a fixable cause of my ball striking inconsistency. I spent about 15 minutes on the range trying to implement the change (Nick price drill) before playing 18. I’m happy to report that it really helped me! Despite feeling a lot of anxiety prior to each swing (my comfort level was low because I haven’t yet build any trust in the movement) I found that most of my shots were pretty good. I typically shoot low to mid 90’s (Boulders Resort, Scottsdale AZ- white tees 130 slope), I shot 86 after missing 3 short putts of 4’! I believe my ball striking and accuracy really improved because I fixed the takeaway. THANK YOU.
The first drill encourages such a simple relaxed, effortless, tense free movement that is then encouraged and replicated in the downswing. As Shaun says it eliminates a wooden turn. It does reenforce the ‘keep it simple’ approach. Thanks for another great video guys
I have been searching for help on my disastrous swing. I love the fact that you provide drills. So many golf channels are too much talk. I have been working through grip, takeaway, pivot, turning, etc. Way too much in my head. Thanks for making it simple.
This is absolutely a game changer! I do the first drlll before every shot now and it just puts the club in such a perfect position for the rest of the backswing. So much easier also to feel the weight of the clubhead and make the downswing almost an afterthought (almost being the keyword :-)) Thank you!
I have added the motion drill as part of my pre-shot routine to get the "feels" going. Has really helped my distance and accuracy from tee to green. Good stuff!
MY Gawd! I feel like I've been repeatedly lied to all my golf life. I am in the driveway on hour 3, viewing and learning and putting in the work...trying to catch up. This all makes so much sense. Dynamic drills are the way I teach basketball and today is a new day a new way for ⛳ in my life. Thank u so much!
I have been going to some top instructors for years for lessons and all they kept telling me is it is all about rotation. They had me rotation so much that my hips were killing me. Some days I hit the ball great and some days I had problems timing it. I watch a couple of videos from these instructor on taking the club away and it changed my game. I think these two guys are spot on. I have been going to the range and using their concepts and my game has turned around. I went from a 10 handicap to close to scratch.
Wow, Dennis, that's an awesome improvement there! Thanks for the kind words, but that drop in index is all you buddy! We love that you trust us enough to help a bit👊
I never wrote to a site before. I have seen and used the Price drill , but never saw the motion drill. I is so good I think I will incorporate it into my pre-shot routine. Thanks for a great video for fluid motion.
Watched this 12 months ago and improved dramatically, recently had issues with over turning and over thinking when stood over the ball. Went back to this video and it explains very simply how to start off. The motion drill is superb for me. 🏌️♂️👍
This vid was so helpful rhythm/tempo and solid grip. I took this to the range and I was hitting the ball extremely well and on target albeit a little short and sometimes a little long but it felt effortless.
So much takeaway information online that doesn't come close to what you're teaching here. So many people say to lock wrists and simply turn the trail shoulder back to the target. Been doing it this way for years, the low and slow drag keeping the club head as low to the ground for as long as I can. Works sometimes. Although when I do this my hands are way past my trail thigh when the club is parallel (level) to the ground. And probably causing me to sway my trail hip. Thanks for sharing.
That second drill is key. The move helps to establish momentum which, if maintained, helps the weight at the end of the stick seek a straighter line if not interfered with. When I get working on things and become more static than I should be, this drill gets me back in track. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for these drills! Does it matter how you accomplish the pronation at 7:20? I mean you can use upper arm rotation or fore arm rotation to accomplish that move.
After watching AMG videos and adopting "pro swing" technic to my swing, this 73 year-old is able to bomb drives and play solid iron shots with about 90% reliability. Thank you so much for sharing such in-depth knowledge. Wishing you all the best and much success.
OOOLLAAYYYY SHIIII, best contact of my life since I used these drills. Works amazing when you use them all in a session and switch up the speeds. Great job fellas. Thank you so much for this. I have been sooo confused about the take away…. Do I keep it shut and strong, do I do this, do I do that. But this is gold for some reason. Tytytytyty
Hey guys just got back from trying out the tips on the takeaway. Wow made a huge improvement in my swing. Apparently I've been overturning at the outset, thinking one piece takeaway. Your suggestions here combined with the ones in rotating the hips correctly provide the basic recipe for a simple effective swing! Much appreciated.
