The Secret to a Perfect Takeaway (It's Not What You Think)

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Golf Instruction · Sep 20, 2026 · 15K views · 213 likes

In this video Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf break down one of the most overlooked faults in the golf swing: making your takeaway look good from the down the line camera while wrecking your pivot from face on. They explain why the down the line view is so easy to fake (you can force the club "on plane" without ever making a real pivot), and why the face-on view is much harder to cheat. They show what happens when golfers avoid lifting their arms in the takeaway, using a "hoist" motion instead, and why this creates a lead shoulder that dips down instead of rotating across. Using their 3D data, they explain the actual metric that matters (shoulder moving across more than down) and why chasing a pretty down the line look often means unraveling a much bigger problem later in the swing. If you've only ever filmed your swing from one angle, this is why that matters. 🎁 FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency Chapters: 00:00 The most overlooked part of the takeaway 00:29 Why most online lesson swings are down the line only 00:56 Why the down the line view is easy to fake 01:16 A real story about ignoring the face-on view 01:35 How the Swing Coach app measures this 01:47 Demonstrating a common down the line takeaway 02:22 What's actually happening from face on 02:44 The "hoist" pivot explained 03:05 How golfers cheat the camera without knowing it 03:28 Fixing an inside takeaway the wrong way 03:47 What happens later in the swing because of this 04:09 The fear of lifting the arms 04:32 The real metric: shoulder sway vs. lift 05:20 Why side bend happens naturally with rotation 05:51 The lesson being taught right now that causes this 06:43 Why the shoulder should go across, not down 07:07 Keeping your head still without forcing it 07:27 A real tour pro's numbers on this 07:50 Why you can't fix one thing without the other 08:23 What happens when you're told not to use your arms 08:41 Why this doesn't actually guarantee good contact 09:01 What to track on your own swing #golf #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf