This tip is awesome! This has made a huge impact on my ball flight. No one has ever talked about that that I have seen. Neck tilt instruction should be the starting pointing when talking tilt, not as an afterthought. Huge lesson!!! Thank you!
Very enlightening! I'm not quite clear on why turning your head would give you a longer backswing since the head can be moved independently of the rest of the spine, and through a wider angle. I can turn my shoulders as I want and yet still keep my head facing the ball. I've also read that Jack Nicklaus was left eye dominant and that he was turning his head like that to keep his non-dominant eye from seeing the ball.
Excellent explanation and I’ve not heard this level detail on neck tilts before. Thanks you for sharing. For someone that had a 2 level cervical fusion, would you recommend any changes. I find maintaining follow-through tilts to much stress on the neck.
This is a fabulous tip…and for us older players a must do…thank you Rob for finally showing and explaining how vital neck tilt is in the golf swing…I first noticed it by watching Anika and yes Jack’s tilt as he sets up.
A eureka video for me! I hadn’t completely understood stack and tilt until this, largely because the face-on views that I had previously seen did not really show the tilts. However, your video also has the down the line views that perfectly demonstrate the tilts. Now I understand why I read somewhere that one should imagine that water is spilling out of your left ear in the backswing. This provided the missing link for me, as I was now able to understand the concept viscerally and visually. Thank you very much! As an additional note, I got out of my chair after watching this video, and could not believe how much more turn I was able to get in my backswing! Can’t wait to get a video of my inclination to the ground now also during both turns! Simply brilliant.
Do not forget about the eyes. Most people feel comfort n control when both eyes are focused on the target. Proper tilting forces one eye focus almost to peripheral. When the brain doesnt like that, it freezes the head and now limits the top of swing.
Yo Rob thanks for the video on neck tilt. Today I played and quit worrying about keeping my head from moving and instead I tried to stick to the fundamentals of Stack & Tilt and hit the ball very well indeed. Putting was Bleep. Shop 4 over and made Zero Putts. Gonna watch your videos on putting next. Thanks for freeing up my swing.
Just found Rob online. The components of stack and tilt…from the neck tilt all the way down to flaring the feet…have improved my game immensely. They just feel natural and improve my ball striking. Thanks Rob. Golf can be frustrating, so it’s great to have such valuable instruction available online.
this is a great tip! by accident, i did this move earlier today at the driving range while practicing stack and tilt and it worked wonders. i am pretty tight up top so i cant swing as far back as i would like. max half swing before i start lifting. But doing the head tilt gave me a bit more depth in my back swing without the whole body lifting up. Got much more distance as a result. I wish more instructors taught this. I was always just trying to keep my head still before with arm tucked under chin before. now i am more consistent with making solid contact.
WOW! I have never thought that head movement has so much to do with restrictions of both back swing and follow through. While watching your instructions I can feel much more flow in my swing. Wow. Thank you. Rob. You are the best as always. 👍👍👍
Good nugget of information. My golf buddy has told me to keep my head down for so long, I've probably have it too fixated & I'll practice turning my neck more.
Thanks as ever Rob. This is especially timely as I've been suffering from a power leak recently. Discovered that not tilting my neck was obstructing me from making a fuller shoulder turn. Suddenly got 20yds back
Great video! Will tilting the neck make it easier to keep the trail elbow in front of the body? I have been working the drill from your elbow video and find it very difficult to do. BTW - have been focused on keeping my head still for 50 years - early training pounded into my head and tough to shake.
As always, your videos are the best. I just forwarded this video to my wife who has recently recovered from cervical spine fusion. She is an excellent golfer and I want her to minimize the stress on her neck. Your explanations are always extremely clear and helpful. Thanks for your contributions to the game.
Hi Rob, amazing video... I turn my head in backswing, my neck is tilted to the left the way you show in your video. When backswing ends, my eye line is tilted so that my eyeline is not looking to the ground anymore which means I do lose the ball contact at that moment. When you swing İn your video at 8:40, there is not so much neck tilt ..your eyeline is still down...so I am wondering if I am doing too much tilt with my neck...Does it matter or should I keep that way?..Thank you so much.
