Athletic Motion Golf- The Podcast

By Mike Granato and Shaun Webb

Athletic Motion Golf presents a deep dive into golf instruction as you've never heard before. Mike Granato and Shaun Webb are leading golf instructors who have helped everyone from Major Champions to ... more

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Number 1: Your Over-The-Top Downswing Starts In Your Takeaway!
Over 10 million swings have now been captured on the Swing Coach app and one pattern dominates: the club sucked inside on the takeaway, then thrown steep and over the top coming down. Walk any driving range and you'll see this "sledgehammer" move everywhere. In this video we break down why it's so hard to play good golf from there, and exactly how to fix it — starting where it actually begins: the takeaway. We cover why we're "backswing teachers" (organize the backswing and the downswing largely fixes itself), why the pros' simpler moves — arms in front, a decent pivot, nothing too sideways — are the reason they can rely on them, and why chasing outliers like Jim Furyk is a losing bet. Then we walk through the real fix using Swing Coach's instant feedback: why your first true on-plane takeaway will feel like a "10 outside," why you have to push way past what feels right, how to get through the bad shots as your release pattern catches up, and the "parlor trick" of fixing a steep downswing without ever talking about the downswing. You can't afford a tour coach standing next to you every swing — but the app gives you that instant "too much / not enough" feedback so you can finally train your feel on your own. 👉 FREE TWO-WEEK TRIAL To The Best Golf Practice App Ever!👇 https://athleticmotiongolf.com/swing-coach 🎁 FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency Chapters: 00:00 Over 10 million swings on Swing Coach 00:26 Golf's most common pattern: inside & steep 01:00 The "sledgehammer" swing that rules the range 01:23 Even scratch golfers who do it have holes 01:44 Why you can't change direction from inside 02:04 Technically possible, but not likely for you 02:23 Our philosophy: organize the backswing (Scott Hamilton) 02:42 "Tell the average golfer to do that" — who this is for 03:22 If inside/over-the-top was best, the tour would do it 03:45 The lottery analogy 04:03 Why vanilla swings are easier to maintain 04:25 "I don't have time to hit balls like a pro" 04:42 Pros grind for tight margins, not complex moves 05:35 Pulling the arms in = disconnected & out of sequence 05:56 The outlier trap (Jim Furyk) 06:41 Back to Swing Coach: keep doing it, or change 06:59 Attacking the inside-up-steep pattern 07:22 Get the backswing mass in a spot that shallows 07:40 Your first on-plane takeaway feels "10 outside" 08:17 Why it has to feel so drastic at first 08:37 "What to work on" is the first 5 minutes of a lesson 09:41 "Did I do it?" — intent isn't change 10:21 Why you never push far enough past your feel 10:41 Arguing with the app (and losing) 11:17 Do something that feels silly 11:54 Getting through the bad shots (the release) 12:27 Why we use foam balls 12:48 The "parlor trick": fix the takeaway, ignore the downswing 13:00 Physically setting the player in position 13:39 Shallow, on plane, with shaft lean — first time ever 14:17 Be an athlete in the downswing, not a corrector 14:35 Why Scott Hamilton teaches the backswing 14:59 The downswing changes from the backswing change 15:09 How to eat an elephant: one bite at a time 15:34 Get the free trial — take it on the course 15:50 Check your swing report over a few days 16:13 Train your feel on your own #golf #golfswing #overthetop #insidetakeaway #golftips #swingcoach
August 07, 202617min
Number 2: The Backswing Test 99% Of Golfers Fail (Try This At Home!)
