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The Golf Swing Isn’t A Straight Back And Straight Down Feel!

Jake Hutt Golf

2 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026

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Explainer · Intermediate

Explains why the swing is not a straight back and straight down feel, with drills on casting and dropping the clubhead behind.

Why golfers recommend it

  • Several drills, cast vs throw
  • Drop clubhead behind, shaft at 4:30; videos

Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.

2 comments from Reddit

u/Long-Assistant-895 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “What could be better?”

I find one piece delivery hard on the joints and inconsistent, because it's timing and weight shift dependent and the swing would come through in a different place if I leaned on it. Here are two from Jake Hutt that helped me: ▶ this video ▶ this video

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u/reverse_the_loop 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Been Fighting the Yips, any huge issues?”

[preview.redd.it] When you are the top of your backswing, your brain tells you to full send clubface to ball. In reality, we dont want to do that. We want to build a swing to the target that goes through the ball. To do this, we drop the clubhead behind us and lay the shaft down at the 4:30 angle. If 9 is target, 12 is straight in front at setup, 3 is behind you, we want to lay the shaft off at 4:30 and attack the …

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