Don't turn your shoulders in the golf swing

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks for watching, and if you liked the video, please hit that like button. If you want to learn what the wrists really do in the golf swing, check this video out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGynmV9pJ6DpK8

[@butchhastings2945]

Mark never ceases to amaze me with his lessons. Absolutely one of the best teachers on the the internet.

[@larrymoss9954]

Mark you are very good at clarifying the proper swing. I’m 76 years old, took up golf 3 years ago. I play a lot and practice a lot. I have a large net and a professional surface in my backyard to practice often. I have a large full length mirror to watch my swing and follow through just as you suggested. Very quickly after watching your video and practicing in my yard and playing on the golf course my accuracy and distance is night and day better. I’ve gone from consistently playing in the high 80’s - low 90’s to now low 80’s and played my 1st under 80 (78) over the holidays. Your way of explaining the proper swing and practice drills really helped me put my game together and put life into my game. My golf buddies are amazed how things are clicking for me. Your video has really been an answer for my game. Thank you Sir.

[@lakejindsay]

Any "self taught" golfer will find this information priceless. Thanks, Mark! Incredible.

[@Golfzilla70]

I believe this is one of the finest, most concise, demonstrations of how to get the feel of a torso turn that i've seen on KZbin. I was watching my son's swing in video earlier today and i noticed he's all shoulder but very little "trunk" turn, and was trying to think up a way to help him turn more. This is the video I'm going to show him! Thanks!

[@martint8017]

OMG! This is a massive game changer for me. I cannot thank you enough for this video! It's so simple. I've spent literally £1000's in the past 12 months and my game is fully in the mud. I've gone from shooting in the 70's to shooting high 90's. I've been so confused but this video has opened my eyes.

[@terryread7347]

I like your "outside the box" teaching Mark. Its real!

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks Terry.

[@knutgottfried3388]

WOW !! This Video is a game changer!!! Never heard about this topic!!! I am coming over the top for over 12 years now and nobody could explain it to me, but this video made so much sense!!!!!!!!

[@cy5195]

Excellent tip. Explains simply and demonstrates what Tom Watson meant in his classic book "Getting Up and Down": "Golf is an underhanded game."

[@calumimray]

Must admit I didn’t really get my head around this at the first viewing but watched it again then played with it at the range today and it’s gold!

[@smh2010billy]

Every lesson is a gem.

[@mikelloyd348]

Never thought about the difference between rotation and turn. Mind blowing and explained masterfully

[@richardguilford7939]

This content is where mark shines, he should do more.👌

[@chrismacleod2879]

Stack and tilt has transformed my golf game! Age 57 last year I had my lowest ever gross - 2 under - lowest ever handicap - 6.6 - and first hole in 1 in 40 years of playing. Just to make sure I had another hole in 1 2 months later. More importantly by no longer using spine compression as a power source, 2022 was my first year without back pain since 1997.

[@pjjclarke]

Probably the most brilliantly explained version of this concept that I have seen

[@jeffreytabourne]

Absolutely fixed my swing! Wow.... Best video I have ever seen

[@stevescaggs5982]

Another great demonstration and drills to get us the correct movements in the golf swing.

[@markblance8492]

Mark, this is exactly what my pro has me working on. I love the exercises as I can use these away from the course and driving range. Excellent, thanks.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Good luck with it.

[@eazyeach1876]

I’m only half way through this video but so far it’s the best KZbin golf instruction I have ever seen. Easy to follow and concise. Thank you Mark!!

[@tomasbergdal2556]

That was a fantastic golf tip, try`ed it on the sky track and the improvment was incradibie and it was really easy to do. thanks Mark!!

[@paulneville4925]

Loving this current set of instruction videos from you Mark!

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks Paul.

[@sweehohui]

Thanks

[@Shankaporomous]

This is awesome, I just spend 6 hours at the range after taking a lesson, torso and hips turn at the same time, it went bad, this lesson is golden, thanks

[@gwilson453]

First golf YT video I’ve actually felt might help me. This makes sense of a really difficult concept for me. Thanks.

[@academysalon8013]

I just worked this into my swing and my distance has gone through the roof. And better strikes. Brilliant that you share this 👏👏

[@Koboltgolf]

Thank u Mark, for these free Golden Golf lessons!!

[@Bettyswollocks8164]

Nailed it once again Crossy, wish I had seen this 20 years ago, well done m8 , keep it up, many thanks.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Th aka Darren.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks

[@1averageamerican]

Just watched a Saguto video telling me to turn. Lol! Of course, he says to tilt and turn. Very similar to this lesson. Thanks for including some drills to practice this.

