Why You Need This:

In this video, you’ll learn how your backswing will help or hurt “The Move”.

(Not sure what “The Move” is? It’s what I call the #1 difference between great and poor ball strikers.)

As many of my students progress through The Move series…

A few questions have come up so I wanted to add this bonus video to provide more clarity on The Move and to answer one of the more common questions.

The Move series teaches players to flatten the club path in the downswing.

One question I got was…

“Why not just start the backswing on this flatter club path?”

Great question.

The reason why I recommend not going back on a flatter plane is that it tends to lead to coming over the top in the downswing.

Ultimately though, the only thing that really matters is the club path in your downswing.

As you’ll see in the video, some pros are flat in the backswing while others like Jim Furyk start with a more vertical club path in the backswing.

But they all swing on a similar club plane in the downswing.

A good tip is to have the club on a steeper path in the backswing and then let momentum ease your club to the recommended path in the downswing.

Watch this video now to learn how to put the club in the best position for performing The Move in the downswing!

What's Covered: How to shallow the club no matter the type of backswing you have.

Golf Pros Featured: Adam Scott    Dustin Johnson    J.B. Holmes    Jim Furyk    Rory McIlroy    Tiger Woods    

Instructors Featured: Clay Ballard    

Video Duration: 3:57

Video Transcription:

Hey guys, absolutely great to have you back here today. We’re working through “The Move” section, and I wanted to address a couple of questions.

I threw in this bonus video in here to address a couple questions I’ve been getting as players start to work through and try to get The Move in their own swing.

Now it’s very common to think of, if I’m trying to get this down correctly, we want to have this club shallow out in the downswing. So The Move is this club shallowing in the downswing.

A very realistic idea, or kind of a common idea that seems to make a lot of sense would be why don’t I take that club back on a flatter plane, get it shallower in the backswing, and then I can just repeat that in the downswing?

You’ll see players, pro players, tht maybe some of them will be a little bit more to the inside on the backswing, maybe some of them will be a little bit more over the top in the backswing.

But in general, that idea of having the club go a little bit more to the inside on the way back, flatter on the way back, tends to lead to an over the top.

What I’m going to do is I’m going to pop up some pro players here, we’re going to go through all the top guys, and I’m going t draw a red line from the hosel of the club up through their elbow.

We’re going to see even though some of them may be a little bit more this way on the backswing, some of them may be a little bit more on the inside on the backswing, it’s really the downswing that counts.

Every single one of these guys are going to have that club tip below that red line in the downswing to come from the inside, square up that path, and then back to the inside on the way through.

None of those guys are going to be out here on the downswing. So The Move is a downswing thing that we’re working on. The backswing can vary.

Now as a good rule of thumb, and what I recommend, because I’ve seen hundreds of players working on this, thousands of players’ swings over the years, is it’s going to be easier to shallow this club with momentum if we’re a little bit more vertical on the way back.

So if I take my club on the backswing to the inside, I get it way back in here, I’m thinking oh, I’m going to shallow it out. Because of momentum, it’s going to go inside, it’s going to tend to come over the top, and I’m going to have a steeper, more over the top swing.

If you’re looking for a general rule of thumb, the more you bring it inside on the way back, the more that club’s coming over the top on the way down, and vice versa, if we’re going to shallow it out on the way down.

If I can get that club a little bit more vertical, I’m going to give you a feeling here, it doesn’t have to be exactly what’s happening, it’s a little extreme.

But if I feel like this club shaft is more vertical on the way back, that’s going to bring my club a little bit more up on the way back, and it’s naturally going to shallow out a little bit easier.

If you’re struggling with this, think of that club being a little bit more vertical on the way back, shallowing out on the downswing, that’s going to make things easier.

But whichever you way you pick, we’ve just got to make sure on the downswing, that’s what really matters, that’s where it counts.

So, if you want to test this out on yourself, draw that red line from the hosel of the club up through your right elbow.

Get your camera lined up down your feet toward your target so you get a good camera angle. Then from there, we’ve got to make sure this thing shallows out in the downswing.

So best of luck, let’s go ahead and give it a try.

All right guys, hit them well. see you all in the next lesson.