Shallowing Your Downswing | The Real TRUTH YOU NEED To Know 

I had a bit of a hard time sleeping tonight, so I went in a binge of your videos, watching some of the “older” ones. Man Stu, this is such a great video. The laying off of the hands (my feeling) and the clock/wheel reference make so much sense. When I focus on moving my weight shift, like you demonstrate in other videos, the proper golf path just seems to open up to me. Strong grip in the fingers, focus on my weight shift, path takes care of itself. Then, at end of my backswing, as weight has transferred to what I feel like is my left foot middle/heal, I lay the club off as you discuss in this video, pull the club at what feels like 45 degrees, keep pressure down though the handle of my left hand…and I can confidently tell you, the ball goes where I want it to go. I tried for a long time to throw my hands through impact… and if I timed it perfectly, I could hit a power fade…but often times I’d miss fairways to the right. With this feel…the key for me is getting the weight on my left heal. Since as you state, the club wants to move away from us, focusing the weight shift internally to my heal equated to the in to out swing path I’ve been searching for…hitting a beautiful little draw, and as much aoa as I could ever need. Face Is king…as long as I pull left, and pressure the handle around my waist, I get great results. Almost everytime I hit a bad shot, it’s from old habits of dragging the club through. I’m shooting in the 70s fairly regularly because of this instruction. You honestly teach a swing that is beautifully different than any mainstream instruction…and I’ve watched thousands of hours of it. As always, very appreciative of these videos, and the fact that you give so much detail for free…you’re really helping grow the game. Thanks again!

Hello Sir. So i promised a small feedback. From too much inside with early extension and flipping hands. Today 🎉🎉🎉 😅 I took the broom drill 1-2-3. And kept everything connected under the left shoulder. ( been practising for 2 weeks) BUT. Today it all fell in place, i found the bush back from the left foot in to the ground. 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉 wow. Turning the hips back. Hitting down on the ball. 5 iron sounding like a rifle. 😂 So now i must thank you. Keep up the good work sir. You changed my golf perception. Im so great full. Sorry for my english. Kind regards and huge respect. Niels Storm. 🇩🇰⛳️🙏

I wasn't understanding this until I Saw the wheel!! Then the penny dropped another great video thanyou

Brilliant explanation Stu thank you. Now I understand the importance of the takeaway getting the club into the position at the top to allow the club to shallow using its own weight and momentum!

Stuart, another wonderful science education on the golf swing, my favorite type of lesson. My knowledge of the golf swing has grown exponentially since subscribing to your channel. 😊 Cheers

Just wanted to get on your most recent video so you would find this easily. My son is a high school golfer (junior). He’s been playing since age 7. I’ve taught him by playing the game. We started on the green then worked out. I gave him a bit over sized clubs so he would swing them. He’s 16 and has no idea whatsoever about planes, tuck this, rotate that. Long story short, he’s s grip was strong but in the palm. He finally let me change it (it’s taken 2 seasons lol 😂). I’m glad I saw your grip series. I was close but your explanation of what it does was priceless.His confidence is soaring. He shot a competitive, personal and season team best round yesterday. We’ve practiced several times before playing. Thank you for not muddying instruction like most on RU-vid do. Oh yeah unsubscribing from every other “instructor” lol 😂

Stuart. The move at 15:56 is a life saver. When I started golf that was the exact move I did and I would destroy my irons. Long high and accurate. Then I got some bad advice and it's been a multi year struggle. Funny enough I followed the faldo series on more of a core swing. Good for off speed but never transitioned well into the full swing. I think with the propping up move I can finally solve my super long back swing. I watched an AMG video and they showed how little pros arms actually lift their arms relative to body and I think that is more attributed to the proper pressuring of the handle rather than mechanical movements. Ty vm.

I watched this hoping to figure out why my shots were poorly struck, draw/hook on some strikes, huge slice on others. Saw this and other videos of yours that suggest the feeling of pushing the grip down at the takeaway. Holy cow, a eureka moment. I was getting stuck on the downswing causing me to come either way too inside to out with clubface/path closed (hook) or poorly attempting to correct it causing slices. Shot even par 36. 9/9 GIR, all drives 280-290 fairways in regulation. One of golf’s greatest rounds! Thank you!!!!!!

