How to transfer your weight correctly

I believe there is a misunderstanding about the correct pivot and weight movement in the swing, and all the information that is available these days is not helping to make the concept simple. I think everyone knows that to create an efficient golf swing there should be a good pivot (rotation); also, most will also know that there needs to be some weight shift during the swing.  However, what most players do not realize is that these two elements, pivot and weight shift, are not separate.  They are one element of the swing, and when you understand how they are connected, the whole concept of pivot and weight shift will become a lot simpler to understand and achieve.

Wrong
The misunderstanding about pivot and weight shift comes from the angle we generally look at the swing from.  When you look in a mirror, or these days using your cell phone, you will probably film your swing from an angle that faces your front, to analyze your pivot and weight shift.  You will look at how much your hips turn, and how much your shoulders turn.  In the analysis of your pivot from this angle, you will probably think that for your weight to be moving to your right foot in the backswing and left foot in the downswing, you should see a bump or movement to the right and left, a lateral movement.  I have shown this in the picture with an arrow and a circle around my head.  Being a 2d image, it will look like the body moves in a straight line to the right and a straight line to the left.   This is why most players think of weight shift and pivot as two separate elements.  Thinking that the swing is a combination of lateral movement (straight to the right and left) and rotational movement, well, this is simply not correct.

Right
Here I am showing you the swing from a different angle, giving you a different perspective. Weight movement comes from the spiral effect of the pivot, which is much more easily seen from an angle above the player.