There has been quite a buzz about this golf swing recently. What is it all about? This article will aim to give you an introduction into this new golf swing, including its history and its fundamental weight setup.

The Stack and Tilt swing gained popularity in June 2007. The Golf Digest had published an article about a new swing technique being promoted by two well-known golf coaches. Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett, the founders, were dubbing the technique as the “stack and tilt” swing. The swing was noted for being the only technique that effectively goes against the fundamentals of golf itself.

Differences with the Modern Golf Swing

It is said that the differences between the “stack and tilt” swing and the basic golf swing are not easily spotted, because they are very subtle. However, the differences are significant.

For example, if you are practicing golf under a trainer, your teacher would tell you bend your back leg and slightly flex your knee when you are setting up your swing. However, the “stack and tilt” technique goes against this entirely because a golfer utilizing this swing would have to straighten out his back leg when he commits to the swing.

This results to a chain reaction of movements that are contradicting to the fundamental teachings of orthodox golf. A “stack and tilt” golfer would have the trailing part of his body coming at an angle towards the target, while the front side is stacked over the front foot.

The Stack and Tilt Swing for the Average Golfer

The stack and tilt swing has been dubbed as having advantages, especially for the golfer who has average skills on the sport. It is even touted to help the average player make a more precise hit on the golf ball.

Because of its unorthodox approach towards swinging the ball, the “stack and tilt” golfer does not have to shift as much weight because the majority of his weight is on the front or leading foot. This affords him as much as control as he needs when the golf club hits the ground. That is why the back leg remains straight because there is less weight shifted to it.

Using stack and tilt means that you get fewer topped shots because the “weight forward” setup makes the approach to the golf ball a bit steeper. In conventional swinging, the shifting of the weight to the back when the golfer is at the top of his swing causes the swing to become shallow. In contrast, the stack and tilt swing is flat and more rotational.

However, stack and tilt has one concept that might prove to be difficult to perform correctly for the average golfer. This concept is the “pelvis thrust” technique, which could be difficult to time and perform because the golfer would have to twist the front part of his body around towards the golf ball. This helps to minimize the steepness of the stack and tilt swing, working along with the rotational nature of the technique.