Recent Articles in FOOTWORK/GROUND FORCES

Right Foot- Down OR Up?

Balance in the golf swing is one of the major factors that will accommodate the golfer in his quest for a better motion.

It is hard to believe how many times I have heard or read that to use the ground correctly the right foot should remain

down when striking the ball. This is a myth. And a myth that is very easy to refute. 

How the right foot operates is based on a number of things- which I will go into more detail about in future posts.

Yet for this conversation the right foot should react to how much lateral movement the body is undertaking within

the swing at hand. And this can and will vary with different clubs.
Footwork & The Pivot

In 2011 I uploaded a video to my YouTube Channel showing the footwork of a lot of famous golfers from throughout the years.

That video attracted a lot of attention as I zoomed into the feet of these players (including myself) and showed a very different

activity in the footwork than what most people noticed or modern instruction had distinguished should occur in the golf swing.

The close up of the feet allowed the viewer to see a very distinct rear foot drag in all the swings. This grip and grind in the feet

whilst not a goal in the golf swing is definitely a vapour trail of wonderful ground pressures into the feet as a balance and support

system to help move the club void of stalling the body or over using the hands.