Is the Rotary Golf Swing 1.0 an Outside in Swing

Many students tell us that when they're working on learning the Rotary Swing, they feel like they're swinging over the top like an outside in golf swing. They want to know if that's correct.

The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is that yes, that is absolutely the correct feeling. It has to do with the path the hands travel on the downswing. Understanding this concept is one of the most important breakthroughs a golfer can have, and modern tools like the AI swing analyzer can help you confirm whether your downswing path is on the right track.

We're getting ready to start a long lesson series all about impact position in golf, and we're going to kick it off here with a discussion of exactly what you're trying to do with your hands during the downswing, what they're responsible for and, more importantly, how it should feel like an outside in swing when you do it correctly.

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We'll do this with a comparison of two golfers, Adrian Wadey on the lead side and our own Chuck Quinton on the trail side. We've drawn some lines on the photos to show the path traveled by the hands during the swing. The green line represents the backswing path, and the red line is the downswing path.

As we advance each of the golfers to the top of the swing (below), the hands have now traveled the green path, and are getting ready to come back down on the red path.

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