balance

Foot work and balance

You often hear about foot work and balance when watching golf on TV.  Tour players have for the most part learned to use their weight and pressure very effectively.  There are three basic power sources from the body, not including the arms in the golf swing.  They are lateral, vertical and rotational.  Many years ago lateral was considered a good source and vertical was almost considered bad.  If you watch the newer young guys on

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Stay athletic during your back swing

Most players after a shot think about what went wrong on the down swing when that was not the problem.  Working with a friend yesterday I had the opportunity to work with him on staying athletic in the back swing.  What I mean by this is keeping the back knee flexed, keeping the sternum or spine from going vertical and not bending the spine towards the target at the top of the swing. Sounds easy

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