So Many Golfers Make This Weight Shift Fault With The Irons 

Bump left knee out and shallow the swing BEFORE downswing. BRILLIANT! Thanks Clay

The way you explain these concepts is better than anything on here. Don’t get me wrong, once I get a club and start drilling it’s not that straight forward but I’ve made more progress in a few weeks than I have in a few years watching your videos so thanks.

Clay - your weight-shift videos have changed my game for the better. Years of shifting weight way too late. Thanks so much. Golf is so much more fun now that I'm looking forward to that next iron shot, not dreading it - like I have for so many years

Great video, I’ve been working on this for a while now and it does take time to get the body to behave and do this naturally. I will say golf is so much more fun when I am swinging good. I think this video is great because the “floating hands” also gets into tempo issues that I and so many others have or had in their swing. Lastly, the “floating hands” starts to teach that club speed at the top means nothing and gets people to get the club speed where it belongs ... at the bottom of the swing. With such a simple videos you are really addressing so many things without people have to think about the other elements. I’m a big fan of your content, great work!

Great video. The clarity on when to get to front side is awesome. Plus it clears up when and how to shallow the club.

This has become my favorite golf instruction channel on RU-vid. Very good content!

Right on again. Thanks for your clear and complete videos. You were the first you tube instructor I followed when I started my golf journey 5 years ago. Some how I keep coming back. Weight shifting and reducing arm pull/yank has been a game changer for me. I’m hit 7 irons 170 effortlessly at 59 yrs old. Thanks again.

excellent ... another gem Clay

Love this video. I'm a father of a competitive junior golfer. We're a family of limited means, only exacerbated by covid, so paying for high level instruction is not an option. Just wanted to thank you for this content. I absolutely love this video. Love the length of them. Love the manner in which you describe how things should 'feel.' Like how 'the hands should be floating back here' as weigh shifts forward. The junior season started this weekend with our snow Just melting and we had issues this video may help with. Just know this stuff means a lot to a father/son team im Pa. Keep up the great work!

Dude, this is one of the best explanations I've ever heard. Thank you for the simplicity. You have literally fixed my game. This is what I have been working on but had no idea if it was correct. What I was worried about was timing, and you show it perfectly for amateurs. Every golfer should be subbed to your channel. Great work brother.

The best video instruction to make a golf swing, thank you for the great explanation, just the pronating of the wrist hard to sequence in.

I picked the game back up last year after an almost 10 year absence. Needless to say the time away did me no good, worst I have golfed my life. I found this channel earlier this year as I plan to work on my game. Without a doubt Clay your explanation is the best out there. I have a net in my garage and practice your drills daily. I live in Michigan so its a bit early to hit the course but I can tell just by hitting balls into the net your advice is helping. Keep it up and thank you.

Great video! Keep it going!

Subscribing to this channel was the best thing that ever happened to my golf game!

A great lesson.

This is probably the single most important aspect to get right to improve your game... so many other enhancing elements of the swing are made possible if the weight shift is right... thanks Clay.

Great tips with weight shift and timing. Will work in that. Ty!

Clay your content is getting better and better. Am working through the Top Speed Golf System and its brilliant. I am sure very soon you will smash through 500,000 subscribers. Keep up the great work 👍

It’s a real crime Clay doesn’t have more subscribers. Such good content that’s explained well with feelings to try and replicate on the range/course.

Great refresher on weight shift. I'll head over to tennis racket drill video. Thanks Clay. The simulator graphics look great.

Best instructor on RU-vid.

Makes perfect sense. Can’t wait to give this a try. I really struggle to get off my back foot.

Nice tips on the swaying and shifting, the power you can harness is incredible! Off to the driving range tomorrow lol

Great video !

Great vid Clay....

Giving away the gold! Exactly the what I've been working on. The shallowing with soft hands at the top is key to accuracy.

I like that floating hand feel tip 💪

nice work with the video overlay on the screen. Makes the viewing experience much better.

