Ball First Board Weight Shift — Golf Drill

Learn the ball first board weight shift drill with step-by-step video demonstrations from expert golf instructors.

How each of them teaches it

Coaches who demonstrate the ball first board weight shift drill, each linked at the second they start.

1. Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard: Your Golf Swing Needs to Starts From the Ground Up (from 1:04). Uses an obstacle stick or board aligned near your lead hip to ensure you load into your trail side on the backswing and shift both hips and upper body forward into the stick during the downswing.
2. Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard: Fix Your Backswing Weight Shift for Ball-First Contact (from 1:04). Load into your trail side during the backswing with athletic knee bend, then push forward shifting both hips and upper body toward an alignment stick to hit the ball first.