The follow-up to the Bad Swing Advice Hall of Fame is finally here. After the first podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb were flooded the comments with one reques... do the BEST swing advice version. So Shaun and Mike sat down and inducted the cues they use to fix more amateur swings than anything else. The first inductee alone fixes 999 out of 1000 golfers. The trail arm has to lift and stay wide in the backswing. Almost every amateur lowers it. Almost every tour player lifts it. It's the single most common move that separates the buckets. They also induct Scott Hamilton's "on plane early" cue, the recentering concept that AMG named years ago, the Lazy Susan downswing, the "no hip turn in the backswing" foundation (with a nod to Dr. Kwon's "turn shoulders, tilt hips"), and the driver tip that finally lines up the clubface without forcing shaft lean. These are the cues AMG uses to coach players off the hamster wheel and into real ball striking improvement. 🎁 FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome to the Best Swing Advice Hall of Fame 00:50 Inductee #1. Trail Arm Width and Lift 01:22 Why 999 Out of 1000 Golfers Lower The Trail Arm 02:08 The Amateur vs Tour Player Bucket 02:30 Even Tour Players Get Caught Lowering The Arm 02:56 Inductee #2. On Plane Early (Scott Hamilton) 03:16 Why Being On Plane Helps Every Other Shot 03:40 Why You Can't Hit Three Quarter Shots Off Plane 04:26 Most Golf Is Off Speed Golf 05:05 Why "Match Up" Coaching Is Killing Golfers 05:43 Why We Don't Teach What Hackers Are Already Doing 06:54 Inductee #3. The Recentering Move 07:14 Why Recentering Sets Up A Good Downswing 07:44 No Such Thing As A Still Swing (Even Hogan) 08:23 The Fix For Over-Moving Is Not No Movement 09:24 The Keep Your Head Still Trap 09:53 Where The Recentering Concept Came From 10:29 Inductee #4. The Lazy Susan 10:45 The Lightbulb Moment About Front Side Loading 11:19 Inductee #5. No Hip Turn In The Backswing 11:39 Dr. Kwon's "Turn Shoulders, Tilt Hips" Foundation 11:55 The Downswing Hip Turn Concept 12:17 Why Big Backswing Hip Turns Wreck Sequencing 12:54 Why You Need Stretch, Not Slack 13:12 The Final Hall of Fame Cue 13:26 Why Driver Doesn't Need Shaft Lean 13:41 Scott Hamilton's One Or Two Degree Window 14:28 Why Driver Mechanics Are Different 14:45 Wrap. Adopt These Cues, Build A Better Swing Follow AMG: Instagram: @athleticmotiongolf Facebook: Athletic Motion Golf #golftips #golfswing #athleticmotiongolf #bestswingadvice
May 22, 202616min
Number 3: You CAN Swing Just Like A Major Champion (Here's How)
In this episode, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb from Athletic Motion Golf Podcast answer the comment they get every single week: "Amateurs shouldn't try to copy tour players." Using years of 3D data on tour winners, they explain why that advice is backwards. The players in their database are not physical outliers. Many fail basic mobility screens that amateurs pass. What actually separates them is simpler movements, repeated inside a tight, learnable window, not more talent or more flexibility. They break down why good players fall into a narrow range on things like hip turn, arm bend, and spine angle (and why bad golf swings fall into a much wider one), the "shifting through the gears" idea versus jumping straight to full effort, and why two pros with completely different builds can both produce 180 mph ball speed through technique and sequencing, not strength. Then they get into the practical takeaway: find your own 3 or 4 "dominoes," the small number of things that move your swing back into a good window, write them on a note card, and stop chasing a new fix every week. They also cover why setup (grip, ball position, aim) drifts faster than your actual swing, and why removing variables before you practice is the fastest way to actually get better. You don't have to be a physical specimen to move like a tour player. You just have to move simply, and in the right direction. 🎁 FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency Chapters 00:00 The comment they get every single week 00:20 "Amateurs shouldn't copy pros" (and why that's backwards) 00:38 Every sport, you study the best and steal from them 01:12 Nobody says that about investing or car mechanics 01:50 What tour data actually reveals 02:01 Why tour players aren't always physically impressive 02:29 What TPI screening shows about tour players' bodies 03:03 Physical gifts are not the differentiator 03:35 What "95% of the database does this" really means 04:00 The trail arm window almost everyone can do 04:34 Giving the easiest solution that matches what pros do 04:56 No videos on "you must be 68 degrees open" 05:16 Teaching to a window most golfers can reach 05:47 Why "natural" doesn't mean simple 06:16 Stacking simple movements creates efficiency 06:39 Shifting through the gears vs jumping straight to full speed 07:17 Effortless power vs powerless effort 07:24 Two pros, different builds, same 180 ball speed 08:04 Why strength isn't the whole story 08:09 Why AMG started measuring in the first place 08:49 What it was like before 3D was available 09:33 Comparing his own swing to the data for the first time 09:58 Two and a half years spent going the wrong direction 10:30 Digging out of a swing hole is harder than building one 11:12 Two roads: the quirky outlier swing, or the tight window 11:42 Every great player has gone through a bad spell 12:04 What do you fix when a quirky swing breaks down? 12:36 Why players should get scanned when they're playing well 13:12 "Easier to put Humpty Dumpty back together" 13:54 The player who didn't want to see his own swing 14:04 You can't go back to old feels. Those feels don't exist. 