Great tip.

8:40 "my right elbow is my swing plane line" that just changed my life, I identified a HUGE problem I have there. Wow...thanks

Awesome..😍

Beautiful swing and points out how I am not making the proper weight shift and have no "separation", so poor swing speed. Really focuses on my problem so big thank you. Like your studio presentation too.

Thank you for this incredible content Clay! This feels more of a lateral move as opposed to starting a rotation by pushing the feet on the ground. When I iníciate the downswing it feels as if I'm screwing a lid with my right foot. Did I learn weight shift and power the wrong way? Or just different methods? THANK YOU!

Great video

I'm sure I'm not the only one that would love to see this, but can you do a course vlog? Just to show us what's going through your head in a real round situation. Again love your content and new member of speed golf. Can't wait to send you guys videos of my swing to get me in the 90s consistently. Never would've broke 100 if not for your drills Clay. Thanks again

Probably the best weight shift vid on you tube....this also tells me how much of golf is intuitive

I’ve named my 20 yard pushes my half draws. Lol. The only half missing is my face control. Great advice as usual. Thanks Clay.

Excellent idea, including the computer screen graphic instead of the impact screen 👍🏾

I love your video

Clay, in relation to this video, when do you do the little squat, the same time your shift left or afterwards as you begin the downswing?

Thanks for the great tip this drastically improved my iron shots. Looking forward to more of your videos.

That's an awesome tip thanks a lot. Why just with irons though?

Great video. How about the driver? Do you do the float on top while your left side receives the weight?

I sometimes feel I am too static over the ball during my swing and it feels too armsy. Is it ok for a slight move off the ball even maybe just the slightest of a sway? Jimmy Ballard (any kin?) used to say it was better to “go over the wall” than a reverse pivot. Whenever I do that it seems easier to get to my left side. Plus my tempo seems better with a slight move off the ball. Love your channel 👍

@Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard Would you say it's better to square up the face with the wrist later in the backwing, or could one do it much earlier in the backswing? Pros/cons to each way? Oh, and when you say your hands are floating, what about the arms? I've always been curious about the tension level between the left ARM vs. the right arm (right-handed player) I'd love to get more clarity about the role of each arm, position, tension, how close to chest etc. Do you have a video specifically about that, or could you make one?

I generally have a DS overslide tendency, with early trail heel raise and right hip extension in early DS. Generally strikes good, with squareish face but CHS is down. I have improved the look on DL video by the feel of rotating trail foot clockwise from the top. Would you recommend this feel in keeping with your video?

Great explanation. The toughest part though is to square the face.

Hi Clay - can you use this tip of starting to move right whilst on the upswing and floating for Wood shots or is it only for irons ? Thanks for the really informative vids - cheers from Sydney

Great video, Clay. In your practice swing your head sways but not in the actual swing. Does it matter if my head moves slightly?

What is people's thoughts on the wilson reflex package set for a beginner ?

Can you use a raised left heel to start the downswing intead of left knee?

Excellent again Clay🔥🔥🔥🔥

One of the best instructional videos ever. Moving towards the target, during the backswing, so the hands can have that floating sensation. I like to call it "The Properly Choreographed Golf Dance"

Should you squat and turn when moving to left side? Thanks

Not sure if you’ve done this yet, but I can hit every iron in bag pretty decently, just the point I feel comfortable hitting comfortable shots, except for my 4 and 5 iron ... any pointers on what to do with these clubs? I use a 3 hybrid typically in place of those clubs so I have to use half, thee quarter and full swings to act as essentially 3 longer irons for me ... as someone who typically hits a 6 iron 165-170 yds it makes it tough not being able to hit an iron into the green but instead rely on running a 3 hybrid up on to it ... 4 and 5 iron, two clubs that always still have the head covers on them at the end of every round, how do I hit them and hit them well?

There is a slight pause in between backswing and downswing so that you can shift forward and then swing. You call it floating or which basically is a pause, and that's another way of feeling it.

