Golf Swing Take Away – This is something a lot of amateur golfers don’t even think about. They were told early on to push the club away low to the ground and adopted that technique without question. Now, it’s just part of the way they do things.

The lie that is hurting golfers who don’t know better.

Yes, the BIG BELIEF is that, for a powerful golf swing, you need the Big Shoulder Turn… where you turn your back to the target and get behind the ball. This horrible advice to amateurs comes with an added tip for achieving this big turn — something they pretty much have to do to compensate for their lack of suppleness and flexibility.

Amateurs are often taught this swing path as a “quick fix” to cure the outside-in swing path that’s causing their big slices… and block right shots… and sometimes pulls and hooks.

Hitting down on the ball!

This is the first and worst thing told, taught, and stressed. Beginners are told that they must do this, to hit a golf ball. Heck, I’ve had students tell me they were taught to pound the ball into ground, or to beat the ball into the ground.

In lessons or just playing with amateurs, I have heard them in outward self talk, or after a poor shot have asked them what they were thinking about in trying to make the shot, and heard things that blew my mind.