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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.  ✅ Get $50 off a True Spec club fitting near you by using code AMG50 while booking at https://truespecgolf.com/get-fit/ 👉  FREE: Add Instant Distance With This GO-TO "Distance Injection" DRILL: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/distance 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 #golf #golfpodcast #clubfitting #golfequipment #athleticmotiongolf

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.  🎁  FREE Training Here: Unlock Tour-like Compression For Free Here 👇https://athleticmotiongolf.com/compression 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 #golf #golfpodcast #athleticmotiongolf

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. ✅ AMG Special Discount: Use code LaCazeAMG18 for an Extra 18% off the ROTEXMotion Combo or Total Package. Or code AMG5 for an additional 5% off the LAS or LAS Complete Package. https://www.rotexmotion.com/collections/all 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. 🎁  FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency 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. FREE Training Here: Unlock Tour-like Compression For Free Here 👇https://athleticmotiongolf.com/compression 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 #golf #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf #golfpodcast

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. 🎁  FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency 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 #golf #golfswing #golfpodcast #golftips

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. 👉  FREE: Add Instant Distance With This GO-TO "Distance Injection" DRILL: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/distance 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. 🎁  FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency 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 #golf #golfpodcast #athleticmotiongolf #golftips

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. 👉  FREE TWO-WEEK TRIAL To The Best Golf Practice App Ever!👇 https://athleticmotiongolf.com/swing-coach 🎁  FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency 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. 👉 Get the Arm Shark: https://armsharkgolf.com 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. 👉  FREE: Add Instant Distance With This GO-TO "Distance Injection" DRILL: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/distance 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. 👉  FREE: Add Instant Distance With This GO-TO "Distance Injection" DRILL: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/distance Follow AMG: Instagram: @athleticmotiongolf Facebook: Athletic Motion Golf 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 #golftips #driver #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf

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+. 🎁  FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency 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. 🎁  FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency 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. 🎁  FREE Training Here: Unlock Tour-like Compression For Free Here 👇https://athleticmotiongolf.com/compression 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