My coach, Barry Fraser (back in the 1900's), studied teaching golf by watching Leadbetter work with Nicky when he (Nick) returned from the US Tour, a bit defeated with his crazy fast, steep, ground trenching swing. Leadbetter was studying the swing and was heavily into Hogan's 5 modern fundamentals. Leadbetter teaching Nick, and Hogan's paperback book, were the influencers of my coach, who never taught professionally in his life. He was well into his senior years when he saw me and said I had Nicky's old swing. I was teaching myself to be a golf pro, and was not doing very well. One of the things he taught me (including Hogan's fundamentals) was to trigger my knee to start my takeaway. You can't toss a bucket of water forward by swinging the bucket of water from a static start, so, just as you rock the bucket forward before swinging it back, you start the golf swing forward, and do so with the knee. It is very natural to me still, even after not having played in 2 decades and starting back again. Glad to see some of the old teachings hold up to high tech scrutiny. Everything else I do wrong these days but, you are giving me great direction.
Bros, at 19:19, this changed my golf swing almost immediately. Shared with my buddy and he’s killing it as well. We still have a lot of work to do, but this was meaningful. No one does golf instruction they way you two do. Real question is how do I get that AMG hat that Granato’s wearing?
Thanks gents, great advice. I recently filmed myself, although I took the club slightly behind me, I did not cast, my downswing looked OK, with a bit of lag. Will your drills change something that will upset my striking. Tom Bruce (Wales, UK)
I think the motion drill is extremely effective. I have been pulling the club more inside with a one-piece takeaway and this is making a difference. I actually see the club move on the shaft plane as I take the club back. Do you have any thoughts on creating more width in the takeaway? When I watch the video it does not appear to be much width as the club moves away. As I watch the best players their club head moves really far away from their body when getting to pocket/waist height.
Perfect and great video as always gents. Our challenge to you now: Can you get us from this wonderful smooth and rhythmic take-away to the top of the swing (in detail explaining how far back with check points along the way)? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
Thank you, going to try it out today! So easy to understand, and it's crazy how far out my swing was. I was the over exaggerated head outside the hands, because of the layoff move..
Perhaps your best video EVAH. Thanks. Would it be reasonable to assume that when this flowing motion is achieved in DRILL #2 by replant of right heel that it would be almost natural to utilize that brisk momentum achieved in takeaway (and I can see how this briskness is so different than that low and slow concept ), to literally minimally "pull" that LEFT heel slightly off ground and thereby help prepare for an earlier replant and earlier pressure shift back to the left much earlier in downswing?
Thanks guys! Really good stuff. Trying to get back into golf and stumbled across your channel in search of help on the swing plane. I could never figure out why I could swing the club better the less my right arm (culprit) was involved in the takeaway. Look forward to checking more content on your channel.
im watching this having had 1st video in 6 yrs as Im striking it so well! what a shocker terrible closed, cramped inside takeaway with no body turn until club parallel! then got better and better! still shot 1 over today( tho not off comp tees yet) maybe this video will take me to the next level.
Great video guys, thank you. That first few feet of takeaway is something that I'm constantly battling with, had a few minutes with the nick price drill and start to feel the position instantly. Would this also apply to driver?
Mike and Shaun, my arms are inordinately short; generally 5" - 6" farther from the ground than almost all other guys. Should I be initiating more arm swing in the Nick Price takeaway drill than other male players? I certainly don't want to overthink this drill as it has helped immensely.
Great teachers, thank you for all the content! It seems like the knees are very quiet getting to parallel? Watching your foot pressure video I thought all the knee movement would be on parallel on the backswing with rendering happening as you complete the backswing from there.
love your videos, very helpful; when club is horizontal on backswing, should the leading wrist be flat at this point? Or, to put it another way, how many knuckles on the leading hand should you see at this point, if you see 2 at address? Or, to ask it even another way, should the slight cup in the leading wrist disappear by the time the club shaft is horizontal? Thanks!
Great question, Jim, and it really depends on your grip at setup. Weaker grips will be more flat. Stronger grips will be more cupped. The key is let the face angle determine just how much there should be in either direction.
Love your videos guys. In regards to the takeaway it gets very confusing as you hear almost every instructor say not to roll or turn your wrists in the first move, in your video you talk about the lead hand rotating to start the swing. Would that not lead to more of a handsy takeaway?
