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Typically myweight is already onto myleft at start down, but as I understand(may be incorrect), weight shift is a function of hip turn, so to get my weight onto my front side the hips would need to turn open. Would that mean that as the left side opensthe right side would stay back, producing a look like the Sneed squat at the startdown, this is a verydifficult possition to achieciveformefor somereason, and does the weight imediatly go into the left heel? Could i be over rotating and therefore "roundhousing" with my right hip? I find myself frequently comming out of shots before follow through possibly because of this

If your right hip goes out with your right shoulder, you'll roundhouse. A little hip slide could help; once you get your right hip back, leave it there when you start down and bump the turned hips to your left while your right elbow drops in front. Don't let your head and upper body slide with your hips. Your weight will go left, but your right hip will stay out of the way.

I like to feel like my right hip is moving away from the ball; not only does that keep the hip back, it helps me maintain my posture and makes it easy to generate and feel the throwout action needed for swinging.

I noticed a definite squat look when I started doing this.