14:30 Playing with different feels within the same tournament 15:03 Why more information beats a repetitive feel 15:04 How the data is actually captured 16:02 It's not a swing model. It's real, individual swings. 16:27 Why they rotate which players they show 16:53 Different bodies, same underlying movements 17:11 Why single-camera phone apps aren't accurate 3D 18:09 Data points where nearly 100% of players agree 18:30 No PGA Tour player has a 90 degree hip turn 19:11 Why there aren't a million ways to do it 19:43 Why playing in the windows means hitting fewer balls 20:24 Shaun's own windows: trail arm, spine angle, shaft lean 21:27 You can write your own on a note card 21:51 The lazy backswing that fakes a turn 22:11 The biggest windows of movement: any public driving range 22:38 Different builds, same things that matter 23:00 Find someone who can measure your swing 23:27 Real dominoes are things you keep for years, not weeks 24:24 Confidence comes from knowing what to work on 24:42 If you're playing well and lose it, go back to your 3 things 25:08 Setup drifts faster than your actual swing 25:29 Charlie Hoffman's grip drift story 26:01 Scottie Scheffler's molded grip 26:10 Removing variables before you practice 26:36 Target practice without aiming, and still expecting to hit it 26:59 You can move toward tour movements, just not as fast or big 27:18 Good clubface, good pivot, decent plane 27:31 Golf is designed to knock you off consistency 28:03 Find comfort in what you can make consistent #golf #golfswing #golfpodcast #golftips
August 28, 202629min
Number 4: The Advice That's Secretly Ruining Your Swing!
In today's Athletic Motion Golf podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb discuss one of their biggest realizations from years of 3D data: your bad golf swing is much closer to a great one than you've been led to believe. Almost every move golfers think of as a major fault (the flip, the shift off the ball, the trail leg thrusting forward) is actually the natural, athletic movement done at the wrong time, not the opposite of what good players do. The problem is that the instruction industry has spent years teaching the opposite. Take a player who flips and shaft-leans back, then tries to fix it by shoving the hands forward into 14 or 18 degrees of shaft lean, and you've sent them further from the truth, not closer. We get into why zero (or even 2 degrees back) is closer to the tour average than the extreme numbers golfers chase, why the rib-cracker and pinched-arm drills hurt more than they help, what Scott Hamilton says about taking shaft lean OUT of players, and why the club champions at every course are more lined up at impact than any of these forced positions. Plus: the Bryson divot photo everyone misreads, "science evolves one funeral at a time," Webb's Windows and the ranges that actually matter, and why every choice in your swing has a consequence. Give yourself some grace, learn the good ranges, and be careful where you get your information. 👉 FREE: Add Instant Distance With This GO-TO "Distance Injection" DRILL: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/distance Chapters: 00:00 Bad swings are closer to good swings than you think 00:35 How the instruction industry teaches the opposite 01:00 The flip vs forcing too much shaft lean forward 01:18 The natural athletic move done at the wrong time 01:46 The punch-shot method that ruined his release 02:34 Why pinching the ball between your arms is so bad 02:58 The rotating arm action of good players 03:20 Why he can't get under 10 degrees of shaft lean now 03:51 The "opposite" that's all over Instagram & YouTube 04:18 Club champions everywhere are lined up, not forward 04:42 Rory, Aaron Rai, and the straightest hitters 05:00 The bowed-wrist trend vs the best players 05:20 Where that method actually came from (a "look") 05:55 The rib-cracker drill (and the bruise as a badge) 06:29 Scott Hamilton: taking shaft lean OUT of players 06:45 The 135-foot-high 7-iron college kid 07:07 Why this one's personal (the locked lead arm) 07:28 The leg thrust: closer than pinning the trail leg back 08:14 The winners all make the same big movements 09:02 Too big a shift off the ball (still closer than you think) 09:20 "Rein it in, don't do the opposite" 09:30 The Arm Shark analogy for over-correcting 10:25 The clubface-matching-spine myth 11:00 The Bryson divot photo everyone misreads 11:32 The Ben Hogan rubber-tee photo 11:54 "Science evolves one funeral at a time" 12:50 Why zero shaft lean is closer to the tour average 13:35 Tour players who played themselves OFF tour 13:56 The food & starvation analogy 14:44 How this made them better teachers (leave more alone) 15:21 Webb's Windows: the ranges that matter 15:47 Rotation at impact: huge range, least correlation 16:12 Why 4 degrees of shaft lean beats 14 for most golfers 16:32 Be careful where you get your information 16:51 Why your drills leave "fingerprints" in your swing 17:32 Natural vs manufactured movement patterns 17:51 Give yourself grace, get a qualified eye 18:13 Learn the good ranges (2 to 8 degrees of shaft lean) 18:51 Choices and consequences #golf #golfswing #golfpodcast #shaftlean #golftips
August 21, 202620min
Number 5: How He Coached A 14-Year-Old Into A National Champion!
