The Missing Piece Behind Ball-Then-Ground Contact

You've heard the advice a hundred times.

Shift your weight left. Clear your hips. Get ahead of the ball.

And maybe you've even tried it — and ended up thinning it, or coming over the top with a ugly slice divot pointing left.

There's a reason that happens. And it comes down to one small thing most instructors skip right over.

Clay Ballard is one of the sharpest teachers in golf and he breaks down exactly why the standard weight shift advice backfires — and the simple adjustment that fixes it.