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I need help with one part of my backswing and id like to know if anyone has any drills or tips to help me out. When i go back instead of putting my wieght on my back foot i shift forward which locks my back leg and opens me up causing me to push the ball. Does any one have any tips on how too keep my wieght on my back foot instead of shifting forward?

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Here's one drill:

Get a mid-iron, like 7i and take a narrow stance. On the take-away you lift the left leg. On the downswing you put it back down and lift your right leg. Switch the legs when you are starting the downswing.

When practicing normally, try to get the weight on the inside of your feet, not outside. It'll help on your balance. Try to imagine your right leg being a screwdriver trying to get a screw into the ground.

Could also be that your hips are sliding instead of turning. I like to finish my backswing by slightly tipping over to the left side and on the downswing more weight shift over and kick off with the right foot during impact. Having a continuous motion is also something I try to emphasize. Club go up, tilt over slightly while club go back down. Gives me great rhythm compared to taking away the club and coming to a complete stop at the top. Even if it's just for a few milliseconds it can be enough to ruin the rhythm. Something is always moving, when the club is at the top, the downswing is triggered.

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Could also be that your hips are sliding instead of turning.

Yeah that is something i forgot to mention. My hips are sliding back during my swing and i think i made it a little worse because in an attepmt to push my weight on my backfoot i moved my hips more, which my dad pointed out to me.

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Make sure you have your setup checked, the way you are setting up to the ball may be influencing your weight shift issues.

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Just think of the golf swing in relation to a throwing motion. If you had a baseball and wanted to throw it a great distance, you would step back, take a few steps forward and hurl it with your weight moving forward.

To discourage your reverse pivot and feel the proper weight shift try this: Having a friend stand behind you, make a slow motion back swing and have your friend grab the club head and pull it towards him. Your weight will transfer to your back leg as he pulls. In order to avoid falling over, you will have to brace against your back leg. This is kind of the same feeling you want at the top of your backswing. Your weight should be mostly on the back leg as your upper body turns against your lower body. Now, as your friend releases the clubhead and you swing forward, walk through the swing with your right leg as your weight swings forward. Gary Player made this famous. That should give you a good idea of what a proper weight shift feels like.

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Given I am not a coach, instructor or golf professional, and a high handicapper, take what I might say with the handful of salt.

Unlike a lot of sports, you do not move your weight to your back foot. (What!!!?) You are shifting your center of mass to the back leg. A subtle but significant difference.

Try the following.

Stand upright with you feet about a foot apart with your right hip touching the top/back of a chair (why? read on).

Your weight is evenly distributed on both feet. If you are very upright, the weight is on your heels. The center of your mass is directed directly down your spine to the floor between your heels.

Cross your arms across your chest, bend your knees slightly. You're still vertical, the chair is still touching your right hip. Now slowly bend forward at the waist.

You will feel tension in the back of your legs and may even feel like you are falling. The weight is off the heels and onto the balls of your feet. Your center of mass has moved forward. Your chest, head and arms are a lot of your body weight. So bringing them forward shifts the center of mass forward.

Now drop your arms and clasp your hands together.

Then rotate your shoulders (body) around your spine lifting your hands up and back like you are doing a golf swing (partial swing). You do not to even need to turn you waist. Just your shoulders. Keep your hip against the chair. Again -- your center of mass moves. Your arms and the rotation of your chest moves the center of mass back in your stance. You should feel the tension on the inside of your right/back leg. The more you turn, the more the apparent weight on the inside of the rear leg. Your leading foot feels like there is less weight on it. Apparently you have "moved" backwards. But you have not moved your hips backwards.

You can do and feel the same thing if you stand very upright and rotate your shoulders. The arms and rotation of the chest/thunk are sufficient to move your center of mass back in your stance.

This is what a lot of people state what the back swing should be like. Rotation of your spine, weight on inside of back foot, head remains more or less in place, etc. And you have not "moved" backwards. Note, this does not have anything to do with swing plane or path or anything but the rotation of your body around the spine.



Moving your hips towards or over your back foot does many of these things, too. But this makes all sorts of bad things happen like your left/front foot rising/lifting. When you move your hips back, you can and often do straighten your rear leg, which creates other issues. In addition, since your weight is farther back, it is harder to move your weight forward during the swing. To keep your head stationary, you will have to bend your spine forward. Again, I am not sure what will happen but I am guessing nothing good.


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I'm not a coach, but this drill seems to get me back on track once in a while. Try hitting balls with your feet together. Take half swings (otherwise you will fall over) and concentrate on pulling your right hip straight backwards like behind your self instead of shifting to the right. At the same time push your left knee forward and point it at the ball. When you can hit some shots with good motion, try moving your feet apart an inch or two and hit some more. When you hit well in that position move feet apart a little more and so on till your in your natural stance. Imagine your inside a barrell you should feel like your rotating inside that barell and you can't sway to the right, only rotate. Another thing that seems to help me when I find myself shifting instead of rotating is to pre-turn my hips a little at setup before even starting my swing. Set up to the ball, shift your hips to the left a little, and pull your right hip straight back a little. It should now be easier to start your swing rotating instead of shifting.
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