Golf Backswing: Laid Off or Across the Line?

Clip from a recent online lesson @skillestapp

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This particular player had a poor matchup with the shaft being in a laid off position at the top + a longer backswing

This CAN be a poor matchup because the club will have a tendency to “tip over” and steepen late. Some manage it quite well, but usually you’ll see the downswing “look” decent halfway down, but in the later stages of the downswing the club wants to steepen and swing more out-to-in. Not good if you want to play a draw (like this player) ❌

Some players will actually slow the rotation 🔄 of their body, slide and tilt excessively, or find some other variation of compensation with the pivot to avoid the club steepening late. We know these compensations with the pivot aren’t advantageous for us long term, so it’s important to attack the root cause of why they happen!

OF COURSE laid off can work and it can work well! Typically, it works well for players with shorter backswings. It’s all about matchups!

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Need to do is get this shaft less over here and more over here at the top and here’s why when you get the shaft pointed over here it has a tendency to look like it’s in a good spot but because there’s pressure downwards on this portion of the club the balance

Point wants to push the other way so it looks really good but then it gets very steep late and it works to the left okay