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In this today's Podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf are joined by Scott Anderson, president of True Spec Golf, to break down what actually matters in a club fitting. Scott opens with a wild story: a tour player with a 130 mph clubhead speed was struggling at the Honda Classic, and it turned out his 7 and 9 irons were built with ladies flex shafts, not a swing issue at all.

They cover why the golf club is often "the arrow, not the archer," how True Spec's Club Connect system lets them test any shaft in any head to isolate variables, why the head matters more than the shaft in most cases, and why golfers almost never leave with one brand top to bottom. They also dig into spin and loft (why stronger lofts have quietly hurt a lot of golfers' short game), the shift toward fairway woods over long irons and hybrids, and how a real fitting turned one junior golfer's swing speed jump into a completely different bag.

Scott also shares a story about a fitter who turned down a sale because the timing wasn't right, and how that decision paid off in the long run.

Let us know in the comments the last time you got properly fit for your clubs. 

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Chapters: 
00:00 Introducing Scott Anderson, president of True Spec Golf
00:36 The tour player story from the Honda Classic
01:03 Diagnosing the problem trackside
01:53 The shafts were ladies flex the whole time
02:29 Why it's often the equipment, not the swing
03:31 How often you should check your specs
04:14 Why a bad seven iron usually isn't a swing issue
04:56 How True Spec blueprints a full set
06:09 Why one person builds each set start to finish
08:01 Why tour players re-verify their own equipment
09:09 Taking one variable out of the game
10:03 What actually holds players back in their equipment
11:40 Why spin control matters more than distance
12:14 The "are these clubs too long" question
13:04 How standard club lengths have crept up over time
13:34 What actually creates spin
15:24 The moment fitting numbers finally click for a player
16:02 Getting fit at the wrong time
17:05 A fitter who said "not yet" and lost a sale
20:01 Why the wrong equipment can waste money on lessons
22:10 The tipping point on shaft weight
22:48 Why "feel" is the most unreliable feedback
24:32 Why fairway woods are replacing long irons and hybrids
29:26 Should you fix your swing first or get fit first?
33:47 When to actually replace your wedges
41:24 Why players rarely leave with one brand
46:12 The danger of copying your driver shaft into fairway woods
49:13 How often combo iron sets actually work
51:17 Why players end up with fewer than 13 clubs

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In this video Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf play "golf czar for a day" and go through the advice, comments, and mindsets they'd ban from golf entirely if they were in charge. That includes the idea that you can't change your golf swing (Mike has changed his five times, with video proof), the instinct to avoid counter movements like the backswing weight shift because "you're just going to have to move forward anyway," and beginner methods that strip away athletic movement in the name of a quick fix.

They also cover why "you can't learn touch or speed" on the greens is false, why playing off-the-rack clubs instead of getting fit can be holding your game back, and Shaun's own proposed etiquette rule for pace of play: there should always be a ball in the air.

Let us know in the comments what golf advice you'd ban if you were in charge for a day. 

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Chapters: 
00:00 If you ran golf for a day, what would you ban?
00:23 "You can't change your golf swing"
00:57 Why this advice usually comes from a bad experience
01:20 Proof that swing changes work
01:39 "You can't swing like a tour player"
02:17 The counter movement every other sport uses
03:17 The beginner method that strips away athleticism
03:52 A tour player's real quote on this exact method
04:22 Why this advice keeps you from improving
05:25 Why it's rarely an upfront, honest lesson
06:20 The Little League pitcher comparison
07:13 Why some coaches intentionally oversimplify
07:43 "You can't learn touch or speed"
08:00 Why putting skills can absolutely be learned
08:25 The player who proved this wrong
09:19 The two jars of marbles analogy
10:37 What happens when you finally fix one flaw
11:33 Setting real expectations before a lesson
13:11 Why off-the-rack clubs aren't doing you favors
16:14 The biggest shift in how club fitting works now
17:40 Go get fit, it's easier than you think
17:52 The pace of play rule Shaun wants enforced
18:48 "There must always be a ball in the air"
19:28 A wild speed golf story

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In this video Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf are joined by Dr. Joe LaCaze, a former Navy SEAL, SEAL instructor, and the inventor of the Rotex and LAS training systems. He shares the wild story of a parachute malfunction that put him on foot in the path of a moving train, and how he walked away from it. From there the conversation shifts to what nearly 30 years of training SEAL candidates taught him about building difficult skills, including why process matters more than outcome, why "smooth is smooth, slow is smooth, smooth is fast," and why practice makes permanent, not perfect.

They also cover a story about a tour player whose putting yips disappeared after a session on the pistol range, and Dr. Joe's own recent results after applying his training system to his golf swing.

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Chapters: 
00:00 Dr. Joe LaCaze returns to the podcast
00:48 The parachute malfunction story begins
01:43 Losing the main chute, pulling the reserve
02:48 No way to steer, at the mercy of the wind
03:18 Train tracks appear between him and safety
03:47 What actually happened on landing
04:13 The guy assigned to follow him down
04:55 Waking up thinking he was in heaven
05:40 A broken leg and a month on crutches
07:56 Becoming a Navy SEAL instructor
09:56 Raymond Floyd's "100% mental" golf quote
11:21 The lesson his father taught him about quitting
12:38 Why process matters more than outcome
13:23 "One evolution at a time"
15:09 Why you can never master the basics enough
16:01 "Smooth is smooth, slow is smooth, smooth is fast"
18:56 Learning to shoot a pistol in one lesson
20:45 The story that fixed a tour player's putting yips
23:11 Writing down what actually needs work
24:11 Shooting a personal best after training with the Rotex
25:08 Why the whole body has to move as one unit
27:28 An Army captain's bogey-free round
31:56 Why it matters who you get your information from
32:30 "Practice makes permanent, perfect practice makes perfect"
33:31 Skipping the range and training smarter instead
37:14 What separates players with "the switch"
38:51 Turning bogeys into birdies through the mental game

Gary Gilchrist has coached FOUR world #1 golfers, and in this episode, the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast breaks down what separates the best golfers in the world from everyone else.

We sit down with legendary golf coach Gary Gilchrist to talk golf swing instruction, golf mindset, confidence, junior golf development, and what he’s learned from decades of coaching some of the greatest players in the game. Gary shares stories about Michelle Wie, Yani Tseng, Suzann Pettersen, Shanshan Feng, the Jutanugarn sisters and more — while explaining why becoming a great golfer requires WAY more than building a technically perfect golf swing.

And this conversation goes well beyond golf instruction.

Gary explains why confidence may be the most important ingredient in becoming an elite golfer, what happens when world-class players lose that confidence, and why many golfers and golf coaches make the mistake of constantly looking for weaknesses instead of building around strengths.

We also dive into Gary’s incredible journey through the game.

From growing up and playing golf in South Africa, attending Texas A&M, learning under legendary golf instructor David Leadbetter, and helping build the junior golf program at the Bollettieri Sports Academy, Gary had a front-row seat to the evolution of modern golf coaching.

And some of the stories are WILD.

Gary talks about meeting a 12-year-old Michelle Wie in Hawaii and immediately realizing she was different, watching Yani Tseng produce some of the best golf he’d ever seen, helping Suzann Pettersen climb toward the top of the world rankings, and what he learned developing elite junior golfers from around the world.

But maybe the biggest lesson from the entire conversation is this:

There is no single perfect golf swing.

Great golf coaches learn the PLAYER first.

Gary explains why every golfer needs to be coached differently, why great instruction should build confidence instead of creating more swing thoughts, and why looking at your golf game “through a microscope” can sometimes make you worse.

Gary has spent his career studying what makes golfers better — technically, mentally and competitively.

And after coaching players at the highest levels of professional golf, his biggest lessons might be much simpler than you expect.

Enjoy the conversation.

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Chapters: 
00:00 Meet Gary Gilchrist: Coach to 4 World #1 Golfers
00:44 Learning From David Leadbetter
01:08 Gary’s Journey From South Africa to Texas A&M
03:03 Turning Pro & Gary’s Crazy Car Crash Story
04:36 Life on the South African Golf Tour
06:06 Ernie Els & Retief Goosen Stories
07:03 Why Gary Became a Golf Coach
07:34 Learning to Teach the Golf Swing
08:40 A Front-Row Seat to Golf’s Greatest Players
11:24 The Beginning of the Junior Golf Academy
12:00 Building the Bollettieri Golf Program
15:05 What Gary Learned From Nick Bollettieri
16:47 The System That Changed Junior Golf
17:17 Dominating Junior Golf
17:54 Meeting 12-Year-Old Michelle Wie
19:11 What Made Michelle Wie Different
20:53 Meeting & Coaching Yani Tseng
21:12 Building a World #1 Golfer
22:47 What Happens When a World #1 Loses Confidence
23:20 How Suzann Pettersen Changed Her Game
24:23 Stop Focusing Only on Your Weaknesses
25:51 What Great Golf Coaching Actually Looks Like
27:00 Coaching Shanshan Feng
28:11 The Mental Side of Elite Golf
29:41 What Gary Looks For in a Golf Coach
31:03 Why There Are No Guarantees in Coaching
32:50 The Reality of Running a Golf Academy
35:10 Chicken, Parrot or Eagle?
36:11 The Hardest Golfers to Teach
37:22 Why Golfers Are Getting Better Younger
38:29 What Makes a Great Coaching Tree
39:00 Why Golf Coaches Need Different Philosophies
40:18 Great Coaches Never Stop Learning
42:30 There Is No Perfect Golf Swing
43:30 Every Golfer Needs a Different Lesson
44:05 Confidence Is Everything
45:16 How Great Golfers Lose “It”
45:50 Getting the Winning Mindset Back
47:28 Why You Need Honest People Around You
48:12 The Mindset Behind Building Something Great
48:57 Gary Reflects on His Career
50:20 Why Great Coaches Still Work on Their Game
51:35 Why Amateurs Should Take Golf Lessons
52:42 Creating Better Golf Training Aids
53:56 What’s Next for Gary Gilchrist
54:45 Final Thoughts

In this episode Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf are joined by European Tour winner and former Ryder Cup player Rafa Cabrera-Bello. Rafa explains how, after years of relying purely on feel, he found AMG's videos while searching for a way to shallow his golf club, one of the most common swing struggles on tour, and booked an online lesson that turned into a multi-year working relationship.

Rafa opens up about dropping from a top 50 world ranking to outside the top 100 over two years, even as people around him kept telling him his swing looked the same as when he was playing well. He explains why he trusts measured data over opinion (95% of the best players in the world share certain movements, and you can choose to be on that side or the 5% that doesn't), why it takes roughly 5,000 reps before a new movement starts to feel like yours and 20,000 before you truly own it, and why real swing changes take close to a full year to trust under competitive pressure. He also walks through his mirror-based practice routine, the difference between ball-oriented amateurs and target-oriented pros, and his honest, still-ongoing battle to shallow the club even at the highest level of the game.

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Chapters: 
00:00 Do tour pros actually watch golf YouTube?
00:35 How Rafa found AMG
01:34 Why data beats opinions ("95% of the best in the world")
01:57 Debunking myths with 3D
02:28 His third trip to AMG
02:49 Life on tour: no time to waste, no real off-season
03:35 Growing up in the Canary Islands without a TrackMan
04:14 The 6-iron drill his first coach forced on him
04:34 Becoming friends with David Leadbetter's son, Andy
04:54 His best years working with David Leadbetter
05:27 Dropping from top 50 to outside the top 100
05:46 "There's nothing wrong with your swing," they said
06:14 Finding a new, measurable way to define a good swing
06:42 A year and a half before the changes started paying off
07:23 The 5,000 rep and 20,000 rep rule
07:46 Why every pro doubts a change at first
08:20 Why a real change takes about a year to fully own
09:10 Why he needs to see the ball fly to trust a change
10:18 Why office workers may need even more time to change
10:40 New neural connections take real time
11:01 Great hand-eye vs. great mechanics (and the rare players with both)
12:08 His mirror-based practice routine, explained
13:29 What the mirror actually checks (alignment, path, face)
14:21 Why a good setup matters even on a bad swing day
14:48 Why amateurs skip alignment sticks and pros don't
15:08 Ball-oriented amateurs vs. target-oriented pros
16:27 The hardest thing he's still working on: shallowing the club
16:51 Why pulling down on the club is the natural (wrong) move
17:46 His in-season practice mentality
18:08 Should you keep playing while making a swing change?
19:37 Why nobody expects to get fit overnight, but expects instant swing results
20:22 The hardest habit to change: your "gas pedal"
20:53 His advice by skill level: high handicaps vs. scratch players
22:00 A better swing doesn't guarantee lower scores
22:26 Why a single round isn't enough data on ball-striking
23:18 Two and a half years working together
23:36 Why "selling hope" only works once you trust the plan
24:18 Why 20% better still beats 0% better

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In this episode, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf Podcast answer the comment they get every single week: "Amateurs shouldn't try to copy tour players." Using years of 3D data on tour winners, they explain why that advice is backwards. The players in their database are not physical outliers. Many fail basic mobility screens that amateurs pass. What actually separates them is simpler movements, repeated inside a tight, learnable window, not more talent or more flexibility.