You guys are great! There is credible instruction that encourages more upper body turn earlier in the backswing however. As long as the club is not drug inside. Thoughts? Ron
Superb instruction. Two alternate instructions tips seen on RUclips 1. Extend right arm away from chest during takeaway; in you drill it stays pretty static and close to chest 2. Hands move in as club moves outside hands- hands come very close to brushing right thigh; in your drill hands are same distance from body as in setup- did not yet move inward. Would enjoy your opinion on these thoughts since it is confusing to hear relatively big differences in technique.
1. Is something I was taught many years ago too and it's one of the more stubborn problems still in my swing. The right arm starts to fold in the takeaway. When we see golfers try to avoid it, they almost always collapse it at the top. 2. Inward is not what the best golfers do. These videos we made just last week will help demonstrate very clearly: instagram.com/p/Bu1zvFlluVX/ instagram.com/p/Bu3lgqblUAL/ instagram.com/p/Bu6k_n6FkL_/ instagram.com/p/BvEnm0vlqjH/
Thanks so much- your reply is incredibly helpful- I see I need to follow you on Instagram as well as youtube to get the full benefit of your wisdom!@@AthleticMotionGolf
Does this same motion work for the longer shafts as well? I recently drilled the heck out of this motion and I’m smashing my irons. However; my driver is gone now. Help help 🤷🏽🤷🏽
It would be interesting to meld drills one and two.....with the left arm under the right, with the sudden stop, then a grip onto the club with the right hand and then the forward swing....possible? The second drill with the quicker back swing sudden stop forces the body to brace in the proper manner to halt the backward momentum. Excellent!! Watson (Tom not Bubba) said keep the club face square to the path (on the ball) on the backswing....this would put the face roughly on the spine angle....right at the limits of what you suggest but still within parameters....correct?
I have seen the results of a "good move" on the ball and have produced it - but not consistently and I have trouble retaining the "feel" of that move that produces a solid shot. It looks to me like you guys have a path to get the results I experience just often enough to keep me playing. EDIT: Just thought I would let you know that the free video has some serious buffering problems - kinda like Charles Barkley's down swing.
Thanks for the heads up, 78. I just clicked on that video link from the email and was able to watch it without any buffering issues at all. I'm used Google Chrome on a WiFi connection. My guess would be there's an issue with the browser you watched on (history or cookies) and/or connection speed.
Thanks again , just trying these drills out and my swing never felt better , What do they say 10 thousand times and your got, i will keep chipping away at them cheers
I've noticed in your demonstration with the down the line view, with pronation, the hands move away from the body further than their setup distance. Do they need to get back closer to their original distance at impact or is that not an issue?
The body is also moving away from the original hand location as well, but for the overwhelming majority of swings, the hands will be a bit higher than they were at address. When the body moves closer to the target line in the downswing, the hands will get too far away and too high.
Quality stuff as ever guys, wish you were based near to me! Did I also learn that top players start with everything open (chest/pelvis open to target) As such they mitigate the overturning issue? Hope that helps someone out there. thanks ! 👏👍
I needed this lesson so badly - thanks gents When you start from a static position how do you recommend your students get that athletic motion going to start the swing?
A little pressure shift is a great way to do it. If you stood statically just before you toss a ball, most everyone we've done this with will start the motion with a subtle shift in pressure before everything else gets moving.
Many thanks. In the video for drill 2 you talked about lifting and replacing the heel. Does the pressure shift you are talking about mean a movement into the back heel or is it more a shift directly away from the target?
@@BrendanWheatley1971 It's a pressure shift rather than a weight/mass shift. If you lighten your left heel, you'll be shifting pressure into your trail foot. That doesn't really require a big move off the ball. Stand in a golf posture and throw a ball... same thing.
A review of the swings of Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Cameron Champ and Rory Mcilroy all have the hands well outside the trail thigh at shaft parallel to the ground. In fact, even Luke Donald and Kevin Kisner have theirs well outside of the TT. I would say that one would be giving up power to have the hands still in front of the trail thigh at that point if one has the potential of a reasonably large turn at one's disposal.
It has! All of your instructional videos have. I belong to league and have been posting unbelievable good scores mainly by practicing what you are teaching. I must share with you what happened yesterday. I hit a 5 iron that I never heard or felt before. The sound of that shot just rings in my ear. Now I truly know what compressing the golf ball feels like and sounds like! You guys ARE the best!
I had been fighting with my backswing all year, it was starting to get very controlled and slow. My ballstriking was in the toilet. Took this lesson to the range yesterday and after 3 balls I told my wife, "I'm fixed"! My "feel" is that once the club gets into the parallel position, just keep it feeling "light" to the top. That keeps it on plane. Thanks for returning athleticism to my swing.
