Are you right or left handed?

If you are coiling onto your left and are right handed than you have what is called a reverse pivot. The weight shifts to your right side and then to your left. Not vice versa.

If you are right handed and you do have a reverse pivot you will be hitting less desirable shots such as.

Tops, Thin, Fat, Shanks, Pushes. Every bad shot you can think of will come from a reverse pivot.

The backswing is coiling otion weight is fifty fifty at address, once the backswing is set in motion the weight shifts onto your right side. Once the backswing is completed, you then shift weight to the left sied and this starts the downswing.

Find a sloping hill, next take your stance so your left foot is nearer the top of the slope and the right foot is opposite( near the bottom of the hill). take some swings, you will feel the weight load onto your right knee and then shift to your left to initiate the downswing.

You mentioned a bad left knee I would encourage a lateral movement through the ball not a rotary movement this will put less stress on that knee.

As for timing. Timing is crucial to the golf swing.

I drill that I use is: You must say tick tock. tick until the backswing is completed, then say tock and start your forward swing.

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Jordy Scerbo
Golf Instructor