They break down why good players fall into a narrow range on things like hip turn, arm bend, and spine angle (and why bad golf swings fall into a much wider one), the "shifting through the gears" idea versus jumping straight to full effort, and why two pros with completely different builds can both produce 180 mph ball speed through technique and sequencing, not strength. Then they get into the practical takeaway: find your own 3 or 4 "dominoes," the small number of things that move your swing back into a good window, write them on a note card, and stop chasing a new fix every week. They also cover why setup (grip, ball position, aim) drifts faster than your actual swing, and why removing variables before you practice is the fastest way to actually get better.

You don't have to be a physical specimen to move like a tour player. You just have to move simply, and in the right direction.

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Chapters 
00:00 The comment they get every single week
00:20 "Amateurs shouldn't copy pros" (and why that's backwards)
00:38 Every sport, you study the best and steal from them
01:12 Nobody says that about investing or car mechanics
01:50 What tour data actually reveals
02:01 Why tour players aren't always physically impressive
02:29 What TPI screening shows about tour players' bodies
03:03 Physical gifts are not the differentiator
03:35 What "95% of the database does this" really means
04:00 The trail arm window almost everyone can do
04:34 Giving the easiest solution that matches what pros do
04:56 No videos on "you must be 68 degrees open"
05:16 Teaching to a window most golfers can reach
05:47 Why "natural" doesn't mean simple
06:16 Stacking simple movements creates efficiency
06:39 Shifting through the gears vs jumping straight to full speed
07:17 Effortless power vs powerless effort
07:24 Two pros, different builds, same 180 ball speed
08:04 Why strength isn't the whole story
08:09 Why AMG started measuring in the first place
08:49 What it was like before 3D was available
09:33 Comparing his own swing to the data for the first time
09:58 Two and a half years spent going the wrong direction
10:30 Digging out of a swing hole is harder than building one
11:12 Two roads: the quirky outlier swing, or the tight window
11:42 Every great player has gone through a bad spell
12:04 What do you fix when a quirky swing breaks down?
12:36 Why players should get scanned when they're playing well
13:12 "Easier to put Humpty Dumpty back together"
13:54 The player who didn't want to see his own swing
14:04 You can't go back to old feels. Those feels don't exist.
14:30 Playing with different feels within the same tournament
15:03 Why more information beats a repetitive feel
15:04 How the data is actually captured
16:02 It's not a swing model. It's real, individual swings.
16:27 Why they rotate which players they show
16:53 Different bodies, same underlying movements
17:11 Why single-camera phone apps aren't accurate 3D
18:09 Data points where nearly 100% of players agree
18:30 No PGA Tour player has a 90 degree hip turn
19:11 Why there aren't a million ways to do it
19:43 Why playing in the windows means hitting fewer balls
20:24 Shaun's own windows: trail arm, spine angle, shaft lean
21:27 You can write your own on a note card
21:51 The lazy backswing that fakes a turn
22:11 The biggest windows of movement: any public driving range
22:38 Different builds, same things that matter
23:00 Find someone who can measure your swing
23:27 Real dominoes are things you keep for years, not weeks
24:24 Confidence comes from knowing what to work on
24:42 If you're playing well and lose it, go back to your 3 things
25:08 Setup drifts faster than your actual swing
25:29 Charlie Hoffman's grip drift story
26:01 Scottie Scheffler's molded grip
26:10 Removing variables before you practice
26:36 Target practice without aiming, and still expecting to hit it
26:59 You can move toward tour movements, just not as fast or big
27:18 Good clubface, good pivot, decent plane
27:31 Golf is designed to knock you off consistency
28:03 Find comfort in what you can make consistent

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In today's Athletic Motion Golf podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb discuss one of their biggest realizations from years of 3D data: your bad golf swing is much closer to a great one than you've been led to believe. Almost every move golfers think of as a major fault (the flip, the shift off the ball, the trail leg thrusting forward) is actually the natural, athletic movement done at the wrong time, not the opposite of what good players do.

The problem is that the instruction industry has spent years teaching the opposite. Take a player who flips and shaft-leans back, then tries to fix it by shoving the hands forward into 14 or 18 degrees of shaft lean, and you've sent them further from the truth, not closer. We get into why zero (or even 2 degrees back) is closer to the tour average than the extreme numbers golfers chase, why the rib-cracker and pinched-arm drills hurt more than they help, what Scott Hamilton says about taking shaft lean OUT of players, and why the club champions at every course are more lined up at impact than any of these forced positions. Plus: the Bryson divot photo everyone misreads, "science evolves one funeral at a time," Webb's Windows and the ranges that actually matter, and why every choice in your swing has a consequence.

Give yourself some grace, learn the good ranges, and be careful where you get your information.

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Chapters: 
00:00 Bad swings are closer to good swings than you think
00:35 How the instruction industry teaches the opposite
01:00 The flip vs forcing too much shaft lean forward
01:18 The natural athletic move done at the wrong time
01:46 The punch-shot method that ruined his release
02:34 Why pinching the ball between your arms is so bad
02:58 The rotating arm action of good players
03:20 Why he can't get under 10 degrees of shaft lean now
03:51 The "opposite" that's all over Instagram & YouTube
04:18 Club champions everywhere are lined up, not forward
04:42 Rory, Aaron Rai, and the straightest hitters
05:00 The bowed-wrist trend vs the best players
05:20 Where that method actually came from (a "look")
05:55 The rib-cracker drill (and the bruise as a badge)
06:29 Scott Hamilton: taking shaft lean OUT of players
06:45 The 135-foot-high 7-iron college kid
07:07 Why this one's personal (the locked lead arm)
07:28 The leg thrust: closer than pinning the trail leg back
08:14 The winners all make the same big movements
09:02 Too big a shift off the ball (still closer than you think)
09:20 "Rein it in, don't do the opposite"
09:30 The Arm Shark analogy for over-correcting
10:25 The clubface-matching-spine myth
11:00 The Bryson divot photo everyone misreads
11:32 The Ben Hogan rubber-tee photo
11:54 "Science evolves one funeral at a time"
12:50 Why zero shaft lean is closer to the tour average
13:35 Tour players who played themselves OFF tour
13:56 The food & starvation analogy
14:44 How this made them better teachers (leave more alone)
15:21 Webb's Windows: the ranges that matter
15:47 Rotation at impact: huge range, least correlation
16:12 Why 4 degrees of shaft lean beats 14 for most golfers
16:32 Be careful where you get your information
16:51 Why your drills leave "fingerprints" in your swing
17:32 Natural vs manufactured movement patterns
17:51 Give yourself grace, get a qualified eye
18:13 Learn the good ranges (2 to 8 degrees of shaft lean)
18:51 Choices and consequences

#golf #golfswing #golfpodcast #shaftlean #golftips

For today's podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb's guest is Nick Duffy, Director of Instruction at Athletic Motion Golf and coach of the 2024 NCAA individual champion. Nick started working with his star pupil at 14 and rebuilt an unorthodox, already-winning swing into a championship game...so we dug into everything he's learned about developing junior golfers, and why so much talent gets wasted.

We cover the growth-spurt "drop-off" (why bones grow first, muscles second, and the nervous system last — and what it does to a young swing), the two things that quietly end junior careers, how over-involved parents can drive a kid out of the game, and the coach-vs-parent line (the famous Butch Harmon & Earl Woods conversation). Nick shares his student's wild path — two years of Singapore military service, visualizing his swing on a Navy boat, then qualifying for a college event straight off the boat — and the mental fortitude that mattered more than any technique. Plus: building a backup shot for the days your swing isn't there, the "smaller field" mindset, and inside-the-ropes stories from the 2024 Masters and US Open at Pinehurst.

Then we get into instruction: why the trail arm is the #1 fault masking everything else, the "parlor trick" of fixing the backswing so impact fixes itself, why the best players want the simplest information, and why your body pivot has to match your shot shape.

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Chapters: 
00:00 Meet Nick Duffy — coach of a 2024 NCAA champion
00:36 Taking over his star pupil at 14
01:00 Coaching juniors as their bodies change
01:49 Bones, muscles, nervous system: the growth-spurt drop-off
02:37 Why being a world-beater at 12 doesn't matter
02:54 The two things that end junior careers
03:08 The world-beater who got caught at 12
03:48 Juniors who've never faced adversity
04:04 How to manage the parents
04:33 "I need a parent so I can be the coach" (Butch & Earl)
05:38 The COVID parent problem: too many cooks
06:18 The dad who drives his kid out of the game
07:10 Developing talent: what to lean into, what to avoid
07:53 Mental toughness as the building block
08:00 Periodization: train to play, don't play to train
09:22 What made him stand out: always ready to work
10:11 20 coaches following him at the Junior Jones Cup
10:37 The "funnel": each level sheds a quirk
11:18 Why coaches fear changing a winning junior
12:33 Two years of Singapore military service
12:53 Visualizing his swing on a Navy boat
13:14 Qualifying straight off the boat at Georgia Tech
14:11 Why mental fortitude beats technique
15:02 David Toms: his A-game in only 20% of his wins
15:22 Building a backup shot for bad days
16:08 Golf's version of "setting a screen"
17:23 Why average players give up (and champions don't)
19:10 The "smaller field" mental trick
20:50 "Good luck doing that four days in a row"
21:46 Why male juniors have no sense of mortality
22:06 His rise at Georgia Tech & winning the NCAA title
23:02 Inside the 2024 Masters & US Open (Pinehurst)
24:34 What Pinehurst exposed in his game
25:46 His game now: driving & putting are the keys
26:02 The best wedge game Bruce Heppler ever saw
26:18 Turning pro & the DP World Tour plan
26:43 From champions to guys breaking 85
27:42 What Gears would've changed years ago
28:23 Why the tech makes change simple ("a feel machine")
30:33 The trail arm: the amateur's #1 issue
31:46 How tour trends (like DJ) creep into your swing
32:27 Why golfers are the worst at diagnosing themselves
35:28 The scratch golfer who canceled for "too simple"
36:03 What a champion works on now: setup & backswing
37:00 The new trail-arm training aid
37:17 The "parlor trick": fix the backswing, impact follows
39:13 The mental stick-to-itness a swing change takes
41:27 Closing advice for strugglers & junior parents
42:00 Why your pivot has to match your shot shape
42:59 Make sure your coach knows their tech (2.5D vs 3D)
43:41 The parent lesson: include them, don't fight them
44:14 "Timmy's not Tiger" — find a better path

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Over 10 million swings have now been captured on the Swing Coach app and one pattern dominates: the club sucked inside on the takeaway, then thrown steep and over the top coming down. Walk any driving range and you'll see this "sledgehammer" move everywhere. In this video we break down why it's so hard to play good golf from there, and exactly how to fix it — starting where it actually begins: the takeaway.

We cover why we're "backswing teachers" (organize the backswing and the downswing largely fixes itself), why the pros' simpler moves — arms in front, a decent pivot, nothing too sideways — are the reason they can rely on them, and why chasing outliers like Jim Furyk is a losing bet. Then we walk through the real fix using Swing Coach's instant feedback: why your first true on-plane takeaway will feel like a "10 outside," why you have to push way past what feels right, how to get through the bad shots as your release pattern catches up, and the "parlor trick" of fixing a steep downswing without ever talking about the downswing.

