How Not To Sway In The Golf Swing

When it comes to a great golf swing, everyone knows that your body needs to be in motion in order to create the necessary power and torque to drive the ball the distance to the green. Learning how not to sway in the golf swing is very important as to much motion during the swing can wreak all kinds of havoc on the swing.  

Basically, this sway actually comes down to the golfer’s transfer of weight which starts occurring at the transition stage of the golf swing. Too much weight transfer during the back swing means that there is too much delay before you start the downswing which in turn makes it a more complicated task to maintain good timing and tempo in relationship to the actually swing. The ultimate goal is to have enough weight transfer, but not so much that you cannot recover and still maintain the rhythm of the swing. 

If you are transferring too much or all of your weight to your back foot during the back swing, then this is an example of how not to sway in the golf swing. Often this leads to the golfer being unable to transfer the weight back to the forward foot in time for making contact with the ball which results in an open clubface upon impact and causes the golfer to “spin out”. 

Basically if you have to much sway in your swing, you need to work on the feeling of the weight transfer in the legs. The moment that you can actually feel the weight on your back foot should occur at the precise moment that you reach the transition stage of your golf swing. While talking about how not to sway in the golf swing you must keep in mind that although you are transferring weight to your back foot, in the most part of the swing, your weight is on the front foot and you should only feel part of the weight for a short period of time on the back foot at the moment of transitioning from the back swing to the down swing. This should become more of a snapping weight transfer and not a complete one because too much weight on the back foot will throw off the swing, since you are only snapping the club between the back swing and the down swing, you body should be fluid with the club and at this point the weight transfer to your back foot should only be a snap movement.