I think this would help a lot of older golfers that have been taught to keep their head down and take that advice literally and in doing so unintentionally restrict their backswing. A very good video that will benefit me and lots of club golfers. Keep up the good work Rob 👍🏻
Great tip Rob. As I turn on the back swing, I try and rest my chin over the left shoulder;this automatically tilts my head to the left,and allows a freer longer back swing.On the down swing the chin rests on the right shoulder making the head tilt to the right and stay that way up to and beyond release.
Great video Rob! For too long we have been told 'don't move the head or else!" and yet we see pros have their head on a swivel. I've seen a marked improvement in my ability to attack from the inside allowing me to release through the impact zone vs. coming in too steep and having to hold off and hence hitting a weak shot.
I think I love you Rob, NO, I know I do!! Lmao. THIS ISSUE has ALWAYS bothered me, especially since a motorcycle accident inhibited my mobility, But now I finally see why. I feel guilty not paying for these lessons.
A valuable nugget of information in the quest to retool my swing to S&T. Always appreciative of the detail explanations and clarity. Thanks for sharing :)
I needed this, thank you Rob! I don’t tilt at all in the backswing, I actually lift my chin over my shoulder and it looks really funky. I hit it well, but it looks like my head bobs a lot in the swing. I’m surely leaving some power on the table.
Great video. Can you state the range, in degrees of rotation, of the amount of neck/head turn you would like to see in the back swing? What are the parameters? Looks like somewhere around 20 degrees or so. Is that a good number? Thanks again. Good stuff to know as we get older and find ourselves still wanting to play as much as ever.
Excellent work! Kinda struggled with the "head steady" more about keeping "head in the circle". You and Nick great instructors. His video the other day on "weight forward" really helped as yours does. I'm going to try the Jack move with the head. Seems logical to me.
Nice work as ever my friend. Really good videos that I always like to see and pass on to others too. What difference do you think eye dominance has on this? Right eye dominant golfers would find it harder to achieve that neck tilt in backswing?
Great topic that I am always confused about and you explained well. I have a question though, all the pros look at the ball during backswing, are they already presetting their head like you explained or the movement is so small that is not that noticeable? Thanks.
No offense to any of the other youtube golf instructors...but...if you are a forward-anchored golfer, you really need to at least give S&T a try...and Rob always seems to put his finger on what is most basic and important in working on S&T fundamentals....Seriously...save yourself some time, look through his videos and start to hit the ball much (much) better.
...and if you are new, you have found the only approach to golf that says you don't have to spend hours in the gym to hit the ball adequately (how cool is that!)
@@golftecasia BTW, in the video you talk about Manavian who got so many yards for a 70 year old. Well you (ie me following your instruction) got me about 8-10 and I'm 69, so that's ain't bad :-)
With a new Mini circuit breaker going into effect is there any chance to see a return of the Sunday Stack and Tilt show with you and Nick hosting guests?
This tip is awesome! This has made a huge impact on my ball flight. No one has ever talked about that that I have seen. Neck tilt instruction should be the starting pointing when talking tilt, not as an afterthought. Huge lesson!!! Thank you!
Higher ball flight or what?
Thank you
I really like the 'listen to the ground' swing thought, left ear in the back swing, right ear in the downswing.
Very enlightening! I'm not quite clear on why turning your head would give you a longer backswing since the head can be moved independently of the rest of the spine, and through a wider angle. I can turn my shoulders as I want and yet still keep my head facing the ball. I've also read that Jack Nicklaus was left eye dominant and that he was turning his head like that to keep his non-dominant eye from seeing the ball.
This was a game changer for me. Added 30 yards to my drive by simply tilting my head
Excellent explanation and I’ve not heard this level detail on neck tilts before. Thanks you for sharing. For someone that had a 2 level cervical fusion, would you recommend any changes. I find maintaining follow-through tilts to much stress on the neck.
You are an extremely good teacher who explains parts of this swing better than anyone else
This is a fabulous tip…and for us older players a must do…thank you Rob for finally showing and explaining how vital neck tilt is in the golf swing…I first noticed it by watching Anika and yes Jack’s tilt as he sets up.
Nice drill
Another great explanation by Rob on this important topic. Thanks !
