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Weight shift
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:11 am
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:11 am
I can’t for the life of me get my weight to shift to my lead foot on downswing. Been to multiple coaches, watched YouTube videos, tried different drills, just can’t seem to do it. Other parts of the swing are pretty good, but it all seems to fall apart on the downswing. Anyone else having trouble getting over this hump and what have people done to overcome it? It’s beyond frustrating.
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Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:22 am to PurpleHaze583
Are you rotating your hips towards target, or laying back on your backswing side?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:24 am to RichJ
Laying back. I’m almost all arms on the downswing and hit a lot of thin/fat shots. Can’t seem to rotate all the way through the swing.
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 10:25 am
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:47 am to PurpleHaze583
Believe it or not, it’s easier to make an athletic high torque motion if you have the strength and flexibility to do so.
Most of the people I know that suck at golf and complain can’t rotate their pelvis 20 degrees. But they’ll buy every over priced training aid or shaft known to man instead of actually putting their body into a position to succeed.
Most of the people I know that suck at golf and complain can’t rotate their pelvis 20 degrees. But they’ll buy every over priced training aid or shaft known to man instead of actually putting their body into a position to succeed.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 11:03 am to PurpleHaze583
May want to try starting with the club on your backswing side, parallel to the ground, and swing through to the finish, over-emphasizing your hip turn.
This is meant just to develop some sort of muscle memory, and once you get the feeling of rotation to the finish you can go back to a full swing
This is meant just to develop some sort of muscle memory, and once you get the feeling of rotation to the finish you can go back to a full swing
Posted on 5/31/26 at 11:08 am to PurpleHaze583
It’s mostly a tempo thing. You want to start transferring weight before coming down
Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:33 pm to PurpleHaze583
1. Take stance.
2. Pull front front toward back foot.
3. On the back swing, step with front foot to target.
I’ll try to link a video.
LINK
I do this with orange whip.
2. Pull front front toward back foot.
3. On the back swing, step with front foot to target.
I’ll try to link a video.
LINK
I do this with orange whip.
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 1:28 pm to PurpleHaze583
quote:
Can’t seem to rotate all the way through the swing.
Something else is probably out of position. Your body needs incentive to turn. If the club, clubface, arms, hips, etc are out of position, you’re not going to be able to rotate.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:19 pm to PurpleHaze583
Same here man.
I think it’s a lack of mobility for me. If I deliberately try to shift my weight my head moves too much
I think it’s a lack of mobility for me. If I deliberately try to shift my weight my head moves too much
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:53 pm to PurpleHaze583
quote:
watched YouTube videos,
If I have one piece of advice it would be to quit watching golf tips on YouTube.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 3:14 pm to PurpleHaze583
I literally work on just twisting my hips. No weight shift, or even club swing at first. Just twisting around the center. Belt buckle really shouldn't shift forward or backward (in direction of aim). I like to think that in my back swing, my right pocket (I'm right handed) moved more toward the target as I twist around my center. Let's say at the top of my backswing, that pocket is now 6" closer to the target than it was at set up
Then the next step is that when I start the down swing, that pocket doesn't move back 6" (away from the target). As I untwist, I have to shift a little forward so that it can "stay in the same place". It's obviously not perfectly doing all that, but it's my swing thought on the range. I end up with a shift of weight forward just focusing on the twist, not a shift of weight back and forth.
Hard to think like that in full swings, but will focus on it with half swings trying to get timing all aligned if something is off.
Then the next step is that when I start the down swing, that pocket doesn't move back 6" (away from the target). As I untwist, I have to shift a little forward so that it can "stay in the same place". It's obviously not perfectly doing all that, but it's my swing thought on the range. I end up with a shift of weight forward just focusing on the twist, not a shift of weight back and forth.
Hard to think like that in full swings, but will focus on it with half swings trying to get timing all aligned if something is off.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:44 pm to PurpleHaze583
How much do you weigh and what’s your diet and training program?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 11:21 pm to BabyTac
I put my weight on the inside of my right foot shoe sole at address (RH golfer) the outside of my shoe is almost off rhe ground
This will force weight shift
This will force weight shift
Posted on 6/1/26 at 8:29 am to PurpleHaze583
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:08 am to PurpleHaze583
Take some practice swings with your feet together. I mean together - Like touching. You will definitely start to feel what the weight shift is supposed to feel like in the swing.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:37 pm to PurpleHaze583
its usually a symptom of something else most commonly shifting to far lateral to trail side on backswing or poor sequencing usually initiating downswing with upper not lower body. Could also be a physocal limitation like poor hip and or trunk mobility on left side
Posted on 6/7/26 at 12:52 pm to PurpleHaze583
quote:
can’t for the life of me get my weight to shift to my lead foot on downswing.
Are you casting your hands as well? I had to slow way down, slow enough I knew what I was doing and could control my motion. Then slowly increase speed. Im still not at 100%. My hips were stalling and I was casting my hands. Now I focus on a relaxed slow swing. Start with my lead knee turning forward and supination of my hands. Its really hard to cast when you turn that wrist over.
Anyway, video yourself as well. I couldnt get it right until I slowed down and I knew I got it right because of the V1 golf app. Just makes frame by frame easy to look at.
Good luck. Pretty sure it was easier for me to quit smoking than to stop casting and getting good hip rotation. Lol.
This post was edited on 6/7/26 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 6/7/26 at 3:10 pm to Guidrygolfnsport
quote:
usually a symptom of something else
Agreed.
The farther apart your feet are, the more difficult it is to rotate.
But we are all guessing at the root cause. Without seeing the swing, there is no way to identify the cancer.
Posted on 6/7/26 at 8:53 pm to PurpleHaze583
You can,
Hit some 7 or 8 iron halft shots with feet together
Do a Step Drill
Throw a medicine ball like you are throwing a club
Take 2 weeks off and quit
Hit some 7 or 8 iron halft shots with feet together
Do a Step Drill
Throw a medicine ball like you are throwing a club
Take 2 weeks off and quit
Posted on 6/8/26 at 6:14 am to PurpleHaze583
Put all your weight on it in the set up and leave it there. I started doing this a few years ago and my ball striking has never been better
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