Steep vs. Shallow: Are You Destroying Your Swing Without Knowing? 🏌️♂️
4 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026
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Explains steep versus shallow plane, laid-off positions and shallowing across the line.
Why golfers recommend it
- Swing plane analysis with video link
- AMG did good job explaining laid off top
- Explains across-the-line shallowing
- Setup, weight shift, takeaway
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4 comments from Reddit
u/throwaway1045820872 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Par 3 courses”
So your takeaway is a touch wristy and inside, but this was specifically about how you move the club near the top of the backswing. This video from Athletic Motion Hold has decent video on it and the issues it can cause, so you should take a look at it to clear things up. Be sure to keep filming yourself when you work on this, you will likely need to feel like you are going way farther the opposite way since you are …
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u/Goodtime323 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Drills to fix laid off top position?”
bro I am the same way . I watched so many videos on how to fix this . Most will mess you is . most will just tell you to turn sterling wheel left or something which will just make it flop more at the top . I think AMG did a good job explaining f this . I Am like you . I didn’t have this big inside take away or roll inside takeaway that most videos suggest is your problem if you are laid off . did you end up fixing …
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u/TeddaMan2 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why and I hooking the bottom swing?”
[i.redd.it] The GIF above shows the comparison between your two swings at a number of positions. In the first image, at address, I have added a red lines representing the functional swing plane. This is a line drawn through the club hosel and your trail elbow. 3D measurements have shown that most elite golfers swing close to this plane when the club-head is below their head height. The preference is to be at or …
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u/Noiseless_Bob 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Can’t release the club”
I got you my man. First, get your setup a little better, you’re a bit upright so more forward bend from the hips hands hanging down. When you start your swing it looks like all you weight shifts forward to your toes, make sure your weight is somewhat in the middle of your feet and then shift towards your heel in the trail foot and towards the toe for the front and then vice versa on the downswing. Your takeaway is a …
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