Upper Body Shift For Ball First Contact – Ball First Board

Clay Ballard from Top Speed Golf explains why shifting only your lower body during the downswing leads to fat, thin, and blocked shots. He demonstrates how moving your upper body into your lead side creates true ball compression and solid contact. Ballard also explains that moving your head off the ball during the backswing is normal as long as it returns forward through impact.

• Shifting only the lower body while leaving the upper body behind leads to fat, thin, block, and hook shots.
• Your upper body must shift forward into your lead side along with your lower body to compress the ball cleanly.
• It is normal for tour players' heads to move about 6 inches off the ball in the backswing, provided it moves back through impact.