The legs and the golf swing

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My swing thought recently has been to start the backswing with the left foot and begin the downswing with right foot using the ground as leverage. With everything else being "on plane" this really helps me get the pivot moving and ball striking is usually very good. I remember at one of our TGM workshops one of the comments was to think of your legs as two tree trunks with the roots deep into the ground.
 

Brian Manzella

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Use the ground!

I once heard that someone said to "swing like you were standing on a block of ice."

That is probably the worst advice I ever heard about how the legs and ground really work in a dynamic swing.

The worst part about bad advice, is that in golf, someone talented enough to think they are doing the bad advice, will either not do it and give the bad advice credit, or do it and compensate for the bad advice.

Whne I say "dymamic" this is what I mean: When Mike Finney was 5'2" and 105 lbs. he could hit 275 yards with a persimmon driver. I can't bench press 100 lbs., and I am very inflexible. I still can hit a cut out there with the Adam Mallory's and Mike Finney's

Sergio is dymanic. Faldo is not.

Get it?
So, how do the legs work in the swing, and how do they use the ground to generate speed?

They push off, and help create PULL-off.

What???

Push Off - A runner out of the blocks. A basketballer going up for a rebound.

Pull Off - Tug of war. Ringing the bell at Notre Dame.
I know, I know, they both require PUSHING into the ground.

But, you can use gravity to help you.

How??

By FALLING into your left leg on the downswing, and then pushing up.

Ray says he pushes off his left foot to start the backswing, that's great, although some would feel it on the "other side" as a "pull-off."

Watch the Hogan YouTube from Mexico posted recently. He sure ain't standing on any ice, and he sure isn't just picking up his forearm either. ;)
 
Got and old Toski book and that is exactly what he states Brian.

The right side springs into the left more power less effort.
 
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