A eureka video for me! I hadn’t completely understood stack and tilt until this, largely because the face-on views that I had previously seen did not really show the tilts. However, your video also has the down the line views that perfectly demonstrate the tilts. Now I understand why I read somewhere that one should imagine that water is spilling out of your left ear in the backswing. This provided the missing link for me, as I was now able to understand the concept viscerally and visually. Thank you very much! As an additional note, I got out of my chair after watching this video, and could not believe how much more turn I was able to get in my backswing! Can’t wait to get a video of my inclination to the ground now also during both turns!
Simply brilliant.
Zowie Rob...you always know just what I need to know! Thanks!!
Do not forget about the eyes. Most people feel comfort n control when both eyes are focused on the target. Proper tilting forces one eye focus almost to peripheral. When the brain doesnt like that, it freezes the head and now limits the top of swing.
Well Damn I've been trying to keep my head still for 50 yrs...No wonder I have a bad neck. Can't wait to try this. Thanks Rob.
Yo Rob thanks for the video on neck tilt. Today I played and quit worrying about keeping my head from moving and instead I tried to stick to the fundamentals of Stack & Tilt and hit the ball very well indeed. Putting was Bleep. Shop 4 over and made Zero Putts. Gonna watch your videos on putting next. Thanks for freeing up my swing.
Thank you Rob from the USA
Just found Rob online. The components of stack and tilt…from the neck tilt all the way down to flaring the feet…have improved my game immensely. They just feel natural and improve my ball striking. Thanks Rob. Golf can be frustrating, so it’s great to have such valuable instruction available online.
Oh... I love this. Smashing/killing myths with functioning logic and anatomical Knowledge.
Cheers Big guy! 🍻
2021 and these myths are still about, I wish I knew these things when I was younger.
this is a great tip! by accident, i did this move earlier today at the driving range while practicing stack and tilt and it worked wonders. i am pretty tight up top so i cant swing as far back as i would like. max half swing before i start lifting. But doing the head tilt gave me a bit more depth in my back swing without the whole body lifting up. Got much more distance as a result. I wish more instructors taught this. I was always just trying to keep my head still before with arm tucked under chin before. now i am more consistent with making solid contact.
Like all your tips. Awesome 👍
WOW! I have never thought that head movement has so much to do with restrictions of both back swing and follow through. While watching your instructions I can feel much more flow in my swing. Wow. Thank you. Rob. You are the best as always. 👍👍👍
Great explanation regarding head tilt.I always wondered how the heckI am supposed to swing with no head movement.
This works well for irons but for driver I have to tilt head away from target
it also helps to clear my left hip... Thanks, Rob!
great video
Good nugget of information. My golf buddy has told me to keep my head down for so long, I've probably have it too fixated & I'll practice turning my neck more.
Thanks as ever Rob. This is especially timely as I've been suffering from a power leak recently. Discovered that not tilting my neck was obstructing me from making a fuller shoulder turn. Suddenly got 20yds back
Great video! Will tilting the neck make it easier to keep the trail elbow in front of the body? I have been working the drill from your elbow video and find it very difficult to do. BTW - have been focused on keeping my head still for 50 years - early training pounded into my head and tough to shake.
As always, your videos are the best. I just forwarded this video to my wife who has recently recovered from cervical spine fusion. She is an excellent golfer and I want her to minimize the stress on her neck. Your explanations are always extremely clear and helpful. Thanks for your contributions to the game.
Thanks again Rob, you are one of the best. Sorry to hear about your mini lock-down, we have just come out of a lock-down, but now the weather is poor.
Hi Rob, amazing video... I turn my head in backswing, my neck is tilted to the left the way you show in your video. When backswing ends, my eye line is tilted so that my eyeline is not looking to the ground anymore which means I do lose the ball contact at that moment. When you swing İn your video at 8:40, there is not so much neck tilt ..your eyeline is still down...so I am wondering if I am doing too much tilt with my neck...Does it matter or should I keep that way?..Thank you so much.
I think this would help a lot of older golfers that have been taught to keep their head down and take that advice literally and in doing so unintentionally restrict their backswing. A very good video that will benefit me and lots of club golfers.
