Perfect Golf Swing Takeaway | How to Start Your Takeaway

This is the best swing thought which I have viewed in the last few years

Hi Zach for this lesson how does the back swing be applied in combination with the video on waist Tilt

Great consistency video production. Concise teaching moments! Improved swing elements arrive in small windows of position/performance dynamics. Love your studio production improvements over 2 years! It’s the journey, eh?

I'm sorry. There's too much talk and not enough demonstration...a typical You Tube golf instruction video.

Thanks again, we forget his move

Zach thank you. Your teaching is amazing takeaway from pushing the lead foot to initiate the takeaway. It makes sense.

Great!!

Not sure what you mean Zach. Is your weight going from your heel to your toes on your left foot?

Only just discovered your video lessons Zach. Really like your teaching approach. Please keep them coming

Zack thank you with your excellent tips

Your instructions are the best..

Wow. Thanks so much! Have been struggling, and this just seemed to work. Completely changed and simplified my swing thought. Seriously a 10 stroke improvement from last week to this week.

Few lightbulb moments in this video for me. I've been teaching myself for years and many of those I struggled taking the club inside. I often messed around with different takeaways, including just rotating the top half while staying perfectly centred, and while you can make great contact doing it, you lose a lot of power, so this just confirms to me that I was right not to stick with it. It also gives me some great insights into what's actually happening in the backswing of great players. Very poignant video, thanks so much Zach.

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zach, good lesson, very dynamic move and action to get things going. i've recently been trying to get more of my body involved this will help for sure, thnx.

Awesome instruction. Thank you

This is a great tip.

Great video information on starting the backswing! Thanks Zack.

Zach I started following you through the Magic move instructional, that was a great help, Just by watching your instructions my game has improved and my handicap has dropped 10 shots since then. You give great instruction, and I thank you for clearing up alot of my problems in this game.

I initiate my backswing by lifting the heel of my lead foot. This adds a lot of power.

Great content again Z! Could you highlight if the push off feeling is considered from the ball of your foot or is it the outside edge of the foot…or is it the whole foot (ie a bit flat footed push off)? Thanks.

Your flexibility level allows you to move off your lead foot like that. In order for me to get back to the ball without swaying I need to stack over my lead foot more. Which works for my irons, but its difficult with Driver to hit up. I use to come up with lead foot, like Nicolas , but to much sway took place. Can you put something together for us that flexibility is an issue? Thanks.

Thanks Zach!

Super super tip Zach! Thanks much👍🏼👍🏼

If you do this, you don't sequence the take away correctly.

Excellent lesson . . . when I played my best when I was younger, i had the distinct feeling that all my weight went to my
front foot to initiate the back swing (but it obviously was not weight only but PRESSURE) . . thanks for the reminder!

Very good drill, Zach

I have been trying to figure out what movement initiates the back swing, and concluded it was my right knee moving backwards. But that doesn't feel very powerful and I.'ve never heard that before. I like this push off the left foot. It sounds more definite and powerful. I've discovered that an athletic,, active lower body leads to a better swing. Thanks! I still am more interested in your concepts of the downswing. The back and up and behind cast movement seems tricky and complicated. Maybe that's why I'm a 14! Thanks.

Yes good information I like it. However if you could stand a bit more to the side we could see the pressure of your left foot better on the screen behind you.

One can also start the downswing from the ground up by taking a closed stance at address and flexing right knee inwards so shoulders are aligned to target line . Flexed right knee will pressure load right foot so all you have to do to start the backswing is push / straighten right knee in such a manner as to angle right leg target wards at top of leg so the right hip is inside the right knee that is inside the right foot at top of the backswing. This is another model of swing of course. There are no right or wrongs here but it accomplishes the same goal of starting the take away with the feet.

I need more of those vids of 'dropping it in the slot'. I am currently spinning my ball really high with a very slight fade on it. I came to realise that i am still coming over the ball and scooping it, dont matter how hard i try not too. with my drives i can hit a real lazer straight shot high in the sky which works ok but it means i have a very strong grip and I KNOW I can hit the ball much further as i have before.

I've heard others use the analogy of screwing your foot into the ground - lead foot for backswing and trail foot for downswing.. starting with the feet forces the hip movement etc etc. Still practicing this myself but it makes a lot of the swing way more natural overall and more effortless as you described.

It’s funny when you think about it as the swing is dead so soon without full body interaction.

Awesome stuff Allen

Why are u so confused on takeaway.. Remember it’s just a club