cherrybarry
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Is most of the weight on the trailing foot at impact for a driver swing, but weight is moving forward?
Weight on right foot at impact?
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Brian Manzella
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Their MUST be a lot of weight on the right foot at impact.
A lot.
A lot.
cherrybarry
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Is it weight as in "total weight" or weight pressure (weight per area) that is more on the right foot?
Brian Manzella
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Draw a linr through a top player at impact...there is a lot of BOTH on the right foot...I didn't say more.
Brian Manzella
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ragman : densikat has got it in one. I feel there are a lot of things that are set in stone about the swing which if you follow and believe in will never allow you to build a good swing and will get you in to all kind of problems. That is why I left the Bogus Sacred Cows of Golf post. I would like to see a list of firmly believed myths/lies so that any other ones I do not know about can make their way to the " Empty Delete Folder trash can" of my mind and be replaced with what is right. The list would also help others get rid of any silly firmly held ideas. I can see why one would think that the weight would be over the left leg at impact it looks that way when you look at pics of pros at impact The left foot tends to be flat and the right heel is of the deck with the right front part of the foot in contact with the ground. If you stand this way you can still have 50% or more weight on the right foot and you need this weight to thrust against with the right leg to provide pivot thrust as Brian says. Try thrusting your right leg with all your weight on the left leg. It just does not work. A lot of books say that most of the weight should be on the left leg at impact. It looks that way from photos but if you mindfully follow this you are going to end up in trouble. densikat has pointed this out with his upper body problems.
Brian: In boxing when you throw a right hand cross you should pivot when you hit the guy . You drive the hips open with a thrust of the right leg the left leg firms up and acts as a hinge. This driving of the right leg transmits force to the upper body that provides the leverage force that does the damage in the punch. I used to really feel this with a pressure on the right hip and the ball of the right foot as I would drive my fist through the heavy bag. A good person to watch to see this is Tommy the Hit Man Hearns. Can you confirm that this is the right way to use the lower body in the golf swing? Also could you go into the chucking the drunk off your left shoulder thing you have written about in the past ? I think I am ready to " Get IT " now as I did not fully understand it before. The post you left on this subject was on the FGI swing discussion section so I can no longer refer to it. Thanks.
benhogan54
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It looks to be from looking at pictures of good ball strikers that it's not really weight on the right leg, but just a "pushing off" from the right side.
Stand up with a wall close to your right side. Put your right leg onto the wall like you are kicking it and then push. Your body weight is totally on the left leg, BUT your right foot is still touching and pushing against the wall even though there isn't weight there. Similarly in golf, the weight is over on top of the left leg, but the right foot is still on and pushing against the ground. Also, it looks like most good players have the right heel up before (sometimes WELL BEFORE) impact, but the ball of the right foot and toes are still on the ground.
I am not sure how correct my assumptions are, but this is what I observe in the majority of video and pictures I have looked at.
Stand up with a wall close to your right side. Put your right leg onto the wall like you are kicking it and then push. Your body weight is totally on the left leg, BUT your right foot is still touching and pushing against the wall even though there isn't weight there. Similarly in golf, the weight is over on top of the left leg, but the right foot is still on and pushing against the ground. Also, it looks like most good players have the right heel up before (sometimes WELL BEFORE) impact, but the ball of the right foot and toes are still on the ground.
I am not sure how correct my assumptions are, but this is what I observe in the majority of video and pictures I have looked at.
benhogan54: It works when you use a wall the wall provides resistance but to push off with the right foot you NEED weight on that right leg to provide the resistance to act against. I have just had a go at pushing off with the right leg when all the weight is on the left leg. It does not work the only way I can get push is when I put more weight on the right side. Give it a go and see for yourself.
redan
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From Hebron's Secrets & Lies Book: Fourteen of the golfers tested were successful long drive competitors who had reached national levels...13 out of 14 increased the load on the right foot prior to impact. Yes, weight is ultimately transfered...impact should occur... at a time of stability preceded by an increasing load on the right foot at impact. p.227
rbaumgolf
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I incorporated the weight on the right foot and have the feelng of "Pushing off" that foot right through impact. It feels so right. With the inside out swing and the swivel I've been working on the swing feels great and is very powerful. At the range it was working like a champ..........I'll try it on the course tomorrow night
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