Keep up the good work Rob 👍🏻
perfect timing video, better than saying keeping your head in the shot.
Great tip Rob. As I turn on the back swing, I try and rest my chin over the left shoulder;this automatically tilts my head to the left,and allows a freer longer back swing.On the down swing the chin rests on the right shoulder making the head tilt to the right and stay that way up to and beyond release.
Just had a lesson where we integrated neck tilt - what a transformation !! Thanks Chris Forsyth!!
Jack Nicklaus is left eye dominant ( me too ). I think it makes this swing easier.
Great video Rob! For too long we have been told 'don't move the head or else!" and yet we see pros have their head on a swivel. I've seen a marked improvement in my ability to attack from the inside allowing me to release through the impact zone vs. coming in too steep and having to hold off and hence hitting a weak shot.
I think I love you Rob, NO, I know I do!! Lmao. THIS ISSUE has ALWAYS bothered me, especially since a motorcycle accident inhibited my mobility, But now I finally see why. I feel guilty not paying for these lessons.
Rob - you and I have been working on this for a while. Thanks for the additional insight my good man!
Very, very, nice. I have definitely kept my head locked tight and have lost distance…
Great explanation on the tilting your body and head during the swing ..
Thanks for your videos
What if your right eye dominant?
Great video, very thought provoking - thanks👍
Brilliant video Rob gonna give this a try , thank you very much 👍👍⛳👌
Great tip, Rob.
Stay safe, Rob!
A valuable nugget of information in the quest to retool my swing to S&T. Always appreciative of the detail explanations and clarity. Thanks for sharing :)
I needed this, thank you Rob! I don’t tilt at all in the backswing, I actually lift my chin over my shoulder and it looks really funky. I hit it well, but it looks like my head bobs a lot in the swing. I’m surely leaving some power on the table.
Is the stance closed or open. I tend to use an open stance and not hitting it flush. All balls going left
Great video. Can you state the range, in degrees of rotation, of the amount of neck/head turn you would like to see in the back swing? What are the parameters? Looks like somewhere around 20 degrees or so. Is that a good number? Thanks again. Good stuff to know as we get older and find ourselves still wanting to play as much as ever.
When you tilt your head on the backswing, and point your lead ear toward the ground, do you lose sight of the ball?
Excellent work! Kinda struggled with the "head steady" more about keeping "head in the circle". You and Nick great instructors. His video the other day on "weight forward" really helped as yours does. I'm going to try the Jack move with the head. Seems logical to me.
60 /40 weight front foot,right hip and shoulder to target, left shoulder tilted down.Still I move my head about a foot laterally.What am I missing.
Nice work as ever my friend. Really good videos that I always like to see and pass on to others too.
What difference do you think eye dominance has on this? Right eye dominant golfers would find it harder to achieve that neck tilt in backswing?
Great topic that I am always confused about and you explained well. I have a question though, all the pros look at the ball during backswing, are they already presetting their head like you explained or the movement is so small that is not that noticeable? Thanks.
Another great message. You're re-awaking my golf game and it's much appreciated. Be good, be safe. Hope your lock-down doesn't too long.-Russ
Should the head move laterally at all from it's starting position on the downswing? I know it shouldn't move vertically, but what about laterally?
Have you closed your UA-cam channel?
Good stuff Rob as usual thanks for the help!
Good stuff, Rob!
No offense to any of the other youtube golf instructors...but...if you are a forward-anchored golfer, you really need to at least give S&T a try...and Rob always seems to put his finger on what is most basic and important in working on S&T fundamentals....Seriously...save yourself some time, look through his videos and start to hit the ball much (much) better.
...and if you are new, you have found the only approach to golf that says you don't have to spend hours in the gym to hit the ball adequately (how cool is that!)
@@golftecasia BTW, in the video you talk about Manavian who got so many yards for a 70 year old. Well you (ie me following your instruction) got me about 8-10 and I'm 69, so that's ain't bad :-)
Neck tilt
Another great lesson, I remember watching Jack's golf my way videos way back in the 80"s showing how he turned his head. Thank-you
With a new Mini circuit breaker going into effect is there any chance to see a return of the Sunday Stack and Tilt show with you and Nick hosting guests?