GOLF: Three Main Reasons You Get Steep In Your Downswing

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When I'm referring to steep during the downswing, what I'm really referring to is the shaft. If the shaft gets very vertical, or pointed straight up and down, that would be what I mean by steep.

When you do a backswing and takeaway the more horizontal the shaft on the way back, the more vertical it's going to be on the way down. The opposite of that is also true. If you go back and get the shaft more vertical going back, that means you’re going to be able to get it more horizontal coming down. So if you're steep during the downswing, and I'm saying to you, you need to do the opposite of that earlier. To change you would want to get the shaft going more vertical going back. So it goes horizontal down. You don't want horizontal early. That's going to lead to vertical down.

The second reason is pulling your hands down from the top, holding your arms and hands from the top of my swing. What you want to avoid is is pulling my arms and hands down.

A lot of people come in and they think, hey, I'm going to pull my arms towards the target or from this side I'm going to pull my hands and arms down. But, if you go up to the top of your swing, the more you pull your arms and hands down the more the shaft gets vertical.

But, if you just held the club from the top and you started to turn your body towards the target, what would the shaft do naturally? It would lay down and we'd go towards horizontal. You want to avoid pulling the shaft from the top. That's the point here.

The third reason you get steep in transition is the combination of the left wrist being cupped and the clubface being too open. Where your clubface is in space dictates so many other things. You could fix 90% of swing flaws by fixing the clubface. If you go to the top and have neutral wrist conditions. As you start down, if you were to cup the lead wrist or extend the lead wrist, what does that do to the shaft? The more you cup your left wrist, the more you extend your left wrist, the more vertical the shaft is during the downswing and probably the worst you're going to hit it.

Fortunately, the opposite is also true. If you have a shaft on a given angle and you were to bow or flatten out that lead wrist, what does that do to the shaft? It takes it from its angle and it actually flattens it out.

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[cyuiyuwyguiyui]

When you learn to drop the club the right way, you will NEVER ever want to go back..
Been rolling the shaft too far inside for way too long Plus starting the downswing in the wrong order.My pro tells me exactly what you are saying.
Another GOLD video.Keep it up !

[dmacd]

You explain topics much better than the other teachers on YouTube. One of approaches that you often take is commenting on where the club head and shaft are in space which is very very important because regardless of what you’re body is doing, if the head and shaft are not where they need to be, then it won’t get the desired result. I also like how you discuss equal and opposite reactions of the golf club or what I like to call the cause and effect of your hands on the golf club - the way you speak about the relationship between the way you hold your hands, and the face of the club is very helpful. You also point out in one of your videos something extremely important; if you don’t like the result that you get from your golf swing... then do EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE thing in order to get a different result.

There’s a great deal of truth in that statement

Thanks Eric - great lesson

[BrandonMHoffman]

Great video, as good as any explanation I've seen. I could relate to language about the horizontal backswing producing a vertical downswing and also not pulling the hands down. This has been my problem at times.

[jamesdawson]

Thanks Eric, I discovered your videos recently and this is exactly what I do. I love your simple explanations. Best online golf videos.

[minnyh]

Very good -That crystallized my understanding of what my coach has been working with on my takeaway and why pulling down is so detrimental - Excellent.

[echang]

Very good video...Excellent! straight to the point and very clear... you are the best golf instructer on YouTube... keep the videos coming...

[jaisonlee]

This video is the only thing I found that actually fixed my steep downswing. It made me realize that by backswing was way to shallow. I made my backswing steeper and instantly my downswing was shallowing out and I was hitting with better more consistent contact than ever before. Thanks !!!!

[NECTIK]

Yet again another great, simplistic and actionable video. Subscribed!

[MisterDaveB]

Good vid. We’ve (golfers generally) been told to pull on the chain/pull the hands down to get them back on plane for years. Secondly we’ve been told to hold onto lag in the downswing, and by the way a cupped left wrist feels more powerful and feels as if wrist cocked more so you can see why people confuse that feeling. For some people these feelings worked I.e. Sergio pulling on the chain, but not for everyone. I think you are right Eric in that these things are related and someone might pull the hands down and also cup the left wrist. Which is why it’s hard to fix. They try to fix the steepness by not pulling down but still have a cupped left wrist - so they assume that the swing thought isn’t working and try something different.

[Bmansuperman]

I love your videos! You are amazing!! It is just so hard to retrain my mind to stop throwing my hands and rotate. I will keep battling!! Thanks for all you do!

[ronremillard]

Great video. Very helpful advice. Never seen this explains so clearly

[michelesalaris]

As usual, very easy and instructive video! Thanks a lot for these gems!

[radicalfury]

tried the video first 2 advices, i’ve been so well on mat but not on grass since bigger divot after the ball than needed—
it works ! Thanks Eric

[kentholmes]

Subscribed. I came across this video thinking I was getting to steep at times. You gave me a lot to think about and work on. Thank You!!

[hubertsims]

Eric I really enjoyed this video. You're a great golf instructor.

[Desmotwin]

Really enjoy your style Eric, let me know if you're ever in the Seattle area and have nothing better to do than teach someone some golf. Thanks for the ideas and keep up the good work.

[stevebell]

Revisited this video to reaffirm I was cupping my wrist again. Great video as usual 👍

[kuroineko]

Well timed video. I'm struggling with this bad right now.

[pc]

I am a #2 guy currently... 🥴... Well demonstrated, that helps when you get a good view of your flaws...

[hspnew]

Back swing steeper is the first time I heard. I'll try this !