The most misunderstood thing in the entire golf swing. Impact doesn't happen on the front side of your body. It happens on the trail side.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break down the concept that almost no golf instruction teaches — and the reason every cartoonish impact pose, rib-cracker drill, and "swing your arms across" cue has been training you toward the opposite of what every tour player actually does. The pie chart breakdown explains it cleanly: at impact, your body has rotated open, and the ball, hands, lead elbow, and club are all in the trail-side 60-degree pie of your pelvis. Not the front side. Not where you've been practicing for years.

When you understand where impact really lives, you stop forcing the contorted poses, you stop shoving the hands forward, and you let body rotation deliver shaft lean and shallowing for free. Tour average shaft lean is only 7.98 degrees. The obsession with massive lean is misplaced. Position the body correctly and everything else follows.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 What's The Most Misunderstood Thing About The Golf Swing?
00:22 The Maine Clinic Story. Golfers Putting The Ball In The Wrong Spot
01:00 Why Most Bad Concepts Center Around Impact
01:39 The Shaft Lean Buzzword Problem
01:47 The Lesson Truth. Nobody Ever Teaches Trail-Side Impact
02:01 Defining Trail-Side Impact
02:46 Splitting The Body Down The Middle
03:30 Hands, Arms, And Club All On The Trail Side
04:02 Why The Rib Cracker Drill Trains The Opposite
04:13 The Three 60-Degree Pies Of Your Pelvis
05:19 How The Body Rotation Moves The Pies
05:34 The "Square Back Up" Lesson Mistake
05:45 Why Trying To Bring Hands Back In Front Turns The Body Off
06:35 The Apple Glasses Future Of Impact Visualization
07:00 The Test. Where Would You Put The Ball If The Body Was Open?
07:39 Why No One Would Put The Shaft On The Front Side
07:57 The Cartoonish Impact Pose Problem
08:33 Why Teachers Posing Crazy Impact Have The Least Shaft Lean
09:17 The "Go To Impact" Test 100% Of Golfers Get Wrong
09:44 How The Face-On Camera Ruined Impact Perception
09:54 Why It's Harder To Re-Learn If You're Out Of Your Teens
10:25 Swing Coach App For Face-On Impact Data
10:49 The Concept Is What Has To Be Taught
11:00 The Effort Difference. Where Pros Take The Hands
11:19 Why Trail-Side Impact Shallows The Club For Free
11:30 Why Instruction Is Way Behind On This
12:03 The Drill. Open Your Pelvis And Drop The Club Behind The Ball
12:25 Tour Average Shaft Lean Is Only 7.98 Degrees
12:36 Why More Shaft Lean Doesn't Mean Better Golf
12:46 Let The Data Be Your Authority
13:22 What Shaun Wishes He'd Known The First Time He Picked Up A Club

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You can take a lesson from the best coach in the world and still waste your money. Not because the instruction is bad. Because of how you take the lesson!

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion golf break down the player's side of the equation... the part almost nobody talks about. How to show up, what information to give your coach, why racing through a bucket of balls ruins everything, why you have to ignore your feels and the strike when you're making a mechanical change, and why every real swing change takes months, not one range session.

This is the mindset and the method that separates golfers who get max value out of a lesson from golfers who walk away frustrated and no better.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Two Halves Of A Golf Lesson
00:47 How To Show Up. Warm Up First, Then Talk
01:16 Give Your Coach The Full Picture
01:54 The Biggest Mistake. Racing Through A Bucket Of Balls
02:23 Why Visual Feedback Changes Everything
03:16 Stop Judging The Strike When You're Changing Mechanics
04:31 Ignore Your Feels And The Outcome Of The Shot
04:35 Why The Foam Ball Forces A Real Change
05:13 What Great Lesson Takers Do Differently
05:44 Make The Downswing From The New Position
06:42 Connecting The Dots In The Change
07:39 Don't Expect The Lesson To Fix Tomorrow's Round
08:04 The Band Aid Vs The Real Change
08:28 The Mark Of A Good Lesson
09:05 Leave With Crystal Clear Clarity
09:46 Why Every Real Swing Change Takes Months
10:25 Not All Reps Are Created Equal
10:54 Why You Have To Slow Down To Change
11:00 The 40 To 50 MPH Sweet Spot For Change
12:38 The Ben Hogan Slow Motion Test
13:32 Keep Your Body Sequence Even When You Slow Down
14:03 The "Get It Over With" Mindset That Ruins Practice
14:50 Why Good Practice Makes You Mentally Tired
15:14 Take Your Own Notes After Every Lesson
15:36 Use Voiceovers And Filmed Drills
16:20 Recap The Last Five Minutes Of Every Lesson
16:55 The Real Magic Happens Between Lessons
17:39 Why You Can't Change A Motor Pattern In An Hour
18:24 No Excuse For Being A Bad Lesson Taker