My go to channel now. Trying to shallow ruined my golf swing for a whole year, introducing a slice when previously having a draw, getting the club stuck behind me and causing early extension as the recovery move, all from one poor piece of advice. When i finally understood that there is another way, one that does not require hours of practice to hone the timing the hands, I straightened up my ball flight, and my consistency went through the roof, especially off the tee. The broom drill was the moment I finally understood how to swing the club. I must add that the Malaska move also really helped in conjunction with your own teaching, I'd love to know your thoughts on that, but I think your channels mesh exceptionally well and have stopped me swinging my hands at the ball, instead getting that clubhead arcing on a much simpler path with increased clubhead speed.

Hi Stuart. I love your video's expecially the broom series. It's a breath of fresh air to see someone on RU-vid explaining things in such fantastic detail. Your knowledge of the golf swing is pretty incredible. May I just ask about pressure in the handle? I had a job understanding at first but the more I practise it feels like after the pull phase you are pulling the but end in towards your groin area. Would that be a fair assumption? Thank you and keep up the good work. By far the best on RU-vid. Regards Andy

This video was a disaster for my swing until…I watched it again. Me consciously trying to shallow the shaft did not work at all. It wasn’t until I thought of shallowing as a symptom of pulling the handle and where the handle needed to go that it clicked. Those thoughts also have me in a balanced finish for the first time since high school. Again, a symptom. The handle doesn’t travel to the inside, I don’t finish in balance. Got work to do on the driver, but many thanks Stuart! Take care.

Broom helped my take away tremendously. I have always pulled the club head inside and behind.

One thing that you have showed me is how the opposite ends of the club act in opposite directions through impact - when the handle and clubhead both move towards the ball (out to right field) it feels tense and hard. When I get the handle IN and clubhead OUT at impact, the strike is insane, the distance is effortless and your body suffers much much less.

Hi Stu, Another fantastic video. I'm getting to grips (excuse the pun) of in transition pulling the butt end out towards the target line. Ive got a really good feel of my left elbow doing that and pointing out over the ball. Im really struggling with what comes next. If i feel arm rotation from there i get the pitch of the shaft too steep again. What im basically asking is can you do a video solely on the space and time from the initial pull, then into impact. I think youve already covered the pressure on the handle in that phase but i could do with a deeper explanation. Thank you

Please can you clarify the “weight of the club going over the handle” at 17:55. I think this is the key point in the swing and could do with a whole video of its own!

Stu, your lessons make so much sense but I can’t make it work for me. I’ve gone through your grip, broom and many other videos but all I do is hit the ball way right, big pull hooks or top the ball. Pulling the butt end of the club to the ball makes no sense to me. All I feel is the club head wanting to go outside my hands and handle. I used to be a single digit handicap but after not playing for a few years I’m clueless. I’m just trying to hit small shots with a sand wedge.

Stuart, why might the golfer arrive at the top of the backswing laid off? Club points left of target at the top. And from a laid off position, how in the world could you avoid steepening the shaft on the way down? Seeing as it's already extremely shallow, it seems impossible that any movement downward would be steeper.

I am one of those golfers that neither hits to the right or the left, but is constantly hitting behind the ball, but the ball goes straight?

Does the steep shaft on the downswing lead to early extension as well?

Love the videos. Makes great sense but having a hard time getting the hands to work down and left in the delivery position.

I find on my SkyTrak launch monitor that angle of attack and the spin it yields makes a massive difference in distance as well as landing angle. It can be 20 yards or more with a 7 iron swing around 85 mph. Is this correct or something wrong in the simulator? I've developed a really shallow angle of attack because of the huge distance gains and better landing angle.

Do you have any drills I can do to help work on shallowing and not coming over the top without swinging? I can't full swing in my garage, and the only time I get to practice consistently is late at night.

Didn't understand any of that .....till I went in the garden n saw with me own eyes .

Stuart, do you play competitively?

It's great, but I do not understand why the shot at the end went off to the right. I think you have to differentiate (better than you have done, at least for me) that one from the ones that flew straight.

zzzzzzzzzz made it thru 10 mins

Stuart , besides all the garbage on the you tube , is there any PGA, LPGA , WLD players doing anything right ? :) I mean goodness , P1 to P 10 everyone one is talking positions , everyone is squatting and popping up. Cheers