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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Balance with Heel Toe Awareness Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Recognize when you're shifting too much weight towards your toes
- Feel the stability gained from proper weight distribution during your swing
- Develop a better understanding of how your foot pressure affects ball contact
Learn how to maintain proper weight distribution during your swing with this heel toe awareness drill using an alignment stick. This simple exercise will help you avoid common mistakes that lead to inconsistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is heel toe awareness with an alignment stick. So oftentimes golfers
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.040
can fall into a pattern where they're drifting in towards their toes and a
3
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.280
simple drill using an alignment stick can elevate your awareness of that
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:21.160
problem. Many golfers who get in towards their toes either have more of kind of
5
00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:21.200
a
6
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.040
scoop style release, more of a cast pattern, or they may struggle with
7
00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:30.400
shanks because moving in towards your toes can shift the upper body in towards
8
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:36.880
the golf ball and so if I start a certain distance away from the golf ball like
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.480
this and just shift in towards my toes if my arms extend and I get into a good
10
00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:46.480
release pattern that can create some shanks. So oftentimes I'll use an
11
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:49.760
alignment stick just to heighten the awareness of where you're pushing
12
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:55.120
through your feet. So to do this basically what you're going to do is you're
13
00:00:55.120 --> 00:01:02.320
going to put the alignment stick just under the front of the feet or
14
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.240
just under the toes. So the balls of my feet and my
15
00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:08.880
arch are still on the ground but you can see that the stick is
16
00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:14.000
basically under just the front of the the biggest joints of the toes.
17
00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.600
So right in through there I can still pick my I can pick my toes up
18
00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:21.760
and keep my weight in my center but it's not all the way to the tip of the toe
19
00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.040
just like that and it's not under the arch.
20
00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:31.040
Okay so I get set up with it right underneath
21
00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:37.200
that tip of the toe and I'm going to allow a little bit of freedom
22
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.200
in the transition but during the backswing I don't want the weight to go
23
00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.720
dramatically in towards that right foot or the trail foot
24
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:50.240
and then during transition you can get a little bit of pressure into the stick
25
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:55.360
but as early as you can or definitely before the arm is about parallel to
26
00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:57.680
the ground it's going to feel like it starts working
27
00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:03.040
more in towards that left heel. So I'm going to if I get into a
28
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.160
little bit pressure I'm going to make sure when I get towards contact
29
00:02:06.160 --> 00:02:12.160
that the toes of the left foot are able to come up off the ground.
30
00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:18.240
That's going to actually help me stay more centered create some room with my
31
00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.760
rib cage so that my arms will be able to do that good white movement
32
00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:25.200
and help get the bottom of the swing out in front of the golf ball
33
00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:31.680
in a shallow enough position. So once you're comfortable with
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:35.100
feeling like you're staying a little bit more centered then you can step away
35
00:02:35.100 --> 00:02:35.280
and
36
00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.720
try to recreate that same feeling just with your own awareness.
37
00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:42.720
Now some of you may be thinking that there are a lot of really good golfers
38
00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:46.000
who are up on their toes say Lexi Thompson or
39
00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.560
Lori Davies or even Justin Thomas but what you'll typically see
40
00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.320
is that most of those golfers who do get up on their toes
41
00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:57.920
what you'll see is when they when they land
42
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:02.160
they'll actually land more towards the heel so they'll get into
43
00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.120
that position where basically they're getting more towards the
44
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.360
heel side and the outside of the foot so the pressure is working more towards
45
00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:12.400
the the heel not so much towards the toe.
46
00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.000
You'll never see a really good golfer get in towards their toes and then land
47
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.760
and kind of stay forward like so because it will impede
48
00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:23.120
how well you'll be able to rotate into your follow through and it'll
49
00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.400
make it challenging to have continued body rotation
50
00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:31.360
without falling over. This counter move in towards the heel
51
00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.960
helps for basically balancing the pull of the club
52
00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.800
in the direction of the golf ball which is
53
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.880
balanced by me pulling away from it which helps create a lot of the speed
54
00:03:44.880 --> 00:03:48.560
and shallowness down at the bottom of the swing.