You can't afford a tour coach standing next to you every swing — but the app gives you that instant "too much / not enough" feedback so you can finally train your feel on your own.

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Chapters:
00:00 Over 10 million swings on Swing Coach
00:26 Golf's most common pattern: inside & steep
01:00 The "sledgehammer" swing that rules the range
01:23 Even scratch golfers who do it have holes
01:44 Why you can't change direction from inside
02:04 Technically possible, but not likely for you
02:23 Our philosophy: organize the backswing (Scott Hamilton)
02:42 "Tell the average golfer to do that" — who this is for
03:22 If inside/over-the-top was best, the tour would do it
03:45 The lottery analogy
04:03 Why vanilla swings are easier to maintain
04:25 "I don't have time to hit balls like a pro"
04:42 Pros grind for tight margins, not complex moves
05:35 Pulling the arms in = disconnected & out of sequence
05:56 The outlier trap (Jim Furyk)
06:41 Back to Swing Coach: keep doing it, or change
06:59 Attacking the inside-up-steep pattern
07:22 Get the backswing mass in a spot that shallows
07:40 Your first on-plane takeaway feels "10 outside"
08:17 Why it has to feel so drastic at first
08:37 "What to work on" is the first 5 minutes of a lesson
09:41 "Did I do it?" — intent isn't change
10:21 Why you never push far enough past your feel
10:41 Arguing with the app (and losing)
11:17 Do something that feels silly
11:54 Getting through the bad shots (the release)
12:27 Why we use foam balls
12:48 The "parlor trick": fix the takeaway, ignore the downswing
13:00 Physically setting the player in position
13:39 Shallow, on plane, with shaft lean — first time ever
14:17 Be an athlete in the downswing, not a corrector
14:35 Why Scott Hamilton teaches the backswing
14:59 The downswing changes from the backswing change
15:09 How to eat an elephant: one bite at a time
15:34 Get the free trial — take it on the course
15:50 Check your swing report over a few days
16:13 Train your feel on your own

#golf #golfswing #overthetop #insidetakeaway #golftips #swingcoach

On this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb reveal something they've spent over 10 years building.

After more than a decade giving 3D lessons, we kept seeing the same fault in 99% of golfers: the trail arm. It over-bends, pulls behind the rib cage, and lowers — and that combination is what sends the club steep and over the top in transition. We tried every training aid out there to fix it, and never loved any of them: they were cumbersome, they didn't fit every arm, and worst of all, most did the work FOR you — so nothing transferred once you took them off.

So we built our own. In this episode we walk through the whole journey...the forearm braces golfers used as a "door stop," the velcroed squeaky dog toys, the adult swimmies (yes, the Nelly Korda ones), and the version with teeth that "chewed up my arm like a shark" — right up to the finished design: the Arm Shark. It gives you two kinds of instant feedback — a tactile give and an audible click — the moment your trail arm bends too much, so you do 100% of the movement yourself. No app, no Bluetooth, just old-school analog pass/fail. In testing we're seeing 30–40° of arm-bend change in just a few swings, and it works for the takeaway, the downswing (staying wide like Hunter Mahan), setup, and short game. It ships with three fins for every arm type and skill level.

This kicks off the next phase of AMG — turning a decade of data into tools that make these concepts tangible in your very next practice session.

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Chapters:
00:00 A role reversal — and something new
00:14 How this all came to be
00:29 The same faults, lesson after lesson, in 3D
00:44 The trail arm: golf's #1 problem
01:24 Over-bent, pulled behind, and lowered
01:49 Why that creates a steep, over-the-top move
01:56 We tried every training aid out there
02:12 The fatal flaw: they do the work for you
02:35 Why the trail side is "out of sight, out of mind"
03:21 The real test: does it transfer without the aid?
04:10 What we wanted: tactile AND audible feedback
05:00 Show & tell: the forearm brace
05:37 Why your forearm can't feel it (the "door stop")
06:04 It actually made arm-lowering worse
06:31 The velcroed squeaky dog toys
07:32 The adult swimmies (yes, the Nelly Korda ones)
07:54 The "cast" problem: it springs back worse
09:01 Making golfers "pay a price": the teeth version
09:45 "It chewed up my arm like a shark"
10:07 Letting Mother Nature design it
10:56 The breaking fin → the audible click
11:17 Introducing the Arm Shark
11:40 How it works: the click and the give
12:24 Fixing the "lawnmower" takeaway
12:42 30-40° of change in a few swings
13:23 Using it for setup & fin rotation
14:20 Three fins: over-bender, pro, and the "Rory" fin
15:25 Multi-size: bicep or forearm, any arm
15:51 So light you can wear it on the course
17:16 The biggest problem in golf, solved analog
17:38 No app, no Bluetooth — just pass/fail
18:08 It becomes a game in a couple swings
18:52 It works in the downswing too (stay wide)
19:13 Hunter Mahan's wide-arm move
19:36 Why not folding = a shallower club
20:21 AMG's next phase: from concepts to tools
22:36 How to get your Arm Shark

#golf #golfswing #golftraining #armshark #golftips #overthetop

Every time a pro wins with a quirky move, it shows up on the lesson tee the next week.... the bowed wrist, the foot hop, the "swing that will revolutionize golf." We all love an outlier, and we all think we're one magic bullet away. In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb break down why copying those moves is the fastest way to wreck your golf swing, and what you should be stealing from tour players instead.

The real answer is their mindset and how they practice: low ball counts, rehearsal swings, verifying every feel against Gears, TrackMan, or video instead of trusting feel alone, and practicing with a plan rather than reacting to the last shot you hit. We get into honest swing-change timelines (why a tour coach will tell a player it might take two years), the 1%-a-day math, the ladder to unconscious competence, why bad concepts are the easiest to ingrain and the hardest to undo, Tony Ruggerio's 3x5 note card system, and why filming your on-course swing — not your basement swing — is the only way to see what you're actually changing.

Get good at the basics. That's where 95% of them live. Timestamps below.

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Chapters:
00:00 Why a pro's weird move shows up on the lesson tee
00:26 We all think we're missing one magic bullet
00:55 DJ's bowed wrist — and the story nobody knows
01:20 Fitzpatrick's foot hop & the "revolutionary" swing
02:10 Just make a plain vanilla swing
02:15 Jon Rahm's foot is medical, not technique
02:25 "You ain't Jordan" — the basketball parallel
03:08 Why golf tricks us into thinking we can copy
03:27 So what SHOULD you copy? Mindset & practice
03:40 Pro vs 10-handicap: ball count & rehearsals
04:00 How pros verify every single shot with data
04:23 Tuned into feel — but never trusting it blindly
05:10 Practice with a purpose and a plan
05:27 The worst habit in golf: the "one ball plan"
05:42 Doing it right often feels (and looks) terrible
06:27 Don't chase the new symptom
06:33 The flat tire analogy: motor patterns aren't repairs
06:49 Honest timelines: why Scheffler's change took 2 years
07:32 The 1%-a-day math — 100 days would be a miracle
08:05 Climbing the ladder to unconscious competence
08:26 Which swing changes are fast vs slow
08:46 The tour player who fixed it fast and went on a tear
09:32 Why bad concepts are the easiest to ingrain
10:36 Even the best players scour YouTube at 2am
10:54 Tony Ruggerio's 3x5 card: your three things
11:14 One well = good. Two = really good. Three = lights out
11:32 Carey Gilchrist's laminated drill cards
12:00 "I've done it a month — what's next?"
12:45 "When you can't NOT do it, then we move on"
13:38 Having a coach with you on the course
14:11 Coaching each other: "you're laid off again"
14:26 Filming your on-course swing = a dose of reality
14:56 Why your lesson swing isn't your course swing
16:08 "I've worked on that for 4 months" — here's why
16:57 Be your own best coach on the course
17:13 Avoid chasing unicorn moves
17:32 95% of pros live on the vanilla basics

You're striping it on the range, then somewhere between the range and the first tee your swing vanishes — "where did that guy go?" It happens to everyone, and in today's Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break down exactly why, and how to bring your range swing to the course.

We get into the false confidence of hitting the same club over and over, why you should change clubs and targets every ball ("play the course on the range"), and the number one killer under pressure: getting quick and not finishing your backswing. You'll hear the Jack Nicklaus "finish your backswing" principle, David's "miss it quick," VJ Singh's one-two-three-four count and the Tour Tempo idea, Dr. Debbie's archery drill and "second serve" philosophy for making a free first swing, plus how nerves quietly wreck your setup — Adam Scott, Nick Price adjusting to the wind, and why it's the mosquitoes that get you, not the bears.

If you play your best golf on the range and your worst on the first tee, this one's for you. Timestamps below — tell us your first-tee horror story in the comments.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 "Where did that guy go?" — losing your swing off the range
00:26 It happens to everyone: the range's false confidence
00:52 Change clubs & targets every ball — play the course on the range
01:21 Finish your backswing (the Jack Nicklaus principle)
01:34 "Miss it quick" — why nerves make you rush
01:56 Fear of a bad swing tightens everything up
02:18 Golf is all timing, rhythm & sequence
02:39 Your best nervous swing: VJ Singh's 1-2-3-4 count
03:14 Tour Tempo and the rhythm that survives pressure
03:41 Couples, Ernie, VJ — swings you never picture rushed
04:00 Stepping into the arena & the peanut gallery
04:43 Faldo's lesson: under nerves, movements get smaller
05:28 Dr. Debbie's archery drill — expand and get big
05:55 Stop wasting energy fighting the nerves
06:21 The "second serve" philosophy for a free swing
06:39 The Grant Hill "player B" second-ball trick
07:10 Golf is a one-off, "one in a row" sport
07:46 We don't practice or warm up the way we play
08:10 Sloppy setup: "I couldn't break 80 from those setups" (Adam Scott)
08:56 Lose your swing? It's usually ball position
09:22 Why we withdraw from trouble under pressure
09:42 Nick Price: "It wasn't my swing" — adjusting to the wind
10:28 The mosquitoes get you, not the bears
10:40 A crick in your neck can wreck your swing
11:33 Warming up in draws, then hitting fades
12:06 Don't put too much weight on the warm-up
12:52 Nicklaus: put the hook away & play defense
13:15 David Toms: A-game in only 25% of his wins

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Launch monitor ownership among amateurs has exploded. Trackman, Foresight, SkyTrak, Garmin, Bushnell...everyone has one at home now, and everyone is chasing numbers. Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf open the conversation with the honest working truth of every measurement tool. The launch monitor tells you what happened at impact. 3D tells you why it happened. And when you use only the former, you end up doing what tour pros used to do when Trackman first hit the scene. You Trackman your way off the tour.

The specific pitfalls hit hard. Winter indoor practice with a launch monitor produces a swing built for the simulator, not the golf course. The launch monitor only knows where straight is relative to where it's set up. You can stand on your head and put a zero path number up if you aim right. The simulator's four walls do the aiming work for you. The 550-yard par 5 doesn't. And once you see a red number, the temptation is to contort your downswing to fix a symptom while the actual cause (setup, backswing sway, spine lean) sits untouched.

Shaun tells the story of the scratch golfer he grew up playing with who was a club champion. He sliced it all around the course, but he knew exactly what the ball was going to do every time. Give him a Trackman and tell him minus 8 path is bad, and he would never have broken 100 again.

