What They Don't Tell You About Shallowing The Golf Club
SM Golf Coaching reveals that shallowing the club is often a natural reaction to a proper backswing rather than a manual manipulation. By ensuring the club is in a steeper position halfway back (pointing at the ball line), the brain naturally reacts by shallowing the shaft in the downswing to strike the ball.
Shallowing the club should be a reactive movement, not a manual arm manipulation.
If your backswing is too shallow or flat, your brain will often force a steep downswing to compensate and reach the ball.
At the halfway back position (lead arm parallel), the butt of the club should point at or slightly inside the ball line.
A 'steep-to-shallow' (non-planar) swing can generate more speed, while a planar swing (Tiger Woods style) is often more consistent for wedges.
Use an alignment stick in the grip to train the sensation of the shaft pointing at your shoes or the ball line to trigger the downswing shallowing.
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