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wow Golftec teaches a totally different type of takeaway. They teach something similar to 1:38
@@washredskin887 no way, are you sure they aren't just having you do that to exaggerate the opposite of what you did...I went to golfec and they had me taking it way outside like the last one Shaun showed because my fault was doing the first one he showed....over time it met in the middle
Hi - looks likeyou never added the link to the wedge box toy (training tool) from Amazon - Please & Thank You !
@@josemc11 I think the link changed since the video came out. You should find the wedge if you Amazon search “foamnasium wedge”
Finally a real takeaway drill that makes sense! You guys are the best on the internet.
Do you have the link for the Amazon store that sells these ? Great tips !
I have been recently struggling terribly with my irons. This video helped me more than any video I've ever seen. After watching it over several times, I focused mainly on the part starting at minute 10:31 through 11:01. Just incorporating the information you illustrated in those 30 seconds helped me immensely to get my swing on the proper plane. After practicing the takeway move for awhile, I simply went to the takeaway position and then, leaving my arms pretty much passive, rotated just slightly to the top of my backswing and am now hitting my irons better than I have in a long time. I'm hitting the sweet spot much more often and getting better flight on my shots. It feels like I'm not even swinging hard and the ball goes flying. Now I'm just trying to get the full swing a little more fluid, instead of hesitating slightly at the initial takeaway position. I've watched tons of your videos, and you guys are great! The very next time out I shot one of my best scores. Thanks.
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Once again another demonstration for a move such as the takeaway and back swing that has NEVER never been demonstrated in such a proficient and simple form. I’ve been around the golf game for more years than I cane to mention…..this video of the take away is the best! Ever! Again you are miles ahead of all lessons.
Thank you and I can’t wait for the next amazing moment.
Jerry
Start watching at 8:35.
I have never hit the golf ball as pure and solid as I am since practicing this lesson. It has erased the tension and control of the golf club! Thank you!!
Top notch instruction from Mike and Shaun. This modern understanding of the game, which includes verifiable biomechanics, is a milestone in golf instruction. You guys are REMOVING THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLF SWING, YA BABY!
I've been playing golf for 35 year I am a 8 handicap I've had lesson from some great treachers this tip is unbelievable for me ,striking the ball the best ever!!!! Thank you!!!! Work countless hours on my back swing, this is so simple...Thank you I owe you guys lunch .
Well explained guys, got to get the golf swing takeaway nailed as it sets us up for a better overall golf swing. This will definitely help us golfers out. Cheers
so important👊
This is one of the best explanations of the take away I have seen. Thanks for the great information!!!
Thanks for checking it out, Randy👊
perfect explanation of a backswing that works for me after twenty yrs of doing it wrong, youre the only one ive seen on you tube doing it the way that gets good results, thanks alpt
Love it!
Not sure if you guys are still around, but I can't thank you enough. I have watched many golf videos in the hope of helping my game. I have watched this one and the one with the right hand wrist motion and then I spent hours in the net and did NOT his one shank, something I have been doing for years .. Thanks again ..
Love it! 👏 and yes, we’re still around and big Mike is still round 👊😄
Watched the video last night and realized (hoped) that my flawed takeaway ( my misapplication of the “one piece” turn causing me to overturn early) was a fixable cause of my ball striking inconsistency. I spent about 15 minutes on the range trying to implement the change (Nick price drill) before playing 18. I’m happy to report that it really helped me! Despite feeling a lot of anxiety prior to each swing (my comfort level was low because I haven’t yet build any trust in the movement) I found that most of my shots were pretty good. I typically shoot low to mid 90’s (Boulders Resort, Scottsdale AZ- white tees 130 slope), I shot 86 after missing 3 short putts of 4’! I believe my ball striking and accuracy really improved because I fixed the takeaway. THANK YOU.
The first drill encourages such a simple relaxed, effortless, tense free movement that is then encouraged and replicated in the downswing. As Shaun says it eliminates a wooden turn. It does reenforce the ‘keep it simple’ approach. Thanks for another great video guys
Thanks for watching, Franco👊
I have been searching for help on my disastrous swing. I love the fact that you provide drills. So many golf channels are too much talk. I have been working through grip, takeaway, pivot, turning, etc. Way too much in my head. Thanks for making it simple.