55
00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:54.400
Okay so demoing you've got the stick underneath the
56
00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:58.240
front of the toes again just on the other side
57
00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.320
of the kind of the balls of the feet and you're going to
58
00:04:02.320 --> 00:04:07.280
try and you can start with nine to threes but you're going to make sure that
59
00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.360
when you finish you can pick up those toes that
60
00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.560
you're not pressing down on that alignment stick
61
00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.680
once you can do it consistently with some nine to threes
62
00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:23.360
then you can take it up to more of a full swing
63
00:04:25.280 --> 00:04:28.880
it can be a little bit tricky kind of dialing in your ball position so you
64
00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:32.480
may want to use a tee just until so that you can keep the
65
00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.200
distance and set up a little bit easier
66
00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:44.880
left the club face open just to touch on that so
67
00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:48.080
it's good enough for the demo but we'll do
68
00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:57.440
one more just for my sake
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is heel toe awareness with an alignment stick. So oftentimes golfers
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.040
can fall into a pattern where they're drifting in towards their toes and a
3
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.280
simple drill using an alignment stick can elevate your awareness of that
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:21.160
problem. Many golfers who get in towards their toes either have more of kind of
5
00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:21.200
a
6
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.040
scoop style release, more of a cast pattern, or they may struggle with
7
00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:30.400
shanks because moving in towards your toes can shift the upper body in towards
8
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:36.880
the golf ball and so if I start a certain distance away from the golf ball like
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.480
this and just shift in towards my toes if my arms extend and I get into a good
10
00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:46.480
release pattern that can create some shanks. So oftentimes I'll use an
11
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:49.760
alignment stick just to heighten the awareness of where you're pushing
12
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:55.120
through your feet. So to do this basically what you're going to do is you're
13
00:00:55.120 --> 00:01:02.320
going to put the alignment stick just under the front of the feet or
14
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.240
just under the toes. So the balls of my feet and my
15
00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:08.880
arch are still on the ground but you can see that the stick is
16
00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:14.000
basically under just the front of the the biggest joints of the toes.
17
00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.600
So right in through there I can still pick my I can pick my toes up
18
00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:21.760
and keep my weight in my center but it's not all the way to the tip of the toe
19
00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.040
just like that and it's not under the arch.
20
00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:31.040
Okay so I get set up with it right underneath
21
00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:37.200
that tip of the toe and I'm going to allow a little bit of freedom
22
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.200
in the transition but during the backswing I don't want the weight to go
23
00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.720
dramatically in towards that right foot or the trail foot
24
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:50.240
and then during transition you can get a little bit of pressure into the stick
25
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:55.360
but as early as you can or definitely before the arm is about parallel to
26
00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:57.680
the ground it's going to feel like it starts working
27
00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:03.040
more in towards that left heel. So I'm going to if I get into a
28
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.160
little bit pressure I'm going to make sure when I get towards contact
29
00:02:06.160 --> 00:02:12.160
that the toes of the left foot are able to come up off the ground.
30
00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:18.240
That's going to actually help me stay more centered create some room with my
31
00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.760
rib cage so that my arms will be able to do that good white movement
32
00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:25.200
and help get the bottom of the swing out in front of the golf ball
33
00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:31.680
in a shallow enough position. So once you're comfortable with
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:35.100
feeling like you're staying a little bit more centered then you can step away
35
00:02:35.100 --> 00:02:35.280
and
36
00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.720
try to recreate that same feeling just with your own awareness.
37
00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:42.720
Now some of you may be thinking that there are a lot of really good golfers
38
00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:46.000
who are up on their toes say Lexi Thompson or
39
00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.560
Lori Davies or even Justin Thomas but what you'll typically see
40
00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.320
is that most of those golfers who do get up on their toes
41
00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:57.920
what you'll see is when they when they land
42
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:02.160
they'll actually land more towards the heel so they'll get into
43
00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.120
that position where basically they're getting more towards the
44
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.360
heel side and the outside of the foot so the pressure is working more towards
45
00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:12.400
the the heel not so much towards the toe.
46
00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.000
You'll never see a really good golfer get in towards their toes and then land
47
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.760
and kind of stay forward like so because it will impede
48
00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:23.120
how well you'll be able to rotate into your follow through and it'll
49
00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.400
make it challenging to have continued body rotation
50
00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:31.360
without falling over. This counter move in towards the heel
51
00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.960
helps for basically balancing the pull of the club
52
00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.800
in the direction of the golf ball which is
53
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.880
balanced by me pulling away from it which helps create a lot of the speed
54
00:03:44.880 --> 00:03:48.560
and shallowness down at the bottom of the swing.
