STACK & TILT 10 Words - SHOULDER DOWN

[@charlesmccormick2625]

Your series opened my eyes to buy the Stack & Tilt book (Bennet/Plummer). I am flexible, old & need distance. Great pedagogy in delivery of message! I still love golf!

[@rfahy991]

You’ve still got it Rob!!!

[@robcheneygolf1]

Thank you!

[@arnoldmerriam]

Excellent video. My question: once the left shoulder points down towards the ball and the arms and wrists are in the correct top of the backswing position, and the weight is toward the left foot, is it then a smooth powerful shoulder rotation that delivers power to the swing? I feel when I watch your swing that your left shoulder rotational movement around your spinal axis is what whips the arms and club through. Is that the correct feeling to pursue? As if the arm and club are flung in a straight line by the movement of the left shoulder? Thank you.

[@dry509]

Thanks. Going to try to incorporate your instructions. Question…as a chronic hitting the ground behind the ball person..can you say which of the swing errors would most likely lead to this flaw? Swaying to the right or? Thanks in advance. On my second shot after the drive I hit the ground 99.9% of the time with iron or fairway wood.

[@robcheneygolf1]

Great question. I would say hitting the the ground before the ball would most likely be due to you having too much weight on your back foot at impact.

[@steviedee6643]

Golf swing is a game of pivot points. .

[@m4wilson]

Love this video. I was working on this as well but after impact I seem to lose all orientation. I think the arms straight part was the culprit. The best golfers’ heads move backwards during the strike. This is hard for me to do and something goes byebye after impact. What would you tell me to focus on? Does the follow through just happen? I think part of my disconnect is that I focus on impact instead of the hands going to p9 as part of the strike. I was just focused on impact without the post impact club movement. Thoughts?

[@robcheneygolf1]

I wouldn’t say the “follow-through just happens”. You need to know EXACTLY where you’re trying to get to before you try to get there. I’ll shoot a video on this soon.

[@m4wilson]

@@robcheneygolf1 that would be great 👍 I am a 0 hcp with a driver that is “good enough” but Inhabe a great short game and am a good iron player. I need more distance to break through. I can hit 7i 175 carry but driver I struggle to get over 150 mph ball speed. Frustrating. But I’m getting there. I’m working with a S&T teacher and he’s made a huge difference already in my iron play. Can’t wait to get there with the big stick! I had a bad habit of getting flat on backswing and making club heavy. Hard to get back to ball. Just a lot of confusion in my head with sequencing. I have fast hips and my first move needs to be lowering the hands not rotating hard. Thanks for the reply! I can’t wait for your video! 🙏

[@therealbonj]

I’ve had a coach tell me before that the hands and arms must start off connected to the body. My confusion with this was that at the top of the swing the arms don’t stay connected to the body. So at some point they disconnect. The coach couldn’t give any easy explanation of at what point this disconnection occurs. Are you saying that they stay connected using stack and tilt, and what is it about stack and tilt that makes this ok in a way that’s not ok with a non-stack and tilt swing?

[@jfdube6669]

Great motion, shoulder down seems essential, does this means that you're trying to keep your sternum at the exact same distance from the ball from top to finish?

[@robcheneygolf1]

Well, it’s more the center of your shoulder or centre of your rib cage that stays the same distance. The sternum (at the front of your body) is getting closer to the ball in the downswing, and further from the ball in the follow-through.

[@geobots65]

I know this is the shoulder down video but it helps me with a problem I have. It appears to me when the forward knee bends it appears that the weight appears to go more to the trail leg. What am I missing ? Thanks for the great instruction

[@robcheneygolf1]

I don't feel or see that myself. My weight is staying on my left leg.

[@rdelius8512]

Try the the thought that your lead knee is going over your lead foot toe. I had the same issue, until I realized that my lead knee was canted inward, a la Nicklaus at top of backswing. Having the lead knee go forward rather than inward should help. Knee over toe also results in your tailbone getting closer to the target, which is also desirable

[@joegotz1971]

Straighten your right leg on the backswing. Do not keep your right knee bent.

[@lenardtan7169]

Great tilt tips

[@TheJmunsey]

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