Proper weight transfer in a golf swing

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.  Take a look at the video to understand further.

A Good Weight Transfer can help with:

– Increased ClubHead Speed.

– Increased Accuracy and Consistency.

– Fixing – Backswing Sway, Downswing Slide, Hanging Back, and poor Ball Contact.

Transcript

This is Robin Symes. I’m going to talk about weight shift. Weight shift is a subject which is misunderstood a lot. Often when players are looking at their swings in a mirror or in a camera, they think for the weight to be shifting towards their right foot in the backswing, and the left foot in the downswing, they must see movement to the right and movement to the left. Well generally speaking weight shift does not happen because of lateral movement. It happens because of rotation and force. Let me explain. In the backswing, because the momentum of the club is swinging around your body, your shoulders are rotating, your hips are rotating with speed. The weight will move into your right heel even though your head has stayed relatively central. In the downswing there’s a force. A downward pressure into your left toe and it’s this downward force which makes your body move over its left side. Now as the hips rotate to impact, the weight will move back towards your left heel. So a good weight shift will be, right heel, left toe, left heel.