This is absolutely a game changer! I do the first drlll before every shot now and it just puts the club in such a perfect position for the rest of the backswing. So much easier also to feel the weight of the clubhead and make the downswing almost an afterthought (almost being the keyword :-)) Thank you!
I have added the motion drill as part of my pre-shot routine to get the "feels" going. Has really helped my distance and accuracy from tee to green. Good stuff!
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MY Gawd! I feel like I've been repeatedly lied to all my golf life. I am in the driveway on hour 3, viewing and learning and putting in the work...trying to catch up. This all makes so much sense. Dynamic drills are the way I teach basketball and today is a new day a new way for ⛳ in my life. Thank u so much!
You guys are the best teachers on youtube. It's a pleasure watching your content!
Wow thanks for the kind words, Matthew, and thanks for watching!
This is the best instructional channel I've found. Thanks guys.
Thanks for checking us out!
I have been going to some top instructors for years for lessons and all they kept telling me is it is all about rotation. They had me rotation so much that my hips were killing me. Some days I hit the ball great and some days I had problems timing it. I watch a couple of videos from these instructor on taking the club away and it changed my game. I think these two guys are spot on. I have been going to the range and using their concepts and my game has turned around. I went from a 10 handicap to close to scratch.
Wow, Dennis, that's an awesome improvement there! Thanks for the kind words, but that drop in index is all you buddy! We love that you trust us enough to help a bit👊
I never wrote to a site before. I have seen and used the Price drill , but never saw the motion drill. I is so good I think I will incorporate it into my pre-shot routine. Thanks for a great video for fluid motion.
Wow, thanks for writing your first here😊
Great video. Do you still have the link for the wedge/swing plane
Love both of these drills, but the second one (move cub forward, right heel up) is REALLY helping. THANK YOU!
great!
Watched this 12 months ago and improved dramatically, recently had issues with over turning and over thinking when stood over the ball. Went back to this video and it explains very simply how to start off. The motion drill is superb for me. 🏌️♂️👍
Great job!
Can’t describe how much of an impact this one lesson had on my swing; thanks brothers! Got yourself a subscriber great vids
Cheers Guys, once again a great video that put me back on track now all I need is you to follow me around the course keeping me right!!! 😁🏌️♂️⛳
Haha we work for hot dogs and candy bars
Dr. Kwon captures this idea beautifully with his step drills.
This vid was so helpful rhythm/tempo and solid grip. I took this to the range and I was hitting the ball extremely well and on target albeit a little short and sometimes a little long but it felt effortless.
So much takeaway information online that doesn't come close to what you're teaching here. So many people say to lock wrists and simply turn the trail shoulder back to the target. Been doing it this way for years, the low and slow drag keeping the club head as low to the ground for as long as I can. Works sometimes. Although when I do this my hands are way past my trail thigh when the club is parallel (level) to the ground. And probably causing me to sway my trail hip. Thanks for sharing.
That second drill is key. The move helps to establish momentum which, if maintained, helps the weight at the end of the stick seek a straighter line if not interfered with. When I get working on things and become more static than I should be, this drill gets me back in track. Thanks for the reminder.
Athletic motion😉
Where can I pick up one of those blue wedge cushions to aid takeaway and what is it called?
Thanks for these drills! Does it matter how you accomplish the pronation at 7:20? I mean you can use upper arm rotation or fore arm rotation to accomplish that move.
Will be a combo of both👍
Hi guys. This wonderful instruction has for me made re-centreing more natural. Thank you so much from an avid practicer
Love it!👊
Hi great video
I tried doing this and it helped my inside takeaway but I still had a over swing what would cause this ? 👍🏼
After watching AMG videos and adopting "pro swing" technic to my swing, this 73 year-old is able to bomb drives and play solid iron shots with about 90% reliability. Thank you so much for sharing such in-depth knowledge. Wishing you all the best and much success.
Thanks so much! Happy its helping you
Thx guys! I've just tried it at home in the living room and am so going to try this out when the season starts. It feels stable from the beginning.
OOOLLAAYYYY SHIIII, best contact of my life since I used these drills. Works amazing when you use them all in a session and switch up the speeds. Great job fellas. Thank you so much for this. I have been sooo confused about the take away…. Do I keep it shut and strong, do I do this, do I do that. But this is gold for some reason. Tytytytyty
Very aligned with the concept of flow that’s taught by Dr Kwon. Very nice guys
We have been friends with Dr. Kwon for over 8 years. We love his stuff and are certified in his educational program
@@AthleticMotionGolf That’s great to know. It’s important to get these concepts out there and expose as many golfers as possible to them. Love it!
