Proper Weight Shift in Your Golf Swing! The BIG 🔑 😱 

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Life changing video !!! This has eluded me for over 40 years and now ... "I get it" . Went to the range and had one of those fabulous Ah Ha moments over and over again by finally knowing what caused that last shot . So many times I've been left feeling ...wOw , great shot...wonder how that happened. Yep..distance, power, clubhead speed, repeatability with understanding, feeling of connectedness, ball compression feeling the ball "stick" on the face .... DYNAMACISM etc...

100% the best golf instruction on YT IMO!! Thanks guys. i've been in a bad place all summer and feel like i've forgotten how to swing a golf club and ready to give up. Your videos on re-centering and weight shift have gotten me back to a consistent striking again. thanks again for what you guys do!

While there are good instructors online, why are these guys the best? 1. The best technology 2. The best analysis of that technology. Making it simple for ave golfers 3. The partnership compliments each other. Two people. Passion for helping golfers. 4. Both guys are likable. Thanks again!

This is game changing , I practiced this at the range and wow !! What a difference it made . It takes quite a few balls to time it up but once you get it you get it .

I committed to swinging better this year and after watching some other channels wasn't believing. Been watching, drilling, and practicing the dynamic lateral movement you guys hammer on in almost every video in the garage nightly for 2 weeks. Moving slow really is the best way to learn. Hit a small bucket with mostly 7 irons last night and Wow! My 7 iron has never sounded so crisp. I'm confident with more practice the timing will come with the other clubs and get even better. Sharing your channel with anyone that'll listen. Thanks!

This was crazy helpful. Something that in reality had nothing to do with actually swinging the club made such a huge impact in how solidly I started striking my irons. Small little shift to the left foot towards the top of my backswing has been transformative. And you guys could not have explained it any better. Thanks.

You two and the data you share are absolutely amazing. I have added 15 to 20 yards to my game with the information you share so readily. You are a treasure to the game!

Today was above 50 in February so got to try some of this on the range. Truly amazing results. Thank you.

Amazing instructional quality. Agree w/ many here that you guys provide vivid, exacting tips. Pls keep them coming.

Excellent training aid, demo plus your shared commentary and explanation of the details, Shaun and Mike...you fellas have the best instruction & swing knowledge available !

Great Video that really spells it out with great detail. These are key moves to have a dynamic swing that puts you in the right position to hit the ball. Very Cool ….Thank you for posting this information.

Love it! My Dad has serious weight shift issues. Gotta get him one of these boards, and show him this video. "Left side down to start. Click, swing. Click, swing." So simple it has to work, lol. Thanks, guys!

Every time I hear you guys say “Re-centering” it make me smile from total vindication, lol. Years ago I used to be called nuts when I said “These tour pros Re-center their point of rotation. Not sliding or swaying, literally shifting their center core of rotation where it allows the swing to stay in balance.” Well, not so nuts anymore, lol. That’s exactly what you guys have discovered and thankfully have taken that EXACT same term for its true meaning and instructional intention. If folks could focus specifically on keeping a straight spine, learn the proper way to make that weight shift, and be absolutely sure that shift happens BEFORE you finish the backswing, there would be a lot less balls to find in the woods, LMAO!!! It’s incredible how specifically important those three elements are to a swing that produces accurate ball flight. 👍🏻😎👍🏻

Thanks very much guys. This has been really bothering me about my swing and I hadn't properly understood it until now! You explained this clearly and demonstrated it repeatedly and slowly so I could really comprehend it. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos.

Saw this video 2 months ago (July 2023). No video has ever helped me with the timing of my weight shift more than this. My swing thought is changed ever so slightly from what you illustrate. But it works: click, turn - click, hit. Thank you! I now find myself getting to my left side naturally and without forcing it late.

Tiger has a slight forward press with his hands then about a 1 inch move to the right quad before takeaway! I've adjusted speed down to 0.5 and he does it with every club in the bag! Never noticed it before but this is the trigger for his swing.

Shaun, Mike Thank you for the excellent videos.

Excellent discussion of pressure shift

Love you guys! I still picture the club going by and up the Foam triangle for the takeaway.

Wow do I need this?? I've never seen the board. I have always had this feeling that my swing has been out of time and now I know it has. Thanks guys I'm practicing this.

I used to have a massive slow motion sway but saved it with a massive slow motion re-centering! But there was so much wasted time and effort i was short but straight. But now I have discovered the Power of the Pelvis to load ,fire, sequence and stabilize the golf swing im still straight but far more solid and a lot further.

Guys, you have your names mixed up in the introduction! Mike’s name is under Shaun and vice versa. Other than that, another flawless video! Been waiting for a long form video after all the recent shorts, and this does not disappoint. Your teaching on recentering is a game-changer for me, and I always enjoy videos on that topic. Thanks for all you do and thanks for posting.

Interesting to see the chest "pulling" back though impact; transferring forces from the torso to the arms and then counter-acting the clubhead post-impact all in that small loop in the middle. Good stuff!! Would love to see a video on this vs. when the hands release. Especially with a driver.

