Body Control

Weight shift is an extremely important part of a golf swing. If not executed correctly it can cause all sorts of problems. As a beginner we are told by our golfing friends to keep our heads still! This is an extremely negative piece of advice, which hinders correct weight shift. The head must move!

Ladies tend to sway
(see photo below left)

• This can cause problems such as, lost power, poor balance, fat and thin shots.
• You will see from the pictures below left that the body weight and head has swayed.
• This is too much to the right, so that the weight is on the outside of the right leg and foot.
• The head and the right knee are crucial in controlling the sway. (see photo below right)
• At address feel the right knee flexed. This is the one intentional stationary position in a golf swing.
• To make a back swing allow the head to move 2-4 inches to the right.
• At the top of the backswing feel the weight loaded up on the inside of a flexed, stationary right knee.
  

• Gentlemen tend to reverse pivot.
• This can cause problems such as a pull, slice, fat and thin shots and definitely lost power.
• Notice from (picture below left). at the top of the backswing, the right knee has straightened pushing the body weight on to the left leg.
• A golfer cannot move forward from this point without topping a ball therefore on the through swing the body weight moves back to the right leg (see photo below centre)
• This is usually caused through a golfer being told to keep his head still.
• At address feel the right knee flexed. This is the one intentional stationary position in a golf swing.
• To make a back swing allow the head to move 2-4 inches to the right.
• At the top of the backswing feel the weight loaded upon the inside of a flexed stationary right knee.
• During the downswing feel the body weight moving forward with the momentum of the golf club.
• The body weight should finish on the left leg with the right heel raised to assist balance. (see photo below right)
  

Downswing