The Only Guaranteed Way to Fix Your Golf Swing

Over the next few minutes, I'm going to walk you through some of the most crucial elements to the RotarySwing Tour System. These are things that 99% of all golfers will never understand, but will lead to taking three, five, or — we've even had hundreds of students take a dozen or more strokes off their handicaps in only a few short months — using just these simple techniques. Before I teach you exactly what you need to know to have a safer and more efficient swing, I want to look at a couple of harsh realities of the golf instruction industry.

If you've ever taken a golf lesson or you've watched golf instruction videos online, you've probably discovered that while there are some really well-intentioned instructors out there, there's also a lot of misinformation, a ton of conflicting advice, and other recommendations that can hurt both your golf game and your body. This is one of the biggest problems facing the golf industry today. It's dangerously easy to spend time, hard-earned money, and see not a single lick of results. That's why more and more golfers are turning to tools like an AI swing analyzer to get objective, data-driven feedback instead of relying on opinion-based instruction.

Part of the problem lies in the foundation of golf instruction in general. It's constantly chasing the dominant player of the day. Think about it — have you ever taken a golf lesson and had your swing compared to elite players, or Rory, or some other pro? Golf professionals generally teach one of two things. One, they teach you how to swing like the hot tour pro of the moment, whoever that may be, which changes all the time. Or two, they teach you a series of band-aids that have worked to fix their own golf swings. That's it.

The reality is, the golf swing should never change. The fundamentals of the golf swing should be the same regardless of who is teaching them, just like in every other sport — but more often than not, with golf, that's just not the case. That's where Rotary Swing sets itself apart from traditional instruction. We've based the entire Rotary Swing System on anatomy and kinesiology to develop a swing that allows your body to move powerfully, efficiently, and safely. Now, here's another question for you — do you know what you primarily learn when you go through the PGA program to become a golf pro?

Hint: it's not how to make people better golfers. Most of what you're learning is how to run a multi-million dollar business, which is what a golf course is. You're learning how to manage the pro shop, manage inventory, manage events, understand the fundamentals of agronomy, manage the carts. And then, you get very, very little on how to actually teach golfers how to swing. In fact, some instructors are still referencing a book that's 25 years old — and some of what's in that book has actually been proven wrong — yet they still teach it anyway. It's just not a priority.

Is that the type of golf instructor you want refining your golf game? Of course not, especially not when you have to shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars in the process. Rather than continue talking about how life-changing Rotary Swing is going to be for your game, it's time to show you. So what is the Rotary Swing methodology? What's it all about? At its core, Rotary Swing is made up of a five-step system involving the stacking process I mentioned earlier. We start simple with setup and weight shift techniques, which I'm going to show you in just a second.

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After we have those movements fully ingrained in your body, we introduce core rotation, the lead arm, the golf club, and finally the trailing arm. Understanding how each of these components of the golf swing fits into the entire movement is critical to having a safe, efficient, and powerful swing. In this video, I'm going to completely shatter all of your thoughts on what a golf swing really is. I'm going to share the secrets of how elite players are able to drive the ball so far with so little effort, every single time.

This is my favorite tool to help golfers understand how to swing a golf club properly. It's a flail — a ball on the end of a cable and a piece of wooden stick. Not that complicated, but as I move this around, I want you to pay close attention to something. As I move it around in a big circle, the ball's not moving on a very consistent plane — it's not moving very fast and it's kind of moving all over the place. But, as I start moving this stick in a tighter movement, pulling the stick in the opposite direction the ball wants to go, look what happens.

Not only does it speed up, but it's moving on a more constant swing plane and path. I can move the stick all over the place, which isn't very efficient. I'm working a lot harder trying to move the stick in the same direction I want the ball to go — and it doesn't work well. But when I pull in the opposite direction that the ball is going, look how fast this thing moves with how little I'm actually doing. This concept is fundamental to understanding why you need to start pulling versus pushing with your golf swing. That's critical.

We're going to cover that in just a few minutes in step three, but first, let's start with step one. Let's start at the absolute basics with weight shift and setup. One of the things we like to do with Rotary Swing Tour is to bust golf swing myths — and there is a lot of misconstrued information out there. One of the most common ones starts with the setup. There's a bunch of different things that go on with setup that people do incorrectly all the time and are taught incorrectly. I want to address a couple of those.

I'm going to start by showing you how to do it correctly. First of all, what's the most common thing you hear about stance width? Well, it's pretty simple to answer. In most cases, when you ask any golf pro, they tell you shoulder-width apart. I always ask them: okay, well, where are your legs attached? Well, they're attached to your hips, of course. So what does the width of your shoulders have to do with your hips? They don't have anything to do with it. Why would the width of your shoulders determine how wide your stance width should be? They usually can't give a very good answer for that — because there isn't one.

Your stance width is determined by the width of your pelvis, but we've got to go back another step further and think about it from an RST perspective. We think about things in terms of gathering requirements first. What are your requirements with stance width? What are you really trying to do? Well, the first thing you're trying to do is be really stable. With a proper stance width, you can swing the club hard without falling over — you've got a solid, stable base. You've met the first requirement.

The problem is there's more than one requirement with stance width. The second is, you need to be able to shift your weight fully without your head moving all over the place. If you stand really narrow, transferring weight is easy — you can shift 100% to your trail foot and 100% to your lead foot without your head moving much at all. You've met the second requirement, but the first one isn't met because you don't have enough width or stability to fight all the centrifugal forces that are trying to pull you over.

How do we determine stance width? Two inches outside of neutral joint alignment — which we'll talk about in the full video series — will give you the proper stance width so that you can be stable while also fully transferring your weight without your head moving. Simple. Rotary Swing has fundamentals for every aspect of the swing that are based on science and your anatomy. The width of your pelvis is going to determine your stance width, not the width of your shoulders.

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