[@michaeldodd6864]

Saguto is awesome. Stack and Tilt can help the weekend golfer imo.

[@AlastairBarker]

@@michaeldodd6864 my arse its garbage.

[@michaeldodd6864]

@@AlastairBarker sorry to hear your arse is garbage.

[@rockrugbyref]

I love this idea of tilt vs turn. It really makes more sense.

[@sswilkins1]

Fantastic lesson and we'll explained. I'm hitting the ball cleaner and straighter after just 50 balls down the range. Brilliant.

[@trxe420]

I remember Palmer saying this I think, point your shoulder at the ball back and through. The finish looks a lot like Tommy Fleetwood to me, always loved his swing. Great drills Mark!

[@Mihigo26]

Content this year has been top notch 👍🏻

[@markm477]

Superb video. Just love these tutorials, with just the right amount of information to digest, and more importantly, explained in a sensible and straightforward way with great personality 👍🏻 (my cheque's in the post, Mark, right? 😂)

[@jamesthompson3822]

Took this idea to the course today and wow what a difference! For a tall person this keeps my Center of gravity in the right place. I didn’t get stuck on my right side. Thanks Mark!

[@bund440]

Brilliant Mark, it makes so much sense.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thank you.

[@raymondgreens5010]

Thank you so much for this Lesson Like wow big improvement to my swing now Indoor numbers on a good drive 243 yard carry swing speed 99 10.5 degree head Today going to move it to 9.5 see if I get more yards Keep the tips coming Thanks again oh and way less pain with this swing 😀

[@WNewburgh]

This tip has really helped me, thanks.

[@CL-jj5oq]

Fantastic video! Really love this channel, you have a great way to break down ideas into digestible bits that are easy to follow. Thanks for all the great info you share!

[@pgcrouch]

Looks like an awesome lesson. I can’t wait to get out to the range and work on this.

[@stephenbrown1077]

Incredibly good visual Mark, have saved to work on. Love the follow through move. Thankyou.

[@MarkCrossfield]

You are welcome. 👍

[@tonytomlin6089]

I love this Mark, one of the best lessons I have seen for a long time.

[@20weststudio]

Wow! Great lesson explained so simply! Can't wait to take it to the range. I feel like I just learned the secret all the pros know and would never share! 😆

[@danielconnolly1437]

Have to say this video along side tom saguto video on tilt is seriously simplified, i struggle with just turning my shoulders cant wait to try adding this to practice

[@jonathanstevens2937]

Monte Sheinblum will be proud! all the competent instructors are converging on similar concepts. man, I wish this stuff had been around when I was 14

[@therty_]

Here I was thinking the EXACT same thing.

[@justice9855]

This video is exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you.👍👍

[@MarkCrossfield]

You are welcome.

[@JonnyRobbo22]

Love this video Mark. Can’t wait to try

[@gerryharkins]

Brilliant lesson Mark, tried this the last couple of days, seen significant yardage gains due to better impact

[@alize43m]

Great video. Because it's a fundamental you can always go back to and simple to understand

[@jd.schultz-qh1ui]

Very cool,very interesting way to look at the golf swing. Thanks

[@colingreenshields83]

Cracking video mate, this has really resonated for me and can’t wait to put these drills into practice

[@Les-vp8si]

The stack & tilt community has been banging on about this for the last 15 years.

[@karamjitdedyal752]

I asked for stack and tilt review and i think i am kind of getting it. This is what they teach in that method. Great work Mark.

[@PetSKi67]

Is it really? Then I have understood the instruction really, really srong from them stack’n tilt teachers. My understanding is, that there is an exessive sideways (along the target line) move in S&T. Leaning towards the target with your upper body in back swing and away in the down swing and follow thru

[@dsc-nr5zy]

​@Petteri Aittola the excessive look of tilt toward the target will happen if you over extend your back. So instead of upright and tilt like Mark demonstrates, that would be a lean back and tilt. It's best to try to keep your head from moving all over the place, however that happens or feels for you personally.

[@PetSKi67]

@@dsc-nr5zy, I can comply with that, hence I am more of a Hogan & Snead kind of swinger with big influence of slap-shot, baseball batting, javelin throwing and as a cherry on top - tennis serve and forehand mechanicks. All rely to the same fundamentals of throwing motion and using your whole body to deliver the club face at the ball @maxspeed in proper enough alignment. Essential to me is the sequence of motions and proper rythm. Then there is nothing but control the face with relaxed arms. And very little can go wrong. Any hick-up on the sequensing and it’ll get really handsy. And that’s ugly. Off the record, all them P1-whatever positiins there are from start to finish in a golf swing, are easy to demonstrate and teach, but hitting those positiins in proper rythm is so, so hard to teach. I’d be prone to say allmost impossible. In the club player cat there is really many, who find all the right spots, ticking all the correct positions, but the muscular execution is badly off, the ball don’t travel anywhere.

