Even Tour Pros Are Losing Power To This!

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Golf Instruction · Sep 15, 2026 · 19K views · 175 likes

In this video Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf break down a fault they call the "chicken leg," where the trail shin goes vertical, the femur angles back, the hip caves in, and the back foot rolls off the ground. It happens when the pelvis and knee spin together instead of the pelvis internally rotating into the leg, and they have measured it on golfers of every level, including one of the biggest cases they have ever seen on a tour player. They demonstrate the fix using the Rotex, a spinning disc training tool built by Dr. Joe LaCaze, a Navy SEAL and chiropractor specialist. Standing on it and turning the trail foot in at the top of the backswing "takes the slack out" of the hip joint (the same idea as pulling your arms back before swinging a bat), giving you a wound up, spring-loaded feeling most golfers have never felt in their swing. They also cover the same motion in the downswing, why the ankle should evert outward as the hip clears (not the reverse-looking fake version), and how to tell if you have a chicken leg in the first place by checking your down-the-line view for a vertical shin at the top. If you want the full system, the Rotex website has a discount code linked below, and details on the LAS and floor models too. ✅ 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 Chapters: 00:00 The "chicken leg" fault, explained 00:26 The tell: a vertical shin and the back foot rolling out 00:45 Why this happens (no internal hip rotation) 01:16 Spinning the pelvis without turning into the leg 01:37 The biggest case they've ever measured, on a tour player 01:54 No one is immune to this 02:08 Introducing the Rotex 02:41 How the free-swiveling disc works 02:59 Turning the foot in to "take the slack out" 03:21 The baseball analogy for loading the hip 04:01 What the chicken leg feels like (all slack) 04:23 Why it feeds dragging the trail heel 05:00 Practicing the downswing motion too 05:20 The real ankle eversion vs the fake version 05:50 How the fake version tricks people into thinking it's correct 06:27 It's still not what fast golfers do 06:50 Winding up at the top, then pivoting down 07:05 The HITS Driver's warm-up and activation program 07:28 Hitting a ball with the Rotex feel in mind 08:12 What real resistance versus visual ease looks like 08:30 Feeling the movement without the Rotex 09:09 The knee flex flow through the backswing 09:33 Why the knee shouldn't go back farther than the hip 10:12 The "spring loaded" feeling at the top 10:27 How to diagnose yourself first 10:46 Getting a tangible feel for the correct movement 11:03 Discount code in the pinned comment #golf #golfswing #golftips #athleticmotiongolf #rotexmotion