Weight Shift Is Ruining Your Game - Do This Instead

[@paulkraus3821]

Very helpful. I had been moving weight too much until seeing and understanding the pressure shift and slight heel lift trigger (both trail and lead foot). Worked on building the movements for a week, including two short range sessions. Played nine holes yesterday and experienced a real improvement in consistency of contact and dispersion. Thanks for the video.

[@richardjacobs7632]

I use stack and tilt method! I just turn my shoulders, straight front arm, lock wrist in a 90*, lead with my hands! Thanks for this piece!

[@eriknadoban8877]

For someone who’s overdone everything, this is fine tuning the zone of shift. I’ve done it all, but this explanation is so Good! Thank you so much! Do you have anything with long irons?

[@alanunikel1414]

This may be the best single golf videoo EVER! It not only provides an excellent description of the mechanics of the set up, backswing, transition and downswing, but it provides a fantastic explanation of a major differences between irons and driver, the locations of center of mass, shaft angle at address and direction of force created by pushing off the lead foot into and through impact. And the explanation of the proper lifting and dropping of the lead foot is PURE GOLD! I have previously tried lifting and lowering my lead foot to get a bigger shoulder turn, but I now realize where and when to do it--lift it when you get to lead arm parallel in the backswing and drop it back to lead arm parallel in the transition. Once I started doing this, it made the sequencing of my swing extremely easy to do properly . Thank you, Chris Ryan, for a GEM of a video!🏌🏼✌️

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks so much

[@HilaryScanlon]

This is the best weight shift vid I’ve seen

[@dona8435]

love the jigsaw graphic...solving the golf swing puzzle...brilliant !

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Can’t take credit for that I’m afraid, that’s Joe my editor, but agreed it was a nice addition

[@oneworld2642]

The best online golf teacher in the world ❤❤

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Wow thanks so much 🙌

[@Socks-q9b]

A lot of information brilliantly explained, well done Chris and thank you 👍

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks 🙌

[@Vyrus_101]

Great explanation, I’ve been working on not swaying and this gave me the why with reasoning, and how to properly address it. thank you.

[@dennismartineau9147]

Best explanation of these crucial concepts I’ve seen and now I finally get it! Thank you!!!

[@anthonywarley3777]

Chris, this is the best video on the golf swing I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@noubaraghiarian8433]

that heel lift reminded me of watching Bobby Jones clips years ago he was one of the best

[@davidlevy4082]

Chris, I saw a video where Xander Schauffele was saying that the pressure increase should only be on the INSIDE edge of the back foot, because if it leaks to the outside you risk swaying and losing the torque build up. Do you agree?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Yeah I’d agree with that, usually this hip is inside of the foot so if that pressure shift to the outside it would suggest too much of a slide or sway

[@TheCarty1986]

You're spot on!

[@PaulSmith-zb4fk]

😊​@@TheCarty1986

[@PaulSmith-zb4fk]

😊

[@davidkramer194]

Yes this is true and it took me a year to get my son to stop letting the right foot to roll on the backswing

[@craigmedhurst1376]

Exactly what I am struggling with, weight is shifting and getting stuck behind at impact resulting in inconsistent strikes. I’ll give this a go!

[@Dean-u7q]

Great instruction Chris. Have always struggled with weight shift . Thanks

[@kdbarham]

Yes! I strike the ball much better with more weight on my left side! Great content!

[@gavinmarks2908]

This is almost identical to the feedback of my last lesson! My feel is feeling my right foot getting heavier from the start of my back swing

[@kckong3]

good stuff! that lead foot push drill evokes images of bubba's finishLOL. that push not only promotes an upward attack angle but also pushes the left hip back / spinning the hips open 👍

[@IverKnackerov]

Great explanation 👍👏👏

[@royclose946]

Well done Chris 👏 😊

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thanks Roy

[@newkurosawa]

Great video Chris

[@DavidFluck-z1h]

Chris I'm new to your channel and golf as a whole, i'm soaking up as much as I can. So the question is with driver as to the final push off does that lead to loss of distance or club speed moving back? People on the course always say to move forward in the finish. Just a newbie trying to figure this out. Thanks

[@peterscott1498]

The drills that Big Liam Robertson does are game changing. More of a pressure shift, easier to find the ground than something like a stack & tilt system

[@everydaygolfer6483]

Great video Chris, when is it not raining in the UK ? 😅 Always enjoy your informative explanations.

[@CatGPT_]

1:01 Insane synchronization with that squirrel/rabbit.

