Why has nobody told me about this golf swing flaw in my own swing. Here is a short video from legendary golf coach David Leadbetter showing you how the correct takeaway sets up an easy golf swing.
Byeong-Hun An (Ben An) is a long hitting PGA Tour player who currently uses this takeaway. He was one of David Leadbetter’s students for years. But the reality is many other tour pros already know this golf swing takeaway backswing secret including Collin Morikawa and Brooks Koepka.
If you haven’t tried it you need to give it a go at your next range session. It is essential to stopping the club from getting trapped behind you and requiring you to throw the golf club at the ball to save your shot.
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I wish I had learned this takeaway secret years ago it has improved my ball striking Big Time benon still uses this takeaway he learned from David Leed better early in his career so let’s talk about the awing back swing big difference from a conventional back swing the big key is making sure that the butt of the club moves in while the club head stays out so hands in club head out and this is crucial we see so many golfers who just roll the club away going back remember the the butt of the club moves on one track the the head moves on another this is always inside that club head and we want to try to feel that all the way to the top as I do this you can see my right arm stays on top of my left arm the club face looks at the ball no rotation of the club face it actually feel slightly closed here now as I move the club away I want to feel a setting with my right wrist load that right wrist and you can see the club it is still outside my hands this is what I’m trying to achieve it’s very difficult to get absolutely in this position but the more the closer you get to this the better because literally when I’m about halfway back I want to sense that the shaft is almost matching my spine now anywhere between here and here is fine you just got to get the club up on its end sensing that hey that once the club is here as I just complete my rotation with my body you can see that’s as far as I want to go I want to keep my left arm under my shoulder plane I want to make sure that the grip I had at address is still apparent you can see I still have a little cup at the base of the left wrist and the right wrist and my left arm is actually under my shoulders I want to keep this nice and short but yet the club is not far short of parallel in fact you don’t have to wind up that much if that’s as far as you can go as long as the club is in Balance you see the club being in this position here folks allows the club to get onto the right plane coming down it’s all about getting the club on the right plane coming down that’s why the back swing is so important so remember hands in club out right arm on top as I set the right wrist I just feel that the club head still stays outside my hands all the way to the top it’s an inverted feel and now at the top of the back swing the club if anything points slightly to the right of the targets it’s a very natural motion if I swing the club with two fingers and a thumb look where the club wants to get to it’s slightly across the line many great players throughout the history of this game have actually had the club slightly across the line at the top rather than laid off and once you’re here the club has a almost you put life into the club has a life of its own it’s got swing you’re putting swing into your swing from this position a much simpler back swing the club is traveling a much shorter route to get to the completion point and from here you’re in a great position now to start down and that back swing very different very simple but very efficient let’s look at bin on swing again you can see a lot of the a swing takeaway give it a try it has really helped me hit the ball way more consistently another example at least on the takeaway is Colin morawa lead better was never his coach but the takeaway is very similar if it works for one of the best ball Strikers today it may be worth a try Colin does a lot of other things that make him a great ball Striker but keeping the club head outside the hands on the takeaway is key give this a try at your next trip to the driving range I guarantee it is going to help
