Mike Granato and Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf explain the dangers of manually shallowing the club, which often leads to 'dumping' the shaft under plane. They introduce the Lead Arm Only drill to help golfers feel how proper lower-body rotation naturally tips the club into a square delivery. This approach fixes common issues like toe strikes, blocks, and hooks by ensuring the shaft steepens correctly through impact.
Manually laying the club off in transition is often unrecoverable and leads to poor contact.
The 'Elbow Pointer' concept helps visualize that the club head should stay outside the lead elbow line during the downswing.
Rotation is a 'steepener'—using the lower body pivot correctly helps tip the club out over the hands for a better angle of attack.
Great players never let the club head get inside the 'elbow pointer' during transition.
Use the lead-arm-only drill to feel the weight of the club and synchronize the pivot with the arm swing.