Golf | Master The Proper Takeaway
Neal York Golf
3 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains how to master a proper takeaway, including inside takeaway pointers.
Why golfers recommend it
- Recommends video on takeaway backswing
- Inside takeaway pointers vs Rory
- Long reference list of videos
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
3 comments from Reddit
u/JangoTat46 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How to stop casting?”
Your left arm is way too far across your chest in the backswing, and you are not being the club UP the swing plane. Your arms are too low and wrapped around your body. Your swing is a victim of the Arm Swing Illusion. Connection in the golf swing isn't having your arms pinned to your body. Connection is the arms' relationship to your rotating center of mass as they move the club up and down the swing plane ⬆️⬇️. …
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u/SunkTheBirdie 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “swing tips 17 year old has been playing for just under a year currently a 8 hc and play a push draw but someti”
[preview.redd.it] your hands are too far behind you and not enough above you. this is a flat / inside takeaway. you need more pushaway and thumbs to the sky. ▶ this video Porzak - How To Wrist Hinge ▶ this video the two things that control the takeaway are: wrist hinge and arm rotation. ▶ this video
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u/___stonefree___ 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Losing my mind (shanks)”
[preview.redd.it] Couple more pointers, sticking you beside Rory mcilroy here which isn’t necessarily fair but always good to compare to the pros! As a few people mentioned you have an inside takeaway which is really common, at the top of your swing this is leaving you with your hands and club already really deep behind your feet as shown by the line. You shoulder plane is also quite flat as a result and your right …
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