Full Swing · Technique

Rotate the body, not the forearms, in the takeaway

The first move of the backswing is a rotational movement of the body but not of the arms: the lead arm rotates only as much as the torso rotates, so you are not independently rotating the lead arm. The speaker says a common fault is an immediate rotation of the forearms right off the bat, and that rotating the forearms at the beginning of the motion takes the club off its plane.