Nobody Teaches This Way To Start Your Swing!

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Short Game · Aug 30, 2026 · 11K views · 151 likes

In this video Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf explain why your waggle is quietly telling on your golf swing before you ever take the club back. Ben Hogan called it the swing's introduction, and you can watch a hundred golfers waggle and guess their skill level before they ever hit a ball. If your waggle pops the handle out and shuts the clubhead in, that almost always traces back to a grip sitting in the palm instead of the base of the fingers, which kills your ability to hinge the club up and down. They walk through three specific waggle patterns that actually help your swing: a small semicircle that mirrors a good takeaway, the "helium" forearm lift Hank Haney used to teach, and the full rehearsal waggle players like Sam Burns and Justin Thomas use, plus why every one of them needs body movement, not just hands, to actually transfer to your real swing. Staying dead still before you swing is like a Little League kid frozen in the batter's box. Movement should be your normal state, and stillness should be the trigger to go. Give your waggle a purpose, and get your grip right first. FREE Training Here: Unlock Tour-like Compression For Free Here 👇https://athleticmotiongolf.com/compression Chapters: 00:00 Why a bad waggle hurts your swing before it starts 00:17 Ben Hogan's take on the waggle 00:37 You can guess a golfer's skill level by their waggle 00:55 The tell: handle pops out, clubhead goes in and shuts 01:12 It usually starts with the grip 01:33 "Fake strong": a strong grip that's really in the palm 01:51 Why that grip kills your ability to hinge the club 02:13 Hank Haney's semicircle waggle 02:41 Sam Burns' flat-out rehearsal waggle 03:19 The waggle that only works once the body joins in 03:38 Why it's not practicing an outside takeaway 03:54 Demonstrating the three waggles 04:13 Why foot movement matters as much as hand movement 04:50 Why you can't play golf from a dead stop 05:08 Movement as your normal state, stillness as the trigger 05:29 The "helium" forearm lift waggle 06:03 Firing the body on top of an isolated arm waggle 06:25 The full takeaway waggle (Justin Thomas, Sam Burns) 06:43 Why mirror practice doesn't transfer without body movement 07:00 Picking the one that works best for you 07:17 The frozen Little League batter analogy 07:52 Have a purpose with your waggle 08:11 Get the grip right first #golf #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf