The TRUTH About Creating WIDTH In The Backswing
7 golfers recommended it · 2024–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains how to create width in the backswing, with drills using a basket, towel and elbow.
Why golfers recommend it
- Width and depth videos
- Maintain width video
- Basket, towel and elbow drills
- Takeaway hinge and width videos
- Porzak hand path
- Hand depth from shoulder turn, videos
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
7 comments from Reddit
u/parker19822 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Swing journey continues”
The hips will be more open than the shoulders, yes, but your hands should be in front of your chest during the downswing. Your arms are so behind you at the top that you would need to delay your pivot and swing your arms down in front of you first to get everything synced up. Check out Adam Porzak. He is the best golf instructor I’ve watched on YouTube. Here’s his latest video which also happens to be very pertinent …
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u/JangoTat46 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How to stop casting?”
Hands too "deep" is exactly what I'm referring to! Depth comes significantly more from shoulder turn than it does from the hands swinging across the chest. The green line is closer to where the hands need to be, but it still might not be enough. It's all relative to turn. Think of your hands and their relationship to your chest and your sternum. If I stuck a pair of googly eyes on the buttons in the center of your …
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u/SunkTheBirdie 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “What can I work on?”
Narrow = lack of depth. Depth is the distance between the hands and the center of the body (chest/sternum). Your hands are super close to your shoulder at top of swing. Make Your Golf Swing Effortless - How To Create Width (Simple Golf Tip) ▶ this video The TRUTH About Creating WIDTH In The Backswing ▶ this video
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u/TurdFurgeson18 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “7 months”
That’s fantastic progress for 7 months. Seriously you should be very proud. A few drills/ideas that would all help tidy you together are Keeping the knees together with a basket, Getting that right elbow tucked properly so you aren’t as loopy at the top of the swing and general maintenance on getting the hands Through the ball to prevent the chicken wing it looks like you have. ▶ this video ▶ this video biggest …
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u/Koolest_Kat 2024 · r/golftips · in “2 years in, I’m told my club is too close on the down swing”
It’s rotation yes AND no, but it starts with pulling your hands inside too early, pulling your left arm across your chest. Your arms stall leaving you no choice but to flip at the ball to make any contact at all. Take a look: ▶ this video
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u/WAR_T0RN1226 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Never broken 100- fix me please”
The very first thing you do in the takeaway is start bending at the trail elbow and then you don't turn the chest until it has to in order to get the club further back. You need to learn how to maintaining width in the swing ▶ this video [preview.redd.it]
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u/Calm-Ingenuity2880 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “How to get to the top of the backswing”
▶ this video take away you need to hinge. You are hinging at the top. gotta work on the take away. You are losing the width with your trail elbow collapsing: ▶ this video Feel like you are pushing a beach ball under water away from your body all the way to the top. Don't let the hands get closer to the chest by collapsing the arm structure. Your trail elbow shouldn't get bent to 90 degrees, it should be straighter. …
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