Shoulder Move Ruining Amateur Swings Revealed By 3D Data 😱
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- If your golf swing feels inconsistent or lacks power, your lead shoulder movement could be the culprit. In this video, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb of Athletic Motion Golf break down a critical mistake many golfers make with their shoulder turn-a mistake that can ruin your swing mechanics.
You'll Discover:
✅ Why improper shoulder movement leads to poor ball striking
✅ How elite golfers position their lead shoulder for a perfect backswing
✅ A simple drill to instantly improve your shoulder turn and prevent common swing faults
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By focusing on the correct shoulder movement, you can create a more efficient pivot, improve accuracy, and generate more power in your swing. Watch until the end for a step-by-step shoulder drill that will help you refine your mechanics and hit the ball more consistently.
👉 Try the drill and let us know in the comments if it improved your swing!
00:28 - Why Proper Lead Shoulder Movement Is Essential
00:57 - How to Visualize Your Shoulder Path (Easy Trick!)
01:26 - Common Mistakes Amateurs Make With Shoulder Turn
03:02 - The "Wall" Concept for a Stable Shoulder Movement
04:30 - How Shoulder Movement Affects Club Path & Ball Striking
05:57 - Proper Shoulder Angle Explained (Tall vs. Short Golfers)
06:58 - The Best Drill to Fix Shoulder Movement Instantly
08:57 - How to Identify & Correct Your Shoulder Swing Errors
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You guys and Mr. Bazalgette have helped my game so much. Really can't thank you guys enough for continuing to share this stuff with us.
Thank you for sharing that 🙏 Glad the videos are helping!
For a guy who is racing Tiger for the most back surgeries, I can appreciate this. Anything to make it easier on this bad back will help.
Oh no!😬 Is your's lower back too?
@AthleticMotionGolf yes sir. About the ame lumbar discs if I'm not mistaken. L3 down into L5. The 4th, and so far last, surgery was almost 7 years ago. Had to quit golf for 10 years but been back playing for 5 years this year. I thank the Lord for every round he gives me. Im not even old yet
@ that sucks, sorry to hear it. You’ve got the right attitude about! Enjoy every round 👊😊
@@AthleticMotionGolf keep these videos coming. With all these improvements so far, I might get my handicap back into the single figures again . Really good stuff guys!
@ you will 🙌
I am right handed and have been taking the club back with my trail side for years. I have found that reversing your backswing tip, by using the right seam as a focal point , works like magic for me. I've always had a problem with getting the right elbow away from the right side, during the backswing. For some reason, using the right right shoulder seam focal point, solves this problem of the trail elbow hugging the trail side too much, and gives me a nice boost in swing speed. Thanks very much for the tip.
@@davee3951 nice work 💪
Excellent advice. It’s clear how much easier and smoother this makes the turn, with far less strain and better balance.
So much easier! Who doesn't mind "easier" as they get older?😅
@@AthleticMotionGolf One has only to watch the smooth seemingly effortless swing and balanced finish of Harris English in winning the Farmers Insurance Open to see what I mean.
Great video! Super informative!
@@jammuu thanks for checking it out 👊😊
My coach, Ben Witter, from over 20 years summed up the shoulder turn like this. "Put the lead shoulder in the same air space the trail shoulder vacates." Cures it every time. It's physically impossible to do it, but the concept puts me back on track every single time.
Such great advice! 👏
20 years of coaching says how useless golf instruction is.
This video is golden and refutes the mantra of one of the most popular TH-cam instructors.
We just want everyone taking the task of working on their own swings to have the most accurate info possible.
As usual, great information.
Not to be obsequious, but AMG is simply the best content for golf on TH-cam. Doesn’t mean there are not others that are good.
On that stack and tilt comment, maybe you’ve already done this, but I would like your thoughts on stack and tilt in video format if possible. I’ve wondered if it is not beneficial to the older golfer? I don’t know either way. I’m not even sure it’s something anyone would want to copy? I trust you guys so your opinion matters.
Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏻💯
The weight shifts to the trail side. The he shoulder movers about 3X as much across as it does down. The arms lift as the body turns. Those are just 3 commonalities in great swings that players who’ve gone down that road told us they were told to avoid.
this shoulder drop happened to me. my last 2 coaches kept telling me to get my hands into my trail pocket/butt of the club almost hit your leg on the take away because they said i lifted too much. then i started hitting huge hooks or fats and changing this has helped alot.
Yikes! At least you are back on the right track now 🙌
Very helpful. Thanks! Would love to see a Pros vs Ams followup to see that difference with the Gears image.
Great idea - I'll have to get that done sometime 👍
Thanks for your your content. I recently found your podcast and am going through past shows and enjoying them. I have a question. I started videotaping my swing and notice I followed the club back with my eyes and then about halfway back I go back to the ball with them. Do y'all have any advice how to train this out of my back swing? I've seen a bunch on where to look at ball but not this.