[@nate19]

I love the opening. I don't want you to think of numbers or percentages, but just find that 50/50 point. Which is indeed a number and a percentage. 😂

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Doh 🤦‍♂️😂😂

[@Whatzzzz999]

Yep don't think of numbers or percentages, just think of 50%/50%. Duh.

[@yodermor8105]

Wow nice and easy drill to use. Thank you sir

[@leroytaylor2663]

🎉

[@16pennynails]

That left foot coming off the ground just after impact reminds me of long drive champ Kyle Berkshire, who has ridiculous speed, obviously in his case he'd rip and tear numerous tendons, muscles in his left knee, ankle, foot, if that lead foot stayed planted to the ground. Yikes! AMG teaches this "recentering" of weight or pressure religiously. ..Nothing but good stuff here! Thanks.

[@tracylyon3969]

Going to practise this as I know im on my back foot too long 👍

[@aljames7345]

Genius thanks sir!

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Thank you

[@peterscott1498]

For amateurs a pre shot routine is a must No pro simply takes grip and steps in

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Agreed, for every golfer I’d say

[@bouweenvermogen]

Looks so easy, but still so difficult to do it yourself 😅

[@Bro_9703-i7q]

Thanks

[@dianabrunton9972]

Are you lifting the heels (left in backswing and right in downswing)with the driver like you do with the irons?

[@kmsnow6292]

What about hitting with a fairway wood or hybrid. Is that more like hitting with a 7 iron or is it close to hitting as a driver?

[@stephenhill964]

Chris would this be the reason the soles in the outside of my left golf shoe start to come unstuck .. I feel them when I swing

[@Mark-t3t1i]

How do I break lifting the left shoulder up in the release? Hitting topspin forehands low and left - thin…

[@brianp4017]

Take the shoulder down an forward first and then up and back. As with most feels, really exaggerate the feeling and confirm with video you are doing what you think you are. At least this worked for me 😊

[@lenardtan7169]

Great tips

[@ronmullard5718]

Can relate to that rather than 60-40 (for example)

[@Whatzzzz999]

I'm a huge fan of 57-43 with a wrist pronation of 76.5 degrees.It's always worked for me.

[@gzr3000]

Jumping off the lead foot at impact (like you showed at the end of the video) is exactly what happens to me with the driver. It's not something you're looking for on the course though. I think I need to practice shifting the pressure more on the lead foot before impact. Am I right?

[@noggin6459]

I used to notice Henrik Stenson used to visibly shift pressure into his right foot just before taking the club away.

[@lamarsilvera7985]

Great job Chris, very helpful and easy to follow.

[@Jeremy_Walker]

Weight is static and pressure is dynamic.

[@ronaldstark8342]

I tried keeping my weight forward, but, it restricted my hips turning, resulting in restricting my shoulder turn a lot.

[@ronaldstark8342]

After watching the video, now I understand.

[@ronowens504]

The golf swing IS a shift of weight - from address to at least 80% of your weight on your right foot at the top of your backswing to at least 90% of your weight on your left foot at the finish of your swing. If you don't transfer any weight you're using only upper body which creates a LOT of torque, stress, and tension on your hips, knees, shoulders, and back. Who wants that for their student?

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hey Ron, not sure this is garbage, you do not move 80% of your weight to your trail side in the golf swing, you certainly could, but not what happens in the best swings. They see an increase of pressure under the trial side but that is very different to weight

[@portaloocyprus]

Easy, given tour level flexibility! I try to get to level arm position and it stops halfway...This fixes the feet AND the head, so the swing depends entirely on core flexibility, which most do not have...

[@coolant590]

Then sucks to suck? Find a way through it or go play pickleball 😂

[@amalfi460]

If you are moving more pressure on to one side you are putting more weight on it at least on earth, but I get what you are saying though

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Yeah it’s a different concept for sure, but you can have more pressure under one leg and your weight more over another, which I think is where some can get out of sync,

[@kamalhashmi9851]

So moving your weight without moving your head... Because weight IS pressure !

[@davidkramer194]

Why don't you live in Austin TX ?

[@richardsiles8206]

Why not put allweight on lead foot and do not shift it back on downswing? It would simplify the swing.

