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The “Ball Then Turf” Board
“How to guarantee you make ball-then-turf contact and take dollar bill divots”
Watch the video below to see how this one move — the “bump-turn, bump-turn” revealed 2 minutes in (and broken down in depth around the 6-minute mark) — fixes your chunks, thins, and inconsistent contact, for a swing that looks and feels smooth, effortless, and powerful.
Watch: How the Ball First Board forces the move tour pros make
“This is a tool, not a gadget.”
Steve C. · Verified Buyer
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The Real Problem
Every golfer fights the same handful of miss-hits. And the better you get, the more they sting.
- →The pitiful chunk that sends your divot farther than your ball
- →The thin screamer that races over the green and into the bushes
- →The weak, armsy drive that leaks right and trickles into the rough
- →The inconsistent contact where one shot flies pure and the next comes up 20 yards short
- →The block-right push where the club gets stuck and the face never squares
These might feel like 5 different problems, but they all stem from the same root cause.
And if you struggle with even one of these on a regular basis, I bet your swing feels like it’s all arms and hands.
Like the lower body and upper body are fighting each other.
Like you’re always trying to save the shot at the last second.
The best ball strikers in the world — heck, even the best golfers at your club — make it look effortless. Because it is.
Here’s what they’re actually doing:
- Their lower body and upper body work together seamlessly
- They build power from the ground up
- They transfer it early in the downswing and let the club release naturally through impact
- They take a divot in front of the ball — shots that fly long and straight
The root cause of your chunks (and thins, for that matter) is improper weight shift
Sound too simple?
Watch this video and you’ll understand:
The Move
The move every great ball striker makes — that almost no recreational golfer does
The late, great John Jacobs said the golf swing is just “two turns and swish.”
He was close.
The golf swing is two bumps, two turns and a swish.
Bump, turn. Bump, turn.
It’s a move every great ball striker has in common, regardless of their swing style — and this one move fixes your chunks and thins, your slices, your lack of distance, and a half-dozen other miss-hits that still show up in your rounds.
BUMP 1
A small lateral shift to your trail side as you start the backswing (1–2 inches — measured on tour with 3D motion capture)
TURN 1
Your hips, shoulders and torso rotate around that loaded trail side
BUMP 2
A lateral shift back to your lead side of 4-6 inches, just like the pros — and here’s the key: This bump starts a fraction of a second before your shoulders and arms finish the backswing
TURN 2
Your hips and torso rotate through impact, with your weight already on your lead side — which gets your low point in front of the ball
That second bump — the one that has to happen before the backswing is finished — is the move 95% of recreational golfers never make correctly. They either skip it entirely (and stay stuck on their back foot) or they slide their hips laterally through impact instead of bumping then rotating.
You can read about this move all day. You can watch a hundred videos on it. But until you feel it — until your body knows the difference between a bump-then-turn and a hip slide — nothing changes.
Introducing the Ball First Board.The first training aid that makes Bump-Turn, Bump-Turn impossible to fake.
How the Ball First Board Works
The Three-Constraint System for Consistent Ball-Then-Turf Contact
Spring-loaded trail pedal · Trail alignment rod · Lead alignment rod
Spring-Loaded Trail Pedal (trains bump 1)
Your trail foot stands on an inclined platform with a calibrated spring. To compress it, you have to actually load your weight into your trail side as you take the club back.
No spring compression = no Bump #1. You know you reverse-pivoted — the #1 hidden fault that has you starting the downswing from the wrong foot and chasing the ball forward all the way through impact.
Most golfers have no idea they’re doing this. The pedal makes it impossible to miss.
The Trail Alignment Rod (trains turn 1)
Calibrated to the exact 1–2 inch trail-side bump measured on tour players with 3D motion capture (the same data Sports Box 3D uses to analyze pros).
Bump too far with your trail hip and you’ll hit the rod — immediate feedback that you’ve crossed from a controlled bump into the oversway that turns Bump #1 into a full-body slide.
