It's All in the Hips
A big hip turn unlocks effortless power
Stop trying to restrict your hips in the backswing. A wide, powerful swing doesn't come from static hips and a long arm swing. Above are some of the most powerful swings on Tour, notice where their belt buckle is pointing? Gain effortless power and control like never before by learning to TURN your body in the backswing. Couple this with good depth and wrist conditions, and YOUR backswing will be golden.
What Great Players Know
Key concepts that will elevate your game and lower your scores
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Matchups
No need for a perfect backswing. What you need is an understanding of MATCHUPS: the practical compensations you must make in the backswing to make your downswing work, and vice-versa.
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Wrist Conditions
In order to play good golf, you must have club face awareness and control. Using your wrists correctly in the backswing can dramatically increase your chances of having a square face at impact.
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Swing Depth
Under the gun, most amateur golfers are steep in transition. One of the most important backswing concepts to understand is proper swing depth and the match ups that make different depths work.
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The ‘One Piece’ Takeaway
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Incorporating The Body
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Backswing Mechanics
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Hand Depth
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Staying Centered
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Backswing Faults and Fixes
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The ‘One Piece’ Takeaway
In this course, you'll learn WHY beginning the backswing with the shoulders, arms, and wrists simultaneously is crucial to the rest of the golf swing. Eric will also walk through a variety of drills to perfect the "one-piece" takeaway.
▼ Lessons
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Takeaway
- 3 - The 'One Piece' Takeaway
- 4 - Takeaway Drills
- 5 - Four Ways To Perfect The Takeaway
Incorporating The Body
The backswing is not all about the arms and hands. In this course, Eric will walk you through why the proper hip and body turn, along with proper arm conditions, is essential to creating a consistent and effortlessly powerful backswing.
▼ Lessons
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Weight Shift Vs. Hip Turn
- 3 - Get More Turn
- 4 - Length of Backswing
- 5 - Swinging Efficiently
Backswing Mechanics
In this course, Eric will walk you through the entire proper backswing sequence from position 2 through 4. Learn how your arms, hands, body and the club need to move in space to set you up for an efficient downswing.
▼ Lessons
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Arms and Hands
- 3 - Body
- 4 - Top of Backswing: Body, Arms, Hands
- 5 - Backswing Plane
- 6 - Backswing Checkpoints
Hand Depth
How far in across the chest or how around should the left arm go? At what angle should the arms and hands work on the way back? In this course, you'll learn what lead-arm "depth" is and why it matters.
▼ Lessons
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Backswing Sets Up Downswing: Opposites
- 3 - The Perfect Backswing: Left Hand
- 4 - Faults and Fixes - Hand Depth
Staying Centered
Eric prefers a swing model where if you were to draw a circle around the head, it would remain relatively stable on a centered pivot. In this course, you'll learn what it means to be centered in the backswing and why it can have so many benefits.
▼ Lessons
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Staying Centered
- 3 - Keeping A Centered Head
- 4 - Eliminating Sway
- 5 - Online Lesson With Jeff: Staying Centered
Backswing Faults and Fixes
Do you suffer from a long backswing? Do you lack turn? Are you excessively rolling your hands? Be your own instructor. Through this course, Eric will walk you through how to address the faults and fixes of EVERY position in the backswing.
▼ Lessons
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Takeaway - Too Much Forearm Roll
- 3 - Takeaway - Hands Out
- 4 - Mid-Backswing - Arms, Hands, Club
- 5 - Hand Depth
- 6 - Length of Backswing
- 7 - Shortening The Backswing
- 8 - Not Enough Turn
- 9 - Backswing Sway
- 10 - Backswing Plane
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The ‘One Piece’ Takeaway
In this course, you'll learn WHY beginning the backswing with the shoulders, arms, and wrists simultaneously is crucial to the rest of the golf swing. Eric will also walk through a variety of drills to perfect the "one-piece" takeaway.
▼ The ‘One Piece’ Takeaway
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Takeaway
- 3 - The 'One Piece' Takeaway
- 4 - Takeaway Drills
- 5 - Four Ways To Perfect The Takeaway
Incorporating The Body
The backswing is not all about the arms and hands. In this course, Eric will walk you through why the proper hip and body turn, along with proper arm conditions, is essential to creating a consistent and effortlessly powerful backswing.
▼ Backswing Principles: Incorporating The Body
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Weight Shift Vs. Hip Turn
- 3 - Get More Turn
- 4 - Length of Backswing
- 5 - Swinging Efficiently
Backswing Mechanics
In this course, Eric will walk you through the entire proper backswing sequence from position 2 through 4. Learn how your arms, hands, body and the club need to move in space to set you up for an efficient downswing.
▼ Mechanical Fundamentals: Backswing (P2-P4)
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Arms and Hands
- 3 - Body
- 4 - Top of Backswing: Body, Arms, Hands
- 5 - Backswing Plane
- 6 - Backswing Checkpoints
Hand Depth
How far in across the chest or how around should the left arm go? At what angle should the arms and hands work on the way back? In this course, you'll learn what lead-arm "depth" is and why it matters.
▼ Hand Depth
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Backswing Sets Up Downswing: Opposites
- 3 - The Perfect Backswing: Left Hand
- 4 - Faults and Fixes - Hand Depth
Staying Centered
Eric prefers a swing model where if you were to draw a circle around the head, it would remain relatively stable on a centered pivot. In this course, you'll learn what it means to be centered in the backswing and why it can have so many benefits.
▼ Staying Centered
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Staying Centered
- 3 - Keeping A Centered Head
- 4 - Eliminating Sway
- 5 - Online Lesson With Jeff: Staying Centered
Backswing Faults and Fixes
Do you suffer from a long backswing? Do you lack turn? Are you excessively rolling your hands? Be your own instructor. Through this course, Eric will walk you through how to address the faults and fixes of EVERY position in the backswing.
▼ Diagnose Your Flaw: Common Backswing Faults and Fixes
- 1 - Course Overview
- 2 - Takeaway - Too Much Forearm Roll
- 3 - Takeaway - Hands Out
- 4 - Mid-Backswing - Arms, Hands, Club
- 5 - Hand Depth
- 6 - Length of Backswing
- 7 - Shortening The Backswing
- 8 - Not Enough Turn
- 9 - Backswing Sway
- 10 - Backswing Plane