Reverse Pivot

[The Rambler]

Help i have a reverse pivot and i cant fix it HELP ME!!!!!!!

[Chilidipper]

Help i have a reverse pivot and i cant fix it HELP ME!!!!!!!

With a 17 HDC not bad! All kidding aside I would suggest getting some lessons to correct that. Use the video camera analysis machine and you can easily correct that reverse pivot. You need to shift your weight onto your right foot if you are right handed. Making the turn and keep your weight on your front foot creates a reverse pivot. If you could show some video of yourself and we can all take a look. But if I where you I would get lessons right away.

[powerhitter]

Improper weight transfer is the reason, check out the vid see if it helps

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[The Rambler]

thanks a lot
Really a great web site

[iacas]

thanks a lot

Xavier, if you ever want to play at Whispering Woods with me, let me know and we'll play. Call Rich and see if he can give you some kind of junior rate - tell him you'll play with me and he should work something out.

We can work on the pivot and anything else.

[Ringer]

Improper weight transfer is the reason, check out the vid see if it helps

I endorse that advice 100%. Bobby knows what he's talking about with that reverse pivot.

[Spamination]

Hard to fix a reverse pivot without seeing what's causing it...

But here are the common causes of a reverse pivot I often see:
1) Excessive Forward Bending of your left knee(if you're a righty). A slight bend is allowable, but an exxagerated forward bend of the knee on the take away will often cause you to lean toward the target at the top of your swing. If ou are bent toward the target at the top of your swing, the only way to swing the club and stay balanced is to lean back on the follow through. This will most usually cause a push.
2) A desire to create a greater shoulder turn. For those flexibility-challenged, they will cheat and try to get the club to parallel at the top of the swing by leaning toward the target. Not everyone can get a 90 degree shoulder turn at the top of their swing. My recommendation, only go back far as needed to achieve tension. This tension is your potential energy. If this tension point doesn't get your club to parallel at the top, who cares. As you play more, you'll develop more flexibility.
3) Shifting of ones weight beyond their feet. What I mean by this is that a good swing will keep their weight on the insides of their feet (i.e. toward the arches). If you feel yourself rolling out toward the outside of your right foot(for a righty), then you are shifting your weight beyond what is needed. This actually will result in a loss of distance usually, and a loss in consistency always. What i recommend is concentrating on keeping your weight between your feet. Concentrate on making sure your weight on your take away stays inside your right foot. Make sure your weight stays on the big toe and archside of your back foot.


These aren't all the causes, as we know a golf swing has an infinite number of permutations, but just a couple of common symptoms I see when I play with other people.