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The follow-up to the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame is finally here. After the first podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb were flooded the comments with one reques... do the BEST swing advice version. So Shaun and Mike sat down and inducted the cues they use to fix more amateur swings than anything else.

The first inductee alone fixes 999 out of 1000 golfers. The trail arm has to lift and stay wide in the backswing. Almost every amateur lowers it. Almost every tour player lifts it. It's the single most common move that separates the buckets.

They also induct Scott Hamilton's "on plane early" cue, the recentering concept that AMG named years ago, the Lazy Susan downswing, the "no hip turn in the backswing" foundation (with a nod to Dr. Kwon's "turn shoulders, tilt hips"), and the driver tip that finally lines up the clubface without forcing shaft lean.

These are the cues AMG uses to coach players off the hamster wheel and into real ball striking improvement.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to the Best Swing Advice Hall of Fame
00:50 Inductee #1. Trail Arm Width and Lift
01:22 Why 999 Out of 1000 Golfers Lower The Trail Arm
02:08 The Amateur vs Tour Player Bucket
02:30 Even Tour Players Get Caught Lowering The Arm
02:56 Inductee #2. On Plane Early (Scott Hamilton)
03:16 Why Being On Plane Helps Every Other Shot
03:40 Why You Can't Hit Three Quarter Shots Off Plane
04:26 Most Golf Is Off Speed Golf
05:05 Why "Match Up" Coaching Is Killing Golfers
05:43 Why We Don't Teach What Hackers Are Already Doing
06:54 Inductee #3. The Recentering Move
07:14 Why Recentering Sets Up A Good Downswing
07:44 No Such Thing As A Still Swing (Even Hogan)
08:23 The Fix For Over-Moving Is Not No Movement
09:24 The Keep Your Head Still Trap
09:53 Where The Recentering Concept Came From
10:29 Inductee #4. The Lazy Susan
10:45 The Lightbulb Moment About Front Side Loading
11:19 Inductee #5. No Hip Turn In The Backswing
11:39 Dr. Kwon's "Turn Shoulders, Tilt Hips" Foundation
11:55 The Downswing Hip Turn Concept
12:17 Why Big Backswing Hip Turns Wreck Sequencing
12:54 Why You Need Stretch, Not Slack
13:12 The Final Hall of Fame Cue
13:26 Why Driver Doesn't Need Shaft Lean
13:41 Scott Hamilton's One Or Two Degree Window
14:28 Why Driver Mechanics Are Different
14:45 Wrap. Adopt These Cues, Build A Better Swing

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You can get 500 golf lessons a day on Instagram. That's the problem.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break down what they call the "golf swing hamster wheel" — the trap most amateur golfers are stuck in. Try a tip. Bail after one bad shot. Try the next tip. Spend years working hard and going nowhere.

This episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast is the framework AMG uses to coach players off the hamster wheel for good. The five-step system covers what to look for in an online coach, why most ground force teaching is guessing, the Tony Rogerio 3x5 card rule for real improvement, Jack Nicklaus on why a swing change has to feel weird, and how to use Swing System 2.0 and the Swing Coach app to build a blueprint you don't have to rebuild every six months.

