If Your Shoulder Does This, Your Downswing Can't Work!

Athletic Motion Golf explains the critical role of the trail shoulder in creating backswing depth. By allowing the shoulder to move across the body rather than just tilting down, golfers can avoid the downswing compensations that ruin consistency and power.

• Don't just move the trail shoulder down; it must move 'across' to create depth.
• Depth in the hands is a byproduct of proper trail shoulder movement.
• Forward tilt naturally makes the shoulder go down as it moves across, so don't force the downward motion.
• A lack of depth forces a 'pulling back' compensation in the downswing, short-circuiting your sequence.

Go deeper

• Wild swings — Causes, drills and coaches for this miss
• Shoulder turn — The lesson, across every coach
• Athletic Motion Golf — Every video, sorted by what it teaches