Stop Standing Up Through Impact! (Finally Compress The Ball) 🏌🏼
3 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains why golfers stand up through impact and how to compress the ball instead.
Why golfers recommend it
- Functional plane GIF analysis
- Steep then shallow, forearm rotation
- Links used for standing up
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
3 comments from Reddit
u/TacticalYeeter 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Early Extension”
[preview.redd.it] When you’re steep early you have to shallow late, and that’s what’s happening. You go from this position to trying to drop the club under and shallow it. Early extension shallows the club and tries to reroute it underneath. Lead forearm (left) rotation will help you get the club a little less vertical coming down so you can then use that rotation through impact at the bottom instead of putting it …
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u/TeddaMan2 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Lower Body Chaos”
[i.redd.it] In the GIF I have drawn a red line representing the functional swing plane. This is a line drawn through the club hosel and your trail elbow. 3D measurements have shown that most elite golfers swing close to this plane when the club-head is below their head height. The preference is to be at or slightly above this line in the backswing and at or slightly below this line in the downswing. In your case the …
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u/scub_101 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “How can I get more distance?”
What you are experiencing is something that I have recently been delving into. One main thing from recording myself and looking at your swing is there is there is no dropping of the back shoulder. Like if you look at your swing you stand up in the down swing when looking at your head position. Here are some links on YouTube that I have been using to address my swing that you should take a look at. ▶ this video ▶ …
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