Discover How to RECENTER Like the Pros! 🏌️‍♂️

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

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[@Jesusisking235]

As a PGA Professional for over 34 years, I learned about recentering about 4 years ago from watching Mike and Shaun. Total game changer as my ball striking instantly improved. It's funny as when I was learning the swing as a teenager in the 1970's we were taught to load all of the weight to the back foot on the backswing and then throw the legs on the downswing (like Nicklaus for "power"). I can't tell you how many blocked shots to the right I hit for years as well as a few roofs on the right side of the fairway. Now I teach every student that the swing is approximately 1 second and 1/2 second is used up on the backswing when the club is parallel to the ground (70% weight on back foot at this stage). From there you have a 1/2 second to make impact with the ball. At the top of the swing you have under .25 seconds to make impact (fastest move in ANY SPORT). Every student is taught to recenter at the top by getting at least 50% of their weight back on the front foot at the top of the swing. On the downswing when the club shaft gets to parallel to the ground you should have at least 70% of the weight on the front foot... and then at impact 80-90% of the weight should be on the front foot (and then pushing up for ground force...think Justin Thomas). I tell students that if you really want to know how the swing works to simply watch Athletic Motion Golf on KZbin. And as mentioned, this recentering tip alone completely changed my ball striking (proved by shooting my lowest round of -7 64 last year in a Pro-Am). I hope to one day meet both Mike and Shaun and tell them thanks for changing my ball striking with this one tip alone.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@Jesusisking235 you just did 🙏🏻 thank you for the kind words! Keep spreading the truth about recentering 🙌

[@paulweylandgolf]

@@Jesusisking235 I did the same thing you described in the late 60s and early 70s and now my lumbar spine is paying the price

[@temporarystranger95]

The masters of KZbin golf instruction explaining their signature phrase for the essential lower-body movement! 👊👊 Love the concept of shift-turn and then shift-turn. That’s the body movement for the golf swing! Great video, men! Hope to see more KZbin videos from the two of you. Don’t be strangers!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@temporarystranger95 this concept has been huge for both our swings, it’s cool to hear others have benefited from it too! We’ve added some new stuff behind the scenes with the sole purpose of producing more videos 👊🙂

[@Invincibles0304]

Great video. My games been in the doldrums last few years, progressively getting worse. Went to the range today to put this into practice and instantly felt what I’d been missing for so long. My swing had started to feel too mechanical, this put some natural athleticism back into my swing. No other thoughts apart from falling back onto my lead side towards the end of my backswing. Striping the ball with little effort. Thank you.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@Invincibles0304 let’s go! 🙌

[@carlosbaez4743]

Best comprehensive channel for golf . Enough said. Congratulations.🍾

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@carlosbaez4743 🙏🏻💯

[@bigboigolf]

Even us other instructors really can appreciate how you guys use both GEARS and Tour Swings to show us the big picture stuff of what's going at the elite levels. I use your big picture concepts in my swing all the time as a plus index player, and because I focus on the gear side, I start with the athletic base and build my clubs around that in order to maximize performance. The most important aspect is camera-neutral, and showing top-down and other angles that regular down the line and face on video have difficulty doing. It's like CAD but for golf.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@bigboigolf “CAD for golf” love that 👊🙂

[@cubfan69kmz85]

I am not sure if you guys thought the idea of recentering would mean so many different things to so many different people. You guys rock and the patience you show to us novices trying to learn what I think is the hardest thing to do in sports, hit a golf ball straight and far, is greatly appreciated .

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@cubfan69kmz85 🙏🏻💯

[@Jaycurcuru]

Thanks guys, another great video!

[@JonSmith-c6d]

AMG we’re the first to explain the difference between weight shift and (invisible) pressure shift and how and when to do it. Your relentless work with gears and force plates has changed our understanding of the golf swing and now every other credible instructor on YT has followed - there are still a few left who won’t go to the end of the range in case they fall off but you can’t win ‘em all. Thanks for the info and for sharing it in such an easy to understand format.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@JonSmith-c6d 🙏🏻💯

[@paulweylandgolf]

Really great video guys. Great simple explanation and drills. Got to practice this without a club then when you add a club go slowly

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

Sounds like you know a thing or two about teaching 😄

[@PXGProto]

More gold! Thank you, guys, so much

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@PXGProto 👊🙂

[@wiscobaron2013]

Love the visual of top players having the back angle commonality. I used to stay overly centered on the backswing and since I started employing this angle my swing has improved quite a bit, thanks.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@wiscobaron2013 awesome, you’re ahead of the curve (pun intended) 😉

[@David-yi6ij]

You guys are fantastic and I can’t wait to meet you guys in person in September. I would really like to get a better understanding of hip, knee and ankle positions through the swing and their movements. As snow skier for many years I relate to lower body movements and positions.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@David-yi6ij awesome! Remind us when we see you and we’ll make sure to get into it 🙂

[@louislane1968]

I’ll go ahead and assume Shaun and Mike have seen most if not all of Bobby Jones lessons. Whether they have or not, The GREAT Bobby Jones’s described Re-Centering as the necessity of being perfectly In Balance when preparing to hit. I just think it’s very cool to see a different description to the same concept! Balance is being in the right location at the right time!

