Every tour pro breaks the connection in the backswing. Almost every amateur is taught to do the opposite.
Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf unpack one of the most stubborn myths in golf — the “keep your arm glued to your chest” cue that Shaun himself was taught for years and is still digging out of. The truth from the GEARS data: pros start at about 30 degrees of trail arm adduction at address, then the centerline and hands work AWAY from each other (the angle decreases by about 10 degrees) until lead arm parallel, then it works back to roughly where it started at the top. It’s a flow. Not a position to set and forget.
The teaching device. Think of an elephant’s trunk. When the elephant turns its head, the trunk briefly moves the opposite direction before catching up. That’s how your trail arm should relate to your chest in the backswing. NOT pinched tight the whole way back.
The biggest mistake in golf swing thinking is the “set it and forget it” myth. Nothing stays the same throughout a swing. Knees flex and straighten. Arms abduct and adduct. Everything has flow. Trying to lock something in place locks everything else out.
Plus the GEARS demonstration showing exactly what the move looks like, the prototype tease of an upcoming AMG training aid built specifically to teach it, and the elephant’s trunk concept that finally explains why six months of trying a wrong concept can take six years to recover from.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Shaun’s Backswing Confession. Too Much Shaft Lean
00:20 The Downswing Fix. Keeping The Arm Across
00:39 Going Across The Body Too Early In The Backswing
01:01 The Connection Myth. Arm To Chest
01:18 The Protractor Demo. 32 Degrees Of Adduction
02:00 Where Pros Disconnect In The Backswing
02:20 Why Most Golfers Were Taught The Opposite
02:58 Only 10 Degrees Of Disconnect. Not Much
03:16 The “Hands In, Club Out” Trend Problem
03:36 The Flow Concept. Nothing Stays Set In A Golf Swing
04:01 The Knee Flexion Flow Example
04:19 Why “Set It And Forget It” Is The Biggest Myth In Golf
04:41 The Down-The-Line Demo
05:04 The AMG Training Aid Prototype Tease
05:30 The GEARS Capture. 31 Degrees To 21 Degrees To 30 Degrees
05:49 Six Degrees Of Shaft Lean. Shaun’s Goal
06:09 Why The Handle Drag Pattern Locks You Up
06:28 The Years Of Compensation Pattern
06:49 Why Concept Misunderstandings Take Years To Fix
07:11 Six Months Of A Wrong Concept = Six Years To Recover
07:36 The Set It And Forget It Trap
07:56 The Elephant’s Trunk Concept Explained
08:14 The Hand Path Check On Swing Coach
08:40 The Throwing A Ball Analogy
08:58 The Disconnect You Want vs. The Gap You Don’t
09:14 Squeezing Back In Transition
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i know sean grew up with spieth in texas but i just can't see eye 2 eye with a loose V on top of the grip. Maybe it 's old-fashioned now but hogan told me "boy, u better keep that V tight and keep it there for the whole swing." It's really the cornerstone for me, getting the V on top and tight at set up and then adding the lead hand. It's the reverse of what most people do.
This is very interesting since I had a very upright swing in my youth and had already read Jimmy Ballard's book at some point. I believed in the connection concept as far as the feeling of throwing a shag bag of balls (or other heavy object) for intance, went. However, I intrinsically knew and felt that with my configuration of wide, low and upright in the backswing, I needed to feel my lead arm getting noticeably freed from my pec area in the backswing, and yet also felt that I was maintaining the "connection" to my overall swing motion and, especially as I rotated through, felt the club being very much flung down the target line by a connected" throwing" of the club through impact so this all makes perfect sense to me.
The funny thing is that I felt that I was "betraying" the Ballard concept of connection by my overly free lead arm backswimg motion and felt like i was "getting away" with something by some kind of funky adaptation in my swing. However, the results were so good that I decided to live with that feeling. I might be reading incorrectly into Ballard's thoughts but nevertheless, it is so interesting to hear something that seems to perfectly validate the motion. Cheers.
Well, this doesn’t apply to me as I have the challenge of getting disconnected during the backswing. My arms separate and lift, too much height, not enough depth. Thanks
Do you all have a video on outside and up take aways? Thanks
You guys are so funny when you say A B duction 😂😂😂. It reminds me of Young Frankenstein. Whose brain did you get, Abby, Abby Normal. Thanks for the laugh, sincerely Abduction. 😂😂😂😂. As always good video.
Oh yeah! This is a big key. I believe a book by Phil Rodgers taught this take away. His short game instruction basically gave Jack a few more majors! Paul Runyan style chipping and putting. By the way you guys should maybe test that style versus amateurs. Might help a ton of players.
Yeah you looked more like Koepka🤑
This resonates with those deep trenches self teaching from hundreds of you tube videos have done. Finally escaping after 4-5 years.
I think one thing to criticize about all these presentations is that the facts you show are all byproducts of good swing. If someone actively work on disconnection, it is unlikely it will work. It's simply part of the kinetic sequence of hip and body moves first before the arm. Yes, all these data show people worked on the wrong thing, but trying to fix based on data alone might lead to more problems.
Really interesting video guys. This explains why my lead shoulder raises into my chin during the backswing, its got no where else to go unless the angle reverts towards 0 at the start
4:19 would you say it’s an epidemic? 😂🤪