"Spinning out" the left shoulder

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Brian Manzella

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Jerry1967 posed the question, "why would someone spin out the left shoulder."

It is a very good question.

If you start the second phase of the downswing (the part where you start really torquing the club) before you get your Center of Pressure (what FEELS LIKE your weight) far enough left, you will spin your torso and your pelvis out if you try to unwind at all.

Try to SAVE SOME of your torso turn as you push off of your right foot and get to your left.

It is one of the most important moves in golf—get left enough, still closed enough, with your left shoulder still low enough.....then BOOM!...jump, unwind, and tuck your hips.
 
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rafared

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Kevin Shields once told me "your left shoulder gets too open, too up too soon forcing the right hand to throw the clubhead to catch up". Probably the single best piece of advice I ever got on my golf swing.
 
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jerry1967

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rafared said:
Kevin Shields once told me "your left shoulder gets too open, too up too soon forcing the right hand to throw the clubhead to catch up". Probably the single best piece of advice I ever got on my golf swing.
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thank you
 
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Brian Manzella

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Jerry, I'd call it more "backing your hips in" early in the downswing, so that you have some left to turn when the torso starts pouring it on.

99% of golfers who spin out, don't back in.
 
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wulsy

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What is "backing your hips in"? Is it moving the pelvis back towards the heels? Or is it the idea of moving the right arse-cheek targetwards at the start of the downswing?
 
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