Weight transfer ?

My cure when I had that same fault was to build a platform to stand on that would show me my fault while I practice.

This platform is 30 inches wide x 20 inches deep. If you are right handed then set up the platform like this.

1st under the right edge place a dowel say ¼ inch diameter and tape/screw it down the right edge.

2nd under the centre of the platform screw another piece of dowel all the way down the centre.

As you stand on the platform (that needs to be ¾ inch thick so it won’t bend) you will transfer your weight to the right as with a normal swing but just prior to the down swing try and transfer you weight with a move back towards the target with your hips and back. In doing so you will feel the platform drop very slightly to the left and you will feel the MOVE that needs to be made to set you up for a great follow through the ball.



Practice the move then take your feelings to the range/course.

Regards Cliff

Good morning gents,

When I use the term counterfall, I am referring to the naturally gravity forces (the stretching rubberband, so to speak) automatically begin to bring your weight back to the center or left leg, once you have pivotted correcting in the backswing. To say it another way, if you have wound up correctly, when the rubberband reaches its limit for stretch it has to come back. This becomes more difficult to feel if you pivot incorrectly, ie. move off the ball or reverse pivot.


JB

Thanks for the clarification. Had never heard that term before.

Hi, this is from Mr Raimo Kainulainen. He has studied a lot about weight transfer. His website http://www.swingfacts.com/ in underconstruction at the moment. (1 address, 2 downswing starts, 3 impact. Impact point could be closer to left foot, but not on the food or behind it.)

Important point is that weight transfer less with professional players compared to club players. We try to hit to hard and it's not so accurate. Also the timing is essencial.

There isn't one answer but as far as most great golf swings have looked...yes there is. Ben Hogan, Tiger woods, and Jack Nicklaus are all players that had a lateral shift towards the target. This causes the arms to fall and come from the inside...most new players that slice the ball (the vast majority of golfers) open up their shoulders and never shift first. This causes you to cut across the ball...good players stay square to the target as they start down laterally...keep in mind this is just a slight shift and the weight never gets outside of your left foot (right handed golfer) as you shift. hope this helps!

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