Sway

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Head Sway: stand bent slightly as at address with both arms hanging straight and both hands pointing at the balls of your feet.

The Sway
Another common power robbing problem is a sway. In an effort to get behind the golf ball, the golfer shifts his weight outside of his back leg to the outside of the back foot. They slide their hips back and do not rotate.

hand-sway
The biggest reason the pros can maintain this distance in hand sway is their superior conditioning, flexibility, balance, coordination and amount of time spent playing and practicing the game of golf.

sway generally considered to be an excess of lateral (side to side) body motion in a golf swing
Example: Many players have a noticeable or even pronounced sway in their swing.

When you're having problems making good contact, it's often because you start to sway, lose balance, and stop turning. One of the best drills to help cure this problem is to hit balls with your feet about six inches apart.

Remember that any hint of "upward lift" or sway in the body during the backswing literally takes the power out of the left hand and arm swing. You can try this movement without a club in your hand.

People often wonder how I can take my rather narrow stance, swing as hard as I do, and not sway or topple off the ball. I think the reason is that I've been blessed with good balance. I grew up doing a lot of waterskiing and surfing.

If you will take a club in your hand and start your, back swing easily and naturally, directing your attention to observing when your head starts to sway, you will find that it happens at the instant when you stiffen a single muscle.

During the downswing the upper body turns but doesn.t lunge or sway toward the target. The head and body (most of it) stays behind the ball through impact. Let clubhead speed do the work.

Placing the ball, you have consider your swing style. If you slightly sway,like most of amateur did, you must place the ball more on yr left foot. (right foot for lefties)
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In an effort to move Sarah's weight to the right on the backswing, Sarah would usually sway her hips away from the target.
This produced an inconsistent swing and inconsistent shots.

If your stance is too wide, it will prevent you from completing the proper weight shift and shoulder turn and will cause you to “sway' too much in your swing rather than staying centered over the ball throughout the backswing and downswing.

There should be no extra/independent moves made by the body. No shoulder rotation, and no sideways sway. The upper body must also remain in posture throughout the backswing.

Ollie has the passion and the commitment; his dance on the 18th green at Muirfield Village was in the Astaire class but it will take more than a fandango to sway the suits in Dubai.

You can picture a pole and make it your aim to get the ball pass the imaginary pole. Learn how to use the right shifting of weight and when you do your golf swing your hips should not sway.

The mechanics of a good shoulder turn are rather simple. As you complete your backswing, try to have your left shoulder (for a right-handed player) touch under your chin. This will ensure that you pivot and turn rather than sway.

feet should be stacked when viewed from behind the ball on the target line. Also, the back knee should be cocked slightly inward towards the target. This will help you brace yourself on this leg during the back swing, thus preventing lower body sway.

sway: Excessive lateral movement in the golf swing.
sweet spot: Small area on clubface which will produce optimum power.
swing plane: A term used to describe the angle/line of the movement of the golf club in relation to the body.

See also: Swing, Golf, Backswing, Rough, Turn