Weight Distribution

[PhilTheFragger]

When driving, How is your weight distributed in your stance
Should it be 50/50?

should it be 60% left leg/ 40% right leg

I feel that i have been favouring my right leg, but I seem to get better results when i try to favour my left (front)

Just wonder what the textbook answer is?

Fragger

 

[Smiffy]

I tend to favour my weight slightly onto my right leg. James will be along in a minute to tell you that you have the basics for S&T with your weight favouring your left leg

 

[Imurg]

Fragger goes S&T shocker.

Drivng's not your real problem, it's after that your problems start....

 

[sawtooth]

I keep my weight evenly distributed 50/50 on most shots, perhaps 40/60 for my driver at most.

I think its worth pointing out that whatever your weight distribution at address 50/50 , 40/60 there should not be a marked change throughout the backswing.

For me weight transfer is something that happens during the downswing (not before) so that you end up with most of your weight over your leading foot and the back foot is up on its toe.

 

[SatchFan]

Feels like 50/50 but I think weight transfer is probably more important.

 

[patricks148]

60- 40 right side, you should be hitting up and through.

 

[haplesshacker]

After Weds, it's about 90% left side!

 

[percy_layer]

Text books vary and so do individual players.

I'm 50/50 at address for normal full shots.
Goes to roughly 75/25 in favour of right foot at top of backswing then 90/10 in favour of left foot at impact then almost 100% left foot to finish. According to the forceplate sessions i've done.

It all depends on your swing characteristics and the shot you're trying to play.

 

[JustOne]

I feel like I'm roughly 50/50 at address, 40/60 left side at the top, 10/90 left side at impact.

 

[haplesshacker]

After Weds, it's about 90% left side!

At least that's how it feels, but it's probably not.

 

[Toby_LeRhone]

I find front to rear weight distribution a greater determinate of ball striking accuracy than left to right.

 

[percy_layer]

Although weight distribution between your left and right foot is very important i do feel that a lot of people are not aware of the weight distribution between the toes and heels of the feet which is equally important.

A lot of players tend to have the weight too much towards the toes which takes away the efficiency and control of the golf swing. The first time most people stand on a force plate and stand in a way that they think the weight is evenly distributed between both feet and between the toes and heels, they are actually favouring one foot and towards the toes. Poor balance accounts for poor posture and inconsistent striking for most golfers.

Worth considering

 

[Toby_LeRhone]

There's quite an echo in here tonight. ;-)


Seriously though, as Charlie H's point illustrates, some of the greatest revelations I have made in my swing had been through adjusting my front to back weight distribution.

Incidentally, I adjust my weight left and right according to club selection and ball position. Assuming the ground is flat: 8i is central and even, gradually working forward in half ball intervals as club length increases; as the ball goes forward my weight gradually moves onto my right foot until a max of about 60/40. Proper club alignment helps to keep my chest, hips, kness etc parallel to the target line.

 

[JustOne]

Proper club alignment helps to keep my chest, hips, kness etc parallel to the target line.

what do you mean, use the clubface?

My clubface is probably 15-20° open to the target at address.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I have used a balance rod http://www.118golf.co.uk/Practice-Golf-S...7bd60pd2789.htm as I have a very bad habit of getting the weight onto the toes and moving everything forward during the swing. Of course doing that nothing matches up and so hosel replaces club face and we all know what happens then

 

[percy_layer]

I have used a balance rod http://www.118golf.co.uk/Practice-Golf-S...7bd60pd2789.htm as I have a very bad habit of getting the weight onto the toes and moving everything forward during the swing. Of course doing that nothing matches up and so hosel replaces club face and we all know what happens then

Check out the Prostance, much better and you can change the air pressure depending on the player and the drill being used.

 

[Toby_LeRhone]

Proper club alignment helps to keep my chest, hips, kness etc parallel to the target line.

what do you mean, use the clubface?

My clubface is probably 15-20° open to the target at address.

Not quite. I believe that clubs are designed (loft, lie, length) to address a ball placed in a position appropriate to that club; eg, a wedge is not designed to be played off the left foot, to do so would affect the manner in which it interfaces with the ball.
My point then was that, all other things being equal (eg, the ground is flat), when my club is properly aligned (ie, sitting in the position it was designed to be in at address) my body tends to also be properly aligned. This is a product of perfect grip, posture, balance, ball position, physical conditioning and club fit.