What you'll learn:
The first question to ask any online coach. "Do you measure?"
Why ground force teaching without force plates is mostly guessing
The parking lot analogy that explains why most amateurs never improve
The Tony Rogerio 3x5 note card rule. Three things for a full year
The Jack Nicklaus answer for "why does this feel weird?"
Why feel is the least reliable source of feedback in the golf swing
How to calibrate today's feel against tomorrow's drift

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Video Chapters:
000:00 The Golf Swing Hamster Wheel
00:23 500 Lessons A Day. Why More Isn't Better
00:49 Learning Golf Is Like Learning To Drive
01:14 The Two Sides Of The Information Sword
01:32 The Tip-Of-The-Day Trap
02:10 The First Question. Does Your Coach Measure?
02:36 Why Unmeasured Ground Force Teaching Is A Problem
03:39 The Pressure Myth. You Can't Push Into 100%
04:15 Why Online Lessons Without Force Plates Are Guessing
04:36 Information Is Not A Lesson
05:15 Why Coaches Should Teach Reality, Not Feels
05:35 Why YouTube Coaches Can't Tell You What To Feel
06:01 The Goal. Find The Commonalities In Tour Swings
06:42 Concept First, Tactics Second
07:30 Find One Source You Trust And Stick With It
07:47 The Swing Coach App As A Baseline Tool
08:24 The Parking Lot Analogy. Pick A Direction
08:55 Why Measuring Coaches Agree With Each Other
09:34 The Scott Hamilton Junior Club Drill
10:10 The Tony Rogerio 3x5 Note Card Rule
10:44 Why You Need A Blueprint, Not Tips
11:08 Swing System 2.0. The Plain Vanilla Foundation
11:57 The Monte Scheinblum Rule. Move The Needle
12:42 Why Drills Beat Feels Every Time
13:02 Feel Is The Least Reliable Source In Golf
13:49 Jack Nicklaus On Why Change Has To Feel Weird
14:57 You Can't Feel Your Way To A Dunk
15:17 Calibrating Feel With Real Data
16:18 Recalibration. Why Today's 8 Is Tomorrow's 4
16:55 Be A Dog With A Bone
17:39 Stop Bailing On Your Plan After One Bad Round
18:17 Get Off The Hamster Wheel For Good

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99% of golfers are lowering their trail arm in the backswing. Tour players lift it. This single move is the difference between a swing with power and a swing stuck in a plateau.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break it all down on today's Athletic Motion Golf Podcast...the trail arm lift epidemic. Why decades of "don't lift your arms" instruction, the Hogan rope image, and the towel-under-arms drill have created an army of golfers fighting their own swing. Backed by 20,000+ swings in the AMG GEARS database and over $2 billion in tour earnings worth of swing data.

What you'll learn:
- The 5 to 15 degree window every tour player lives in
- Why amateurs lower the arm in the same window pros lift it
- How the wrong arm position destroys rotation, lag, shallowing, and shaft lean
- Why down the line video lies to you and face on tells the truth
- The two backswing fixes that have made players better overnight
- What "the hoist" is and why your takeaway might be faking it

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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Epidemic. 98% of Golfers Are Doing This Wrong
00:42 No Mask, No Vaccine. Why It's Spreading
01:02 What Trail Arm Lift Actually Means
01:32 The Hogan Rope Image That Started It All
01:55 Arm Lift Relative to the Body, Not the Ground
02:35 The 45 Degree Reference Point at Address
03:05 What 98% of Amateurs Do in the Backswing
03:30 The Cascade. Casting, Lag Loss, No Shaft Lean
04:03 Why You See Tour Players Doing the Towel Drill
04:52 Tour Players Get Coached Off Tour Too
05:26 Why Lowering the Arm Feels Easier
06:09 The Desk Job Problem. Side Bend and Mobility
06:43 The Backswing Is Pulling the Bow Back
07:03 If Towels Helped Distance, Long Drivers Would Use Them
07:34 Two Tour Players Who Fixed This in Six Months
08:30 The Rotation Killer. Senior Golfers and the Arm Trap
09:30 The Club Out of Position Problem
10:09 Why the Arms Have the Easiest Job
11:02 The 5 to 15 Degree Range Tour Players Live In
12:14 The Hoist. How a Pretty Down the Line Lies to You
13:13 Why You Need Face On AND Down the Line
14:06 The Lift First, Turn After Drill
14:50 Come See Us at AMG and Get on GEARS
15:27 Two Fixes That Make Players Better Overnight
16:18 You Are the Unicorn If You Already Lift
17:20 Overturning Is the Symptom of No Arm Lift
17:56 Why Your Putting Stroke Is Not Your Golf Swing
18:45 Beginner Swing vs. Best Player Swing
20:02 Why Bad Instruction Builds an Unbreakable Plateau

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Why do we measure every golf swing in 3D? Mike Granato and Shaun Webb sit down on the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast to answer the one question they'd never been asked before and the answer goes way deeper than "why guess when you can measure."

