Why do you fight by shifting your weight while swinging golf

Golf guidance is always developing, but the best advice lies in the test of time. In the new Golf.com series, eternal tips, we are emphasizing some of the biggest tips that teachers and players have shared on the Golf Magazine pages. Today we have an article from our September 1973 edition when Al Geiberger explained the keys to a perfect weight shift in golf swing.

Shift It’s an integral part of golf oscillation – but if done properly, you rarely notice it. When is NO However, it is done properly, it can cause a ton of problems.

If you have found yourself reading this article, there is a good chance that you are looking for answers why you are making it wrong. If that sounds like you, don’t be afraid. Fixing is probably easier than you think.

Back in 1973, GolfThe editor of the Instruction, the winner of the 1966 PGA Championship Al Geiberger, wrote about him alone. Check it down and will soon shift your weight as the best do.

Basics of Weight Changing

You know how to cure a weight problem – you eat more or less depending on your condition. What you are trying to do is create a balance between your bone structure and the issue that covers it. This balance allows your body to function efficiently, calm and effective. Your body should function in the same way during a golf swing and, again, Balance is the key.

As you lose your balance, you lose coordination of your body parts and destroy their ability to produce an effective golf pace. Incredible as it may seem, any mistake made by any golf player of any size and every caliber is a direct result of losing balance.

By definition, balance can refer to the mind and body, as well as the forces acting on them. In this article, I will particularly deal with balance as bodily balance, maintain this balance, and in the release of forces stored in a lower but balanced body.

The mistakes you make

There are three ways to lose balance in the lower body.

The first way is to shake, which is allowing the weight to move far away to the right to the back. The usual result of this is an equally excessive weight shift in the fall, causing the club to reach the area of ​​critical influence later than the body and without any force provided by the body except hands and arms. With the club and body that act independently, there is no possible chance of durability and distance.

The second way to lose balance is the reverse transfer. Here the golf takes the club to the right, but rests on the left on the back and changes the downward action. This golf player constantly leads, slices and generally poor shots. With the weight that moves in one way and the other club, the Golf player is defeating himself. His ball usually ends in the same place as its weight – on the right side.

The third problem is the lung, where the golf player allows all his weight to go up and down while shaking. This can take the form of lifting on the toe on the back and crash towards the falling ground, or, more often, by sinking towards the ground in the back and then lifting over the fingers.

What causes these mistakes?

shaking

Prohibition is an excessive weight transfer that can be caused by placing too far from the ball to the address, raising the left heel improperly on the back, or – this is the most likely cause – poor left knee movement.

Problems with the left heel and left knee are often linked. Although it is not wrong to allow the left heel to rise (Jack Nicklaus is a good example of this), the average golf usually turns his left knee at the same time. This means that he has no weight support tools on his left side.

The knees are the answer to the problem. The left knee should go to the ball, not to the right foot. If you are a man who is withdrawing, your left knee probably turns. I move the left knee towards the back of the ball, which is the exact center of the balance at the top of my back. My whole body is prepared directly over the ball and my left side moves immediately through the ball at the start of the landing. This provides a cleaned left side and a lightweight fluid shift.

There is another visible positive point in my position at the top. The right knee, though still bent, is tightened from the inside. This is a natural movement if the left knee goes to the ball because the body wants to stay balanced. When the left knee turns, however, weight transfer is very fast and too heavy for the right foot to react and it follows the action of the left knee. That is why Swayer’s lower body has both knees bent and to the right of their address positions on top. His weight is very focused behind the ball, making it almost impossible for him to transfer it back to and through the ball before the club arrives.

Reverse transfer

Reverse pivot is usually caused by solid knees. If your feet are too narrow, their stiffness prevents your muscles from reacting naturally to the attractive external back and tracking forces. You do, in fact, a pole with his point of balance between your legs. To maintain any feeling of balance, the body will move in one way as the club moves the other.

Another cause of reverse transfer is attempt to hold. left heel adjacent to the ground on the back. This can lead to a lot of weight that is kept on the left foot, and the left knee collapses under strain.

The result of being heavy on your left side at the top is to start landing with your right side. While I’m sure you are aware, the hit from above brings the club down the ball from right to left. This forces your left side to go out of the way of your wings. The only way that can do this is to turn left, forcing the weight to fall back to the right side. To cure the reverse transfer, first check that the knee address is beautifully bent. During swinging, emphasize the exact action of the foot – the roles of the left and right knee I have detailed above. Allow the turn: shoulder action to raise the left heel slightly while the right foot resists. The knees are the “level” of shaking. If you keep them level during swinging, good balance is ensured.

Stunt

Lack is the result of excessive effort by the upper body. Golf oscillation should be a balance between the upper and lower body as much as a balance between the body and the Earth. You are trying to “muscles” the ball instead of swinging the club and letting the natural power create the job for you.

A moisture has the wrong concept of swinging. He thinks he can take power by growing up again and using the shoulder muscles in a side action. Because of this, the legs are not used properly.

The best thing he can do is imagine staying in one place and taking a pleasant, full shoulder twist. The shoulder curve should also be linked to the right foot action.

Another advice for Lunger is for him to get a club more than he thinks he needs to shoot. Very often a lung fit can come from trying a lot of distance. Having another club encourages a quiet pace.

Summary, proper use of the legs will help with all these problems. A good attitude to the address, with the knee bent, will prevent a cause of reverse transfer – solid legs. Good foot action prevents oscillation and diving in the left foot, the other cause of reverse transfer. And on the other hand, the good action of the foot allows the body to make a proper twist, which eliminates the lungs.

Exercises to improve balance

Sam Snead has always claimed that he would play two shots better every round if they let him play barefoot. I suggest you go out and find out why. Take your shoes the next time you hit the balls and you will notice an immediate improvement of awareness on the ground. Spikes tend to dig and minimize your feelings of excess weight movement. But on bare feet, you know immediately if you overdo it.

As an exercise, stand with your flat feet on the ground and press slightly down. Do this with your rigid knees and then with them bend smooth. You will notice quite a difference in the more ready the body is to move kindly when the knees bend.

Now raise left heels from the ground until you are raised on the left finger. You will notice how unnatural that position is. Good for Ballet dancers with wooden blocks on their fingers, but natural support for the average person is the ball.

Still barefoot, hit some balls with your feet together. Not only will this tell you how little weight really transfers to golf swinging, it will give you more awareness of how your upper body works.

If you are really ambitious, try to stay on the left leg only. Raise your right foot from the ground and place it on the ball. You will notice that the ball must be played forward so that the left side is properly balanced. Try to hit the ball this way. If you move your weight too quickly or too far away, you will fall upside down. If you hit from the downward top, you will fall back. If you make a quiet, unclear pace, you will be able to stay in balance and you will surely surprise yourself with how well you hit the ball.

Along the same lines, you can stand on your right foot. If you transfer your weight too much to your back, you will get a special feeling of falling.

The balance, therefore, is a feeling. Requires a reaction of forces that keeps your weight focused on the ball. If you have problems with weight transfer, analyze your problem through the exercises given and then use the corrective measures to suit your problem.