James,

I would say shafting the weight to the left side is the most important thing to start with. Everything you do is focused around your center of gravity. In the golf swing the naval is the center of gravity. (This not to be confused with the swing circle center which is the 7th vertabre of the spine.) On the backswing the naval moves 8" to the rear keeping the head centered over the ball. At the start of the down swing the naval moves 16" to the left keeping the body in balance. If the naval stops at the top, you will hit off the right foot, almost feeling a recoil. If the naval stops at the address position or shorter you will swing over the top everytime. Kinetically, that will happen. I teach that move to my students on the first lesson. It is one of more difficult things to master and becomes an unconcious action when learned and repeated.

A golf swing is like a good waltz in 3/4 time, it is the correct tempo, it doesn't fight gravity, and the entire sequence of motion happens in the right instance. I also have them listen the The Blue Danube Waltz by Straus to help with tempo problems.

Hope this helps,

GB

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