Foot Pressure/Weight Distribution

[Jim512]

Looking for opinions on where the weight is in the feet and the direction it takes as the weight shifts. With the introduction of foot pressure force plates I'm finding different articles and trains of thought on where the weight starts at address (balls of feet/under the arch/ankle joint) and then how it proceeds thru the backswing, transition, impact and follow thru. For example...one path described is weight starts centered and then goes to back heel before going to front of left foot and then transfers back to left heel area for the finish.

I have asked a lot of PGA pros who mostly say I don't know and then go into their swing looking at their feet to see what they are feeling. The ones who did have a direct answer provided completely different directional paths. The only consitent I found was weight stays on the inside of right foot.

 

[Dariusz J.]

In theory, according to my researches - the mass vector should go through ankle joints during the moments of applying the biggest torques, i.e. during transition (rear foot) and during impact (lead foot).
I wonder what instructors would say in this topic.

Cheers

 

[Kevin Shields]

Sergio would disagree that the weight stays on the inside of the right foot. Just saying.

 

[Matt Bryda]

If you are pulling from the top to a point then pushing from another point how would you use the ground to support this process the most?

What parts of the foot on the ground would you pressurize into the ground to assist the pulling then pushing? Or would you want to use the whole foot to benefit from more surface area?

I think much of this depends on how your hips turn going back and if the hips slant at all or turn level and this depends on your swing pattern.

I think if you swing like I used to (like playing tug-of-war with the club) then you are probably using the inside of the right foot too much.

After working on some changes in my swing I am using the whole foot more of the time but I have not tested this idea using force plates, it's only my feel.

Matt