In this episode, Mike and Shaun break down the difference between perception and perspective in the golf swing, why most golfers (and even most coaches) are stuck on the "hamster wheel" of conflicting advice, and how camera angle and lens choice can make the same exact swing look like three completely different golfers.

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Video Chapters:
0:00 The question we'd never been asked before
0:38 Perception vs perspective. Why it matters
1:43 The look under the hood
2:13 Two top teachers, two opposite answers, one I-4 corridor
2:43 The hamster wheel of conflicting golf advice
3:07 Why feels are your worst source of feedback
4:13 Why every swing on video looks different
4:54 How coaches manipulate camera angle to fool you
6:08 3 golfers, same swing, completely different look
6:50 The camera lens trick that changes everything
7:32 Tournament broadcast vs iPhone. Why your swing looks miles different
8:17 Why most golfers send swing videos that aren't actually their swing
8:47 The history of golf video. From Super 8 to iPhone
9:24 20,000 swings in 3D in under 4 months
10:16 Why we record every lesson on camera
11:04 The Swing Coach app and why it works
11:31 How to set up your camera the right way every time
12:31 Shaun's 20-minute mistake (and why setup matters)
13:16 Why bad camera setup leads you backwards
13:40 Feels are real. Reality is more real
14:21 The pendulum effect of golf instruction
14:44 The Coaching Summit. What's coming
15:33 Where to find the presentation videos

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The AMG GEARS database captures swings from players with combined tour earnings of over $2 billion. That data draws a very clear line between what tour winners actually do and what amateur golfers keep getting taught. Shaun and Mike open the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame with the 4 cues that have done the most damage. The hip turn inductee alone will change how you practice.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame
00:52 Inductee #1. Keep Your Head Down
03:19 Inductee #2. Create and Hold Lag
05:42 The Lag and Lean Illusion Explained
08:07 Inductee #3. Keep the Clubface Square Through Impact
10:50 Why the Body Cannot Square the Face
12:15 Inductee #4. Max Out Your Hip Turn on the Backswing
13:29 What $2 Billion of Tour Data Actually Shows
15:05 Why Distance Chasers Get This Wrong
18:10 Every Body Type. Same Core Patterns
20:24 More Inductees Coming

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Most amateur golfers struggle to improve their game… not because of talent, but because of how they practice golf.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb break down the BIGGEST mindset differences between amateur golfers and professional golfers, including PGA Tour players, and why most golfers stay stuck at the same handicap for years.

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re not getting better at golf despite spending hours at the range, this is the wake-up call you need.

We cover:
- Why “beating balls” doesn’t improve your golf swing
- How pros actually practice (and why it works)
- The biggest mistakes amateurs make when trying to get better
- Why chasing swing feels and quick fixes keeps you stuck
- The importance of structured golf practice and feedback

This is NOT about swing mechanics… it’s about golf mindset, practice strategy, and improvement systems.

If you’re serious about lowering your handicap, breaking 90, 80, or even getting to scratch… you need to start thinking like a pro.

Because the truth is simple:

👉 The difference between a 15 handicap and a scratch golfer isn’t just skill… it’s HOW they practice.

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Chapters:
00:00 – The Biggest Difference Between Pros & Amateurs
01:13 – Why Most Golfers Don’t Know How to Practice
02:20 – The “Beating Balls” Trap Explained
03:00 – Time vs Quality Practice (What Actually Matters)
05:10 – Why Feel-Based Practice Fails
06:10 – How Tour Pros Actually Practice
07:20 – The CEO Mindset of Elite Golfers
09:30 – The Problem With “Trying Tips”
12:00 – Why Fundamentals Beat “Modern Swings”
14:10 – Lessons from Elite Musicians & Athletes
16:00 – Consistency vs Shot-Making Myth
18:00 – Why You Should Stop Trying to Shape Shots
19:20 – The “Magic Fix” Lie (Teacher Hopping)
21:00 – Range Differences: Pros vs Amateurs
22:00 – What the Best Player in the World Does Differently
23:00 – What a Pro Practice Session Looks Like
25:00 – Amateur Practice Mistakes (Real Examples)
26:20 – The Real Mindset Shift You Need
27:00 – Think Like a Pro!

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