Fix Inside Takeaway - Forward Press
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If you've ever wondered whether or not you should have a forward press at setup, this golf instruction video answers this question and shows you why. Inside you'll learn the proper golf club shaft position at address and how to achieve it.
one question I get asked quite a bit is should you have a forward press at impact or excuse me at a setup now a forward press has been taught for a long time for a bunch of different reasons but as you've probably noted on the site I advocate a vertical shaft with no forward press and I want to talk about why and what's going to happen when you tend to put a forward press in there so first of all what is a forward press exactly simply it's having the shaft leaning toward the target that's the simplest way to think about a forward press you're pushing your hands forward a lot of people use this as a swing trigger to get the swing started so they start normal the proper you know with the vertical shaft and then they kind of push their hands forward and then take the club back now what tends to happen is that obviously when you put your hands forward what are you doing to the relationship of your hands and club head or your excuse me yeah your hands and club head so now my hands are already in front of club head which means my hand my club head is behind my hands now for most amateur golfers they already do that quite well this is the number one move for most amateurs they put their hands forward and then rip the club way back to the inside lift it up and then hack down over the top the last thing on earth you ever want to do is put your hands further ahead of the club head by doing a forward press your hands for most golfers already tend to get the club head way too far behind because you're overactive with your hands you'll notice that most tour pros set up with the shaft vertical and then just turn their body and the club head is very very quiet there's no hand movement whatsoever and that is a huge huge thing when you're wanting more consistency in your golf swing the last thing you want to do is add variables and variables are anything extra movement that you add to your swing that you don't need in this case if i just set my wrist i've not moved my body at all i've only set my wrist but i've moved the club four feet now i've got to unwind that at some point in the downswing i want my golf swing to be as ridiculously simple with as few moving parts as humanly possible so the last thing i want to do is get my hands overactive in the swing i want my hands to be very quiet and i want the club head to stay in line with my hands and in sync with my chest so as i turn back going really slow club head's perfectly in line with my hands as i focus on my takeaway move notice the club head is going to stay in line with my feet and with my hands and it's right where i want it to be if i did that with a forward press look where the club goes so that's why i don't advocate a forward press because you're presetting your hands in a position where they're already way ahead of the club head or the club head is behind your hands and now you've got to try and do something to unwind that in the downswing so the simplest thing to fix that don't do it don't add a forward press if you take the club back with your body your hands are going to stay in line with a club head and your golf swing will be much much simpler
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
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