Many tour players have massive body turns in the backswing, which gives them lots of space and time to generate power in the downswing. Many club golfers, on the other hand, make what No. 1 Teacher in America Mark Blackburn calls “fake” turns. The issue, he says, is that they’re focused too much on their shoulder movement instead of rotating their entire trunk.

Blackburn explains how you can stop cheating your backswing turn by focusing on this key body part.