The Shoulder Tilt Move That 92% of Golfers Get Wrong ☠️

u/CptBadAss2016 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Self taught golfer of seven years. Critique my swing”

Start with setup: 1. Your butt is way to far back. You want your hip sockets to line up over your ankle joints. This will give you maybe about a club head width between your butt line and back of your heel. 2. Your arm pits should hover more over the ball of your foot to your toes. Your reaching out and away with your arms, rather your arms should hang vertically with an iron. This is a knock on effect of 1. 3. You …

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u/loophole64 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Is my body moving down at the start of the downswing a problem?”

Hey man, sorry to break up the party, but there is a lot of bad advice here. I've seen multiple people saying things like, Tiger does it, or you are using the ground as leverage, etc. This just isn't true. To answer your question, no, your body moving down during the backswing is not a problem. All good players have a slight dip or "squat" or "crunch" as they describe it, which helps load force into the ground …

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u/pm_me_yo_creditscore 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “How to release at the ball?”

I would work on shoulder tilt and initiating with the lower body. Backswing looks great. If you get the hips working sooner the release will come naturally. ▶ this video

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u/Background-Loquat198 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “How is my swing?”

You are so close to hitting the ball very far. It’s the entire setup/easiest part of the entire golf swing holding you back right now First, fix your posture. Stand straight up, tiny knee flex just to unlock them, bend slightly forward at pelvis until both arms hang straight down over closer to the front of your shoes and grab club. This gives your front shoulder room to tilt down at the first part of the takeaway. …

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u/United_Ad_668 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Shoulder plane in degrees?”

I don’t think this is accurate, I have yet to see any instruction where you are told to have your shoulder incline pointing at the ball. Accepted instruction is to have the shoulder inclination outside of the ball by a few feet, at minimum. ▶ this video

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