I think of it as the hips shifting laterally a very small amount before they turn. Is this because you want to turn around the right leg? Also, I think it helps the hips to initially resist turning?

After the pressure shift in the hips start turning does the left hip pretty much pull the arms down and around through impact instead of so in the arms independently?

Does re-centering help reduce / eliminate early extension?

How would this shift be applied on an upward/downward slope?

Great video guys. Just wondering what app you are using to draw on the video? Cheers

holy crap - cartersville country club! that's 10 minutes from my house! hope you guys come back again sometime

Hi Gentlemen this is a fantastic videos for all of us golfers to fully understand what is going on inside our body as we are swinging our club back and forth Absolutely the shift( lateral motion) then turning towards center as professional golfers are doing in their backswing swing does occur easily and naturally and is extremely effective in producing the powerful torque energy all golfers; both amateurs and professionals: must have to execute a perfect downswing. Believe it or not our hip must turn totally naturally because of what the socket in our trail hip side does in affecting the twisting motion of our trail thigh muscles. Few golfers are aware of this and many fight this unknowingly. As the golfer swings their club back with their upper arms held close to their side; the muscles in their upper torso are twisting in one direction as their trail hip socket is twisting their trail thigh muscles in the opposite direction. This results in a natural shifting of the golfer weight as long as they allow it to happen and do not un flex their trail knee at the top of their swing The two countermoves of the golfer contracting muscles between their upper and lower is specifically what creates the torque inside their body to effectively do their ‘downswing’ to start with their trail knee bending forward to the conclusion of their swing. The only thing I disagree with is the deliberate shifting of the weight with the clicking down of the lead foot because in reality the relaxing then turn of the trail thigh muscles shifts the weight not the player deliberately shifting his weight on his lead foot. Get on your shifting board and you will see this for yourself. At the start of a golf backswing If a golfer were to focus on manipulating their by hips; swaying their body off center or shifting the weight on their back foot even a little too much as they are doing their backswing; they not only are loosing their balance; but lost the potential energy they needed to store up in their backswing as well. Cheers

What about overdoing this shift? Didn't see you talk about that. Is that common in amateurs? Will that cause accuracy problems? Love the content!!

Amazing camera quality guys. Great video! Gonna try to hit a bucket and work on this =)

I already knew that Shift Happens when I play golf, but now I know it happens TWICE In the backswing. Thanks for great video.

Is initial shift off ball done with every club on all full swings ? Do you do it with a pitching wedge? I have the problem of my hips moving towards target at start of swing missing the shift away from target all together

Gentlemen, I have been watching your recenter/pressure videos the last few days and find them fascinating and eye opening. Today, I went out to the garage to hit a few while working on the step drills I have seen you guys do. After doing a bunch of step drills, I took some regular swings at half speed or so. I noticed that I was recentering too much at times and also my left side/ rear end was moving too much towards the target. I tinkered with it and things did improve. I totally get it when you say that golfers need to learn to do the pressure shift without huge shifts of mass. A question I have is if you recenter properly your about 50/50 weight distribution at the top, correct? Does this mean that I need to shift even more in the downswing or is that done once you recenter? Anyways, love the content even though some of it blows some thoughts I used to have on the golf swing out of the water. LOL.

This!!! This is my weekend practice, looks like one of the best training feels!

Great video, as usual. While practicing this motion, would it make sense to actually throw a ball to the ground? Thank you.

That view from below is terrific!!

Great video!😊

Do you re center with the driver later in the swing later? By watching this video it seem that the pro shifted mostly to the left with the club above him.

This is great, but could you please demo a completely swing applying this drill so that I could see how it worked? Thanks!

Thanks, great content

spot on modern swing , thanks!

Being told to not sway has ruined my golf for 20 years. Most teaching pro's are not worth a penny of what they charge.

Thanks a lot! And when the board gradually turns clockwise,,is it ok?

Great Vid !

Where do I get the balance board. My timing and balance are both wrong. No power or height in golf shots.

happy to see that.. just need a clarification, Weight Shift to left is naturally happen (when turning left shoulder up and around) or need to create for (to shift to left leg) to make this movement?

Fantastic thanks

Hey guys do you use the pressure in your right foot to recenter or do you use your left knee at that time to recenter tks

Would you say bigger shift with driver and gets small as the length of club shorter smallest shift with wedges. Thx

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Great video! Question- when guys like JT have their lead foot in the air when they hit the ball, would the board still be tilted toward the target even though the foot is off the ground?

Great video! I have one of the boards and they are good for getting that feeling. Do you have any drill that you could share for someone who slides just a touch past neutral alignment on the lead leg on the downswing? I use the board but when I translate to normal swing I still slide a bit past…

Do the best players make this same shift on pitches or chips when there's more weight on the lead foot at address?

One can shift 'load' but not weight. Maneuver or shift the center of pressure as well.

Is there a link for that weight shift board?