[@roadtoscratchgolf3481]

Great lesson and insight. The "tilt" is so important in your swing. Great drill also. Keep up the good work, you're in your best element when you give us these tips and tricks, and educate us. Thanks so much. Cheers.

[@ThePeteutube]

OMG. This was me yesterday. Horrible ball striking but couldn’t identify the problem . I hit a really smooth wedge on 18 and was aware of my right shoulder going low through impact. Brilliant video. Thank you.

[@daviddolphin242]

This is great Mark, just what I’ve needed. Keep you the fantastic work. Many thanks.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks David. Hope it helps.

[@daviddolphin242]

@@MarkCrossfield hi Mark, only been doing the drills for 10 mins and already my swing is starting to feel better (the over the top movement seems to be going). How you have described the movements make far more sense. This couldn’t have come at a better time, I’m playing the old course next month, I may now have a chance of not hitting the rather expensive hotels and shops, lol. Having been a subscriber of your channel from the early days, you’ve always provided honest and impartial content. Credit to ya Mark. Thanks again.

[@MarkCrossfield]

@@daviddolphin242 let me know if it keeps working

[@daviddolphin242]

@@MarkCrossfield certainly will. Thanks again. 👍

[@daviddolphin242]

Hi Mark, played Saturday and noticed a vast improvement in ball strike. Odd miss hit after slipping back into old habits, as soon as I went back to this method the better strikes came back. Going to continue this and hopefully I’ll have my best season. Really appreciated, keep up this great channel Mark. Thanks again.

[@christopherrossmaier7443]

Loved this video. Great instruction in a way we can all understand!

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks Christopher hope it helps.

[@nathansargent8513]

I bet Lou's calculator already knew these drills! Great video and love the Podcast. World's number 2 Greg needs to get into these videos and show some of his Augusta trick shot tips too!

[@tomasvitek8858]

Thanks a lot Mark... how is it possible that it didnt get 20000👍 yet.... pure golf and free... thanks again

[@AndrewDCDrummond]

I saw an analysis that shows that pros tend to have about 40-42 degress of shoulder tilt in the backswing and all are at 55 degrees of shoulder tilt at impact, even Jim Furyk. Amateurs are more like 24 and 32. I think that the sidebend is expressed more, or most successfully, in the upper thoracic region of the back - as the transition occurs the upper body pretty much flips automatically from being tilted to one side to the other. I think there is also a degree of tilt in a pros pelvis, with the lead side lower than the trail side in the backswing, which helps with that left side jumping up motion Mark was describing previously. Mark seems to be having a run of good videos recently.

[@stuartpittard1300]

i actually giggled watching this .... its blown my mind thanks so much and so easily demonstrated 🏌️‍♂️

[@dhall3401]

SMH! What a great video. Never heard the golf turn explained like this. Thanks for the great tip.

[@michaeldoyle4688]

Top video the side bend dynamic swing feel for me has been the final pieces and it ties everything together - great feel to practice - shallow face control better strike

[@OneAndOnlyJet]

Simple but Brilliant Mark.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks.

[@SolomonLi]

I really like this. The drills are nice and clear, plus after you’ve gotten the idea of what’s going on it actually simplifies things a bit. I like the change in language from turn to tilt…almost as much as I like that rainbow Autoflex. LOL. Thanks Mark!

[@Thomas-bh1ez]

Incredible lesson and well explained to easily understand,

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks Thomas

[@pauldavis9188]

Food for thought again young Mark👍

[@OscarGonzalez-vg3cp]

Thanks Mark 2 excellent videos I did watch. Thanks again.

[@rangerofthenorth2850]

Mate you're brilliant. New to the channel but love the videos.

[@graemeross7536]

Great video Mark

[@djc2609]

Great video again. Ive been playing really well for the last couple of months and it suddenly went in the gutter. When i filmed my swing i was shocked to find myself doing something i didnt do previously and it looks exactly like the problem you describe, just turning the shoulder.

[@bf2tatorsalad]

Wow that was perfect. Exactly the information I need!

[@A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

Sharing knowledge for free is the way the universe intended. Thank you 🙏

[@patrickb2701]

Great video Mark. V well explained. I can see why I keep falling off balance after contact. Looking forward to hitting the course

[@daveparsons7756]

This drill is great…thank you!!

[@daveparsons7756]

Actually this is probably one of the best tips I’ve ever seen🤗🤗

[@loutennant99]

That’s a great help. Been really really struggling with thinking I’m making a good turn when it’s actually crap snd is just a turn around.