Hey guys just got back from trying out the tips on the takeaway. Wow made a huge improvement in my swing. Apparently I've been overturning at the outset, thinking one piece takeaway. Your suggestions here combined with the ones in rotating the hips correctly provide the basic recipe for a simple effective swing! Much appreciated.
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Your videos have changed my game. Truthfully, they gave me a game. Thanks!
Mary, thanks for the kind words... BUT at best, we maybe helped... YOU ARE CHANGING YOUR game! So be proud of yourself😊
I didn’t see the link to Amazon for the plain box
My coach, Barry Fraser (back in the 1900's), studied teaching golf by watching Leadbetter work with Nicky when he (Nick) returned from the US Tour, a bit defeated with his crazy fast, steep, ground trenching swing. Leadbetter was studying the swing and was heavily into Hogan's 5 modern fundamentals. Leadbetter teaching Nick, and Hogan's paperback book, were the influencers of my coach, who never taught professionally in his life. He was well into his senior years when he saw me and said I had Nicky's old swing. I was teaching myself to be a golf pro, and was not doing very well. One of the things he taught me (including Hogan's fundamentals) was to trigger my knee to start my takeaway. You can't toss a bucket of water forward by swinging the bucket of water from a static start, so, just as you rock the bucket forward before swinging it back, you start the golf swing forward, and do so with the knee. It is very natural to me still, even after not having played in 2 decades and starting back again. Glad to see some of the old teachings hold up to high tech scrutiny. Everything else I do wrong these days but, you are giving me great direction.
Bros, at 19:19, this changed my golf swing almost immediately. Shared with my buddy and he’s killing it as well. We still have a lot of work to do, but this was meaningful. No one does golf instruction they way you two do. Real question is how do I get that AMG hat that Granato’s wearing?
Thanks gents, great advice. I recently filmed myself, although I took the club slightly behind me, I did not cast, my downswing looked OK, with a bit of lag. Will your drills change something that will upset my striking.
Tom Bruce (Wales, UK)
I think the motion drill is extremely effective. I have been pulling the club more inside with a one-piece takeaway and this is making a difference. I actually see the club move on the shaft plane as I take the club back. Do you have any thoughts on creating more width in the takeaway? When I watch the video it does not appear to be much width as the club moves away. As I watch the best players their club head moves really far away from their body when getting to pocket/waist height.
Perfect and great video as always gents. Our challenge to you now: Can you get us from this wonderful smooth and rhythmic take-away to the top of the swing (in detail explaining how far back with check points along the way)? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
Please provide link for slant board you recommend from Amazon. Thx.
Thank you, going to try it out today! So easy to understand, and it's crazy how far out my swing was. I was the over exaggerated head outside the hands, because of the layoff move..
Perhaps your best video EVAH. Thanks. Would it be reasonable to assume that when this flowing motion is achieved in DRILL #2 by replant of right heel that it would be almost natural to utilize that brisk momentum achieved in takeaway (and I can see how this briskness is so different than that low and slow concept ), to literally minimally "pull" that LEFT heel slightly off ground and thereby help prepare for an earlier replant and earlier pressure shift back to the left much earlier in downswing?
You're exactly right, Vance👊
Creating that motion early will make so many things after it feel more reactionary rather than items on a "to do" list.
Thanks guys! Really good stuff. Trying to get back into golf and stumbled across your channel in search of help on the swing plane. I could never figure out why I could swing the club better the less my right arm (culprit) was involved in the takeaway. Look forward to checking more content on your channel.
im watching this having had 1st video in 6 yrs as Im striking it so well! what a shocker terrible closed, cramped inside takeaway with no body turn until club parallel! then got better and better!
still shot 1 over today( tho not off comp tees yet) maybe this video will take me to the next level.
What angle. Is the foam training aid at?
Great video guys, thank you. That first few feet of takeaway is something that I'm constantly battling with, had a few minutes with the nick price drill and start to feel the position instantly. Would this also apply to driver?
This dynamic take away move solved my static take away insistency issue. thanks !
I really struggle with driver swing plane, does the athletic motion drill work with driver?