That oversway is the #1 reason recreational golfers get stuck on their back foot, run out of time to shift forward, and bottom out behind the ball. The rod kills oversway before it starts.
The Lead Alignment Rod (trains bump 2 and turn 2)
Your lead-side rod is calibrated to the exact 4–6 inch displacement measured on tour players. From the top of your backswing, just bump your lead hip until it touches the rod, then turn your body through impact and into a nice, balanced finish — no more sliding your hips laterally through the ball like most recreational golfers do.
Watch the video below to see exactly how the Ball First Board fixes the root cause of your contact inconsistency
The Ball First Board, demonstrated by Golf Digest Top Instructor, Clay Ballard, and Lead Instructor at Top Speed Golf, Casey Vancil
Steve C.
Verified Buyer
“I’ve never done the weight transfer right — until this.”
“I was already shooting in the 74-75 range and honestly almost didn’t buy the board. Then my game fell apart — thinning, topping, completely out of sync. My Ball First Board showed up that week. After 4 short sessions, I figured out the culprit: my weight shift was happening way too late in the downswing, with way too much hip slide. The board showed me the bump needs to happen a fraction of a second BEFORE the downswing starts. That one change fixed everything. I’ve bought a lot of golf gadgets over the years with no real improvement. Your stuff isn’t a gadget. It’s a tool.”
The Payoff
What changes when your low point moves forward
The chunks stop
The club isn’t digging behind the ball anymore.
The bladed shots are gone
Same reason — your low point is finally in the right place.
Pure compression
The ball jumps off the face with that thrilling “thwack” you’ve been chasing.
More distance, less effort
Added ball speed and longer shots without swinging harder.
No more casting
That “all-arms” feeling disappears because your body finally leads the club.
Divots in front
Your divots start in front of the ball — just like the pros in the Ping study.
Improves your ball striking throughout the bag
The Ball First Board isn’t just for irons and wedges. The same “bump-turn, bump-turn” principle works for every club — including the driver.
When you shift weight properly from takeaway through impact, all kinds of good things happen.
Some examples:
- The lower body clears space for the upper body to shallow the club (i.e., get on plane) coming down — the coveted position of all good players
- Your hands aren’t forced to cast or flip the club early to square the face, so you build lots of powerful lag (the tight angle between lead forearm and shaft)
- Instead of an over-the-top or outside-in path that causes a slice, the club follows an inside-out route that produces a draw
- Your hands lead the clubhead into impact, the key to compressing the ball for a penetrating flight and lethal accuracy
- You rely less on timing because your hips, torso, shoulders and arms are in sync — and that’s a recipe for consistency
Best of all: Your whole game improves, from the wedges through the driver.
Meet the Creator
Clay played professional golf before turning to teaching in 2009. He has over one million followers and his YouTube channel boasts more subscribers than Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, and Golf Channel combined.
Clay is praised for the simplicity with which he explains complicated swing mechanics.
Frustrated by products that promise golfers massive improvement but don’t deliver, Clay’s first foray into product design was the Blue Brick training aid. It was an instant hit and continues to sell like gangbusters.
The Philosophy
Not a gadget. A tool.
There’s a difference between something you buy, mess with for a week, and toss in the garage (or the garbage) — and something that actually changes how your body moves.
Gadgets give you a gimmick. Tools give you a skill.
The Ball First Board is designed to make the right move impossible to miss and the wrong move impossible to hide — until the move is so ingrained that you don’t have to think about it; it’s second nature.
Reviews
Golfers Love the Ball First Board
Jeff Cooper
Verified Buyer
“It’s helped me a lot.”
“The Ball First Board is awesome. I was doing the Reverse K and now I’m getting over in front of the ball with ball-first contact. It’s helped me a lot.”
Timothy Granville
Verified Buyer
“The best feedback I’ve encountered by far.”
“I just received your ball first board and I’m extremely impressed. I was a little off on the timing of the flex and push with my lead knee. The ball first board gives the best feedback I’ve encountered by far!”