[@stevenielsen5217]

Absolutely fantastic and easy to understand explanation 💯💯

[@16pennynails]

Thanks for the new video! It's just what I needed too, as this re centering move has been more difficult to grasp than I expected nearly three years ago when I first watched your videos. Seems simple enough, which makes me wonder if tour pros/top amateurs are even aware they do this recentering? I mean nobody ever mentioned this before until lately. Bryson DeChambeu has brought it up a few times. So the spine angle is tilted slightly away from the target...even though they are still in lead side bend close to impact as stated in another video. Man, I've got some work to do now! Keep it comin'!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@16pennynails thinking spine angle seems to be some of the reason golfers struggle with this because they don’t have 3D. Even when the spine is vertical, there’s still gonna be this angle to the “back line” in video. This is meant to hopefully help bridge the gap between 2D and 3D 🙂

[@kylegugliotta7657]

Awesome info guys!!!!! 👏

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@kylegugliotta7657 🙏🏻💯

[@Shad0wMonkey5]

FINALLY YOU UPLOADEDDDDDDDDD

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@Shad0wMonkey5 been a BUSY couple months. Thanks for being patient with us 🙏🏻

[@garrymajor7528]

More on Robert Rock swing please it’s one of the best.

[@dianabrunton9972]

Trying to understand this recentreing and I think this is most helpful. I would really like to know how to incorporate this with the downswing hopefully with slow motion. Many thanks. 😂

[@peterlesniewski6675]

This is great! I have a question. It looks like on video some guys move the chest/body laterally before the club head moves. Is this common in good golfers or am I incorrect about that?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@peterlesniewski6675 very common. Good eye 😉

[@mike6439]

@@AthleticMotionGolf and is that lateral chest move different from the “cheerleader” move?

[@frankhall8503]

Excellent content and explanation!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@frankhall8503 👊🙂

[@Justinsgolf]

Yesss!!! We get a new video!!!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@Justinsgolf 👊😊

[@robsaxepga]

Great job, guys. Per usual. 👍🏻

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@robsaxepga 🙏🏻💯

[@rcharette7437]

Haven’t watched yet, but had to pause and say you both look like you lost weight!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@rcharette7437 we’re trying 😅

[@jlar1984]

I appreciate the detail and explanation of what’s happening and what needs to happen. My issue is how do I cause that movement naturally? If I think of the detail given I’m focused on manufacturing the result vs the cause of the result.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@jlar1984 you’re asking how to do something naturally that you don’t already do naturally???? Like everything else - invest the time to learn how to do it to the point it becomes natural to you 🙂

[@garykirkner9799]

Guys, great video. What does the head do during this Thanks!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@garykirkner9799 usually goes along for the ride 🙂

[@garykirkner9799]

Sorry to be a pest but does that mean there is head movement? Thanks!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@garykirkner9799 absolutely. The head does not stay still.

[@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656]

I like that chair drill. Especially the one on the backswing. Curious If you were to put the through swing chair so the left hip barely touches it on the down and through swing; how far from the left hip would the chair need to be. ?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 the width of your 👊

[@hiramruiz9067]

Do u have a video of the completion of the swing? How weight on front leg at impact and where has the weight bin transferred to, ball of the foot etc?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@hiramruiz9067 yep. You should find several with a 🔍 on our channel 🙂

[@golftrainingacademy]

great work!