See it daily from players who practice. Keep your face pointing at the ball, then close your eyes. You’ll develop a real sense of for where things are in space. Keep recording to validate 👊
love the new format of the videos...essentially this is what the Stack and Tilt guys mean when they say "shoulder down" - it's essentially just a correct body turn and pivot
All the golfers who've been to see us with the issue (and there are a lot of them, unfortunately) they've been working on "shoulder down." Shoulder down is causing more harm than good. "Shoulder across" with a third as much down is a much better, more accurate way to make a pivot.
@ Fair. I think it’s one of those “I’m telling you what you should feel” rather than “what you should do.”
@@darrenfitzpatrick5331 telling someone what to feel is probably worse lol. But I get what you're saying.
My neck hurts just looking at a steep shoulder turn. I was wondering if you guys have done or have ever thought of doing a video on golfers whose spine angle severely goes down towards the ball especially during the downswing. I have a major issue with that. Is keeping the spine at a proper angle a product of a head that is steadyish?
@@cubfan69kmz85 the head moves around a fair amount so it’s probably just more of a learned motion through the torso.
Best tuition bar none
Thank you brother!
Ive always used my trail foot as a marker. I was taught a long time ago to cover my trail foot with my lead shoulder on the takeaway but to make sure i can still see the tips of my shoes. This prevents forward or backward leaning and helps me set my down swing opening up the path a lot easier. Is what I've learned anything similar to this?
Love that - great advice! 🙌
Shoulder movement is HUGE in the golf swing. If I mess this up in my swing i lose all lag, compression, and accuracy.
So true!
With this in mind how important is a divot with irons snd wdges? Seems like pros nearly always take big beaver pelts but often my best shots are picked clean. Does proper turn equal big downward AOA snd thus a big divot?
A proper turn helps position the club for proper delivery. The turn itself won't produce divots, but it's part of the equation.
@AthleticMotionGolf so it is fair to say making a divot is the expectation? Or can you be a solid iron player who picks it clean of makes really thin divots?
@ absolutely. The main thing is to strike the sweet spot 👍
Haha literally just been working on this with my coach. Your last few videos have strangely been very timely.
Let's go! Sounds like you've found a good coach 🙌
Regarding head movement, I have this problem in my swing where basically at left arm parallel, instead of my head gradually lowering like the pros (such as Tiger), my head raises like an inch. I think the problem is that my hips max out too early and the center of my pelvis moves up. The pelvis moving up also causes my head to raise up. That’s my theory and I just want to see what you guys think of it? I know the hips max out before the top of the backswing as I asked in a previous video. On video it looks like I have a hitch in my backswing, but it’s not the biggest deal in the world as my downswing is great since I bought the tour level lag and lean program. Greatest investment of my money and after only one day of doing the trail arm roadmaps, it cured my downswing sequencing and I can really feel the arms lowering and connecting in transition. Thanks a lot for that as I have been trying to get that feeling and impact for months, and got it within a day. The backswing hitch just makes me mad because I want that fluid swing lol
I hear you - we all want that look! Can I ask how old you are?
@ im 19. 6 foot tall 175 pounds, average build. Also like to think im pretty flexible compared to others
@@AthleticMotionGolfi guess another thing i could mention is that my head does lower slightly from my takeaway to left arm parallel, and then it goes back up. Doesn’t ever go higher than where it was at setup though
@@lukeanderson7505 Sounds like you're just running into your shoulder at the top. Work on keeping your head height early in the backswing so your shoulder has some room to get around.
@@AthleticMotionGolf will do. Thanks for the advice and keep doing what you do. Can honestly feel like I could teach the swing to anybody after gaining so much knowledge from you guys
I need to feel like that shoulder goes down just to stop losing my spine angle.. if I just turn back I lift the head up 3-4 inches
@@noradinc the shoulder does go down, but just a 1/3 as much as it goes across 👍
Maybe the feel is as lead shoulder moved away horizontally the rear shoulder also has to be moved towards the target
We've had some success with that with some players you've seen on TV 😉
I see more shoulders too flat a lot. How is that different from your perspective ?
@@Oahugolfguy can’t recall the last time we saw too flat. We see too steep every week 😬
Shoulder drop at the ball sadly is taught by many top rated you tubers .
@@Rd-bi7vr sadly yes
So basically left shoulder under chin?
If it move across enough, that’s where it would wind up.
A while back I dropped my subscription and today you reminded me why. Quit showing so many exaggerated wrong swings. Plain and simple show the correct way then the drill. I did renew my subscription but it’s because when you finally get around to the message it’s golden.
What a rollercoaster of a comment lol. Relax
It's funny; only those who don't teach regularly for a living think we're making exaggerations, lol. We're glad you're back! 👊🙂
@@AthleticMotionGolf anything new introduced to someone's golf swing should feel like an exaggeration right? If it feels or seems exaggerated, then you weren't doing it right to begin with. Trust the teaching pros. Keep up the great videos!
@@AZstu324 It'll probably feel weird and foreign - especially at the beginning. Which is the first hurdle many golfers stubble on. Next, how much effort does it take to make the correct movement? Often way more than the player estimates (your exaggeration). Which is hurdle #2. 😅
Respectfully disagree. I’ve purchased several of their protocols. The entire thing is about how to do it correctly. Heck one of the things they say on repeat is, “ just practice doing it correctly,” which is after they show you how.