The fix is a philosophy. Understand the tool's limitations. Understand how to use the tool. Then understand how to use the data. Attack the earliest thing in the swing that is broken. Get out of the parking lot before you worry about which street to turn down. Marry the launch monitor (club and ball data) with a body measurement tool (Swing Coach app is the "launch monitor for the body"). Plus the reference to Jason Baile (2023 PGA National Teacher of the Year) at the Trackman User Conference. He gets his tour players focused on just one or two parameters instead of all 40+.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Explosion Of Amateur Launch Monitor Ownership
00:24 The Trackman Off The Tour Story
00:49 What The Launch Monitor Shows Vs What 3D Shows
01:10 Winter Practice That Falls Apart In Spring
01:30 Why A Zero Path Number Means Nothing
01:46 The Launch Monitor Only Knows Its Own Zero
02:06 Why You Can Aim The Simulator To Fake Numbers
02:27 The Wall Alignment Trap
02:46 The Par 5 Reality Check
03:06 The 16-Foot-Wide Simulator Aim Problem
03:32 Why Trackman Added 3D To Their System
03:52 What Movements Produce The Trackman Numbers
04:03 The Biggest Off-Season To Golf Season Pitfalls
04:25 Face And Path Vary Wildly Outside
04:48 The 15-Degree Launch Monitor Alignment Error
05:10 Why Your Swing Isn't Changing (It's Your Feedback)
05:37 Get A Trackman Lesson From Someone Who Can Read It
06:00 The Trackman Setup With Every Parameter Turned On
06:20 Which Parameters The Player Actually Controls
06:38 Why Swing Direction Matters More Than Path
06:58 Swing Coach Overload (7 Parameters Is Too Many)
07:20 The Jason Baile Trackman User Conference Insight
07:46 Even Tour Pros Get Overwhelmed By Data
08:01 Walking Into The Pro Shop Analogy
08:25 The Coach's Job Is To Shield You From The Noise
08:44 Get A Lesson On What To Ignore
09:00 The Minus 8 Path Example
09:23 The Root Cause Vs The Downswing Water Bottle Fix
09:43 The Scratch Golfer Who Sliced His Way To Club Champ
09:56 What Would Have Happened If He Got A Trackman
10:10 Why Contortion Fixes Don't Break 100
10:30 The Magic Box Trap
10:47 GEARS And Shot Shape Matching
11:07 Swing Coach As The Launch Monitor For The Body
11:31 Your Phone Is The Best Training Aid You Own
12:09 How To Read Your Swing Coach Report (Reds First)
12:28 Getting Out Of The Parking Lot Before Turning Down A Street
13:06 Scott Hamilton's First Domino
13:24 Swing Coach's New AMG Philosophy Integration
13:48 Why The Tool Isn't The Answer
14:11 Learn The Correct Movements Before The Numbers
14:33 Using The Launch Monitor On The Golf Course
14:50 Shaun's Ball Change Based On Spin Numbers
15:05 Getting 300-Yard Carries With The Right Ball And Tee Height
15:27 The Icing On The Cake After You Fix Your Swing
15:42 Time Investment Is The Real Investment
16:12 As A Player You Only Have To Learn Your Swing

#golftips #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf #trackman #golfpodcast

Welcome to the swing confessional.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf open up about every dumb thing they bought, built, or did in the name of getting better at golf before they had GEARS, force plates, or any way to actually measure what works. Their stories are funny, painful, and brutally honest. The kind of stuff most golf coaches would never admit to a camera.

The PVC pipe SAM 2000 ring that gave Shaun two months of shanks before his first season in Maine. The Mark Brooks strap-and-cuffs system that gave him the laterals. Mike convincing his dad to buy a brand-new Brute garbage can so he could cut the rim off and duct-tape it to the wall to swing inside. Shaun's wholesale Bob Mann's Automatic Golf rebuild two weeks before his state championship (he somehow hit 17 greens — still praising Bob Mann). The Killer B driver with the 46-inch shaft. The Viper Bite sandpaper-faced wedge. The original Medicus breakaway and the friend who bought one in a pro shop and shanked the first four approach shots of a money game with money on every hole.

Plus the methodology spectrum that traps so many golfers (one extreme to the other), the discovery that tour pros congregate in a tight "AMG window" of about 8-10 parameters, and why Shaun's nephew growing up now has access to information that Shaun and Mike spent decades wishing they had.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening The Swing Confessional
00:29 Shaun's First Set Of Clubs. Bernhard Langer Junior Wilsons
01:36 The Magazine Sales Pitches To Dad
02:00 The PVC Pipe SAM 2000 Ring Story
02:35 Two Months Of Practice. Two Months Of Shanks
03:18 Why Shaun Was All In On Everything
03:49 Mike's Confession. The Strap And Cuffs From Mark Brooks
04:34 The Maine Winter Off-Season Practice
05:14 The Laterals Return
05:40 Mike's Football And Basketball Background
06:23 Why Big Guys Need Different Methodologies
06:50 The Methodology That's Still Ruining Golf Swings
07:08 The Garbage Can Story Begins
07:48 Building A Brute Trash Can Barrel
08:23 Why Mike Cut Up A Garbage Can
08:41 Shaun's Wholesale Methodology Change
09:00 Bob Mann's Automatic Golf
09:35 Two Weeks Before The State Championship
10:13 Hit 17 Greens At State
10:30 Praising Bob Mann
11:03 Why Every Teacher Had Their Secret
11:27 The Ben Hogan Book And Hogan Secrets
12:08 The Methodology Spectrum
12:25 The Middle Third Sweet Spot
12:53 The AMG Windows. Tour Pros Congregate In A Tight Range
13:33 Why GEARS Changed Everything
13:53 What Kids Today Have Access To
14:19 The Methodologies Still Being Taught At Scale
14:41 The Viper Bite Sandpaper Wedge Confession
15:18 The Killer B Driver With The 46 Inch Shaft
15:38 The Lost Training Aid Memory
16:01 Shaun's Dad's Homemade Laser Club
16:45 The Original Medicus Breakaway Story
17:14 The Medicus Pro Shop Money Game Disaster
18:23 The Kalassi Swing Magic Hook Story
19:05 The Hogan Book On Fundamentals
19:35 Doing The John Daly Swing The Next Day
20:10 The First Video Lesson On A TV With Dry Erase
20:32 Why GEARS Came Along So Recently
21:09 The Coolest Thing About Being A Coach
21:48 Why Coaches Need To Still Be Players
22:27 Gary Gilchrist Grinding In The AMG Lab
23:05 Misery Loves Company. Why We Share This
23:24 Wrap Up. Tell Us What You Want To Hear

#golftips #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf #trainingaids #golfpodcast

"For anyone taking on the task of improving their golf swing... you have to F your feels."

Your feels are a memory. They're not a movement. They degrade over time, they're the worst possible anchor for changing a real motor pattern, and they're the number one reason why "I tried it and it didn't work" means literally nothing in a golf lesson.

Shaun and Mike from Athletic Motion Golf break down the lesson moment every golfer has been through...making a swing, being asked "did you do it?" and answering "I felt like I did" — only to pull up GEARS and see zero change. The fix is the same every time: slow down to about 45-50 mph (which feels like 3 mph), let your brain catch up with the club, actually feel the new move in real time. Then build the reps back up by 5 mph at a time.

Plus the Tiger Woods quote about feel matching real, the Hank Haney concept that you can't teach a slicer to hit it straight (you have to teach him slice to hook to good golf), the Disney Grand Prix guardrail analogy that finally explains why "outside by five" is what neutral feels like when you're stuck inside by five, and the brutal "I have five swings" lesson moment that exposes why most golfers think they have control they don't actually have.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 F Your Feels. 
00:25 Why Feels Aren't Real
00:48 Feel Is A Memory. Not A Movement
01:24 The Lesson Question. "Did You Do It?"
01:43 The Most Common Answers
02:01 The Zero Change Replay
02:29 The 45 To 50 MPH Threshold
02:50 Why You Need To Feel In Real Time
03:28 The Speed Build Up. 60, 65, 80
03:43 Why The YouTube Comments Tell The Same Story
04:26 The "I Tried It" Trap
04:45 Try Is The Barrier For Entry. Not The Standard
05:03 Why Nobody Has Felt Impact Until 30 Feet Later
05:42 The Tiger Woods Quote. Feel Matches Real
06:08 Why "Pride In Feel" Is The Wrong Move
06:28 The Free Throw Analogy
07:09 Anchor Your Feel With Feedback
07:24 Why The Phone Camera Is Your Best Coach
07:55 Going Slow Enough To Actually See The Move
08:21 Attack The Tumor. The Butch Harmon Concept
09:20 Why You Have To Betray Your Feels
09:53 Make The Right Movement First. Then Feel It
10:14 Why Your Feel Has To Update Every Day
10:33 The Swing Coach App Lesson Example
11:01 Why You Have To Feel "Outside Five" To Get To Zero
11:41 The Daily Drift. Why You Don't Notice Yourself Changing
12:21 The Hank Haney Quote. Slice To Hook To Good Golf
12:57 The Disney Grand Prix Guardrail Analogy
13:53 The "I Tried It" Excuse And The 5 Swings Lesson
14:43 The Names Of The 5 Swings
15:23 Why All 5 Swings Look Identical
16:11 Why Impersonators Aren't Great Players
16:31 The Range Scan. How Many People Have Feedback?
17:10 Do The Opposite Of Everyone Else
17:26 The Swing Coach App. Two Weeks Free

#golftips #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf

Most golf training aids will make you worse...and the average golfer doesn't know.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf pull back the curtain on training aids: the ones they actually recommend, the ones that quietly train the OPPOSITE movement of what you're trying to fix, and the simple criteria every training aid has to pass to be worth your money.

The big rule: a training aid should give you feedback, not do the work for you. If it restricts you into the right position (rails, arm tubes, swimming pool noodles, butt-band restrictors), your muscles are training to push AGAINST the restriction — which means as soon as you take it off, you've ingrained the exact pattern you were trying to change. Shaun's confession about the swing jacket is the perfect cautionary tale. Thousands of balls trained the wrong move.

Plus the Greg Rose TPI concept of "use the opposite" (pull the golfer toward the bad move so they have to engage the right muscles to counter it), why the Hits Driver is one of the only training aids on AMG's recommendation list, and why the camera + foam ball + Swing Coach app combo is the most underrated training aid setup you already own.

And the bonus: camera perspective and lens distortion in golf swing video — why the iPhone "3D" apps that point at a laptop screen produce horrific data, and why your swing looks completely different from four cameras three feet apart.

Want training aid reviews from AMG? Let us know in the comments. We're starting Training Aid Tuesdays soon, plus live Q&A broadcasts from the AMG studio.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why People Ask AMG About Training Aids
00:34 The Criteria For A Good Training Aid
00:57 Why Most Training Aids Make You Worse
01:32 The Honest Coach Disclaimer
01:51 The Swing Guide. A Training Aid That Actually Works
02:47 Why The Swing Guide Has Stood The Test Of Time
03:09 Why The Player Has To Do The Work
03:58 The Putting Arc Done Right (And Done Wrong)
05:06 The Swing Jacket Story. Shaun's Training Disaster
05:44 Why Restrictor Aids Train The Wrong Muscles
06:21 The Bent Arm Doorstop Mistake
07:15 The Swimming Pool Noodle Trampoline Problem
08:00 The Shallowing Aid Trap
08:41 Why The Training Aid Has To Apply To Your Swing
09:00 The Arm Tube That's Wrecking Lead Arms
09:43 The Greg Rose TPI Concept. Use The Opposite
10:23 Why The Right Training Aid Pulls You The Wrong Way
10:46 What Training Aids Should Really Be. Feedback
11:09 The Hits Driver. AMG's Top Recommendation
11:26 The Other Sports Analogy. Why Air Reps Don't Build Speed
12:21 The Movement Is The Exercise (Gray Institute)
13:02 Why The Camera Is The Best Training Aid You Own
13:55 The Foam Ball As A Training Aid
14:19 The Foam Ball + Camera + Swing Coach Combo
14:40 Why Camera Placement And Lenses Matter
15:00 The GoPro Fisheye Lens Problem
15:32 Perception vs. Perspective. The Camera Lens Truth
16:20 The Same Swing From 4 Cameras Looks Different
17:02 Comparing Yourself To Tour Players With Different Cameras
17:32 The iPhone 3D App Problem (Producing Horrific Data)
18:08 Training Aid Tuesdays. AMG Coming Soon

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Why do so many golf lessons fail? It's not always the coach. It's not always the player. It's usually the conversation that never happened between them.

In today's Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break down both sides of the golf lesson equation. The player side (what to expect, what to ask, what to demand) and the coach side (the resort lesson vs. the player development lesson, why setting expectations matters, why measurement beats opinion). Plus the three reasons most lessons fail and the simple formula that fixes it.