For today's podcast, Mike Granato & Shaun Webb's guest is Nick Duffy, Director of Instruction at Athletic Motion Golf and coach of the 2024 NCAA individual champion. Nick started working with his star pupil at 14 and rebuilt an unorthodox, already-winning swing into a championship game...so we dug into everything he's learned about developing junior golfers, and why so much talent gets wasted. We cover the growth-spurt "drop-off" (why bones grow first, muscles second, and the nervous system last — and what it does to a young swing), the two things that quietly end junior careers, how over-involved parents can drive a kid out of the game, and the coach-vs-parent line (the famous Butch Harmon & Earl Woods conversation). Nick shares his student's wild path — two years of Singapore military service, visualizing his swing on a Navy boat, then qualifying for a college event straight off the boat — and the mental fortitude that mattered more than any technique. Plus: building a backup shot for the days your swing isn't there, the "smaller field" mindset, and inside-the-ropes stories from the 2024 Masters and US Open at Pinehurst. Then we get into instruction: why the trail arm is the #1 fault masking everything else, the "parlor trick" of fixing the backswing so impact fixes itself, why the best players want the simplest information, and why your body pivot has to match your shot shape. 🎁 FREE Training Here: 🎁 Make your BEST swing your NORMAL swing: https://athleticmotiongolf.com/consistency Chapters: 00:00 Meet Nick Duffy — coach of a 2024 NCAA champion 00:36 Taking over his star pupil at 14 01:00 Coaching juniors as their bodies change 01:49 Bones, muscles, nervous system: the growth-spurt drop-off 02:37 Why being a world-beater at 12 doesn't matter 02:54 The two things that end junior careers 03:08 The world-beater who got caught at 12 03:48 Juniors who've never faced adversity 04:04 How to manage the parents 04:33 "I need a parent so I can be the coach" (Butch & Earl) 05:38 The COVID parent problem: too many cooks 06:18 The dad who drives his kid out of the game 07:10 Developing talent: what to lean into, what to avoid 07:53 Mental toughness as the building block 08:00 Periodization: train to play, don't play to train 09:22 What made him stand out: always ready to work 10:11 20 coaches following him at the Junior Jones Cup 10:37 The "funnel": each level sheds a quirk 11:18 Why coaches fear changing a winning junior 12:33 Two years of Singapore military service 12:53 Visualizing his swing on a Navy boat 13:14 Qualifying straight off the boat at Georgia Tech 14:11 Why mental fortitude beats technique 15:02 David Toms: his A-game in only 20% of his wins 15:22 Building a backup shot for bad days 16:08 Golf's version of "setting a screen" 17:23 Why average players give up (and champions don't) 19:10 The "smaller field" mental trick 20:50 "Good luck doing that four days in a row" 21:46 Why male juniors have no sense of mortality 22:06 His rise at Georgia Tech & winning the NCAA title 23:02 Inside the 2024 Masters & US Open (Pinehurst) 24:34 What Pinehurst exposed in his game 25:46 His game now: driving & putting are the keys 26:02 The best wedge game Bruce Heppler ever saw 26:18 Turning pro & the DP World Tour plan 26:43 From champions to guys breaking 85 27:42 What Gears would've changed years ago 28:23 Why the tech makes change simple ("a feel machine") 30:33 The trail arm: the amateur's #1 issue 31:46 How tour trends (like DJ) creep into your swing 32:27 Why golfers are the worst at diagnosing themselves 35:28 The scratch golfer who canceled for "too simple" 36:03 What a champion works on now: setup & backswing 37:00 The new trail-arm training aid 37:17 The "parlor trick": fix the backswing, impact follows 39:13 The mental stick-to-itness a swing change takes 41:27 Closing advice for strugglers & junior parents 42:00 Why your pivot has to match your shot shape 42:59 Make sure your coach knows their tech (2.5D vs 3D) 43:41 The parent lesson: include them, don't fight them 44:14 "Timmy's not Tiger" — find a better path #golf #golfpodcast #athleticmotiongolf #golftips
August 14, 202646min