Balance

Balance is a state of your body’s equilibrium. It is a feeling you have all day long. You walk and run in balance and it feels awkward when you lose your balance.

If your body is out of balance to start with it is not going to find it during the golf swing.

When you address a ball, you flex your knees and bend at the waist. This throws your head and upper body forward making a majority of your bodies weight to go towards the balls of your feet. This can throw you out of balance before the club has ever been taken back. An adjustment is now needed to get back into balance. You can still have your knees flexed and bent at the waist.

If during the swing you start out of balance you will finish out of balance. The end result of great balance in the golf swing is a finish you can pose with. You have shifted your weight turned your body and have maintained your balance throughout the swing. Weight goes from the back foot to the front foot with total balance.

I was taught in football to put myself in a position where I could move in any direction. Left, right, forwards or backwards. True balance for sure. This is the same feeling you should have once you are set up to the ball. Get yourself in balance before you take the club back.

At times you may want more weight on your left side or right side. You may want 60% of your weight on the left foot and 40% on the right foot. This may help with the short irons or you may want 60% on your right foot and 40% on the left foot for a driver. Even here you want to be in balance just starting with a different weight distribution.

Upright swingers may be a little more on the balls of their feet and flat swingers may be a little more on their heels. Either way you must still start and finish in balance.

​The end of the swing is the true indicator if you have been in balance throughout your swing. Can you hold the finish in balance?