Hang Back

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In this concept video, we're going to discuss low point killer, the hangback

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move.

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So a lot of golfers will struggle with their low point control because of a

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lack of body

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being ahead of the golf ball.

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Now some golfers struggle too much from the opposite, so you always want to

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check in on

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video to kind of see where your pattern is.

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If we recall that low point line, we want to make sure that that left hip is

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kind of on

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top of that left ankle and the left shoulder is in line with that left hip,

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kind of like

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so.

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That way, when my arms catch up with my body through impact, they will tend to

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bottom

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out ahead of where the golf ball was.

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I've got this stick on the ground to represent where the golf ball is.

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If you have more of a hangback move, then if you draw that line, you'll see a

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gap between

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your hip and that line.

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That indicates that your body is more behind the golf ball or over your right

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foot, we're

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going to call that more of a hanging back type move.

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Oftentimes, this happens from golfers who suffer from one of a couple things.

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Most commonly, they will tend to spin their body for power and have very little

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weight

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or pressure shift.

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Very little of this hip bump or Jackson 5 move.

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If I set up on this right foot and then all I did was spin my body, you'll see

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that I

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tend to stay behind, stay over that right foot.

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It's a very simple power source and I can fire from the top of the swing.

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What I mean by that is I can go to the top of the swing and I can basically

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rotate quickly

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without having to really time anything.

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I can just rotate quickly, throw the arms and I can hit some reasonable shots.

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As I start to get to the longer clubs, it becomes hard to bottom out ahead of

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the golf

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ball.

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What you'll notice is if I stay behind, it's very hard to have side bend.

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If I don't have this side bend, especially with my irons, if I don't have this

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side bend,

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then it's hard to keep that right arm bent long enough.

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The right arm has to throw a little bit more.

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Both of those contribute to that low point issue.

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Also without the side bend, the path of my club will tend to swing a little bit

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more

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outside in.

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Because I'm swinging a little bit more outside in by spinning and staying back,

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I err on having

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the club face more open to balance that out.

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So again, it looks kind of like that where I hang back on that back foot.

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I can create a lot of speed from top power.

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I can create a lot of speed from turning, but it has a big impact on my low

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point control.

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Compare that to now on this next swing, I'm going to try and give myself a

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little bit

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of a bump so that my shoulder and my hip are now ahead of the golf ball, about

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four inches,

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six inches ahead of the golf ball, so that when my arms catch up, they're going

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to bottom

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out slightly ahead of the golf ball as well.

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Now in order to do that, if you review some of the club face control, I have to

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do the

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motorcycle, or I have to have the club face more rotated.

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Because when I'm in this back position, you can see that that naturally closes

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the club

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face.

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So if I have the club face now square in the hangback position, and now I get

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myself into

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a good body position without changing my hands, you can see that that club face

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is pointing

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way off to the right.

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So this hangback to lead forward often requires a good change in the club face

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control.

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In fact, I would say that the number one barrier to this hangback move is hang

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back move

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messes up my low point, but the number one barrier to fixing the low point or

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fixing the

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hangback move is getting that club face to close a little bit earlier.

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So I recommend if we combo the motor cycle or the club face rotation with the

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merry-go-round

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and getting on to that front foot, that ultimately gives you the timing of

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these two movements

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happening together.

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So if you're checking your low point line and you're struggling with a hangback

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, hopefully

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this concept video helps you diagnose which of the few areas that you're going

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to have

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to improve to complement it.

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Is it more getting the club face closed?

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Is it more getting the path a little bit more into out?

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Or is it more kind of creating some leg and not firing quite so hard from the

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top?

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If you figure out which issue you need to work on, that'll help point you into

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which

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drills are going to be most beneficial for improving your swing the fastest.