| The foundation of any good swing is in the legs. The | | | | During the first part of your swing, only your arms, |
| process of your lower body supporting the | | | | shoulders and your golf club should be moving. When |
| movements of your upper body is regarded as | | | | in the correct position, your hips will begin to move |
| balance. When your body is well balanced, you're able | | | | and turn to join the backswing. An easy way to |
| to swing at maximum speed and still make contact | | | | develop your weight shift is to take multiple shots |
| with the ball. | | | | from a fairway bunker. In this way, you will have no |
| A common problem with golfers is that they | | | | solid footing and will be forced to keep your lower |
| misunderstand how the weight shift should happen. | | | | body still to prevent yourself from falling over. If you |
| When a golfer tries to shift his weight onto his | | | | manage to make full contact swings and still remain |
| back(right) leg, he usually slides his lower body away | | | | balanced after the follow through then you have |
| from the ball. This, in turn, causes the upper body to | | | | achieved a passive lower body. This technique will |
| shift towards the ball to keep balanced. This results in | | | | empower your shots to help you hit harder and more |
| an unstable weight pressure. Left on the backswing | | | | consistently. If you suffer with slicing, this simple |
| and right on the downswing which causes a loss of | | | | method could help your game out considerably. |
| power. | | | | |