This has the side benefit of smoothing out my take away tempo. I definitely can get rushed based on years of being warned about slow backswings. This feels controlled and coiled. Kudos
I swear it’s like you guys made this video especially for me! 😂 The really annoying thing is I never used to do this. If anything, my shoulder turn was probably a bit flat. Then I was told by a couple of different instructors to add a tonne of left side bend into my backswing. I was told to feel like I was reverse pivoting which, of course, I then started to do. This is why I became an AMG member and why I now only take instruction from you guys. The best in the business in my humble opinion!
@@rossferguson417 love it we’re glad you’re part of the family 👊🤓 Unfortunately, lots of folks have/are being given the same advice. This is one of those cases where not doing something is doing the right thing 😉
Absolutely. My current feel is no left side bend at all. It means I need to use my arms a lot more rather than heaving the club up with my body. I still can’t do it at speed but I’m working on it. I’m actually going to Orlando on holiday (from Scotland) next September. I’m hoping to get a lesson booked in with you guys whilst I’m there! 👍
Great videos. Can you explain the difference in spine extension that you don’t want, vs. the spine extension in the “side bend like a pro” video. Rory has quite a bit of spine extension in his backswing.
@@ChadSchmidt-y3x good question. “Spine extension” has become a catch-all term for golfers and instructors. But there’s a difference between what the spine itself is doing and what the pelvis angles are doing to the spine during a motion like the swing. Our Pros vs Ams video was showing the spine moves without the pelvis’s influence. We his one is talking about angles with the pelvis’s influence. The practical thing to look for is the back line at the top. Look for some angle away from the target and try to avoid vertical/towards the target. That’s a good 2D a for what’s happening in 3D.
I found when my right hip wasnt rotating back and up enough, pressure not on inside of foot, inside of leg (i was more twisting my leg) I ran out of room and would reverse tilt. Solved that hip movement and I have tons of room to fully turn, do a full swing. I had enough flexibility. What I think I need more is thoracic strength so those band and medicine balls would help, body doesn't like being in positions its not strong in. Your recent video on width and shifting really helped me with that. Im walking and running better. More connected... Thanks! 🙏
love AMG’s videos, really curious if gears tells us anything about the way the lats work in the backswing/downswing. heard bryson explain many times how they help him pull the golf club and increase speed, was wondering if the data supports it and if there were any feels one could implement
@@jmag-kq9nl yes, it does show the arms are accelerating down quickly and early independent of the body, but it doesn’t show us “lat info.” Would be cool if it did 🤓
Hey athletic motion golf! Can you please do a video about mindset. I know you did a video about tempo already, but when stuff goes wrong and we start steering and guiding, should I think of hitting it hard as you can after transition. Or just think of my tempo. Thank you
There is so much emphasis on getting to 90 degrees on the back swing these days. Problem is, if your flexibility is somewhat restricted , then as you try to continue to coil you end up cheating and end up with extension in the backswing. Once I stopped worrying about getting to 90 degrees (and accepted I’m getting older!) my swing was in a much better place.
excellent video... Its one thing to find the problem, but to fix it is a different story. Any drill to help me solve this issue that I have been doing for way too long??
I remember you guys had a backswing drill for width where you push your right hand against a wall to your right and straighten the arm a bit in the latter part of the backswing. I think rehearsing that might have accidentally got me "unplugging" a bit by over-extending the spine as I pushed my upper body away from the wall. What's the best feel for marrying these two drills, so we keep some width without unplugging?
Great video. Dr Kwon says a reverse pivot position at the top of the backswing is “okay”which would require unplugging the extension cord, would it not? Both you and Dr Kwon promote many of the same concepts, i.e. recentering, but seem to differ in this area. Thoughts?
Question, if our shoulders are supposed to be semi square at impact and we move the hands towards the pocket in the downswing how dose the club go from outside our back foot to square with square shoulders. I feel like I’m close to something but I can’t figure this part out and I’m hitting major major hooks . Any advice or even a video would be great!
OMG i have been going through so many videos to fix my steep downswing and then I turned like this. Just felt everything wind and unwind didnt even have to think about getting shallow.
Its hard for me to get my head round. I was taught that you need ‘left bend’ with rotation & extension in equal measures. With best players effectively standing their spine up from approx 30 deg front bend and adding 30 deg of side bend….all this happening to keep them centred. if we rotate in forward bend dont we move off too much? thanks as ever & Seasons Greetings! 🎄
You bring up a good point so it's worth noting some key distinctions. 1 - there's the movement of the spine itself. Our last Pros vs Ams video went into the actual lumbar and thoracic movements. 2 - next there is the of the system that changes the spine's orientation. Since it's Christmas, think of a 🎄tree sitting on top of a table. If you kick one of the legs off the table, the tree's trunk (spine) will move/tilt because it's base moved/tilted. But not because the trunk itself side bent. When most folks see any movement or tilting of the spine, they believe it's the spine itself causing all the bend. There is some, but there is also a lot of #2 happening. The main thing is to look at how we're demonstrating that movement. The spine itself can lose forward bend without "unplugging" because it sits on top of a base that is constantly moving and tilting. The same applies to side bend as well.
