| So you are starting to hit the ball rather well. Yet you | | | | are in the perfect position to transition into a pro like |
| have still struggled to get an effective weight shift. | | | | downswing. Only to have it completely ruined by |
| Sound familiar? | | | | having little to no weight shift or the dreaded |
| Aside from the new Stack and tilt method, a | | | | reverse weight shift. It kills me to see that. |
| conventional golf swing requires a weight shift in | | | | So what to do? How in the world are you going to |
| order to get all the parts and pieces working | | | | go from no weight shift to having a weight shift |
| together in a concerted effort to conduct one of the | | | | while having no idea in the world how to go about it |
| most unforgiving athletic endeavours. | | | | and still hit the ball? |
| Actually there are two weight shifts in each swing if | | | | I want you to try something. Using a completely |
| done correctly. One is the shift from set-up into or | | | | open mind. And having no results orientation in your |
| onto the right side during the backswing. | | | | head as it relates to ball flight, distance or direction. I |
| And the other is the shift onto the left side on the | | | | want you to take a 5 iron, get a great set-up and an |
| downswing. To me, that sounds pretty darn simple. | | | | excellent grip. |
| And it probably is. | | | | Now put the club behind the ball and get ready to hit |
| Just ask anyone who is not disabled, to shift their | | | | it. Are you ready, good, hit it just as hard as you |
| weight from one side to the other. Almost every | | | | possibly can. Hit it out of the driving range. Kill it. |
| single one of them will do it with ease. | | | | Whack it, smash it, murder the thing, pound it, get all |
| Each and every time you take a step, you are | | | | of it. Oh wait... I forgot to tell you that you are not |
| shifting your weight. You shift your weight hundreds | | | | allowed a backswing in this drill. |
| of times a day. When you are just standing around | | | | Just put the clubhead behind the ball and with |
| for any length of time you are constantly shifting | | | | absolutely no backswing hit it as hard as you can. |
| your weight. You shift you weight as part of body | | | | After you have successfully done this a few times |
| language indicating that, perhaps, you are bored with | | | | you are then allowed a backswing. This will be an |
| what ever you are doing. | | | | abbreviated backswing however, one where the |
| Come on .. a weight shift is easy. You do it all the | | | | actual clubhead never gets past your right knee. And |
| time all day every day. | | | | then you do the same thing. Hit the snot out of it. |
| So what the heck is going on with you and the golf | | | | If you don't get some sort of weight shift doing this, |
| swing, you and thousands of others I might add. | | | | then perhaps bowling is a good sport too. |
| What is it about a weight shift in the golf swing that | | | | Have someone watch you to see if you are getting |
| is so hard? | | | | a shift. |
| Personally, I think it has to do with " hit mentality" | | | | Here's another drill. You won't need club. Jimmy Ballard |
| where hitting the ball is the objective without | | | | had this in one of his books. |
| consideration to other aspects of the technique that | | | | Stand facing the side of a golf cart. The seat should |
| could contribute to better results. | | | | be opposite your left shoulder. And you are facing |
| Like a weight shift. | | | | the side of the seat and cart. Now hit the back of |
| Some people do get a weight shift but it's in the | | | | the seat with your right hand hard enough to move |
| wrong sequence. It's called a reverse weight shift. It | | | | the cart backwards. Do it easy at first so you don't |
| is when the weight moves to the front foot on the | | | | hurt yourself. But after you are used to it. Give it a |
| moveaway and then to the rear foot on the | | | | good whack. This is how you should feel when hitting |
| downswing. An ugly looking thing that gives really | | | | the ball. |
| nasty results. | | | | You probably got a good weight shift if you truly |
| They are the ones that almost fall down after | | | | tried to move the cart. If not, well , sorry. |
| impact. Or swing their left foot around off the | | | | Remember the weight shift is not a swaying of the |
| ground after impact. A gangly move that contributes | | | | hips, it's a bump laterally and then a turn of the hips. |
| to incredible high handicaps. And pulled muscles as | | | | This happens as if it is the same motion. Also, be |
| well. It looks more like an ice skating move than a | | | | careful not to sway on the moveaway. This will put |
| golf swing. | | | | too much weight too far over your right foot and |
| I will admit, although grudgedly, that some people | | | | make it very hard to get back to the left side. |
| manage to hit it fairly well with either move. | | | | No swaying. |
| Somehow they get the clubface square at impact | | | | There is nothing magic about a weight shift. For |
| and fall away fast enough so that minimum damage | | | | those of you who have trouble with it, these tips |
| is done to the balls flight. Still, that doesn't make it | | | | could help. But it does take some work. So go work |
| right for everyone. | | | | on it. |
| I see people who have great looking backswings,who | | | | |