HOW TO START THE GOLF DOWNSWING CORRECTLY

The transition is a key moment in the golf swing, and so in today's video we're going to take a detailed look at exactly how to execute it perfectly.

There are 3 steps:

1) Hip Flexion: similar to "boxing out" in basketball
2) Hip Rotation: your rips rotate towards the target
3) Forearm Rotation: you shallow the club

When you nail these 3 movements you will be able to deliver the golf club on the perfect swing path with a ton of club head speed.

We'll also look at some of the common transition mistakes I see in my student lessons... starting the downswing with the arms, early extension, and squatting in the backswing.

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[thhggpy]

By far the best golf instructional video I’ve ever seen! Brilliant Zach!

[jeffreytabourne]

Best explanation I have EVER heard. Shot a nice 35 back 9 ( tees up for winger but still) working on this for some time. Fixed my driver.. crazy straight now.

[frankd]

Thank you Zach.I love this explanation and demonstration! I will definitely be working on this. But I think you invented a new dance- the “Margarena”. That’s dancing the Macarena, while holding a margarita!🤣

[JeffRAX]

this might be the best golf video out there. thanks Zachary.

[garyc]

Finally I understand the downswing transition.

[Slewis]

Zach, That was the best explanation of the transition I have ever seen and I have seen hundreds of YouTube videos.

[alvor]

This lesson is a must watch for golfers. I have gained so much from this. I just couldn't get my head in to the positioning of the right elbow until it was explained so well here. In the past few days of just practicing the move over and over, it now has become second-nature and I can really see how the compression occurs. I knew something was wrong for a long time. As much as tried to have the club come from the inside I just knew it wasn't and the swing felt so awkward. Feeling that the elbow leads the hands into impact is really a first for me even though playing for a long time. I am very grateful for a brilliant explanation and presentation. Lets see how it goes over the next few rounds. Thank you very much.

[JH-onjf]

Best explanation an old man has ever seen, thank you

[gustavomarks]

This was the best explanation of a transition to a downswing that i have seen. Thank you so much.

[jeanleong]

Zack Allen is a genius of a golf coach, displays amazing technic to simplify the golf downswing. Thanks as always!

[DanielSmith-ugri]

Best explanation I have ever heard. Thanks

[jimspiers]

Love this. Never got this detailed explanation from over $3000 worth of personal lessons.

[garrymajor]

That’s just the detail I needed transition has been killing me, Will try this at the range today although very wet in New Zealand.

[adamallsopp]

Brilliant explanation of a tough move and thanks for the free training course.

[tohmsono]

i've done the Margarena once while on vacation in Caribbean... Margaritas were on 1/2 price all night long. Macarena was playing in the background... 😅

[pamelarichardson]

Excellent illustration...love how you broke the 3 movements down..very clear..thank you

[LoveMTBmaesteg]

Love you style of presenting and coaching Zach 👏👏👏

[david]

this is exactly what i am struggling with now. Im a guy who has at least 10 golf video in his home page on Youtube. and this is the probably clearesst video of how to initiate downswing so far. Big thanks from Taiwan!!

[ivanbuzinski]

Without a doubt the best transition/downswing instruction video I have ever watched. I've started practicing the key components and looking forward to going to the range to integrate them.

[stephenhenderson]

This is gold. I always struggled with my transition. This was eye opening. Combined with the pocket water bottle drill, it has me hitting great shots. The golf ball screams off the face.

I can't wait to continue to groove this.