THE BACKSWING - THE COMPLETE GOLF SWING GUIDE

u/xxxplicit8o5xxx 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Pretty new to golf. I’ve been hitting the range twice a week and learning from videos but would like to know w”

You got that Tony Finau forward club push at set up. If there’s no specific structure swing reason you do that, I’d recommend you fix that as it’s setting throwing your shoulder angles off from the get go. After that, I’d recommend you work on your back swing structure. You take your club back too far which therefore disconnects your arm from your chests and leads to your right arm being stuck on the down swing. …

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u/takeme2space 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “new to golf not to baseball”

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve hit the ball off the toe like that. Happens to everyone. Start by learning proper takeaway and backswing. Rick Shiels is a great place to start: ▶ this video

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u/JacquesKUltra 2022 · r/golftips · in “New to golf. I’m struggling with hitting the ground first.”

For someone new to the game you’re doing a lot of things right. But I think most of your issues, and for most new golfers, come from initial address/club grip and then take away. If those are messed up it just compounds everything after that. And both of yours are a little wonky. The two videos I attached are two of the best I’ve seen. And then two drills I’ve gotten from past lessons are the towel drill I saw …

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u/Pulsating-Wildebeest 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “What am I doing wrong?”

This is the only answer that matters right now. Fix the reverse pivot and a lot of other “issues” will fix themselves. The golf swing can be a very simple thing. You have a lot of people that try to make it complicated by saying you need to fix casting, you need your wrist pointing at the North Star when you’re 75% into your backswing etc. the golf swing can be very simple if you focus on the most important thing, …

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u/davidb1424 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why did I slice it more in the first video but not the second”

Inside of your back foot, you should feel like you can explode off of it down into the back of the ball, putting something under the right side of your back foot (so it angles the inside of your foot into the ground) can help you get the "feel" of how the weight shift should feel at the top, I don't love everything that this video says but its not all bad, do the drill I mentioned above and then try this one: ▶ this …

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u/L3ndai 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Thoughts/Tips for my swing?”

▶ this video Check out the section on wrist angles

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u/ishouldvoicemario 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “I know I’m lifting up but any other tips?”

Your shoulders are rotating on an even plane with the ground (ie. your shoulders are mostly parallel with the ground throughout the swing). You want your shoulders to to rotate on an angle with your spine. Take a club and place it across your chest, then stand over the ball and practice rotating your hips and shoulders so the end of the club (and your left shoulder) is pointed down at the ball. Currently you’re …

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u/TenderfootGungi 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Tip on swing”

Your backswing needs a bit of adjustment. Here is possible help: ▶ this video Keep going!

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