55
00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:54.400
Okay so demoing you've got the stick underneath the
56
00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:58.240
front of the toes again just on the other side
57
00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.320
of the kind of the balls of the feet and you're going to
58
00:04:02.320 --> 00:04:07.280
try and you can start with nine to threes but you're going to make sure that
59
00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.360
when you finish you can pick up those toes that
60
00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.560
you're not pressing down on that alignment stick
61
00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.680
once you can do it consistently with some nine to threes
62
00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:23.360
then you can take it up to more of a full swing
63
00:04:25.280 --> 00:04:28.880
it can be a little bit tricky kind of dialing in your ball position so you
64
00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:32.480
may want to use a tee just until so that you can keep the
65
00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.200
distance and set up a little bit easier
66
00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:44.880
left the club face open just to touch on that so
67
00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:48.080
it's good enough for the demo but we'll do
68
00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:57.440
one more just for my sake
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Balance with Heel Toe Awareness Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Recognize when you're shifting too much weight towards your toes
- Feel the stability gained from proper weight distribution during your swing
- Develop a better understanding of how your foot pressure affects ball contact
Learn how to maintain proper weight distribution during your swing with this heel toe awareness drill using an alignment stick. This simple exercise will help you avoid common mistakes that lead to inconsistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is heel toe awareness with an alignment stick. So oftentimes golfers
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.040
can fall into a pattern where they're drifting in towards their toes and a
3
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.280
simple drill using an alignment stick can elevate your awareness of that
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:21.160
problem. Many golfers who get in towards their toes either have more of kind of
5
00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:21.200
a
6
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.040
scoop style release, more of a cast pattern, or they may struggle with
7
00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:30.400
shanks because moving in towards your toes can shift the upper body in towards
8
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:36.880
the golf ball and so if I start a certain distance away from the golf ball like
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.480
this and just shift in towards my toes if my arms extend and I get into a good
10
00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:46.480
release pattern that can create some shanks. So oftentimes I'll use an
11
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:49.760
alignment stick just to heighten the awareness of where you're pushing
12
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:55.120
through your feet. So to do this basically what you're going to do is you're
13
00:00:55.120 --> 00:01:02.320
going to put the alignment stick just under the front of the feet or
14
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.240
just under the toes. So the balls of my feet and my
15
00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:08.880
arch are still on the ground but you can see that the stick is
16
00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:14.000
basically under just the front of the the biggest joints of the toes.
17
00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.600
So right in through there I can still pick my I can pick my toes up
18
00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:21.760
and keep my weight in my center but it's not all the way to the tip of the toe
19
00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.040
just like that and it's not under the arch.
20
00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:31.040
Okay so I get set up with it right underneath
21
00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:37.200
that tip of the toe and I'm going to allow a little bit of freedom
22
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.200
in the transition but during the backswing I don't want the weight to go
23
00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.720
dramatically in towards that right foot or the trail foot
24
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:50.240
and then during transition you can get a little bit of pressure into the stick
25
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:55.360
but as early as you can or definitely before the arm is about parallel to
26
00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:57.680
the ground it's going to feel like it starts working
27
00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:03.040
more in towards that left heel. So I'm going to if I get into a
28
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.160
little bit pressure I'm going to make sure when I get towards contact
29
00:02:06.160 --> 00:02:12.160
that the toes of the left foot are able to come up off the ground.
30
00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:18.240
That's going to actually help me stay more centered create some room with my
31
00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.760
rib cage so that my arms will be able to do that good white movement
32
00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:25.200
and help get the bottom of the swing out in front of the golf ball
33
00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:31.680
in a shallow enough position. So once you're comfortable with
34
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:35.100
feeling like you're staying a little bit more centered then you can step away
35
00:02:35.100 --> 00:02:35.280
and
36
00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.720
try to recreate that same feeling just with your own awareness.
37
00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:42.720
Now some of you may be thinking that there are a lot of really good golfers
38
00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:46.000
who are up on their toes say Lexi Thompson or
39
00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.560
Lori Davies or even Justin Thomas but what you'll typically see
40
00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.320
is that most of those golfers who do get up on their toes
41
00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:57.920
what you'll see is when they when they land
42
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:02.160
they'll actually land more towards the heel so they'll get into
43
00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.120
that position where basically they're getting more towards the
44
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.360
heel side and the outside of the foot so the pressure is working more towards
45
00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:12.400
the the heel not so much towards the toe.
46
00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.000
You'll never see a really good golfer get in towards their toes and then land
47
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.760
and kind of stay forward like so because it will impede
48
00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:23.120
how well you'll be able to rotate into your follow through and it'll
49
00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.400
make it challenging to have continued body rotation
50
00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:31.360
without falling over. This counter move in towards the heel
51
00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.960
helps for basically balancing the pull of the club
52
00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.800
in the direction of the golf ball which is
53
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.880
balanced by me pulling away from it which helps create a lot of the speed
54
00:03:44.880 --> 00:03:48.560
and shallowness down at the bottom of the swing.