The framework. Good information + correct application + repetition = improvement. If you're not getting better, one of those three is off. That's it. There's no magic secret formula. There's no special drill that unlocks the swing. The work happens between lessons, and the feedback loop is what separates real improvement from "I think I'm doing it right."

Shaun shares his own story — two years to build a swing flaw he was taught (too much shaft lean), over ten years to unlearn it. A 5 to 1 ratio. Plus the Grant Hill path-fix example that shows why a coach has to walk you through what's coming next, the social media posed-before-and-after problem, and why having a swing coach app on every swing has been a complete game changer.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Why Most Golfers Have Had Bad Lessons
00:43 The Flat Tire Vs Motor Pattern Problem
02:21 What Is A Resort Lesson?
04:41 The Questions A Good Coach Should Ask You
06:38 The Grant Hill Story. Why Path Fixes Backfire Without Release
08:16 What You Should Know When You Leave A Lesson
08:40 The Real Magic Happens Between The Lessons
09:47 Why The Swing Coach App Changed Everything
10:32 Trackman 3D In Every AMG Bay
12:38 The Social Media Posed Before And After Problem
13:52 Why Measurement Beats Opinion In Teaching
14:59 The Bandage Vs Real Change Decision
15:37 What Tour Teachers Do Differently
17:05 Shaun's 5 To 1 Unlearning Ratio Story
18:10 The Tour Player Game Plan Example
19:45 The Coach With A New Tool Problem
21:46 The Formula. Information + Application + Repetition
22:20 The 3 Reasons Lessons Fail
23:01 Why Practice Without Feedback Makes You Worse
24:17 The US Open Qualifier And The Tournament Audiobook
25:36 Swing Coach On The Golf Course. The Real Reveal
27:00 The Three-Part Lesson Formula Recap

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The most misunderstood thing in the entire golf swing. Impact doesn't happen on the front side of your body. It happens on the trail side.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break down the concept that almost no golf instruction teaches — and the reason every cartoonish impact pose, rib-cracker drill, and "swing your arms across" cue has been training you toward the opposite of what every tour player actually does. The pie chart breakdown explains it cleanly: at impact, your body has rotated open, and the ball, hands, lead elbow, and club are all in the trail-side 60-degree pie of your pelvis. Not the front side. Not where you've been practicing for years.

When you understand where impact really lives, you stop forcing the contorted poses, you stop shoving the hands forward, and you let body rotation deliver shaft lean and shallowing for free. Tour average shaft lean is only 7.98 degrees. The obsession with massive lean is misplaced. Position the body correctly and everything else follows.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 What's The Most Misunderstood Thing About The Golf Swing?
00:22 The Maine Clinic Story. Golfers Putting The Ball In The Wrong Spot
01:00 Why Most Bad Concepts Center Around Impact
01:39 The Shaft Lean Buzzword Problem
01:47 The Lesson Truth. Nobody Ever Teaches Trail-Side Impact
02:01 Defining Trail-Side Impact
02:46 Splitting The Body Down The Middle
03:30 Hands, Arms, And Club All On The Trail Side
04:02 Why The Rib Cracker Drill Trains The Opposite
04:13 The Three 60-Degree Pies Of Your Pelvis
05:19 How The Body Rotation Moves The Pies
05:34 The "Square Back Up" Lesson Mistake
05:45 Why Trying To Bring Hands Back In Front Turns The Body Off
06:35 The Apple Glasses Future Of Impact Visualization
07:00 The Test. Where Would You Put The Ball If The Body Was Open?
07:39 Why No One Would Put The Shaft On The Front Side
07:57 The Cartoonish Impact Pose Problem
08:33 Why Teachers Posing Crazy Impact Have The Least Shaft Lean
09:17 The "Go To Impact" Test 100% Of Golfers Get Wrong
09:44 How The Face-On Camera Ruined Impact Perception
09:54 Why It's Harder To Re-Learn If You're Out Of Your Teens
10:25 Swing Coach App For Face-On Impact Data
10:49 The Concept Is What Has To Be Taught
11:00 The Effort Difference. Where Pros Take The Hands
11:19 Why Trail-Side Impact Shallows The Club For Free
11:30 Why Instruction Is Way Behind On This
12:03 The Drill. Open Your Pelvis And Drop The Club Behind The Ball
12:25 Tour Average Shaft Lean Is Only 7.98 Degrees
12:36 Why More Shaft Lean Doesn't Mean Better Golf
12:46 Let The Data Be Your Authority
13:22 What Shaun Wishes He'd Known The First Time He Picked Up A Club

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You can take a lesson from the best coach in the world and still waste your money. Not because the instruction is bad. Because of how you take the lesson!

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion golf break down the player's side of the equation... the part almost nobody talks about. How to show up, what information to give your coach, why racing through a bucket of balls ruins everything, why you have to ignore your feels and the strike when you're making a mechanical change, and why every real swing change takes months, not one range session.

This is the mindset and the method that separates golfers who get max value out of a lesson from golfers who walk away frustrated and no better.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Two Halves Of A Golf Lesson
00:47 How To Show Up. Warm Up First, Then Talk
01:16 Give Your Coach The Full Picture
01:54 The Biggest Mistake. Racing Through A Bucket Of Balls
02:23 Why Visual Feedback Changes Everything
03:16 Stop Judging The Strike When You're Changing Mechanics
04:31 Ignore Your Feels And The Outcome Of The Shot
04:35 Why The Foam Ball Forces A Real Change
05:13 What Great Lesson Takers Do Differently
05:44 Make The Downswing From The New Position
06:42 Connecting The Dots In The Change
07:39 Don't Expect The Lesson To Fix Tomorrow's Round
08:04 The Band Aid Vs The Real Change
08:28 The Mark Of A Good Lesson
09:05 Leave With Crystal Clear Clarity
09:46 Why Every Real Swing Change Takes Months
10:25 Not All Reps Are Created Equal
10:54 Why You Have To Slow Down To Change
11:00 The 40 To 50 MPH Sweet Spot For Change
12:38 The Ben Hogan Slow Motion Test
13:32 Keep Your Body Sequence Even When You Slow Down
14:03 The "Get It Over With" Mindset That Ruins Practice
14:50 Why Good Practice Makes You Mentally Tired
15:14 Take Your Own Notes After Every Lesson
15:36 Use Voiceovers And Filmed Drills
16:20 Recap The Last Five Minutes Of Every Lesson
16:55 The Real Magic Happens Between Lessons
17:39 Why You Can't Change A Motor Pattern In An Hour
18:24 No Excuse For Being A Bad Lesson Taker

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The follow-up to the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame is finally here. After the first podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb were flooded the comments with one reques... do the BEST swing advice version. So Shaun and Mike sat down and inducted the cues they use to fix more amateur swings than anything else.

The first inductee alone fixes 999 out of 1000 golfers. The trail arm has to lift and stay wide in the backswing. Almost every amateur lowers it. Almost every tour player lifts it. It's the single most common move that separates the buckets.

They also induct Scott Hamilton's "on plane early" cue, the recentering concept that AMG named years ago, the Lazy Susan downswing, the "no hip turn in the backswing" foundation (with a nod to Dr. Kwon's "turn shoulders, tilt hips"), and the driver tip that finally lines up the clubface without forcing shaft lean.

These are the cues AMG uses to coach players off the hamster wheel and into real ball striking improvement.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to the Best Swing Advice Hall of Fame
00:50 Inductee #1. Trail Arm Width and Lift
01:22 Why 999 Out of 1000 Golfers Lower The Trail Arm
02:08 The Amateur vs Tour Player Bucket
02:30 Even Tour Players Get Caught Lowering The Arm
02:56 Inductee #2. On Plane Early (Scott Hamilton)
03:16 Why Being On Plane Helps Every Other Shot
03:40 Why You Can't Hit Three Quarter Shots Off Plane
04:26 Most Golf Is Off Speed Golf
05:05 Why "Match Up" Coaching Is Killing Golfers
05:43 Why We Don't Teach What Hackers Are Already Doing
06:54 Inductee #3. The Recentering Move
07:14 Why Recentering Sets Up A Good Downswing
07:44 No Such Thing As A Still Swing (Even Hogan)
08:23 The Fix For Over-Moving Is Not No Movement
09:24 The Keep Your Head Still Trap
09:53 Where The Recentering Concept Came From
10:29 Inductee #4. The Lazy Susan
10:45 The Lightbulb Moment About Front Side Loading
11:19 Inductee #5. No Hip Turn In The Backswing
11:39 Dr. Kwon's "Turn Shoulders, Tilt Hips" Foundation
11:55 The Downswing Hip Turn Concept
12:17 Why Big Backswing Hip Turns Wreck Sequencing
12:54 Why You Need Stretch, Not Slack
13:12 The Final Hall of Fame Cue
13:26 Why Driver Doesn't Need Shaft Lean
13:41 Scott Hamilton's One Or Two Degree Window
14:28 Why Driver Mechanics Are Different
14:45 Wrap. Adopt These Cues, Build A Better Swing

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You can get 500 golf lessons a day on Instagram. That's the problem.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break down what they call the "golf swing hamster wheel" — the trap most amateur golfers are stuck in. Try a tip. Bail after one bad shot. Try the next tip. Spend years working hard and going nowhere.

This episode  of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast is the framework AMG uses to coach players off the hamster wheel for good. The five-step system covers what to look for in an online coach, why most ground force teaching is guessing, the Tony Rogerio 3x5 card rule for real improvement, Jack Nicklaus on why a swing change has to feel weird, and how to use Swing System 2.0 and the Swing Coach app to build a blueprint you don't have to rebuild every six months.

What you'll learn:
The first question to ask any online coach. "Do you measure?"
Why ground force teaching without force plates is mostly guessing
The parking lot analogy that explains why most amateurs never improve
The Tony Rogerio 3x5 note card rule. Three things for a full year
The Jack Nicklaus answer for "why does this feel weird?"
Why feel is the least reliable source of feedback in the golf swing
How to calibrate today's feel against tomorrow's drift

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Video Chapters:
000:00 The Golf Swing Hamster Wheel
00:23 500 Lessons A Day. Why More Isn't Better
00:49 Learning Golf Is Like Learning To Drive
01:14 The Two Sides Of The Information Sword
01:32 The Tip-Of-The-Day Trap
02:10 The First Question. Does Your Coach Measure?
02:36 Why Unmeasured Ground Force Teaching Is A Problem
03:39 The Pressure Myth. You Can't Push Into 100%
04:15 Why Online Lessons Without Force Plates Are Guessing
04:36 Information Is Not A Lesson
05:15 Why Coaches Should Teach Reality, Not Feels
05:35 Why YouTube Coaches Can't Tell You What To Feel
06:01 The Goal. Find The Commonalities In Tour Swings
06:42 Concept First, Tactics Second
07:30 Find One Source You Trust And Stick With It
07:47 The Swing Coach App As A Baseline Tool
08:24 The Parking Lot Analogy. Pick A Direction
08:55 Why Measuring Coaches Agree With Each Other
09:34 The Scott Hamilton Junior Club Drill
10:10 The Tony Rogerio 3x5 Note Card Rule
10:44 Why You Need A Blueprint, Not Tips
11:08 Swing System 2.0. The Plain Vanilla Foundation
11:57 The Monte Scheinblum Rule. Move The Needle
12:42 Why Drills Beat Feels Every Time
13:02 Feel Is The Least Reliable Source In Golf
13:49 Jack Nicklaus On Why Change Has To Feel Weird
14:57 You Can't Feel Your Way To A Dunk
15:17 Calibrating Feel With Real Data
16:18 Recalibration. Why Today's 8 Is Tomorrow's 4
16:55 Be A Dog With A Bone
17:39 Stop Bailing On Your Plan After One Bad Round
18:17 Get Off The Hamster Wheel For Good

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99% of golfers are lowering their trail arm in the backswing. Tour players lift it. This single move is the difference between a swing with power and a swing stuck in a plateau.

Shaun Webb and Mike Granato break it all down on today's Athletic Motion Golf Podcast...the trail arm lift epidemic. Why decades of "don't lift your arms" instruction, the Hogan rope image, and the towel-under-arms drill have created an army of golfers fighting their own swing. Backed by 20,000+ swings in the AMG GEARS database and over $2 billion in tour earnings worth of swing data.