Mike and Shaun, my arms are inordinately short; generally 5" - 6" farther from the ground than almost all other guys. Should I be initiating more arm swing in the Nick Price takeaway drill than other male players? I certainly don't want to overthink this drill as it has helped immensely.
Great teachers, thank you for all the content! It seems like the knees are very quiet getting to parallel? Watching your foot pressure video I thought all the knee movement would be on parallel on the backswing with rendering happening as you complete the backswing from there.
Is this takeaway the same for driver as you demonstrate for irons?
Great video. What degree is the wedge supposed to be? Is it dependent on your height etc?
Hi, where is the link to the wedge or whatever is there? I thought it would be in the description?
Can you guys be any more awesome 😊 Awesome explanations that make it easy for us amateurs to understand. Thank you 🙏
I am an 8 handicap player and this take away has thoroughly satisfied my curiosity and plane for decades.
Awesome!👊
what is the name of the foam wedge that they use? Mike said it's available on Amazon. I did not see the link.
love your videos, very helpful; when club is horizontal on backswing, should the leading wrist be flat at this point? Or, to put it another way, how many knuckles on the leading hand should you see at this point, if you see 2 at address? Or, to ask it even another way, should the slight cup in the leading wrist disappear by the time the club shaft is horizontal? Thanks!
Great question, Jim, and it really depends on your grip at setup. Weaker grips will be more flat. Stronger grips will be more cupped. The key is let the face angle determine just how much there should be in either direction.
I cant find the link for the amazon plane training aid in the video ( Blue triangle)
Sorry if I missed it but where can I buy that wedge thingy....my kids and I could use that!
I don't have the link in front of me, but if you check the other comments here you'll see the amazon link posted in them.
thanks so much for the Price drill, guys. Really helps ya get on plane
Love your videos guys. In regards to the takeaway it gets very confusing as you hear almost every instructor say not to roll or turn your wrists in the first move, in your video you talk about the lead hand rotating to start the swing. Would that not lead to more of a handsy takeaway?
second drill might encourage a sway and move your sternum to the right on the backswing ??
Don't think we've seen that yet in the thousands of times we had golfers do this drill in a lesson.
Hey Guys great video, can you let me have that link fpr the Foam Plane Aid (Amazon) Cheers
You guys are great! There is credible instruction that encourages more upper body turn earlier in the backswing however. As long as the club is not drug inside. Thoughts? Ron
Are those ideas based on measured info or what looks like is happening in videos or stills?
I think videos and stills
Superb instruction. Two alternate instructions tips seen on RUclips 1. Extend right arm away from chest during takeaway; in you drill it stays pretty static and close to chest 2. Hands move in as club moves outside hands- hands come very close to brushing right thigh; in your drill hands are same distance from body as in setup- did not yet move inward. Would enjoy your opinion on these thoughts since it is confusing to hear relatively big differences in technique.
1. Is something I was taught many years ago too and it's one of the more stubborn problems still in my swing. The right arm starts to fold in the takeaway. When we see golfers try to avoid it, they almost always collapse it at the top.
2. Inward is not what the best golfers do. These videos we made just last week will help demonstrate very clearly:
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Thanks so much- your reply is incredibly helpful- I see I need to follow you on Instagram as well as youtube to get the full benefit of your wisdom!@@AthleticMotionGolf
haha I don't know about wisdom, but we do some videos there that we can't do here😊
Does this same motion work for the longer shafts as well? I recently drilled the heck out of this motion and I’m smashing my irons. However; my driver is gone now. Help help 🤷🏽🤷🏽
You guys are the best in the business all your stuff is quality content 👌 from down under in Australia
It would be interesting to meld drills one and two.....with the left arm under the right, with the sudden stop, then a grip onto the club with the right hand and then the forward swing....possible?
The second drill with the quicker back swing sudden stop forces the body to brace in the proper manner to halt the backward momentum. Excellent!!
Watson (Tom not Bubba) said keep the club face square to the path (on the ball) on the backswing....this would put the face roughly on the spine angle....right at the limits of what you suggest but still within parameters....correct?
You could def combine the drills.
Square to the path is more of a feel, we haven't really seen it in reality.
Fantastic video!!!!
I like how you break things down so easily!
Thanks for watching!
I have seen the results of a "good move" on the ball and have produced it - but not consistently and I have trouble retaining the "feel" of that move that produces a solid shot. It looks to me like you guys have a path to get the results I experience just often enough to keep me playing. EDIT: Just thought I would let you know that the free video has some serious buffering problems - kinda like Charles Barkley's down swing.