55
00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:54.400
Okay so demoing you've got the stick underneath the
56
00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:58.240
front of the toes again just on the other side
57
00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.320
of the kind of the balls of the feet and you're going to
58
00:04:02.320 --> 00:04:07.280
try and you can start with nine to threes but you're going to make sure that
59
00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.360
when you finish you can pick up those toes that
60
00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.560
you're not pressing down on that alignment stick
61
00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.680
once you can do it consistently with some nine to threes
62
00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:23.360
then you can take it up to more of a full swing
63
00:04:25.280 --> 00:04:28.880
it can be a little bit tricky kind of dialing in your ball position so you
64
00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:32.480
may want to use a tee just until so that you can keep the
65
00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.200
distance and set up a little bit easier
66
00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:44.880
left the club face open just to touch on that so
67
00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:48.080
it's good enough for the demo but we'll do
68
00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:57.440
one more just for my sake
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560
This drill is heel toe awareness with an alignment stick. So oftentimes golfers
2
00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:11.040
can fall into a pattern where they're drifting in towards their toes and a
3
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.280
simple drill using an alignment stick can elevate your awareness of that
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:21.160
problem. Many golfers who get in towards their toes either have more of kind of
5
00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:21.200
a
6
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.040
scoop style release, more of a cast pattern, or they may struggle with
7
00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:30.400
shanks because moving in towards your toes can shift the upper body in towards
8
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:36.880
the golf ball and so if I start a certain distance away from the golf ball like
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.480
this and just shift in towards my toes if my arms extend and I get into a good
10
00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:46.480
release pattern that can create some shanks. So oftentimes I'll use an
11
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:49.760
alignment stick just to heighten the awareness of where you're pushing
12
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:55.120
through your feet. So to do this basically what you're going to do is you're
13
00:00:55.120 --> 00:01:02.320
going to put the alignment stick just under the front of the feet or
14
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.240
just under the toes. So the balls of my feet and my
15
00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:08.880
arch are still on the ground but you can see that the stick is
16
00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:14.000
basically under just the front of the the biggest joints of the toes.
17
00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.600
So right in through there I can still pick my I can pick my toes up
18
00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:21.760
and keep my weight in my center but it's not all the way to the tip of the toe
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just like that and it's not under the arch.
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Okay so I get set up with it right underneath
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that tip of the toe and I'm going to allow a little bit of freedom
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in the transition but during the backswing I don't want the weight to go
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dramatically in towards that right foot or the trail foot
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and then during transition you can get a little bit of pressure into the stick
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but as early as you can or definitely before the arm is about parallel to
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the ground it's going to feel like it starts working
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more in towards that left heel. So I'm going to if I get into a
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little bit pressure I'm going to make sure when I get towards contact
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that the toes of the left foot are able to come up off the ground.
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That's going to actually help me stay more centered create some room with my
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rib cage so that my arms will be able to do that good white movement
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and help get the bottom of the swing out in front of the golf ball
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in a shallow enough position. So once you're comfortable with
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feeling like you're staying a little bit more centered then you can step away
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and
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try to recreate that same feeling just with your own awareness.
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Now some of you may be thinking that there are a lot of really good golfers
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who are up on their toes say Lexi Thompson or
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Lori Davies or even Justin Thomas but what you'll typically see
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is that most of those golfers who do get up on their toes
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what you'll see is when they when they land
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they'll actually land more towards the heel so they'll get into
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that position where basically they're getting more towards the
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heel side and the outside of the foot so the pressure is working more towards
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the the heel not so much towards the toe.
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You'll never see a really good golfer get in towards their toes and then land
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and kind of stay forward like so because it will impede
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how well you'll be able to rotate into your follow through and it'll
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make it challenging to have continued body rotation
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without falling over. This counter move in towards the heel
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helps for basically balancing the pull of the club
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in the direction of the golf ball which is
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balanced by me pulling away from it which helps create a lot of the speed
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and shallowness down at the bottom of the swing.
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Okay so demoing you've got the stick underneath the
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front of the toes again just on the other side
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of the kind of the balls of the feet and you're going to
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try and you can start with nine to threes but you're going to make sure that
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when you finish you can pick up those toes that
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you're not pressing down on that alignment stick
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once you can do it consistently with some nine to threes
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then you can take it up to more of a full swing
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it can be a little bit tricky kind of dialing in your ball position so you
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may want to use a tee just until so that you can keep the
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distance and set up a little bit easier
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left the club face open just to touch on that so
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it's good enough for the demo but we'll do
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one more just for my sake
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