How To Shallow The Golf Club
5 golfers recommended it · 2021–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains how to shallow the club in transition, with hands moving down rather than out.
Why golfers recommend it
- Squaring face early, pros shallow
- Great explanation of shallowing
- AMG on shallowing
- Hands down not out
- AMG series of fundamentals
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
5 comments from Reddit
u/Ellite11MVP 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Am I goat humping? I’m trying to clear my hips and open chest before impact so I can have forward shaft lean a”
▶ this video does a great job of showing and explaining what is meant by shallowing the club. Good luck
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u/Jrapin 2021 · r/GolfSwing · in “I took a lesson and can play better now on grass but I CANNOT hit a single ball off the driving range mats. Wh”
You are swinging your hands out to the ball, it's called over the top. Your hands should come straight down as you start the downswing not out towards the ball. ▶ this video
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u/TacticalYeeter 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “What’s causing my over the top steepness here?”
You’re not squaring the face early after or in transition, so the club won’t really look like it’s laying behind you. The club is blurry so I can’t really see the face exactly after this point but that’s what makes a pro swing start to look shallow. They start twisting the face closed a little (which would mean they make the face start to look more at this camera here) as they start down. The arms also start to …
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u/jtag67 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “How do I stop coming in steep?”
I mean this in as nicest possible way, but there's a series of faults that you need to address before you really get away from being steep. Fixing steep will still leave you with a lot of faults and a struggle for consistency. The steepness and slice are just symptoms of the faults. I'm using Athletic Motion Golf as examples because I like the way they explain things. If you find someone explaining it in a way that …
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u/Substantial_Team6751 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Learn to love golf again?”
So Ace you don't agree with what I wrote? Shallowing is not something you specifically do. It's the result of the natural change of direction of the club when you have a properly executed backswing / transition / downswing. Is AMG good enough for you? ▶ this video ▶ this video
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