Weight shift in the back swing is a very contentious subject depending on who you speak to.
Some coaches are all for staying centered, some advocate being target side orientated (left leg for right handers), and some would recommend shifting away from the target.
I definitely would not advocate being left sided (as a right hander), and although I would always like some weight shift away from target, depending on range of motion available to the individual, this would differ in amount.
Watch to the end and find out what’s right for you!
Learn how to impact maximum spin on those shots around the green, so you can get up and down when you thought you were dead!
There are many myths surrounding spin that I give clarity on here, so you will know exactly what you’re doing and stop wasting your time jumping from one piece of useless advice to another. Remember everything I teach comes from the real world of playing this game for a living with the best in the world, not from a theory that’s unproven under pressure.
In today’s video Performance Golf will show you how to shallow the club, give you some key checkpoints, and a drill to use so you can start hitting the golf ball a lot longer and straighter next time you go play.
In terms of the downswing, when we’re talking about shallowing the club, let’s first define what that means. If I take my normal setup, and at address, I drew a line through my club, up through my body, that would make sort of a plane line. (Watch the video to see what I mean.)
When we’re giving golf lessons, oftentimes we’ll draw that line that produces a plane in space. The best golfers who hit the ball the farthest and straightest, that club head and club would work up that plane line, pretty much on it or parallel to it, and would start to work right back down on that plane line.
If you could imagine a perfect plane or a perfect circle around my body, they wouldn’t deviate much from that line, both back or down.
Now, that’s perfect in utopia for them, but for us, sometimes we go off that line a little bit. The more common error off that line would be during the downswing, above the line, or you’d be over that line or over the top, and that’s killer, both for direction and, mostly, for distance. Watch the video to see my recommendations so you can start hitting longer and straighter drives.
Learning how to diagnose and fix the left pull hook can be a life changing experience. In many cases the beginner golfer with an over the top slice swing worked so hard to get rid of the slice that they developed a nasty pull hook. In this video Hank Haney shows you how to stop pulling your ball and get you back in play, especially under pressure.
Here is a brief overview of the Ben Hogan golf swing by My Swing Evolution. I would also like to share my new film/instructional video The Hogan Code, which is unlike any other golf video on the market. It tells my story and reveals the secrets that I discovered while I was 6 on my year quest to swing like the great Ben Hogan.
Transition from backswing to downswing is the subtle sequence of movement that plays a huge roll in how cleanly a player strikes the ball. It’s also something that even the very best players – Tiger Woods being a recent example – struggle with.
Here, Justin Parsons, the director of instruction at the Butch Harmon School of Golf, details his Top 3 tips for making a great transition in your swing.
Many golfers struggle with an early extension in their golf swing and this can be caused by a number of factors earlier on in their golf swings. Chris Ryan shows you some simple ideas and drills that can help you move your body better through the golf swing and eliminate the early extension in your game.
If you – like me – struggle with early extension and haven’t been able to fix it you know the problems it can cause in your golf game – poor contact, direction control issues, lack of consistency, and so much more.