What you'll learn:
- The 5 to 15 degree window every tour player lives in
- Why amateurs lower the arm in the same window pros lift it
- How the wrong arm position destroys rotation, lag, shallowing, and shaft lean
- Why down the line video lies to you and face on tells the truth
- The two backswing fixes that have made players better overnight
- What "the hoist" is and why your takeaway might be faking it

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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Epidemic. 98% of Golfers Are Doing This Wrong
00:42 No Mask, No Vaccine. Why It's Spreading
01:02 What Trail Arm Lift Actually Means
01:32 The Hogan Rope Image That Started It All
01:55 Arm Lift Relative to the Body, Not the Ground
02:35 The 45 Degree Reference Point at Address
03:05 What 98% of Amateurs Do in the Backswing
03:30 The Cascade. Casting, Lag Loss, No Shaft Lean
04:03 Why You See Tour Players Doing the Towel Drill
04:52 Tour Players Get Coached Off Tour Too
05:26 Why Lowering the Arm Feels Easier
06:09 The Desk Job Problem. Side Bend and Mobility
06:43 The Backswing Is Pulling the Bow Back
07:03 If Towels Helped Distance, Long Drivers Would Use Them
07:34 Two Tour Players Who Fixed This in Six Months
08:30 The Rotation Killer. Senior Golfers and the Arm Trap
09:30 The Club Out of Position Problem
10:09 Why the Arms Have the Easiest Job
11:02 The 5 to 15 Degree Range Tour Players Live In
12:14 The Hoist. How a Pretty Down the Line Lies to You
13:13 Why You Need Face On AND Down the Line
14:06 The Lift First, Turn After Drill
14:50 Come See Us at AMG and Get on GEARS
15:27 Two Fixes That Make Players Better Overnight
16:18 You Are the Unicorn If You Already Lift
17:20 Overturning Is the Symptom of No Arm Lift
17:56 Why Your Putting Stroke Is Not Your Golf Swing
18:45 Beginner Swing vs. Best Player Swing
20:02 Why Bad Instruction Builds an Unbreakable Plateau

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Why do we measure every golf swing in 3D? Mike Granato and Shaun Webb sit down on the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast to answer the one question they'd never been asked before and the answer goes way deeper than "why guess when you can measure."

In this episode, Mike and Shaun break down the difference between perception and perspective in the golf swing, why most golfers (and even most coaches) are stuck on the "hamster wheel" of conflicting advice, and how camera angle and lens choice can make the same exact swing look like three completely different golfers.

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Video Chapters:
0:00  The question we'd never been asked before
0:38  Perception vs perspective. Why it matters
1:43  The look under the hood
2:13  Two top teachers, two opposite answers, one I-4 corridor
2:43  The hamster wheel of conflicting golf advice
3:07  Why feels are your worst source of feedback
4:13  Why every swing on video looks different
4:54  How coaches manipulate camera angle to fool you
6:08  3 golfers, same swing, completely different look
6:50  The camera lens trick that changes everything
7:32  Tournament broadcast vs iPhone. Why your swing looks miles different
8:17  Why most golfers send swing videos that aren't actually their swing
8:47  The history of golf video. From Super 8 to iPhone
9:24  20,000 swings in 3D in under 4 months
10:16  Why we record every lesson on camera
11:04  The Swing Coach app and why it works
11:31  How to set up your camera the right way every time
12:31  Shaun's 20-minute mistake (and why setup matters)
13:16  Why bad camera setup leads you backwards
13:40  Feels are real. Reality is more real
14:21  The pendulum effect of golf instruction
14:44  The Coaching Summit. What's coming
15:33  Where to find the presentation videos

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The AMG GEARS database captures swings from players with combined tour earnings of over $2 billion. That data draws a very clear line between what tour winners actually do and what amateur golfers keep getting taught. Shaun and Mike open the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame with the 4 cues that have done the most damage. The hip turn inductee alone will change how you practice.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame
00:52 Inductee #1. Keep Your Head Down
03:19 Inductee #2. Create and Hold Lag
05:42 The Lag and Lean Illusion Explained
08:07 Inductee #3. Keep the Clubface Square Through Impact
10:50 Why the Body Cannot Square the Face
12:15 Inductee #4. Max Out Your Hip Turn on the Backswing
13:29 What $2 Billion of Tour Data Actually Shows
15:05 Why Distance Chasers Get This Wrong
18:10 Every Body Type. Same Core Patterns
20:24 More Inductees Coming

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Most amateur golfers struggle to improve their game… not because of talent, but because of how they practice golf.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb break down the BIGGEST mindset differences between amateur golfers and professional golfers, including PGA Tour players, and why most golfers stay stuck at the same handicap for years.

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re not getting better at golf despite spending hours at the range, this is the wake-up call you need.

We cover:
- Why “beating balls” doesn’t improve your golf swing
- How pros actually practice (and why it works)
- The biggest mistakes amateurs make when trying to get better
- Why chasing swing feels and quick fixes keeps you stuck
- The importance of structured golf practice and feedback

This is NOT about swing mechanics… it’s about golf mindset, practice strategy, and improvement systems.

If you’re serious about lowering your handicap, breaking 90, 80, or even getting to scratch… you need to start thinking like a pro.

Because the truth is simple:

👉 The difference between a 15 handicap and a scratch golfer isn’t just skill… it’s HOW they practice.

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Chapters:
00:00 – The Biggest Difference Between Pros & Amateurs
01:13 – Why Most Golfers Don’t Know How to Practice
02:20 – The “Beating Balls” Trap Explained
03:00 – Time vs Quality Practice (What Actually Matters)
05:10 – Why Feel-Based Practice Fails
06:10 – How Tour Pros Actually Practice
07:20 – The CEO Mindset of Elite Golfers
09:30 – The Problem With “Trying Tips”
12:00 – Why Fundamentals Beat “Modern Swings”
14:10 – Lessons from Elite Musicians & Athletes
16:00 – Consistency vs Shot-Making Myth
18:00 – Why You Should Stop Trying to Shape Shots
19:20 – The “Magic Fix” Lie (Teacher Hopping)
21:00 – Range Differences: Pros vs Amateurs
22:00 – What the Best Player in the World Does Differently
23:00 – What a Pro Practice Session Looks Like
25:00 – Amateur Practice Mistakes (Real Examples)
26:20 – The Real Mindset Shift You Need
27:00 – Think Like a Pro!

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If you’ve ever heard of The Golfing Machine by Homer Kelly and wondered whether it’s still relevant today… this is the breakdown you’ve been looking for.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb chat with Brian Manzella to discuss The Golfing Machine book, one of the most talked-about (and misunderstood) golf instruction systems ever created. We cover what Homer Kelly actually intended, the real meaning behind concepts like flat left wrist, swing plane, and lag pressure, and how modern golf science views these ideas today.

You’ll learn:
What The Golfing Machine got RIGHT about the golf swing
The biggest MISCONCEPTIONS instructors still make
Why many golfers were actually hurt by misinterpretations
How modern tools like TrackMan and biomechanics compare to Kelly’s theories

This isn’t just another golf lesson — this is a deep dive into golf instruction history, biomechanics, and swing philosophy.

Whether you’re a coach, low handicap golfer, or just curious about legendary golf instruction systems, this breakdown will give you clarity on one of the most influential golf books ever written.

As discussed in the video, many of the interpretations of The Golfing Machine have evolved (and in some cases, been misused), which is why understanding the original intent is critical.

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Chapters:
00:00 What is The Golfing Machine?
01:49 How Brian discovered the book
05:01 Why it’s so hard to read
10:17 Ben Doyle and the instructor test
13:02 Homer Kelly’s death changed everything
15:50 Who Homer Kelly really was
18:25 What the book was actually meant to do
22:09 How TGM got misinterpreted
23:15 Bobby Clampet and the backlash
26:08 The 3 imperatives explained
31:07 The 3 essentials explained
33:23 The biggest TGM myth
34:38 What the book got scientifically wrong
38:01 What the book got right
43:52 How modern measurement changed the conversation
46:10 Why TGM now looks like a swing method
52:17 The ugly: where the book misses badly
54:47 What Homer would do with today’s tech
58:08 TGM vs measurement in modern golf
01:05:52 Final verdict: good, bad, and ugly
01:13:17 Closing thoughts

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If you want more clubhead speed, more distance, and a golf swing that actually feels effortless… you NEED to understand this.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb sit down with former Navy SEAL turned performance expert Dr. Joe LaCaze, who breaks down the exact system elite athletes use to unlock fast twitch muscle fibers, increase clubhead speed, and eliminate injury.

They discuss golf performance, fast twitch training, fascia hydration, and why your brain is literally stopping you from swinging faster. This is the exact method used to produce 200+ ball speed and consistent elite-level performance.

If you’ve ever struggled with:
- Lack of distance in golf
- Feeling tight or restricted in your swing
- Inconsistent warm-ups that don’t translate to performance
- Or injuries holding you back

This conversation will completely change how you approach your game.

Dr. Joe explains how traditional warm-ups FAIL to activate the correct muscle fibers, and how a specific system of rotational loading, isometric force, and neuromuscular priming unlocks speed almost instantly.

They also break down:
- The difference between slow twitch vs fast twitch muscles
- How to “give your brain permission” to swing faster
- Why most golfers are training the WRONG way
- The real reason elite players stay injury-free

This is one of the most eye-opening conversations we’ve had on golf performance.

Watch this before your next round.

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James Leitz...Golf Digest Top 100 Instructor, Top 100 Club Fitter, and one of the game's earliest adopters of 3D motion capture and force plate technology, joins Mike Granato and Shaun Webb on the Athletic Motion Podcast to break down the framework he calls the "3 Grapes."

In this episode, James walks through how the upper torso, pelvis, and center of mass move in the golf swing, why staying still is actually hurting your speed, and what separates a 99 mph Rory McIlroy from a long drive competitor. He also shares the story of how a single phrase from an aeronautical engineer in 1982 — "never guess what you can measure" — shaped an entire career.

Topics covered:
→ What the 3 Grapes are and how to trace them in GEARS
→ Why deceleration in the downswing isn't always bad (and who got it wrong)
→ The boat analogy, the jack knife, and how ground force really works
→ How James used Kelly Gibson to map club delivery across 9 shot shapes
→ Why throwers and laggers need completely different grape positions
→ The mental/physical link — what happens to your swing when you get nervous
→ D-Plane origins, TrackMan history, and measuring since 1982

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction — Meet James Lights of Chafunka Country Club
0:27 James's background — from college golf to pro shop in 1982
2:04 "Never guess what you can measure" — the phrase that changed everything
2:35 Buying a $2,800 camera on a $9,000 salary — measuring from day one
3:37 Seeing research-grade 3D and force plates for the first time (1994)
4:30 The TPI moment in 2006 — deceleration, wrist graphs & buying his first AMM system
11:47 Kelly Gibson experiment — mapping 9 shot shapes with 3D data
13:23 TrackMan origins — discovering the D-Plane with Frederick Tuen at the 2006 show
16:58 Introducing the 3 Grapes — upper torso, pelvis, and center of mass
19:02 Visualizing grapes in GEARS — stripping away everything else
21:17 Golf as a controlled jack knife — the speed generation system explained
22:07 World record hammer throw — what it tells us about upper grape movement
24:59 Pelvis grape stability — sways, thrusts, and the lead foot changing teams
28:09 Long drive vs. tour player — how the grapes move differently
28:54 Laggers vs. throwers — why the same fix works against you
33:56 Why your swing falls apart under pressure — the mental/physical connection
35:43 Why James prefers teaching beginners over tour players
36:44 The 1,000-piece puzzle — why collaboration beats silos in golf instruction
37:41 Where to find James Lights — Chafunka Country Club, Covington, Louisiana

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In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb sit down with NBA Hall of Famer Grant Hill to talk about his journey into golf and how his mindset as a professional athlete has shaped the way he approaches the game.

Grant shares what it’s been like learning golf later in life after a 25-year basketball career, including the challenges of starting from scratch, rebuilding fundamentals, and applying the same discipline he used in the NBA to improve his swing.

