Free practice golf swing weight transfer drills tips & isometric exercises good for training muscle memory & flexibility and to perfect the proper pivot & shifting of weight in the golf swing.

Poor golf swing weight transfer is the result of one or more of the following three factors:

• A lack of understanding about the proper weight shift in the golf swing.
• A lack of the needed flexiblity; and
• A lack of the golf muscle memory needed for coordination and/or balance during your golf swing weight shift.

This golf swing article provides golf drill isometric excercises, follow through drills, and backswing drills to improve your golf muscle memory and flexibility for proper weight transferal.

Also, as you read the tips and perform the practice drills and exercises, you should gain an mental understanding of what proper golf swing weight transfer is.

8 Golf Swing Weight Transfer (Shift) Practice Drills

• Everytime that you identify a tight muscle stop the slow motion swing and stretch that muscle.

• After stretching start the slow motion swing again. Keep doing the slow motion swing, stretch, swing ... until you can make a full swing without feeling muscles preventing your golf swing weight shift.

• You will be amazed at how this golf practice drill frees your ability to transfer your weight.

Stay Posed In Your Backswing: Your lack of ability to shift your weight on the backswing may be a combination of flexibility, balance, and stability. Place yourself at the top of your backswing in the ideal position (or as close as you can safely get) and hold for thirty seconds.

• You should feel your muscles stretching and stabilizing as you perform this golf swing weight shift drill and isometric exercise.

• You should also feel yourself balancing.

• As you perform this golf practice drill, focus on your weight remaining inside your right (back) leg and the instep of your right foot.

Stay Posed In Your Follow Through Finish Position: Your lack of ability to shift your weight during your follow through may be a combination of flexibility, balance, and stability. Place yourself in the ideal finishing position for the follow through (or as close as you can safely get) and hold for thirty seconds.

• You should feel your muscles stretching and stabilizing as you perform this golf drill isometric exercise.

• You should also feel yourself balancing.

• As you perform this golf practice drill, focus on your weight rolling slightly over the front foot.

Take Your Back Shoe Off: If your problem is an inability to transfer your weight to your back foot, practice taking backswings with your back shoe off. This golf backswing drill help you develop the balance and coordination for proper weight shift to your back leg. Here is how:

• First, gravity will force golf swing weight transfer to the back leg as the club swings back, curing your reverse pivot;

• Second, you will be forced to properly keep your weight inside the back leg or your will lose your balance; and

• Third, you will gain golf muscle memory. You will remember the weight shift sensation long after you put your back shoe back on.

Take Your Front Shoe Off: If your problem is an inability to transfer your weight to your front foot, practice your downswing and follow though with your front shoe off. This golf follow through drill will help you develop the balance and coordination for proper weight shift to your front leg. Here is how:

• First, gravity will force golf swing weight transfer to the front leg as the club swings forward;

• Second, you will be forced to properly roll your weight to the outside of the front foot or your will lose your balance; and

• Third, you will gain golf muscle memory. You will remember the forward weight shift sensation long after you put your front shoe back on.

Poke Your Butt Way Out: Many golfers can not properly transfer their weight because they lose their spine angle during the swing. This causes them to lose their balance and to, thereby, lose the abiity to transfer their weight.

• Taking golf swings while poking your butt out further than usual will help you keep your spine angle during the golf swing.

• Gradually move your butt back to its normal position as you continue the golf practice drill.

• This golf backswing and follow through drill will help you develop the golf muscle memory to transfer you wieght during the golf swing.

Turn Your Butt Away From The Target: On your follow through, think only of turning your butt so that it is facing in the opposite direction of the target. If you have trouble fully turning during your forward swing, this golf follow through drill will help you develop the golf muscle memory for a full hip turn.

Do The Military March: Take full golf swings while marching. You simply raise your front foot on the back swing and then raise your back foot on the forward swing.

• This golf practice drill will force you to take weight off the front and back feet at the proper times during your swing.

• It will also develop a little golf muscle memory, though not as much as the 4th, 5th, and 6th drills mentioned above.

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