Part One
The three checkpoints.
Rotation isn't complicated, and it isn't about strength. It's three turns in a row — and these are the three I want you feeling on every swing.
01 · Back
Turn, don't lift.
The club goes back because you turned — not because your arms lifted it. Turn your chest and shoulders away from the target until your back faces the target, weight loading into your trail side. Big muscles. The arms just come along for the ride.
02 · Through
Unwind toward the target.
Start down by turning, not hitting. Let your hips and chest lead, weight shifting onto your lead foot, belt buckle rotating toward the target. The hands stay quiet and let the turn deliver the club. Body leads, club follows.
03 · Finish
Finish tall, facing the target.
Keep turning all the way through until you're tall and balanced — weight stacked on your lead foot, trail heel up, chest and buckle pointing at the target. If you can hold your finish for three seconds, you turned through. If you topple, you swung at it.
Part Two
Coil. Uncoil. Finish.
One motion, three feelings — in order. This is the rhythm we drilled today, and it's what turns a hard, handsy swing into a smooth one you can repeat.
01
Coil
Turn back into your trail side until your back is to the target. Feel loaded, not lifted. This is the windup — slow and full, never rushed.
02
Uncoil
Let the lower body lead. Hips and chest turn through toward the target, weight moving onto the lead foot. You're unwinding what you wound up — not throwing the arms.
03
Finish
Keep turning until you're tall, balanced, and facing the target. Hold it for three full seconds. The finish tells the truth about everything before it.
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Turn back, turn through, hold the finish. That's the whole swing — everything else is just decoration.
Part Three
What we did today.
A recap of the hour, in order — so you can mentally rewalk it on the range and remember what each piece felt like.
The Why
Arms-only, then a real turn.
You felt it both ways — a swing that's all hands and arms, then the same swing powered by your body turning. The contact and the distance changed without any extra effort. That's the whole point.
The Balance
Feet together.
Small swings with your feet together, so you could feel the difference between turning and swaying. If you stay balanced with your feet together, you're rotating — not sliding side to side.
The Feel
Arms across the chest.
Arms folded across your chest, turning back until your back faced the target and through until your chest did. No hands, no club — just the body learning the move on its own.
The Shift
Step through the shot.
The step-and-swing drill, so you could feel your weight actually move onto your lead foot through impact — the missing piece for most of us, and where the easy power hides.
The Send-Off
Full swings, held finishes.
We put it together on real shots — coil, uncoil, and hold a tall, balanced finish facing the target. When the finish is good, the strike usually was too.
This Week
Your homework.
Four small things between now and your next round. Do these and the turn stops being something you think about — it just becomes how you swing.
i
Cross-arm turns.
Arms across your chest, no club. Ten a day in the mirror — turn back until your back faces the target, through until your chest does. Feel the body, not the hands.
ii
Feet-together swings.
First ten range balls every session, feet together, smooth and easy. It forces a true turn over a sway and quietly fixes your balance and your strike.
iii
Finish and hold.
Every full swing on the range — hold your finish for three seconds, tall and facing the target. No hold, no rep. Balance is the goal, not power.
iv
Turn through, don't hit at it.
Stop trying to help the ball with your hands. Trust the turn, keep rotating toward the target, and let the ball simply get in the way of a good swing.