The Laydown Epidemic: Where Golf's Shallowing Obsession Came From | Ep. 13

Brian Manzella, Golf Digest's #14-ranked teacher in America, and former touring pro Sam Osborne take apart the most persistent swing trend of the last decade: laying the club down. Where it hatched, who it might actually help, why the physics behind it doesn't hold up, and Brian's flat answer to whether anyone should try to shallow the shaft on the downswing.Along the way: Hogan's real secret, the Ben Doyle flat left wrist confession, arch wrists jumping from 10% of golfers to 50%, and the 2D camera illusion that fools almost everyone.Watch the full video episode on YouTube: @funnelgolfxChapters0:00 Cold open1:36 Today's topic: misguided swing ideas3:34 The Leadbetter and Faldo shallowing era7:48 Three categories: shallowing, laying down, laid off14:00 Ben Hogan's real secret16:23 How fixing slicers created laid-off swings25:52 The laydown pattern, step by step38:05 Confessions of a Former Flipper42:00 Arch wrists: 10% then, 50% now51:33 You cannot backward waggle IN a downswing58:33 The motorboat analogy, debunked68:08 The verdict: never TRY TO shallow the shaft