The conversation dives into the key differences between basketball and golf — especially the mental side of performance. Grant explains how confidence feels completely different when you’re standing over a golf ball, why golf can be more frustrating than basketball, and how learning to stay present has become one of the biggest parts of his development.

They also discuss:
- How elite athletes practice and refine their skills
- Why fundamentals and repetition never go away
- The importance of being coachable and willing to improve
- What Grant learned from players like Steph Curry and Tiger Woods
- How to perform even when you don’t have your best swing

Grant also shares stories from his NBA career, including working on his shot mechanics, overcoming injuries, and how those same lessons now apply to his golf game.

This episode is a great look at what it really takes to improve at golf — from the perspective of someone who has already reached the highest level in another sport and had to learn how to start over again.

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Video Chapters:
0:00 Grant Hill & That Iconic Duke Moment
0:46 Apologizing for “The Shot”
1:12 From Basketball to Golf Obsession
2:25 Why Athletes Fall in Love with Golf
3:04 Golf vs Basketball: Confidence Difference
4:03 The Mental Battle of Golf
5:21 Practicing Like an NBA Player Again
6:28 Fixing Shot Mechanics with Chip Engelland
7:42 Injury, Setbacks & Lost Development Years
8:33 Rediscovering Growth Through Golf
9:35 Why Fundamentals Never Go Away
10:26 Watching Steph Curry’s Work Ethic
11:32 Tiger Woods Practice Story
12:17 Why Golf Requires More Precision
13:25 Adjusting Mechanics: Basketball vs Golf
14:06 When Your Shot Is Off (And Still Winning)
15:23 NBA Rivalries Turned Golf Competitions
16:31 Embracing the Struggle of Learning Golf
17:25 The Power of Being Coachable
18:29 Understanding the “Why” Behind Improvement
19:32 Getting Worse Before Getting Better
20:23 The Mental Game: Staying Present
21:15 Competing Against Yourself
22:26 Chasing the Perfect Round
23:41 “Get Lost in the Game” Mentality
25:31 Tiger Woods Masters Story (Mindset Shift)
27:30 Playing Your Game (Even When It’s Off)
28:23 The Chase Never Ends

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Golf shafts bend, twist, droop, and deflect during the golf swing and most golfers have NO idea how much this impacts their ball flight.

In this podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf sit down with Michael “Nipper” Nef, President and CEO of GEARS Golf, the most advanced golf swing motion capture system in the world. GEARS has captured millions of golf swings, including hundreds of thousands from PGA Tour players, giving researchers unprecedented insight into how the body and golf club actually move during a swing.

We break down the science of shaft droop, torque, and deflection, why most golfers misunderstand how shafts behave, and how GEARS technology measures both body motion and club data simultaneously... something no other system can do with the same accuracy.

Michael explains how GEARS measures:
- Shaft bending, twisting, and drooping
- Clubhead delivery and face angle
- Body joint motion during the swing
- Dynamic lie angle and how it affects shot shape

We also dive deep into the GEARS Curve (sometimes called the Nipper Curve) — a concept showing why every club in your bag should be treated as a completely different tool during club fitting.

If you’ve ever wondered:
- Why long irons tend to go right
- Why wedges sometimes pull left
- Why traditional club fitting can miss critical variables
- How PGA Tour players dial in equipment

…this conversation will completely change how you think about the golf swing.

Whether you’re a golfer, coach, club fitter, or golf tech enthusiast, this episode explains the hidden physics behind the golf swing and how modern motion capture technology is revolutionizing instruction and equipment fitting.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction – Michael “Nipper” Nef & GEARS Golf
0:45 What GEARS Measures (Body + Club Data)
2:20 How Golf Shafts Actually Move During a Swing
6:30 Millions of Golf Swings Captured by GEARS
11:00 The Discovery Behind Filament-Wound Shafts
16:10 The Truth About Shaft Torque & Ball Flight
20:30 Why Traditional Club Fitting Often Gets It Wrong
26:00 Why Instruction and Club Fitting Must Work Together
31:00 The “GEARS Curve” (Nipper Curve) Explained
36:00 Why Long Irons Go Right and Wedges Pull Left
39:30 Tour Player Fitting Stories
45:30 How Club Lie Angle Transformed a PGA Tour Player
52:00 The Myth of “Keeping the Clubface Square”
57:00 Why the Golf Swing Is More Complex Than We Think
1:01:00 The Future of Golf Swing Measurement

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If you’ve ever wondered how AI golf coaching actually works, this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf podcast with Mike Granato & Shaun Webb breaks it down in detail. We sit down with the creator of the Swing Coach app, the AI-powered golf swing analysis tool that’s changing how golfers train using just an iPhone. We cover motion capture without markers, 120fps swing analysis, real-time voice feedback, face-on vs down-the-line data, shaft lean measurement, and the future of AI golf instruction.

This is real golf swing data powered by custom-built AI models trained specifically for golf movement. We discuss how the Swing Coach app analyzes 120 frames per second, how it adapts to body type and limb length, and why most Android phones can’t currently support the processing power required for this level of real-time golf swing feedback.

If you care about:
- Golf swing analysis
- AI in sports training
- Shaft lean & shallowing the club
- Face-on vs down-the-line swing mechanics
- Optimizing your golf practice sessions

We also talk about:
- Why great players move similarly
- The “good player funnel”
- Custom model swings coming soon
- AI coaching trained on real instruction
- Second-screen features for coaches
- The Android hardware challenge
- What’s next for Swing Coach in 2026! 

This might be the most important conversation we’ve had about the future of golf instruction.

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Most golfers think they’re practicing correctly.

They’re not.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb chat with Erik Barzeski to break down the 4 types of golfers we see in lessons — and why only one type actually improves long-term. If you’ve ever wondered how to practice golf properly, why your swing changes don’t stick, or why you’re not getting better despite putting in the reps… this is for you.

We dive deep into:
- How to practice golf the right way
- Why band-aid swing fixes don’t last
- The difference between block practice and variable practice
- Why launch monitors can make you worse
- How tour players actually practice
- Why feedback (video, 3D, cameras) is everything
- Foam balls and slow swings for real change

The biggest mistakes golfers make when trying to improve

If you're not practicing with feedback… you're just exercising.

This episode will completely change how you approach golf improvement.

Whether you're a competitive player, weekend golfer, or instructor — understanding these four types of golfers could be the difference between staying stuck and finally breaking through.

Comment below: Which type are you right now?

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Video Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: How Golfers Actually Practice
00:40 – The 4 Types of Golfers
01:00 – Type 1: The Bad Concept Golfer
02:40 – Type 2: The Band-Aid Golfer
04:15 – Why Quick Fixes Don’t Work
04:50 – Type 3: The Well-Meaning Golfer
06:10 – Why Most Practice Is Too Fast
06:45 – Launch Monitors Can Make You Worse
07:00 – Why Foam Balls Work So Well
08:15 – Let the Ball Go Right (Swing Change Reality)
09:50 – The “Money Game” Golfer Mistake
10:48 – Practice vs Playing: Separating the Two
12:20 – Why Indoor Practice Accelerates Improvement
13:38 – Type 4: The Great Practicer (The Only One Who Improves)
14:14 – Small Mistakes = Faster Learning
15:20 – Exaggeration & The “Bend the Spring” Concept
15:59 – Mechanics vs Feel (You Need Both)
18:04 – Why 3D Feedback Beats Launch Monitors
19:46 – Block vs Random Practice (The Truth)
22:18 – Flawed Golf Practice Studies
23:41 – How Many Full Swings You Actually Take
25:00 – Tour Player Practice Secrets
27:07 – Technique First, Then Skill
28:31 – What Great Practicers Do Differently
29:42 – Practice vs Nervous Swing
31:04 – Don’t Jump Between YouTube Tips
32:55 – Drills vs Real Swings
33:45 – Slow Full Swings (Ben Hogan Example)
34:42 – Why Great Practicers Start in November

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Are men and women golf swings actually different? Or is there really just one fundamental golf swing?

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb sit down with instructor Nathalie Sheehan to discuss the real differences between male and female golfers, common swing tendencies, and how instructors should approach coaching each.

While the fundamentals of the golf swing remain the same, Nathalie explains there are often physical tendencies and skill development differences that show up between male and female players.

Some of the key topics covered include:

• Why many female golfers struggle with grip strength early on
 • Common swing tendencies instructors see in men vs women
 • Why female golfers often over-rotate the backswing
 • The role of strength, flexibility, and posture in the golf swing
 • Why creativity in practice can improve scoring
 • How coaching juniors differs from coaching adult golfers
 • Mental game differences between male and female players

Nathalie also shares her journey from competitive junior golf to becoming one of the top instructors in the game, working with players at Pelican Golf Club in Florida and appearing regularly on the Golf Channel.

If you've ever wondered:

• Should women swing differently than men?
• Do female golfers need different instruction?
• Are there mechanical differences between male and female golf swings?

This conversation breaks down the science, coaching insights, and real-world experience behind those questions.

If you’re trying to increase driver distance, gain clubhead speed, or add serious carry to your drives, this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast with Mike Granato and Shaun Webb breaks down a real-world speed training transformation.

In just four weeks, Athletic Motion Golf student Kyle increased his driver clubhead speed from 101 mph to 107 mph, producing 11 mph more ball speed and roughly 28 yards of additional carry distance. The best part? Every session was tracked and verified on a professional launch monitor (GC3 / Bushnell Launch Pro).

Mike Granato and Shaun Webb walk through the exact speed training protocol, how many swings were required, how long each session took, and why hitting balls during speed training produced better results than traditional overspeed systems.

Kyle explains how only two speed sessions per week (20–30 minutes each) completely changed his golf game — turning long iron approaches into wedges and making par 5s reachable.

This episode covers:

• The exact protocol used for speed training
 • How overspeed training actually works
 • Why hitting balls matters for speed development
 • How to track speed improvements correctly
 • What speed gains mean for scoring and approach shots

If you're serious about hitting the driver farther and improving your golf performance, this podcast episode provides a real case study showing what happens when speed training is done correctly.

Is the “shallow the club” trend ruining your swing? In this episode, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf sit down with Wills Murray...AMG’s newest certified instructor now coaching out of The Lab in Monterey, California. Wills dives into what he's seeing on the West Coast, and we break down the overcorrection epidemic that’s sabotaging thousands of amateur golfers trying to “get more shallow.”

From over-shallowing and clubface control to why your backswing is killing your rotation—this episode unpacks it all. We also dig into the Gears 3D motion capture system and how it’s changing the game for understanding your swing mechanics. If you've ever dropped kicked a driver, sliced your irons, or tried to look like a PGA pro based on YouTube swings… this one’s for you.

👀 What you’ll learn:

• The truth about shallowing (and why it’s often misunderstood)
• Why your rotation might be hurting you more than helping
• How to actually fix your ball striking using data, not feels
• Why the best players keep it simple (and how to model that)
• How the Monterey Lab is changing coaching on the West Coast

Whether you're a serious player, a coach, or just trying to break 80, Wills brings incredible insights that’ll change the way you see your swing forever. Stop copying swing trends blindly—start measuring, adapting, and playing better.

👉 If you’re in California, go see Wills at The Lab. This facility is TOUR LEVEL: full Gears system, Trackman, and an elite gym setup to help you move better and swing faster.

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When top PGA Tour pros need to fix their swing, they call Scott Hamilton.
In this exclusive episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb sit down with one of the most respected coaches on tour — Scott Hamilton — to uncover what really separates the best in the world from everyone else.

From tour-level ball striking and the myths average golfers still believe, to how Scott simplifies complex swing changes, this episode is a goldmine of insight from someone who coaches the game at the highest level.

What you’ll learn:

• The common traits shared by elite players
• Why so many amateurs chase the wrong things
• The tour-pro mindset during a swing rebuild
• The most misunderstood mechanics in the modern golf swing
• What you should stop doing today if you want better results

Whether you’re a scratch golfer or just want to stop fighting your swing, Scott’s perspective will give you clarity, confidence, and a roadmap to better golf.

This might be the most misunderstood concept in the golf swing… and it's costing golfers more than they realize.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb break down one of the most commonly botched elements in the modern golf swing: shaft lean at impact.