[@morganst.pierre]

If you’re struggling to feel any of the specifics of the hips in this recentering or any point of the swing I have the solution! !! 2 steps & can be done in either order 1) watch some youtube Salsa dance tutorials or another genre with hip movement and practice till you can feel some sort of natural rhythm and flow of your lower body in sync with the music. Step 2) Do your best to consciously perform small movements with your hips and legs in all directions you can think of. The main being a) hips moving directly lateral left and right, b) forward and backward c) diagonally in importantly in 2 different ways- left or right hip moving forward while opposite hip stays neutral, also moving your left/right hip backward while opposite hip stays in neautral position. These are different! Difference is subtle but you’ll eventually gain the mind muscle awareness. Next and crucial step is to do your best identifying these different small movements and then begin to isolate them from rest of your body for real mastery command of your legs . Start with putting your back against a wall with a relaxed upper torso till you can once again repeatedly command all different these moves without involving your upper torso moving to help you. Next do all these with your legs straight. I’m not sure if this sounds easy or difficult but all I know is I went through the process of differentiating all these movements and it was interesting how I gradually built out the ability to perform and feel them all. The reason I did it was for dancing purposes but the results were METAMORPHIC to my ability to tune into my golf swing, make minor changes and absorb instruction in a way that was impossible beforehand. cAfter you’ve sust out your lower every Both of these will be easier and you’ll get more

[@grahamkutner-simon8272]

Hey guys love your work - quick one on the graphics at 37 secs - spelling mistake - it should be ‘quite’ right, rather than ‘quiet’ right

[@richardelgart8420]

What other athletic motion would you say is most similar to the re-centering that you describe? Would it be throwing a ball? Also, I feel this move when I do “The One Drill That Every Golfer Needs,” or at least I think I do. That drill seems to automatically produce what you are talking about in this last video. Am I on the right track with my ideas, or am I likely to fall off the cliff, LOL? Thanks.

[@mike6439]

Would you agree Scheffler has more of a bounce (early) recenter? it looks like it is starting to happen around P2

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@mike6439 it looks like it from the vids of him I’ve got on my phone. He does it early then kinda hangs out there to the top.

[@tonybarber420]

Ive been noticing my chest is out racing my recentering is the best way i think i can explain it where im opeing my shoulders way to fast, probably at the same rate as my hips donyou have any vids you can link to for that??

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@tonybarber420 very common issue. Recentering happens towards the end of the BS while rotation is still closing. Make sure that’s happening by videoing your swing🙂

[@sghsdgdfg]

Is this also done with the driver?

[@freddym6643]

We want to turn "into" the trail leg right? So the trail hip gets some internal rotation? Seen Dana talk about the back swing being like throwing the club down the target line away from the target with the trail leg working as a break that stops the motion and gets the recentering started.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@freddym6643 yes, turn into the trail leg, then into the lead leg 👍

[@freddym6643]

@@AthleticMotionGolf So in the downswing you don't want the lead knee to turn out towards the target? Was told recently that in the downswing you essentially should almost immediately get both kness working forwards toward the target line, but not out towards the ball of course

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@freddym6643 the lead knee doubles in bend as the hip pulls away from it (external rot) in the bs. That reverses in the ds as the pelvis shifts forward.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

Would it help if we did a video on it to show in 3D how it all happens?

[@freddym6643]

Sort of looks like the motion I would have in mind if you wanted to throw a frisbee low and far with the trail arm

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@freddym6643 def similarities between the two 👊

[@flemingtonmartinsvet]

Once I get recentered how do I best move the hips to achieve separation from the torso?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@flemingtonmartinsvet That’s exactly what you DONT want to do. The hips separate in a he backswing, not downswing 🙂

[@flemingtonmartinsvet]

@@AthleticMotionGolfhere is the rub. My models are DLIII and Els. My shoulders are closed at impact, or not opening as fast, because my hips are square (only one butt cheek visible down the line). Fat shots ruin rounds, and I know you have addressed this with “at impact hands are still off trail side.” Just need something to work on. Pull shots ruin rounds also:-(

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@flemingtonmartinsvet are you subscribed to the channel? Our new video is gonna help you with that rotation 😉

[@flemingtonmartinsvet]

Absolutely

[@howardphillips8513]

‘…float back towards the middle…’ could also be ‘…fall back towards the middle…’ ? Rory and some others appear to drop at an angle in the start of the downswing, so their momentum appears to use gravity to add power to the downswing. Is that correct or an optical illusion?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@howardphillips8513 when done correctly, the lead side will be lower in the backswing because the knee doubles its bend. So as the recentering occurs, it will be at a small angle downwards initially. You are spot on 👍

[@hilmyzainal9559]

Good Videos , relate with your videos on tag of the shirt could change your game

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

Yessir🤓

[@josephconroy9233]

Love ya but it seems to me if you don't stop the vid at the end of Your "recentering" then what I would see is a continuous movement to the lead side rather that a "recentering" and then a move to the lead side. What am I missing?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@josephconroy9233 you might be. The recentering is an important timing checkpoint. We’ve cover in several videos how much the pelvis continues forward after recentering, but just thinking move the pelvis forward doesn’t address the more important element of “when.” Recentering does.