It looks like you are talking about turn being the spiral staircase idea that Pete Cowen talks about? The part that I don't understand is that it seems that if you don't have some type of extension on the backswing you are going to bird dog in the back swing.
Going back 90 degrees is fine as long as you are physically able to do so . But the simple fact is that few of us are capable of doing so; a shorter backswing then is optimal for consistency , producing power and avoiding injuries .
If you make contact while the swing is descending (hit down on the ball), why does it matter that you lift/"unplug" in the follow thru? Thins s the hardest motion to learn.
@@golfolie64 I guess it depends on if you’re playing for score or trying to get 1 out of 8 in a grid. We’re partial to what golfers like Xander, Tiger, Rory, Scott, etc do though the bag, but you have to decide how you want to swing.
For some stupid reason on sunday i decided to try a push down to go up right sided spiral on my backswing, blew out my sacriliac/back 4 days of drugs and exercises im just about ok again Doh
Guys! What is going on? How can the Golf swing be sooo hard? You have gears..terabytes of information... If the golf swing is this hard and takes a million youtube videos. Lets redesign the clubs or Golf like a pitcher throws. Whatever "this" is is shit
It's hard for millions of golfers because they are trying to do things (have been told to do things) that have no basis in the reality of what good players do and have done since good golf was played.
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This has the side benefit of smoothing out my take away tempo. I definitely can get rushed based on years of being warned about slow backswings. This feels controlled and coiled. Kudos
@@ebitalian02767 👊🤓
U guys give me so much proof to work with. Thanks as always.
@@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 thanks for watching 👊🙂
Thanks guy, great drill !
I swear it’s like you guys made this video especially for me! 😂 The really annoying thing is I never used to do this. If anything, my shoulder turn was probably a bit flat. Then I was told by a couple of different instructors to add a tonne of left side bend into my backswing. I was told to feel like I was reverse pivoting which, of course, I then started to do. This is why I became an AMG member and why I now only take instruction from you guys. The best in the business in my humble opinion!
@@rossferguson417 love it we’re glad you’re part of the family 👊🤓
Unfortunately, lots of folks have/are being given the same advice. This is one of those cases where not doing something is doing the right thing 😉
Absolutely. My current feel is no left side bend at all. It means I need to use my arms a lot more rather than heaving the club up with my body. I still can’t do it at speed but I’m working on it.
I’m actually going to Orlando on holiday (from Scotland) next September. I’m hoping to get a lesson booked in with you guys whilst I’m there! 👍
@@rossferguson417 Let us know when you'll be here and we'll make sure you get in
Cheers guys, I really appreciate that. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025 when it comes! 😎
Great videos. Can you explain the difference in spine extension that you don’t want, vs. the spine extension in the “side bend like a pro” video. Rory has quite a bit of spine extension in his backswing.
@@ChadSchmidt-y3x good question. “Spine extension” has become a catch-all term for golfers and instructors. But there’s a difference between what the spine itself is doing and what the pelvis angles are doing to the spine during a motion like the swing. Our Pros vs Ams video was showing the spine moves without the pelvis’s influence. We his one is talking about angles with the pelvis’s influence. The practical thing to look for is the back line at the top. Look for some angle away from the target and try to avoid vertical/towards the target. That’s a good 2D a for what’s happening in 3D.
@@AthleticMotionGolf Makes complete sense. Thank you for taking the time to respond.
Man I tried this at the range just now. Really helped me compress the ball more consistently and hit straighter
@@Stan_sprinkle 💪🏻
Pictures and feelings? Golf p*Rn at its best fellas. Thank you and happy holidays. GO AMG
@@jaychent9210 😂💪🏻
I found when my right hip wasnt rotating back and up enough, pressure not on inside of foot, inside of leg (i was more twisting my leg) I ran out of room and would reverse tilt. Solved that hip movement and I have tons of room to fully turn, do a full swing. I had enough flexibility. What I think I need more is thoracic strength so those band and medicine balls would help, body doesn't like being in positions its not strong in. Your recent video on width and shifting really helped me with that. Im walking and running better. More connected... Thanks! 🙏
Love it 😍
love AMG’s videos, really curious if gears tells us anything about the way the lats work in the backswing/downswing. heard bryson explain many times how they help him pull the golf club and increase speed, was wondering if the data supports it and if there were any feels one could implement
@@jmag-kq9nl yes, it does show the arms are accelerating down quickly and early independent of the body, but it doesn’t show us “lat info.” Would be cool if it did 🤓
Hey athletic motion golf! Can you please do a video about mindset. I know you did a video about tempo already, but when stuff goes wrong and we start steering and guiding, should I think of hitting it hard as you can after transition. Or just think of my tempo. Thank you
There is so much emphasis on getting to 90 degrees on the back swing these days. Problem is, if your flexibility is somewhat restricted , then as you try to continue to coil you end up cheating and end up with extension in the backswing. Once I stopped worrying about getting to 90 degrees (and accepted I’m getting older!) my swing was in a much better place.
