Why Can't You Do It? The Essence of Weight Shift
7 golfers recommended it · ✓ 1 said it fixed their problem · 2025–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains weight shift, covering reverse pivot, lead leg and a relaxed trail elbow.
Why golfers recommend it
- Video on weight shift and reverse pivot
- Lead leg straight at impact; videos linked
- Trail elbow relaxed, turn
- Video is great, timestamp
- Load trail side, might be helpful
- Video was a game changer; lead knee gives way
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
7 comments from Reddit
u/Hlca 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Weight shifting”
This video was a game changer for me. ▶ this video The weight shift isn't a push from the right leg, but rather the left knee giving way to allow the body to fall.
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u/Timely-Trust-9401 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Struggling on releasing. Any advice?”
Lastly, on the downswing, youre not shifting/rotating properly. Your first move on the down swing is to push your right hip towards the target, this move usually results in a fade/slice. Here's a channel that explains the proper weight transfer in a very intuitive way, give it a watch ▶ this video
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u/davewuff 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Is staying on ur heels bad? And if so how should i fix it”
true and in line with other athletic approaches, such as fast start to a sidestep (volleyball, tennis). When wanting to start fast its faster and more efficient to have the weight on your small toe region and relaxing the hip, than to push of your big toe.. ▶ this video this video is great and explains the technique around 11:50. I would also recommend checking out the tpi channel, its rly awsm and there are a lot …
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u/SliceMeHarder 2026 · r/golftips · in “What are the best driver tips you have?”
▶ this video Last night I found this guy on YouTube. The videos are long, dense, but give great in depth info. According to this it looks like your club is way too far out at P5. I also recommend checking out a position chart to analyze against. I’m also new to golf, but could your driver be holding you back? I didn’t see what driver you’re using in the post.
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u/Whatophile 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “How do I counter a reverse pivot?”
I just watched a video on this. You need to twist around your spine to get your weight on your right foot. Reverse pivot happens because you are trying to counter that weight, so you tilt your body in the other direction, or you are swaying over your right foot to get the weight onto it. Both ways are wrong. The video: ▶ this video
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u/jessesoliman 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “EE is ruining my game”
personally i think you aren’t loading the trail side enough. Im working through this as well and I think this ▶ this video might be helpful. When you rotate around your spine, you should feel a weight shift to the right because you are bringing your center of mass over your trail side. Your body will naturally try to correct for that by leaning towards the lead side. But when that happens, you lose your spine …
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u/ArtOfDivine 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Head dropping backwards”
It’s because you are not rotating correctly ▶ this video
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