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Takeaway first 3 feet

Man Tom you werent lying. This does feel weird! Not gonna lie. In my living room trying to get club head in front of me once shaft is parallel At backswing. Doesn’t feel natural

but I know I need to just do the prescribed drills and I’ll be alright! Time to start incorporating those alignment sticks

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5 Comments

jon

Apr 05, 2021

Great thanks! would you say 3 feet is at shaft parallel? Or slightly below?

Tom Saguto

Apr 05, 2021

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Get out a tape measure and mark a spot with a tee 3' behind the ball. Address the ball and start your backswing. Your club will likely be nowhere near parallel and you may be surprised by just how little your hands have moved to bring the clubhead back 3' from the ball!

jon

Apr 05, 2021

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@Tom Saguto gotcha. Ok so if that’s the case then I should be alright. After watching your videos on this, and probably because of the camera angle, it looked like when you were at parallel, your club was still in front of your body! I was like WTF lol.

but yes going 3 ft back is not parallel and the club head for me is still in front of me :) all good here lol. Always have been actually

Tom Saguto

Apr 05, 2021

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@jon - Cool! Just refer to that bird's eye view YT video I shared previously: Concentric circles both working inward. Hands on the inner circle; clubhead on the outer circle. If you look at the angled alignment sticks from above in that video, you will easily see that the hands and club start working towards the inside immediately on the takeaway; we just want to make sure we don't cross those paths by snatching the clubhead inside of our hands. Make sense?

Tom Saguto

Apr 05, 2021

@jon - Yeah - I know it feels weird at first, but it's so important!! Just keep the bird's eye visual from this YT channel video in mind as you work on it. Try picturing yourself from that same view as you execute the concentric hand and club path circles.

Also, remember that 3 feet of clubhead travel is not that far. Just look at how much the head travels off the ball with only minimal hand movement.