Thanks for the heads up, 78. I just clicked on that video link from the email and was able to watch it without any buffering issues at all. I'm used Google Chrome on a WiFi connection. My guess would be there's an issue with the browser you watched on (history or cookies) and/or connection speed.
Really like the athletic takeaway and the Snead visual. Thanks guys.
Thanks again , just trying these drills out and my swing never felt better , What do they say 10 thousand times and your got, i will keep chipping away at them cheers
Love it! Keep building those reps 👊🤓
Great video guys. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge of the game.
Thanks for watching bud👊
So, do you guys recomend to run The whole movement with The legs?
Don't think that would be possible, Pedro.
What is the height / dimensions of the blue wedge? The one listed below at Amazon is only 10 inches.
You have to stand it upright... once there it's 20" tall.
Do you happen to have the Amazon link? I couldn’t find it in the description or searching on Amazon
Very informative and simple- well done!
Thanks for watching, Glenn
I've noticed in your demonstration with the down the line view, with pronation, the hands move away from the body further than their setup distance. Do they need to get back closer to their original distance at impact or is that not an issue?
The body is also moving away from the original hand location as well, but for the overwhelming majority of swings, the hands will be a bit higher than they were at address. When the body moves closer to the target line in the downswing, the hands will get too far away and too high.
Quality stuff as ever guys, wish you were based near to me! Did I also learn that top players start with everything open (chest/pelvis open to target) As such they mitigate the overturning issue? Hope that helps someone out there. thanks ! 👏👍
You did😉
I needed this lesson so badly - thanks gents
When you start from a static position how do you recommend your students get that athletic motion going to start the swing?
A little pressure shift is a great way to do it. If you stood statically just before you toss a ball, most everyone we've done this with will start the motion with a subtle shift in pressure before everything else gets moving.
Many thanks. In the video for drill 2 you talked about lifting and replacing the heel. Does the pressure shift you are talking about mean a movement into the back heel or is it more a shift directly away from the target?
@@BrendanWheatley1971 It's a pressure shift rather than a weight/mass shift. If you lighten your left heel, you'll be shifting pressure into your trail foot. That doesn't really require a big move off the ball. Stand in a golf posture and throw a ball... same thing.
As a person that has pulled my takeaway inside forever and cannot fix it, I am glad to see some drills that will fix my takeaway. Thanks
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A review of the swings of Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Cameron Champ and Rory Mcilroy all have the hands well outside the trail thigh at shaft parallel to the ground. In fact, even Luke Donald and Kevin Kisner have theirs well outside of the TT. I would say that one would be giving up power to have the hands still in front of the trail thigh at that point if one has the potential of a reasonably large turn at one's disposal.
Great Video! I must have watched it 50 times.
Wow! We hope it's helping😊
It has! All of your instructional videos have. I belong to league and have been posting unbelievable good scores mainly by practicing what you are teaching. I must share with you what happened yesterday. I hit a 5 iron that I never heard or felt before. The sound of that shot just rings in my ear. Now I truly know what compressing the golf ball feels like and sounds like! You guys ARE the best!
@@robertthomas837 so happy for you man! Thre's not many things in any sport better than the feeling of hitting a 5 iron hit like that💪
I had been fighting with my backswing all year, it was starting to get very controlled and slow. My ballstriking was in the toilet. Took this lesson to the range yesterday and after 3 balls I told my wife, "I'm fixed"! My "feel" is that once the club gets into the parallel position, just keep it feeling "light" to the top. That keeps it on plane.
Thanks for returning athleticism to my swing.
Great!!
The plane board link on Amazon? Another great video guys.
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Athletic Motion Golf is that the same incline angle as the one you have?
I have tried this drill but swaying is a bad habit. Do you have a drill that i can add in order to avoid excessive swaying?
Hi Rod, we have some really good swaying drills (for backswing and downswing) in our latest training series inside our All-Access membership (among many many many other things). If you haven't tried it yet, it's worth it just for that training series: amgolftraining.com/
Do u do the same move for fairway wood & driver?
The motion drill is similar to the caddie drag takeaway. What do y’all think of the caddie drag technique?
Pretty funny watching you guys get a laugh out of some of the wingy-dingy swings. I try not to look sometimes.
Excellent drills for closed club face on takeaway also
Yessir🙏👊
Great video, cannot wait to get to the driving range!
Let us know how it goes