drewyallop
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Bought MJ's most recent video on ground reaction forces. I am sure that the accomplished golfers here already know this information or have worked it out for themselves. But for me the use of proper footwork to generate power was new and breakthrough. Especially helpful was the discussion on using the feet to "turn the earth". My post to Micahael after one range session follows.
"Just got back from the range. Worked on nothing but the footwork. Started with just pressuring the the lead back and after a while i got it. Nice tight hp turn. Then back pressure on the lead foot and pressuring the back foot forward. Seemed to free things up a bit and helped with not coming out of the pelvis tilt. Now the real challenge, reversing the footwork to start the downswing. Felt so completely wrong and non-intuituve. Moving pressure on the the back foot back just felt like the wrong way to start the hip turn. But after a lot of practice, the pelvis turn was much more powerfull and automatically gave me some axis tilt. Club seemed to come in low and into the back of the ball.
The best thing is it just happened automatically. Just put the mind in the feet and everything just happened. I suspect the sequencing was better too. Moving the pressure back on the back foot at the start of the downswing seemed to restrain the start of the hip turn and hold back the torso turn as well. Ended up with hips square to the target with weight well on the front foot. Again without thinking about it.
Never in all my golf lessons was I told to make these moves. For me absolute breakthrough.
Took a lot of time getting the stance width right too. Noticed if it got too narrow even by an inch or too I got too much axis tilt. Too wide and the hips felt powerless coming through.
I don't know how you figured this all out but it makes the body work so well and I am grateful. Easy on the back too.
I hope you sell tons of these videos."
Recommended.
Drew
"Just got back from the range. Worked on nothing but the footwork. Started with just pressuring the the lead back and after a while i got it. Nice tight hp turn. Then back pressure on the lead foot and pressuring the back foot forward. Seemed to free things up a bit and helped with not coming out of the pelvis tilt. Now the real challenge, reversing the footwork to start the downswing. Felt so completely wrong and non-intuituve. Moving pressure on the the back foot back just felt like the wrong way to start the hip turn. But after a lot of practice, the pelvis turn was much more powerfull and automatically gave me some axis tilt. Club seemed to come in low and into the back of the ball.
The best thing is it just happened automatically. Just put the mind in the feet and everything just happened. I suspect the sequencing was better too. Moving the pressure back on the back foot at the start of the downswing seemed to restrain the start of the hip turn and hold back the torso turn as well. Ended up with hips square to the target with weight well on the front foot. Again without thinking about it.
Never in all my golf lessons was I told to make these moves. For me absolute breakthrough.
Took a lot of time getting the stance width right too. Noticed if it got too narrow even by an inch or too I got too much axis tilt. Too wide and the hips felt powerless coming through.
I don't know how you figured this all out but it makes the body work so well and I am grateful. Easy on the back too.
I hope you sell tons of these videos."
Recommended.
Drew