Step drills are king

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Would throwing the club help with this.. I got myself and old set of clubs to throw with.. I really liked your video on focus. My focus is messing up my swing... to much focus on the ball 😀 stay safe mate

I was thought the weight should be on left even on the starting the back swing. Sean Foley even showed one legged swing by using left foot. I'm confused..

Wow, I've been struggling to figure out why my iron swing speed has been dropping the past couple years. Never even thought about it being my weight distribution.

Never thought i could generate this much speed. Gotta work on this to make it more consistent. If my swing speed radar isn't malfunctioning, I just gained +7 mph in 5 mins..... Maybe my radar is malfunctioning... gotta hit the real ball to make sure...

Should the weight shift happen at the same points in the swing with the driver?

5:52 after I smash one with a smooth swing my brain thinks we put in a lot more effort or something and I’m over-swinging on my next shot. Always happens to me where as soon as I’m hitting them great I try to hard to crush it instead of letting it happen!

starting with pressure on the right is Tommy Fleetwoods feeling

There was another RU-vid video on the top speed golf that said to avoid bumping to left titled “stop bumping the hips”. Here it says the opposite...or my interpretation is wrong ? Please clarify. Thanks

is that body movement the same i using your driver

Clay always provides great content!

I appreciate the "kick your left knee out" I can do that.

Just wish I could get on a golf course to practice

trying to keep my head in the same spot was a really helpful tip someone told me a long time ago

not to bring up a can of worms, but what do you think of the 'one plane' swing? I've been seeing this term all over recently, and when I saw a couple of videos, it literally went the exact opposite of your swing theories... in my opinion, the swing doesn't look very athletic (natural), but the claims of why it is supposed to be a great swing are very interesting... mainly, this one youtube channel guy says it is easier to do than any other swing... do you have a video of pros/cons of different kinds of swings? for me, I could watch Clay's swing all day... I just want to make sure that I'm on the right track...

Ballard your first swing was PGA tour stuff.

Clay, Are these two moves with the knees and hands happening at the same time? I really struggle with a steep transition. And have tried everything to shallow but to no avail. If you have any drills that can help out please let know. Thanks!

I struggle with this. When I do it right, I crush the ball. It’s similar to actually throwing the ball.

On your lag shot video, you obtained 206 yards on a swing that appeared not nearly as hard as the swing in this video. Is efficiency of swing more important than effort? I am more inclined to go with the swing I saw in the lag shot video which appeared relatively effortless.

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Good video, bad math. LOL

I need to work on this. My 6 iron goes about 150 yards. 😡

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Isn’t this just swaying? Thought this was a no no. ? Love the content. :)

I thought the center of your chest wasn’t supposed to leave the center of the ball

That’s a whole lot of swaying, timing needs to be spot on or disaster

The problem is you’re showing the weight shift with a sway, you don’t want to move your hips laterally at all. Just shift where the weight is distributed in your feet.

How about no weight shift back

Justin Rose will tell you 60 on the left 40 on the right,

You need to have a average golfer or below average golfer on your show to see how you correct the faults that many of us suffer daily on the golf course.

Why all the talk of shallowing? Your adding another timing move. Loved your vids until you started this new move.

The lesson doesn't match what you're actually doing in your swing.You're definitely swaying in the lesson, but there is no head swaying in your swing

Its the weight of arms and club , ca 30-40 pounds that shifts around the right hip in BS. Pivot ,not a body weight shift. The autonomic (subconscious) balance mechanism controls the feet and leg movement to keep us in balance. The human balance mechanism has evolved to protect our brain , our main survival mechanism. There is no way to balance consciously. The swing happens too quickly and requires too much timing for consistency. Override the autonomic(subconscious) balance mechanism at your peril... = YIPS.

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Waste of my time. Can find any iCard!

Way too much goin on here..so many different things to think about

HA! when you do it the WRONG way it looks like Donald Trump's swing!

The worst advice ever!