@@daleconrod5057 top 5 post of the year 🙌
Good content!
@@frankhall8503 🙏🏻👊🙂
excellent video... Its one thing to find the problem, but to fix it is a different story. Any drill to help me solve this issue that I have been doing for way too long??
@@yangendron1348 we cover that towards the end of the video 👊🤓
I remember you guys had a backswing drill for width where you push your right hand against a wall to your right and straighten the arm a bit in the latter part of the backswing. I think rehearsing that might have accidentally got me "unplugging" a bit by over-extending the spine as I pushed my upper body away from the wall. What's the best feel for marrying these two drills, so we keep some width without unplugging?
Make sure that's a trail shoulder retraction instead of an "unplugging" amount of back extension 👍
Great video. Dr Kwon says a reverse pivot position at the top of the backswing is “okay”which would require unplugging the extension cord, would it not? Both you and Dr Kwon promote many of the same concepts, i.e. recentering, but seem to differ in this area. Thoughts?
@@michaelmacpherson5790 you asking why a reverse pivot is bad?
People always show golf back pain as being lower back or sciatic pain. I actually get thorasic spine tightness and pain, which id love to clear up
Question, if our shoulders are supposed to be semi square at impact and we move the hands towards the pocket in the downswing how dose the club go from outside our back foot to square with square shoulders. I feel like I’m close to something but I can’t figure this part out and I’m hitting major major hooks . Any advice or even a video would be great!
Would have to see the swing. Could be a number of things
OMG i have been going through so many videos to fix my steep downswing and then I turned like this. Just felt everything wind and unwind didnt even have to think about getting shallow.
@@eddiemanzani9365 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
That extension move is a key piece in the Stack and Tilt system. I wonder how they would respond to this...
Stack and tilt is the worst for your back
Its hard for me to get my head round. I was taught that you need ‘left bend’ with rotation & extension in equal measures. With best players effectively standing their spine up from approx 30 deg front bend and adding 30 deg of side bend….all this happening to keep them centred. if we rotate in forward bend dont we move off too much? thanks as ever & Seasons Greetings! 🎄
You bring up a good point so it's worth noting some key distinctions. 1 - there's the movement of the spine itself. Our last Pros vs Ams video went into the actual lumbar and thoracic movements. 2 - next there is the of the system that changes the spine's orientation. Since it's Christmas, think of a 🎄tree sitting on top of a table. If you kick one of the legs off the table, the tree's trunk (spine) will move/tilt because it's base moved/tilted. But not because the trunk itself side bent. When most folks see any movement or tilting of the spine, they believe it's the spine itself causing all the bend. There is some, but there is also a lot of #2 happening. The main thing is to look at how we're demonstrating that movement. The spine itself can lose forward bend without "unplugging" because it sits on top of a base that is constantly moving and tilting. The same applies to side bend as well.
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It looks like you are talking about turn being the spiral staircase idea that Pete Cowen talks about?
The part that I don't understand is that it seems that if you don't have some type of extension on the backswing you are going to bird dog in the back swing.
@@richardjohnson-tb5pz just avoid unplugging and you’ll be fine 👊😉
A little bird-dog look in the backswing is OK.
@@Y_M1967 yep
Going back 90 degrees is fine as long as you are physically able to do so . But the simple fact is that few of us are capable of doing so; a shorter backswing then is optimal for consistency , producing power and avoiding injuries .
If you make contact while the swing is descending (hit down on the ball), why does it matter that you lift/"unplug" in the follow thru? Thins s the hardest motion to learn.
What about long drive compétition !
@@golfolie64 I guess it depends on if you’re playing for score or trying to get 1 out of 8 in a grid. We’re partial to what golfers like Xander, Tiger, Rory, Scott, etc do though the bag, but you have to decide how you want to swing.
What about those who have the opposite problem of when they turn or load into their backswing they squat down and maybe bend over?
Putting slack in the cord wouldn't be a good idea either.
Jt over swings a touch his lift is pretty high too
Do you brace your core in the backswing to create this stretch shortening cycle in your core?
@@EyItzTiNNie you’ll get the feeling by doing the drill with your forearms touching
Thank you. I do this exact move, especially with driver, and wonder why back kills the next day laugh😅. So don’t lift
For some stupid reason on sunday i decided to try a push down to go up right sided spiral on my backswing, blew out my sacriliac/back 4 days of drugs and exercises im just about ok again Doh
A lot of good dominos fall doing this correctly. Would imagine y'all see way more over turns than under turns
Bird doging😂 sounds like something you'd do at a dark country lay-by in the north of England😳
Lmao. Some birds are adventurous like that
@@codex6594 😂
Guys! What is going on? How can the Golf swing be sooo hard? You have gears..terabytes of information... If the golf swing is this hard and takes a million youtube videos.
Lets redesign the clubs or Golf like a pitcher throws.
Whatever "this" is is shit
It's hard for millions of golfers because they are trying to do things (have been told to do things) that have no basis in the reality of what good players do and have done since good golf was played.