[@jaseishappy]

Brilliant that Mark Altho you do make it look so easy 😂😂

[@MarkCrossfield]

😂

[@nickcassidy693]

Great video Mark 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@NDW7]

Great stuff Mark. Thanks

[@iamfr00tl00ps]

My head just exploded. I've been looking for a way to explain the backswing to a good friend who just started golfing. Just sent this video over to him.

[@joshdillard3948]

Great info Mark, I think if most golfers can build a really strong takeaway these tilts will come very naturally, especially in the backswing.

[@PetSKi67]

Kind of intresting take Mark. If you can use the hips properly, like Mark is doing, there is not that much tilt or shoud we say side bend involved, if you move the origo into your pelvis and follow the spine line up the neck and look inside out, how shoulders move relative to your spine. You defenately turn the shoulders. It is the same move as upright turning left and right, but since the posture is bent over the ball it looks and is often teached, that you need to crunch your sides turning back and forth, yet the big key is the hips. And how legs deliver the force into the pelvis. Turning shoulders wasn’t really a shoulder turn, but upper body turn without rotation/twisting the spine. And very much similar to how oldies or cerval spine prolaps patiens look over their right in a junction, cause the neck don’t move.

[@IverBowden]

Great lesson! Thank you

[@Shifty12]

Great video, have you ever considered that on the way back, the left arm stays straight, then back to centre both are straight, then on the follow through the right arm stays straight. With the other arm in each occasion bending to accommodate. Your first drill really hi-lighted this for me and is something I personally try to think about. Not sure if that’s right or not, but works as a good swing thought for me….

[@stevenburton7922]

Excellent video.....thanks for posting

[@paulbarrett2756]

Great stuff

[@bf2tatorsalad]

At the end you showed using the lead hand holding the trail elbow, could you reverse this for the takeaway (trail hand on lead elbow)?

[@carsonriches4790]

Wow great drill

[@MarkCrossfield]

Thanks Carson.

[@philagnew810]

Brilliant mate !! But .... is that not stack and tilt ! Look forward to your response !

[@dcolum23]

Fantastic video. One thing that I can't understand is how to hit a driver like this, because tilt seems to also mean lag and club angle at contact, but this is leaving my driver club face wide open at impact

[@michaelmarcinowski2710]

Looked at times like Mr. ROBOTO, but great drills!

[@stevesmith3648]

Great video and something I have struggled with this for many years! If I tilt I feel like I'm losing height in the backswing, is that a problem??

[@majen66]

LOL! Love how you have the driver with the most expensive shaft tucked in on the left... gotta get that monies worth!

[@MarkCrossfield]

It cost me so much. I need to use that thing.

[@jens-jurgenhartel939]

This is classic „Stack&Tilt“, Andy Plummers invented swing.

[@Tonner1888]

Think Faldo said left shoulder to sternum. A good “shoulder turn” automatically gets weight onto right side and the hip turning: it’s so important.

[@michaeldoyle4688]

There’s a reason all the pros are at a different shoulder angle 📐 at impact - they tilt so simple 👏

[@Dreyno]

When I started recording my swing I realised my backswing was very short. Like, Jon Rahm short. Obviously without the freakish power. It wasn’t causing any particular issue but I thought it looked less graceful than it should. Tried everything to make it longer but in the end I went back to my short backswing. Everything I tried made it more good luck than good guidance if I hit the ball cleanly. I tried increasing the tilt like this it didn’t help at all. Not because it’s bad advice. It’s just that I was already tilting and I was getting right out of shape trying to force it. I wasn’t struggling for distance so I decided to use my time on the range to correct hooks, slices and consistency in distance with my stubby backswing.

[@brantbrice]

How do you like that auto flex shaft??

[@sdsu00]

Mind Blown

[@michaelhenley2633]

I try to think of side bend. Left side squeezes down, right side stretching up on back swing, the reverse on downswing

[@vegardkarlsen9609]

This is a field loaded with mines. To my opinion, how you tilt/rotate your upper body has everything to do with how you do the same with your lower body. And that correlates very much to how you move pressure to the ground. Ive been led astray a lot with this industries focus on "rotation", and I have done all the wrong movements you emphasize in this video. What has (probably) been the most important issue though, is that I have tried to "rotate" my upper body by pulling it around with my arms in the backswing, which I see a lot of golfers do. If you get to where you can feel the stretch in your side muscles, both in back- and throughswing, I think you have come a long way in getting things right. Problem is there are so many things intercorrelated to this matter.

[@mikelancashire1433]

How simple is that !!