Learn a Perfect Golf Takeaway with Just a 2 Inch Movement!

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Learn how to pull in this video: Pushing vs Pulling in the Golf Swing

Learn the simplest golf takeaway humanly possible for a massive boost in consistency. Simplify your golf swing now with this 2" movement!


Does this look like your takeaway? This is a death move in the golf swing and it's always caused by the same thing we just talked about, pushing versus pulling.

During the takeaway, most golfers who struggle with this move and getting the club go inside, they also tend to have their head move off the ball and it's all caused by pushing from the left side during the backswing.

If I take my left side and push my left arm across my chest, the club goes inside, my head moves off the ball and now I've got a takeaway that I've got to try and work really hard to recover from.

It's very difficult to play consistent golf from back there.

But what would happen instead of pushing if I pulled? Now what side do I have to pull with? Well, of course during the backswing, it's only the right side.

So as I take my right side and I take my right shoulder and pull it back behind my head and don't move my arms at all, look what happens to the club.

Hey, it's a perfect takeaway.

I didn't do anything other than move my shoulder blade that far.

You can worry about trying to move the club six, eight feet back behind you at full speed.

You can't see what's going on.

You're worried about hitting the ball and try to be consistent that way.

Or you can learn to move two inches and that will move the club six to eight feet without you doing anything.

Which do you think you're going to be more consistent with moving two inches or moving the club six or eight feet? Well, of course, the answer is learning how to move two inches.

The whole secret to rotary swing, apart from this concept of pushing versus pulling, is learning how to move from the inside out.

Your body dictates what that club is going to do.

Your brain and your muscles move that golf club.

And so what you should focus on is the stuff that's moving on the inside first.

And that, during the takeaway, all you need to focus on is two inches of shoulder blade movement.

You're going to take your right shoulder blade and pull it in towards your spine a couple inches.

And look at how much I'm turning.

I'm moving my shoulder blade two inches.

That moves my shoulder six to eight inches.

That moves my hands a couple of feet, which in turn moves the club eight feet.

I'm moving two inches.

The club goes eight feet, which is going to be a better payoff.

Obviously all I want to do is learn how to move as little as humanly possible.

And that's exactly what rotary swing does.

We teach you how to move the smallest moving parts humanly possible, the most efficient way to move to get that club to go where you want.

And we simplify the swing dramatically.

So all you need to do to worry about getting a perfect takeaway, two inches of shoulder blade movement, which you'll learn more as you enroll the rotary swing.

But first, I want to show you a quick preview of another video that talks more about this.

And illustrates how much the head tends to move when you start pushing instead of pulling.

If you recall in the very first video of this series, I talked about the concept, the physics concept of pushing versus pulling and how all movement is a push or a pull.

When it comes to the golf swing, as we've gone through this video series, it's a critical concept that you understand pushing versus pulling.

And that applies right for the first foot that you move the club off the ball.

And we're going to talk about the takeaway with that.

So I have my assistant here, Chris, and I'm going to have him hold this club against his shoulders.

And I'm going to have him just stand there without doing anything.

And I'm going to move him around.

I'm going to be his force of movement, as we talked about in the first video.

So the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to push him from either side.

So as I push him, oh, don't fall too far off.

I'm going to push him off here.

And I'm going to push him from this side.

And you're going to notice that his head is going to tend to want to move around.

Now watch what happens when I pull from the other side.

Now, when I pull, notice how his head stays really centered and he's not moving around much at all.

This concept is critical because as I pull, I'm towing, I'm beginning to move towards center toward a fixed point.

Now, when you push something, where does it move? A push can move in any direction away from center.

It's always moving away from the force of movement and a pulling motion is moving toward the force of movement.

So if you remember my little toy truck, I had at the very beginning of the first video, that concept is applicable here in the takeaway.

If I get Chris to pull, pull his right shoulder back and in towards his spine, it's going to get the club to move out away in the right direction in the right spot every single time.

So Chris, go ahead and get in a setup position here.

And all I want you to do is focus on taking that right shoulder back and pulling it back as you take the club back.

So notice as he does that, the club goes right into the right spot.

Now, let's turn down the line and let's do the same thing.

And again, I don't want you to do anything, but just focus on pulling your right shoulder back as you take the club back.

And as he does that, and let's just keep doing this back and forward, just focus on pulling the right shoulder back, not moving his arms or club or hands or anything at all.

He's just moving his right shoulder.

The club goes into the exact same spot.

Thank you.

Every single time.

This is a critical concept.

If you want to stay centered in your takeaway and get the club to go in the same spot every time, all you really need to understand is again, this concept of pushing versus pulling.

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Janne
Hi. I have always had severe inside takeaway, maybe pushing with the left shoulder and hips over turning. Training on the video here he both things. Questions that I have are am I stalling at impact and is it causing me chicken wing?

March 20, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Janne. You are correct about the lead arm push. You tend to setup with you weight a bit much towards the heels. You can see the push in the lead arm in the backswing. Halfway up it's just arm motion to finish the backswing. As you come down you lose the tush line late (early extend) with some trail arm push leading to the chicken wing. I would start with setup first. Get better balance from front to back on your feet (weight distribution) then work on your hips. You can't clear the lead hip because of how you move your pressure and already so deep you can't move deeper to deeper. From here we could start tackling the arms. The How to Coil Video, Weight Shift Sweep Drill, and Clamshell will help you get started with the leg/hip/footwork.
March 21, 2025
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Steven
Do I need to strengthen rhomboid muscle first ? because I did for couple hours. I feel pain :(
June 20, 2023
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Steven. That shouldn't be a requirement. If you are sore from activating new muscles that is normal. However, if you feel pain you might be doing the movement incorrectly.
June 20, 2023
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Steven
It could be that I never have used that muscle before, I have been practicing a take away for a week. Now, I feel less pain. Plus, I am exercising with rowing mahcine for a week. Everything is getting easier. I hit more GIR too Subscribing RTRW is the best decision that I ever made for gofing
June 24, 2023
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Love it Steven. Happy to read about your success. Keep getting stronger and more GIR"s!!
June 26, 2023

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