[@grahamjones7371]

Yes good golfers move early and Fast but putting pressure down causes lateral and rotation but happens in milliseconds Sequencing is the secret But 99% of all great golfers learnt as weak kids! they had to do this!Most of us learnt as strong adults we use strong arms First in sequence other Terms that ruin most golf swings, ie all those over 7hcp 1 Dont Flip 2 Turn 3 Straight Left Arm 4 Lag 5 Connection

[@jimmclaughlin6629]

Paralysis by analysis would be my problem. Just hit the ball.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Yeah I think that would be the case for a lot of golfers Jim, there are so many tuition video’s on this platform that all cater to various types of golfer, if you know what works for you and you know you are not a technical player then that should allow you to filter out the content that doesn’t apply

[@hans-christophmetz-hj1gg]

I especially liked the last part : the pushing back. This might be the difference ! Wasn't that the way of swinging of the late Jack Niklaus ( even stepping back a little ) ?

[@kramnivas]

The LATE Jack Nicklaus???

[@kramnivas]

You know something the rest of us don't???

[@hans-christophmetz-hj1gg]

@kramnivas There are quite a a few videos on Yt, where you can see ( an older ) Jack Niklaus stepping a little back after his swing.

[@graysonchip]

How am I supposed to take you seriously in that crazy shirt? 🤣

[@terrypeeples1942]

I like that shirt, where can I find one? lol

[@JJ_Khailha]

Concepts are too complicated. Here are the four concepts we’ll be using in this video…

[@allanb4713]

You have spelt Exercise incorrectly. Other than that very interesting video

[@Golfing-AddiCt]

😂😂 I'd have to change that, it would drive me mad if I'd written it like that, probably can't edit it out.

[@crispyduck1706]

That jumper is making me dizzy

[@coachnguyen]

Tooooooo complicated. I don’t get it because you don’t guide clearly 7:51

[@arielluna4399]

👏👏👍

[@J88HNT]

Stack and tilt.

[@DASH1ful]

Well, weight transference should be of no consideration in the golf swing. And, the idea of recentering has to be one of the worst swing theories in the modern game. At the top of the backswing the upper part of the left leg should be at the same angle as the right leg. You will see this in Jones and Hogan's swing. The key to this is the rotation of the right leg in the backswing. The left side of the right leg pushes the body around just as it would if we were to turn to our right. The arc of this movement moves the weight around to the left side, at the top of the backswing, naturally. When the upper part of the left leg moves into a vertictal position, in the first part of the backswing, force is directed onto the left foot. This then will move the left knee further round to the right; and, form the angle of the upper part of the left leg. As a drill just simply hang your arms by your side and then push your body around with the left side of your right leg; and you will feel how the weight moves around naturally. But, also, as an additional drill, push back with with the lower left side of your neck, whilst your arms are hanging by your side; and, you will discover that this, also, turns your body all the way round.

[@buzzmessinger4510]

Are all Brits on KZbin teaching golf? Is this their only job? "FWK!"

[@ronowens504]

Great! IF you like torsion and stress on your shoulders, back, hips and knees. Know anyone over 65 who can keep both feet flat on the ground and use only upper body to make a golf swing - comfortably? Want to swing with pain? Do this.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Hey Ron, I’m not sure that it’s possible to swing a club around your body without creating stress through those areas, it’s a sport and the nature of sports is that it will cause some amount of stress, not sure there is any technique that will eliminate that. I agree with regards to the feet, but not sure where in this video I suggested that you keep both on the ground?

[@ronowens504]

@@ChrisRyanGolf If you want to eliminate weight shift your feet stay on the ground. If your left heel comes off the ground as it did for Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, etc. their is weight shift to the right foot on the backswing and back to the front foot on the forward swing. The golf swing is a weight shift - as exemplified by those mentioned above.

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

@ that’s not weight shift Ron, I’m pretty sure I can keep both feet planted and move my weight around, that’s easy to do. I can also keep me weight pretty centred and lift up a foot, that will cause my weight to move but it wasn’t the weight shift causing that. This is the whole point of the video, those golfers were shifting pressure but their body weight was staying fairly centred, the reasons for this video was because so many confuse the two.

[@ronaldstark8342]

Yes, I raise my left foot a bit, but still do not sway. It just frees up my hip turn. I am 70 and cannot turn enough with my left foot kept on the ground. I get the pressure back to the inside of my right foot. No sway.

[@ronowens504]

Sorry but this is garbage!

[@g00sencup10]

anyone else see the bunny running behind him swinging

[@Golfing-AddiCt]

I'm here for the comments about the driver finish position after the push.!! 🫣😲

[@ChrisRyanGolf]

Styling it out 😁

[@Golfing-AddiCt]

​@@ChrisRyanGolfI just fear that so many golfers will see that and not get any transfer of weight/pressure and finish on there back foot instead of transferring weight / pressure onto lead side to a great turn and balanced finish on the posted left leg hips chest head facing the target. It is extremely misguiding Chris.