Dale Schneman
Verified Buyer · Age 65 · Handicap 12
“Even with my long irons I was getting good compression.”
“The Ball First Board helped me get the transfer of weight going forward... Even with my long irons I was getting good compression.”
Fit Check
Who the Ball First Board is for
- Recreational golfers stuck between 90 and 100 who can’t figure out why their irons are inconsistent
- Mid-handicappers (10-18) who hit a handful of OK irons most rounds, but can’t do it with any consistency
- Golfers who understand the swing intellectually — they’ve watched videos and know what a proper weight shift looks like — but can’t replicate the feel in real life
- Players who want physical feedback instead of more swing theory
- Low handicappers (5 and under) who want to fine-tune their weight shift, reinforce good habits, and have a sure fix handy when things get out of whack
Included Free
Included with Your Ball First Board
Every Ball First Board comes with 3 collapsable alignment rods, plus a library of short drill videos from Clay Ballard — the exact progressions he teaches in his clinics for getting Bump-Turn, Bump-Turn ingrained as fast as possible.
You’ll get them via email after purchase, or you can scan the QR code printed on the board. Videos load instantly on your phone.
No login. No app to download. No monthly fee or expiration date. Whether you’re set up in the garage, on the range, or on the simulator, the drills are always at your fingertips.
- How to simplify your weight shift using Bump-Turn, Bump-Turn
- Tour pros’ weight shift keys for consistent ball-first contact
- The science of perfect ground contact and how to avoid chunks and skulls
- A right hip fix that makes shallowing easy
- How to stop rushing the downswing and create effortless power
Free for life with your board. No upsell, no monthly fee for app or video access.
Scan the QR code on the board — drills load instantly, no app required
Your risk is zero
- 60-day money-back guarantee
- If it doesn’t improve your contact or if you’re not happy for any reason, send it back. Full product refund (less shipping). No questions.
Simple and straightforward. Guaranteed no hassle returns.
Stop guessing. Start making ball-first contact.
You’ve spent years trying to fix what you can’t feel. The Ball First Board makes the right move impossible to miss — and the wrong move impossible to hide.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I hit real balls using the Ball First Board?+
Yes — with any club, on a grass range or off a mat. Most weight-shift boards technically allow it, but they slide and shift under your feet, making it hard to practice real contact. After dozens of prototypes, the Ball First Board was built with a stable, anti-slip base that will not budge during the swing, so you can hit true shots while practicing the bump-turn, bump-turn.
How is this better than a weight shift board?+
They’re not built on Tour data.
Most weight-shift boards just wobble back and forth, with no feedback to tell you if you’re doing it right or wrong. The Ball First Board gives you that feedback. The alignment rods are perfectly angled to the exact degree of lateral movement shared by the world’s best players, and the spring is perfectly calibrated to allow just enough weight shift to the trail side without letting you over-slide.
Feel that doesn’t translate.
Wobble boards exaggerate the motion so much that swinging on the board feels nothing like a normal swing on real turf. The Ball First Board uses constraints-led learning — your body is physically guided into the correct move at the correct intensity, so when you step off the board, the feel comes with you.
They’re unstable under a real swing.
You can technically hit balls with most wobble boards, but they slide, tilt unpredictably, or shift mid-swing — which means you’re managing the board instead of grooving a move. The Ball First Board stays planted. You hit real balls with real clubs and the only thing that moves is what’s supposed to move: your weight.
The Ball First Board is built around three physical constraints that work together so you literally cannot make the wrong move without knowing instantly.
What clubs does it work with?+
All of them (except the putter, of course). The board has ball position markings for the driver, 6-iron and sand wedge, so you only need to make small adjustments for the clubs in between.
Will it work indoors?+
Yes — use the Ball First Board with or without balls.
Can a left-handed golfer use it?+
Yep — the Ball First Board works for righties and lefties.
How long until I see results?+
Most golfers feel the difference in the first session. Real, consistent, lasting change in your ground contact usually takes 1-2 weeks of regular practice.
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