Instructors have long preached the importance of a one-piece takeaway, where the club, hands, arms and shoulders start back together. That’s bad advice, says Mark Blackburn, Golf Digest’s No. 1 Teacher in America and our February cover star.

Instead, pros start the swing by moving the clubhead first, followed by the bigger muscles. Blackburn explains how you can do this move, too, and why it will land you in the perfect backswing position every time.