Golfers everywhere are obsessed with achieving that “tour-level look” — hands forward, clubface compressing the ball — but most are chasing a pose, not a position rooted in proper movement and mechanics. And the results? Inconsistent ball striking, weak compression, and frustration on the course.

Mike and Shaun dive into:

• Why holding lag is ruining your swing
• The truth about wrist angles and body positioning
• How “posing impact” is hurting your real performance
• Why even elite players misunderstand what shaft lean actually is
• The role of swing sequence and movement patterns in achieving natural compression

This episode is for every player who's chased compression, tried to "hold the angle," or been told their hands need to be way forward at impact.

🎯 Want real, lasting improvement? Start with a deeper understanding of how the best in the world actually move — and how YOU can train your body to do the same.

What if everything you thought about early extension was wrong?

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb dive deep into one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed swing faults in golf: early extension.

Most golfers (and sadly, a lot of coaches too) are watching the wrong hip, misreading camera angles, and making massive swing changes to fix a problem they don't fully understand. The result? Wrecked pivots, locked hips, and stalled progress.

This is the real truth about early extension — and how it’s often a symptom, not the root cause.

Inside, we’ll unpack:

• The #1 camera mistake that leads to misdiagnosis
• Why your lead knee and hip rotation matter more than trail side movement
• How most swing aids and drills make the problem worse
• What you should actually focus on to fix your swing
• Why locking your pelvis down is destroying your power and consistency

🔥 Whether you're struggling with contact, rotation, or just can’t stop early extending, this is the video that sets the record straight — backed by Gears data, not guesswork.

This is one of the most important concepts every serious golfer and coach needs to understand.

Are you struggling with early extension, poor pelvic control, or losing depth in your backswing? You’re not alone — and today, we’re breaking it all down.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb sit down with golf coach and biomechanics expert Erik Barzeski to uncover the most common swing faults they see in golfers of all levels — and more importantly, how to fix them.

From pelvis thrust and hip overturn to trail knee extension and loss of depth, Erik brings years of data-backed coaching experience using tools like Gears and force plates to help golfers identify what’s really going wrong in their swing.

Topics include:

• Why most amateur golfers misuse their pelvis during the backswing
• The real reason your trail knee is causing early extension
• How to control hip rotation for a more athletic swing
• Creating better pivot and arm structure to stop losing depth
• The truth about sway, pressure shifts, and shoulder tilt mechanics

Whether you’re a competitive player or a weekend warrior, this episode is packed with real-world fixes that will make your swing more athletic, more consistent, and more powerful.

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb break down the most common golf swing tips and rank them in the 2025 Golf Instruction Tier List — from Top Notch to Needs to Be BANNED.

This is one of the most brutally honest and entertaining breakdowns of swing advice on the internet.

We cover polarizing topics like:

• Is "Lag" really that important?
• Why "Swing Your Swing" is misused by amateur golfers
• The Arm Swing Illusion every player needs to understand
• The truth about "Release Patterns"
• Why “Feel Ain’t Real” might be your worst mantra

🚫 Some advice gets called out as Bro Theory or Cringe, while others are ranked as Tour-level essentials. Whether you’re a golf coach, player, or just love swing science — this episode is packed with insight that can help or completely shift how you approach your game.

If you’re tired of one-size-fits-all golf tips and want clarity on what actually works (and what’s just regurgitated nonsense), hit play now.

Welcome to the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast with Mike Granato and Shaun Webb — and today, we’re diving DEEP into the world of golf speed training with none other than Fast Eddie Fernandes, 3X World Long Drive Champion and creator of the revolutionary HIITS Golf driver system.

In this power-packed episode, Eddie reveals why most speed training is DEAD WRONG — and how hitting actual golf balls with variable weighting (instead of just air) is the key to gaining real, sustainable clubhead speed without blowing out your joints.

We break down the science of anticipatory contraction, why your body braces for impact when hitting a ball (but NOT when swinging at air), and how Eddie’s training helped him hit 220+ ball speed at age 47 — dominating the long drive circuit.

🎯 If you want to increase clubhead speed, avoid injury, and understand what REALLY works in golf speed training, this is the must-watch golf podcast. We also preview the new Speed University program that’s about to change the way golfers train.

This episode is packed with game-changing insights for amateurs, pros, and coaches alike.

Are you tired of thinking golf improvement is only for those with deep pockets? This episode of the Athletic Motion Golf podcast flips that script. Mike Granato and Shaun Webb break down EXACTLY how to get better at golf—on any budget. From free YouTube training (with a big warning) to app-based coaching tools, affordable indoor facilities, online swing analysis, and the most cost-effective way to get TOUR-level feedback… this is your ultimate guide to getting better at golf without draining your wallet.

Inside this episode:
 • Why "free" content can be a double-edged sword
 • The best golf improvement app we’ve ever tested (and it’s only $15/month)
 • How indoor golf facilities can outperform the range for less than a round of golf
 • Step-by-step advice for online lessons, golf schools, and private coaching—what to prioritize based on your budget
 • Our top strategies for practicing with purpose vs. just beating balls
 • How to avoid the biggest mistake golfers make when trying to improve on their own

It doesn't matter if you’re brand new to the game or already grinding on your swing, this is a great episode to listen to. Golf doesn’t have to be expensive to be effective—you just need the right roadmap.

If you've ever found yourself staring at a golf training aid, wondering if it’ll fix your swing—or wreck it—this is the episode you need.

Mike Granato and Shaun Webb of Athletic Motion Golf sit down and break down the best training aids for golfers, the ones that are absolute game-changers... and the ones that belong in the trash.

Inside, you'll hear real coaching stories, personal experiences with tools like the Swing Guide, Impact Bag, and the HITs Driver, and why most golfers are chasing "quick fixes" instead of real feedback. They also reveal how video feedback and biomechanics are transforming golf instruction—and how YOU can take advantage of it without fancy gear.

🔥 If you're looking to improve your swing mechanics, avoid wasting money, and finally understand what tools help you learn faster, this conversation delivers.

🔍 Topics covered: best golf training aids for swing plane, tools that force movement vs. offer feedback, how pro players use tech like Trackman, and what everyday golfers should really focus on to level up.

⛳ This isn’t a listicle or fluff piece—this is from two of the best minds in golf performance, sharing hard-earned insights from years in the game.

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment your favorite training aid (or worst experience)!

Ground forces are one of the most misunderstood topics in the golf world… and today, we’re diving deep.

In this episode of Athletic Motion Golf, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb unpack what ground forces actually do — and more importantly, what they don’t do — for your golf swing.

We talk through:

• Why jumping, flopping, and faking footwork is leading golfers in the wrong direction
• How muscular force is the real driver behind ground interaction
• The importance of TIMING — and why you can't fake it
• What the best players (like Fast Eddie) do that most golfers miss entirely
• Why force plates, 3D data, and tools like Smart2Move and GEARS are game-changers (but only if you know how to use them)

If you're serious about gaining speed, optimizing rotation, and unlocking the real power in your swing — you need to understand what ground forces can and can’t do for you

Are you rolling your trail foot the wrong way and unknowingly wrecking your swing power and consistency? In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb break down one of the most common — and most misunderstood — trail foot movements in golf... and why so many instructors are STILL teaching it wrong. 

Whether you're a weekend warrior or aiming to swing like a tour pro, understanding the correct trail foot action — especially with the driver — is non-negotiable. Using 3D motion capture and force plate data, Mike and Shaun unpack the difference between old-school heel-dragging and ankle-rolling techniques vs. what today's elite players are doing for explosive, safe speed and clean contact. 

Learn:

• Why rolling to the inside of the trail foot hurts your distance and balance
• What dynamic players are doing differently with their trail heel
• How to retrain your trail leg for effortless power
• The impact of trail foot action on irons, pitches, and even putting
• Why golf coaches need to evolve or risk falling behind

What happens when AI takes a swing at golf instruction?

In this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf podcast, Mike Granato and Shaun Webb break down Rory McIlroy’s legendary swing—but with a twist. They asked ChatGPT to do the analysis first.

🤖 From balance and posture to ground force and rotation, the guys dissect what AI got right, where it fell short, and why even the most advanced tools still need human context. If you're a golfer, coach, or just AI-curious, this one’s a must-listen.

👉 Using Gears data and years of elite coaching experience, Mike and Shaun compare ChatGPT’s analysis to real-world swing mechanics—highlighting truths, half-truths, and teaching moments throughout. This episode is part masterclass, part tech review, and all-out fascinating.

📈 Whether you’re interested in AI’s future in golf, how Rory creates power, or you just want expert commentary from two of the best minds in the game… this is for you.

Hit play, and let’s break it all down.

Most golfers hear it as one of their first tips: "Keep your head still." But what if we told you that trying to freeze your head is destroying your swing mechanics?

In this video, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb break down one of golf’s most misunderstood concepts—the illusion of head stillness. Whether you’ve been told you “lifted your head” or you’re battling inconsistent ball striking, chances are this advice is doing more harm than good.

We'll explain the biomechanics of head movement in elite golf swings, why it’s actually impossible to keep your head completely still, and how forcing it leads to poor body mechanics, reverse pivots, and swing compensations.

You’ll learn:

• Why trying to “lock your head” creates chaos elsewhere in your swing
• How rotational body mechanics naturally move your head (and why that’s a good thing)
• The mobility requirements behind elite-looking swings
• How aging impacts head movement—and what the Champions Tour proves about it
• The real fix: how to improve movement patterns to let your head do what it’s supposed to

This isn’t your dad’s golf tip—it’s a modern, biomechanical reality check grounded in data, tour-level analysis, and real-world student experience.

If you’ve ever struggled with head position, reverse spine tilt, or staying “down” through the shot, this one’s for you.

🏌️‍♂️ It’s time to stop fighting your body and start working with it.

Golfers—this podcast is a must-listen if you’ve been told to “get your lead shoulder down” or “point your shoulders at the ball.”

This outdated advice might sound like good mechanics… but in reality? It’s one of the most harmful concepts you can follow—and it’s causing hip sway in your backswing.

Mike Granato and Shaun Webb are pulling no punches in this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast. They’re diving deep into one of the most widespread swing myths that’s wrecking thousands of golf swings across the country. The worst part? It’s still being taught—every single day.

We break down the flawed logic behind the myth, how it confuses pressure and weight, why it leads to sway and instability, and what should be happening instead.

This isn’t just another rant—it’s a data-backed, experience-driven takedown of bad instruction, and a roadmap to actually improving your swing.

Hit play, and stop sabotaging your own game.

Want to make Team USA competitive again in the Ryder Cup? On this episode of the Athletic Motion Golf Podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb break down what REALLY needs to change if we ever want to see the United States dominate like Europe has in recent years.

Mike and Shaun ask the hard questions:

• Should players pay to play in the Ryder Cup?
• Why are some top golfers showing up with zero fire?
• Is it time to overhaul how we pick the US team?
• Why is Europe winning with less "talented" squads — and what can we learn?

They're talking hot takes, bold strategies, and real solutions — from player selection reform to financial incentives, to picking captains who actually understand the game and the moment.

If you've ever been frustrated watching another US collapse at the Ryder Cup, this is your episode. We're diving into the culture shift Team USA needs, how to get the right dogs in the fight, and why playing good in March shouldn’t guarantee a September tee time.

Drop a like if you're tired of watching us get smoked, and hit subscribe for more honest golf talk, swing tips, and strategy breakdowns that blend pro insight with everyman perspective.

🧢 Let’s Make Team USA Ryder Cup Great Again.

If you want to lower your golf scores immediately—this episode is a MUST LISTEN. Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf reveal the one skill that separates consistent players from frustrated ones... and it’s NOT what most coaches talk about. You’ll learn exactly how to control your ball in the wind, master 3/4 shots, and develop reliable distance control—especially under pressure.

Whether you're an amateur golfer trying to break 90, or a mid-handicapper looking to shoot your personal best, mastering wind strategy and learning how to "throttle" your swing is essential. This episode dives deep into how to build that skill, how to practice it, and what elite players do differently with wedges, irons, and driver in tough conditions.

Plus, you’ll hear how Trackman and other launch monitors can help you map your bag for wind-adjusted yardages—and how this one approach can level up your performance overnight.