Side Bend Like A Major Champ - PROs vs AMs 🏌️‍♂️

u/NeighborhoodNo7442 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Broke 100 and 90 😳”

You have some serious mobility issues. This is a great video from the only instructors on youtube who understand back issues: ▶ this video You're going to want to address not only your weight, but work with a PT if you want to improve. I don't think you are making a bad move at it, you're just doing what your body lets you. The gist is, without spinal health, you can never get hand depth, and you will always be like …

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u/90DollarStaffMeal 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “my lower back hurts (a lot) when I swing and I don’t know why. Notice anything I need to fix?”

First thing, stop immediately. That sensation is nerve damage, you are TOTALLY screwing up your spine. SUPER SUPER no go immediately stop if you want to have a healthy rest of your life, for real. Take several weeks off of golf until your back feels much MUCH better. Second, when you do feel better and want to get back into golf, watch this video like A THOUSAND TIMES - ▶ this video . They do a great job of showing …

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u/TheZag90 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why am I having so much trouble staying on plane in my real swing, but not in my practice swing?”

AMG literally just released a video about spine tilt and at 23:30 they talk about how many amateurs are attempting to point their shoulders at the ball whilst the pros simply don’t do that. ▶ this video Highly relevant to your question.

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u/shift013 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Tips for opening/clearing my hips more prior to impact? It’s all unnatural and uncomfortable to me”

This video is great for it ▶ this video

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u/TacticalYeeter 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How to keep my side bend at impact”

▶ this video Be careful chasing the side bend thing, you need to make sure you’re doing it appropriately and not manufacturing it.

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u/CptBadAss2016 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Started 5 months ago, what do I need to do to get better.”

Setup, grip and shoulder plane. Setup: ▶ this video Grip: 1 ▶ this video 2 ▶ this video Shoulder plane: 1 ▶ this video 2 ▶ this video Understanding shoulder plane should help with fixing your side bend but for good measure Side bend: ▶ this video The good: You do a good job of keeping your lower body back. Takeaway and plane look good. You absolutely smashed that ball!

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u/throwaway1045820872 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “"Skip the stone" finally clicked”

It’s hard to talk about a specific move in isolation rather than in the context of your current swing, but just be aware that pro golfers typically are adding a slight amount of LEAD side bend in transition even if it looks like TRAIL side bend. Adding more trail side bend right away might be compensating for other swing faults in a way that makes you play better, but it’s not necessarily a good thing. AMG has a …

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u/c-span_celebrity 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Golf concept clarification- spine tilt”

▶ this video Make sure you have a similar tilt to your pelvis so it's not all on your spine

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u/SunkTheBirdie 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Thoughts and tips appreciated!”

[preview.redd.it] You are just lifting the club with your arms, your right arm is bending too much. You need shoulders rotating vertically whereas your shoulder turn is very flat. You need more left side bend in the takeaway. Or at least in the backswing somewhere. ▶ this video ▶ this video I love early left side bend as a way to get the club more above you than behind you. Pros do it more gradually. But if you …

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u/FirGir2Putt 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Overly in to out swing path causing nasty hooks, any advice on lowering?”

▶ this video It's a bit long-winded, but check this video out. It shows how most top players aren't really in right side bend until much later in the swing than you'd think. (Low and left with glutes and hips, low and down the line with the chest, FEELING)

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u/Yackyackyack 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “22 hcp. 365 days of playing with mainly the winter off.”

I think you've got a lot of good in this swing, but a couple core things are holding you back. You have an inside takeaway and a locked trail knee that sort of "throws" you into that head dip and accompanying over the top swing motion. It's hard to tell from this angle, but it looks you're probably reverse pivoting in the downswing too. My guess is that you see a lot of pulls or pull-fades (depending on your club …

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u/United_Ad_668 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “~ 6ish. Overdraw all my irons, pull my wedges and can't hit driver. Trying to fix irons first!”

I remember seeing that clip yesterday and was going to comment on the early release but at 2am sleep won, lol Just a quick comment on your FO, your lateral hip movement looks okay (ie. your hips don’t go too much towards target) except the action you have with your lead leg. It looks like you rotate it externally right away. What’s supposed to happen is it should go internal first, so you can post up on it and then …

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