If I Could Only Teach Golfers One Thing, It Would Be This
PGA instructor Jonathan Chown explains why golfers must avoid using their arms to chop down on the ball, advocating instead for proper lateral body weight transfer. He details how shifting weight to the lead side moves the swing low point past the ball and improves club path. The video provides two core drills—the Ball Forward Drill and the Step Through Drill—plus key feel cues for course play.
Use proper body weight shift to move the lowest point of your swing arc past the ball for crisp compression.
Avoid forcing the club down with your arms, which causes over-the-top slices and wastes swing power.
Practice drills using a 5-ball structure: 3 rep shots doing the drill followed by 2 normal shots replicating the feel.
On the course, feel your belt buckle shift behind your left heel during transition to seamlessly blend lateral shift with rotation.