| If you have just started to play golf, or if you are | | | | unwind. Because the modern golf swing uses the flat |
| still learning and want to improve your game, it is | | | | foot method, it's not really obvious but the action is |
| important to understand what happens when you | | | | essentially the same. However, this only works if the |
| swing at the ball. By understanding the kind of | | | | weight has been correctly transferred to the right |
| movements that happen, you can become more | | | | side during the backswing. |
| conscious of the mechanics of your own swing and | | | | When weight is transferred back to the left side, it |
| how you can improve upon it. | | | | should also feel as if the left hip is moving forward |
| When performing a golf swing, the weight begins at | | | | similar to nudging a car door shut with your hip. This |
| the feet. Whether or not the golfer lifts his left heel | | | | is a transfer of weight to the left foot as the left hip |
| (if he's a right handed player) during the backswing, | | | | is simultaneously bumped and rotated. |
| during this transition the left foot will place the weight | | | | The essential thing to remember here is to keep |
| onto the left heel. For people who do lift their left | | | | your torso and head slightly behind the ball upon |
| heel during the backswing this is obvious. They put | | | | impact when using short irons, and even more so |
| the left heel back to the ground as they start to | | | | when using longer clubs or a driver. |