ok, thanks to Brian and others I've done a great job of maintaining secondary axis tilt. One problem, now I have a tendency to hang back too long and flip the club, resulting in a hook. Anybody have a good drill of advice to make sure I get my weight transitioned back to the left side??? When I do transition well the results have been very good...
Weight transition
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Proper weight shift is very important to anyone’s golf swing, and is key to good balance. Most people find this a difficult subject to understand since their focus turns to hip turn. In truth, the shifting of weight is hardly a difficult thing to do consistently well, but it starts with a solid INTENTION.
Try walking through your shot. Take a step forward with your back foot as you finish. The finish you intend to have will force you to do a proper turn during the swing. If you can, find some video of Gary Player or Chi Chi Rodriguez playing.. you'll see them walk right after their ball as soon as they strike it. That's the same thing you should practice.
By doing this exercise many issues can be solved. Reverse pivot, outside in swing paths, balance on the finish, thin shots, topping the ball, fat shots, pull hooks.. and several other issues. Again, this is going to the heart of any sound golf swing, balance… and balance is as easy as turning and walking.
If you would like a specific drill for this, I offer the following:
Step 1 – Take your setup.
Step 2 – Take a step with your back foot toward the target as if you were going to walk to it.
Step 3 – Simply put the club on your front shoulder without taking a backswing.
Step 4 – Combine step 2 and 3 until you consistently finish both at the same time.
Step 5 – Continue to do step 4 but add about 3 feet of backswing.
Step 6 – Continue to do step 5 and gradually add a foot of backswing to each swing until you make a full turn.
Step 7 – Continue to do step 6, but do not take a full step with your back foot anymore… just leave the toe of that foot on the ground behind you.
This should help ingrain the “feeling” that the momentum of the club is actually helping you to turn and walk toward your target.
Try walking through your shot. Take a step forward with your back foot as you finish. The finish you intend to have will force you to do a proper turn during the swing. If you can, find some video of Gary Player or Chi Chi Rodriguez playing.. you'll see them walk right after their ball as soon as they strike it. That's the same thing you should practice.
By doing this exercise many issues can be solved. Reverse pivot, outside in swing paths, balance on the finish, thin shots, topping the ball, fat shots, pull hooks.. and several other issues. Again, this is going to the heart of any sound golf swing, balance… and balance is as easy as turning and walking.
If you would like a specific drill for this, I offer the following:
Step 1 – Take your setup.
Step 2 – Take a step with your back foot toward the target as if you were going to walk to it.
Step 3 – Simply put the club on your front shoulder without taking a backswing.
Step 4 – Combine step 2 and 3 until you consistently finish both at the same time.
Step 5 – Continue to do step 4 but add about 3 feet of backswing.
Step 6 – Continue to do step 5 and gradually add a foot of backswing to each swing until you make a full turn.
Step 7 – Continue to do step 6, but do not take a full step with your back foot anymore… just leave the toe of that foot on the ground behind you.
This should help ingrain the “feeling” that the momentum of the club is actually helping you to turn and walk toward your target.
To eliminate the "I intended to do that......." from your OOPS finish:
Use a short 2x4 cut fron end to end so as to end up with 2 wedges. Throw one away. Place the other under the outside of rear foot. Maintain some knee flex as you go to top/end.
If you let the weight get to the outside of rear foot, you must first get it back to inside of rear foot(at least the middle) before you can start a transition=Too Late!
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