You don’t need to be super fast with your hands to create shaft lean. Actually—it’s quite the opposite.
If you want real shaft lean at impact, your lower body needs to go first. And that takes time.
Let your hips lead the motion. Let your weight shift. Let the ground do its work.
Your arms will catch up. They always do.
In fact, trying to throw your hands forward early is usually the reason it all breaks down— You lose lag, lose sequence, and the club overtakes everything too soon.
Yes—some advanced players occasionally get their arms too late, and that can affect direction. But your issue is the opposite: you’re getting them in too early.
Take a look at Rory McIlroy in this video. At the top of the swing—his shoulders are completely quiet. He’s already starting to move the lower body, but the upper body is just… waiting. That’s not accidental. The shoulders only come into play because the hips are already rotating and pushing from the ground.
And that’s your goal: Start from the ground up. Let the hands and arms come later. They’ll still be on time—but now, in the right sequence.
If you want to learn how to bring this kind of flow and structure into your own swing— even with all the complexity of modern swing mechanics— check the link in my bio to sign up for the newsletter.
The best channel for education on the golf swing by far. Keep it up! The swing, or sequence, starts with an interaction with the ground via the feet, just like the majority of athletic movement. The hands carry the club and allow it to respond to the movement of your body.
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You don’t need to be super fast with your hands to create shaft lean.
Actually—it’s quite the opposite.
If you want real shaft lean at impact, your lower body needs to go first.
And that takes time.
Let your hips lead the motion.
Let your weight shift.
Let the ground do its work.
Your arms will catch up.
They always do.
In fact, trying to throw your hands forward early is usually the reason it all breaks down—
You lose lag, lose sequence, and the club overtakes everything too soon.
Yes—some advanced players occasionally get their arms too late, and that can affect direction.
But your issue is the opposite: you’re getting them in too early.
Take a look at Rory McIlroy in this video.
At the top of the swing—his shoulders are completely quiet.
He’s already starting to move the lower body, but the upper body is just… waiting.
That’s not accidental.
The shoulders only come into play because the hips are already rotating and pushing from the ground.
And that’s your goal:
Start from the ground up.
Let the hands and arms come later.
They’ll still be on time—but now, in the right sequence.
If you want to learn how to bring this kind of flow and structure into your own swing—
even with all the complexity of modern swing mechanics—
check the link in my bio to sign up for the newsletter.
Best,
Sigmar
A picture paints a thousand words. Or in this case a video. Or more precisely – your hundreds of videos paints thousands of words.
We are visual creatures and your channel is complete gold in my humble opinion.
No distracting epic music, just short slow-mo clips of professional golfers pinpointing important key positions that can be played on loop.
I am sure there are many out there watching your videos while thinking to themselves “Well, I don’t do that, or that, or that…”
Invaluable informative YouTube channel. Thank you for taking the time to make and upload these great clips. It is truly appreciated.
Cheers.
Wenn unsere Verabredungen so viel Spaß machen würden, würden wir jeden Tag lachen, bis wir weinen😚
The best channel for education on the golf swing by far. Keep it up! The swing, or sequence, starts with an interaction with the ground via the feet, just like the majority of athletic movement. The hands carry the club and allow it to respond to the movement of your body.
Wenn du das Video anschaust und feststellst, dass es das Beste ist, was dir den ganzen Tag passiert ist😘