Your Golf Swing

Save The Body Sway For The Dance

Floor, Not In Your Golf Swing





Body motion in the swing is necessary, but too much of a good thing can wreak all kinds

of havoc with your golf swing.



I received a question over the weekend from a BioForce Golf subscriber about body

motion in the swing.



The question from our subscriber asked how not to fall into the trap of too much

movement backwards during the golf swing.



What we are really talking about is weight transfer during the golf swing.



Too much weight transfer onto the back foot during the take-away and backswing causes

difficulty in getting back to your front foot on the downswing.



This creates some difficulties in your timing during the golf swing.



Oftentimes, this type of swing fault is termed body sway.



So how do we fix this golf swing fault?



Lets take a brief look at golf swing mechanics.



Optimal golf swing mechanics are both a rotational (rotating around a fixed spine angle)

and linear (weight transfer backwards and forwards) movement.



It is the sequencing (proper order) and combination of these two biomechanical

movements that develop the great foundation of your golf swing.



Amateurs often have difficulty performing these two biomechanical movements

simultaneously and in the correct sequence.



Discussing Body Sway in Relation to Linear Weight Transfer of the Golf Swing



Amateurs often shift their weight too far onto their back foot. Once this occurs, they are

never able to get their weight forward, causing them to spin out and leave the clubface

open at impact.



A conversation I had with top teaching pro Rick Smith on body sway enlightened me on

one of his teaching points: the weight transfer in the backswing cannot go past the inside

arch of the back foot.



In order to limit your weight transfer in the swing to this position, you must feel it in your

swing. You must be able to feel your weight on the inside of the back foot and not allow

it to move any farther back.



If your weight transfer exceeds this position, your timing will be off, your golf swing

mechanics will be flawed, and compensation of the downswing will occur.



Now knowing what we need to know about golf swing mechanics and the problems

resulting from body sway, how do we go about fixing it?



The golf swing is one of the most intricate athletic movements performed in sports today.



It requires precision in every biomechanical movement involved in the swing, the

correction sequencing of each movement, and the correct timing.



As a whole, the golf swing is a very difficult movement to perform.



Attempting to fix a swing fault when swinging the golf club at full tilt is almost

impossible.



So what are you to do?



Simply, it is much easier to break down the golf swing into parts.



Working on pieces of the golf swing and then re-building the swing is the way to go.

This is a much easier task to achieve.



Once you have broken down the golf swing into pieces, then you can focus upon the area

of the golf swing that is giving you difficulty.



Fixing the area of the golf swing that is giving you problems can be addressed by

implementing swing drills.



Swing drills introduce and re-enforce the proper swing mechanics into your body and

allow you to eventually cure your swing fault.



This will eventually return you to a position where you can feel every position in the

golf swing.



So, if you are struggling from body sway in the golf swing, break down the swing into

parts and address the area of the golf swing that needs help through swing drills.



Sean Cochran



About the author: Sean Cochran is one of the most recognized golf fitness instructors in

the world today. He travels the PGA Tour regularly with 2005 PGA & 2004 Masters

Champion Phil Mickelson. He has made many of his golf tips, golf instruction and golf

swing improvement techniques available to amateur golfers on the website

http://www.bioforcegolf.com. To contact Sean, you can email him at

support@bioforcegolf.com.