[@cardiderek]

Bryson just released a video with The Open on "sway gap" which is exactly the "cheerleader" thing you're talking about. But he's saying when he's swinging good he has it.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@cardiderek sway gap is NOT the cheerleader move. We’ve done several videos showing the gap between the cent of pelvis and chest. The cheerleader move is a misunderstanding of that that gap is created.

[@cardiderek]

@@AthleticMotionGolf maybe Bryson is confused but yea check out the vid

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@cardiderek Yes, from what was demonstrated in that video - there is confusion there. As he demonstrated it, with his chest and pelvis facing the camera, that IS side bend. From that position, that's the only way to create sway gap. That, however, does NOT happen in the golf swing, and that is NOT how the sway gap is created in 3D (when the chest is not pointing in the same direction as the pelvis - real golf swing). This one parameter is the most misunderstood parameter regarding sway. This gap is not created by the cheerleading move as was demonstrated. We go into detail on why that's the case and how the sway gap is actually created in our Pros vs Ams Side Bend video.

[@cardiderek]

@@AthleticMotionGolf That's what I was thinking too. Thanks for clarifying. Can you bring Bryson on so that he can talk to an expert and stop spreading misinformation?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@cardiderek it would be a fun discussion. Maybe one day it’ll happen 🙂

[@3n2a2]

I find that I am easily a 1/2 club longer if I have my back to the target with a little dwell there with the smallest fall back to center. It just seems to make the downswing unrushed & effortless ...but with plenty of speed / distance.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@3n2a2 it sure does!

[@mike6439]

I’ve heard from a few teachers that how quickly you recenter is not something you try to time but it is a function of how aggressive your backswing is. So more peaceful backswings would have later recentering. Agree?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@mike6439how in the world is an “aggressive/peaceful” backswing being determined?

[@mike6439]

@@AthleticMotionGolf Maybe peaceful/aggressive not the right words but scientifically it would be determined with force plates seeing how hard they spike into the trail foot. Couples/Morikawa I would guess have lower and longer duration trail foot loading leading to a later recentering. Finau I would guess spikes the trail foot harder and quick and bounces off the lead leg early

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@mike6439 gotcha. That’s not really how ground forces work, especially in the bs. Also there is ZERO chance of determining what’s happening in the ground by looking at video. We were one of the earliest adopters of force plates, and that’s we’re reminded of every day. It’s been frightening to hear some of the more recent GRF trends lately - many of which being popularized by folks who don’t measure it on a daily basis 😬

[@mike6439]

@@AthleticMotionGolf Yes youtube golf definitely requires some rigorous filtering. My concept that maybe I need to go review was from Dr. Kwon. One of my takeaways from studying that was a quicker spike into and out of that trail leg created a more inclined frontal plane force vector since CoP is more trail side while the force vector pointed more sharply lead side. This force inclination creates a larger moment arm for the GRF to act upon and ultimately create more frontal plane torque in the early down swing.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@mike6439 when you have a few minutes, give this on a watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2mVmGePqr2pZ7ssi=dGyRedXJbXMkzFzI We talk about creating the moment arm, etc.

[@jmag-kq9nl]

is there such a thing as too far recentered forward?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@jmag-kq9nl yes… past the center 😉

[@hiramruiz9067]

What happens next? How much weight on front foot at impact? How much hips open? How far has ur chest moved forward, etc? I can't find the exact video in the many that u have that explains this. Could u send me the link to the proper video? Thx

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@hiramruiz9067 we’ve done several on each of those topics. Go to our channel videos and use the search function there. You’ll find all of them 👍

[@TheBirdieparbirdie]

I can name 3 well known golf instructors that basically take your stuff and repackage it. The good one, actually admits to doing that. In fact, that's how I found you guys.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

We're glad you found us! 🤓

[@Omnis2]

Wow, is this the first AMG video without AMG hats?

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@Omnis2 🤔 it might be. We have a few new AMG hat styles that you might see us in soon 🙂

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

Also Titleist Ambassadors now 😀

[@16pennynails]

Noticed the Titleist equipment, cb's, t 100/150...mb,s maybe? Nice tools!

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@16pennynails we love the irons! But the new GT woods 🤌🔥🚀

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

Robert Rock - best hair in golf.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@Left-Foot-Brake legend

[@vantumpete]

Seems like part of the downswing weight shift.

[@Fa-id4nf]

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[@swamiluv3285]

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[@michaelosborne2266]

You spend to much time talking about what not to do. Tell us what to do.

[@AthleticMotionGolf]

@@michaelosborne2266 getting better isn’t for everyone, I guess.