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To get my brain programmed to do the "click-swing-click-swing" movement I try to do it as a smooth rhythm. On the right track ?

Shift Turn Shift Turn.. Dr Kwon would approve!

Maybe I'm to late in the recenter or my arms just lift but I 99% of the time get the top half leaning left instead of recenter more like this at the top /

With regards to lateral shift forward in the downswing - how much is too much? Should the lead hip end up over the lead ankle, or just inside it, like in Rahmbo’s swing?

Club path relative to “weight shift line”

Also can you post the link for the balance board to practice the shift movement?

are there phone apps where you can draw the lines on yourself?

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Awesome

That’s the hardest thing for me to do. It’s such a subtle shift that it’s easy to over do it.

I struggle with this. When I start my shift early I tend to hit the ball thin/skinny

Are you guys “Johnny come latelys” by co-opting Dr kwons teaching techniques?

Gold Gold Gold

The skill of being able to move your weight back, and turn as much as possible, without moving your core forward is harder than first thought. We don’t realize we’re going forward when we want to be going back and rotating. A problem of what we think vs what’s happening.

Curtis Strange

'Shift...it happens'

Love you guys. But you for sure did not coin re-centering

Scotty Scheffler moves 6.5” left on average.

Get to your front side!

Why not just keep your weight stacked up front....thats how you finish anyways?

Great video thanks

Zen golf mechanics is preaching the same stuff. I think we're slowly circling back to very basic stuff which was obfuscated by 50 years of voodoo, and swing planes, and looking at pictures and then trying to derive a very basic, dynamic, throwing movement from single points in the swing. The era of robotic swings might be over. Now to hope that all the people poisoned in the meantime would be able to recover their more natural instincts when it comes to swinging a club.

a lot of amateurs I know consume too much golf swing technique content, they will get so mechanics conscious that they forget all about being an athlete over the ball 🏌️

These two are the best, so calmly and nicely breaking down why you suck. This might be the one video every golfer should watch. Great information and the drills are doable. My swing feels simpler even though it is much faster. I was often playing golf off my back foot before, this brings the power. Pretty interesting to see a 10 mph jump in driver speed just through on-time weight transfer, which feels a lot earlier but is ultimately an easier swing to be consistent with. Fix this and a lot of other things are immediately cured.

Force must proceed movement. Good stuff.

The guys at Athletic Motion Golf are simply put, some of the very best golf teachers in the world today. And their videos are so easy to watch and more importantly easy to learn from, thank you gentlemen for your work in making each of us better golfers. Question, am I missing the link for the shifting board that was used in this video?

You guys are the best. Shift turn, shift turn. So simple. You guys opened me up to questioning everything ive learned and helped set the record straight on what the golf swing really is

Love it. Easy to make with piece of scaffold board. Will give it a go. Cheers

Does is matter? When you press down on each side of the board, where is the weight in each foot? With the rear, is the weight in the heel or ball of foot when its pressed down ??? As you recenter where is does the weight go on the front foot, ball, heel??

just dawned on me the absolute IMPORTANCE of the bump away from target in the beginning and why it works so well. subconsciously your mind knows you cannot hit the ball past your shadow while moving away from it. It makes you put your weight into the hit.... you have no where to go but towards target. *** i was done an immense disservice by instruction of the late 90's early 2000's

This is something I just can’t get right. Single handicap but am plagued by hanging back issues in my swing. Great video 👍

🙋‍♂️ What I’m excited about is that I can hit it on average 300 yards, without the balance shift, I’m tight, and I don’t fully turn. 🙃 Can I improve on a 7 yr old Cobra speed LD S driver? I am a former baseball player/pitcher. Where are you guys, I need to take a vacation and stop down?

I think a cool video would be seeing if there’s any difference to when a golfer shallows the club. Some guys shallow the club super early and some do so right before impact, would be interesting to see if there’s a right time to shallow.

all this info is gonna make golfers too good, i wont be able to win as much money now. why u giving away all the secrets? kidding of course, thanks

every single rotational sport includes a good shift and turn. i dont know where the narative came into play in golf

Awesome video. Gravity Golf describes this as 2:1 timing. Throwing a ball, operating a bull whip ect. You always move backwards first then forward before the finish of the backswing. Your other video proves this out using gears. IMPRESSIVE!!

Whoever gave this video a thumbs down should have a quiet word with themselves or quit golf. This is pure gold!!!

Hey would you guys ever consider having viewers send in swings and give a quick analyzation? Speaking very selfishly for someone who used to be a good player but is so lost with the swing right now it’s ridiculous.

I first discovered this concept in your hip rotation video (G.E.A.R.S. trace the spine / pelvis / hips). Its easy to see why you guys are so successful by noticing and teaching this

Awesome video. Helps my full swings so much. The thing I struggle with/have a question on is how to properly incorporate this on pitching/off speed shots? Basically, it would be awesome if you could do the Monte collab video info with a bit more detail on weight shift

Amazing Tip.... Appreciate you sharing to the golf community... Just subscribed, and very much looking forward to future content... Thanks again