Keep Your Footing on Loose Ground, Golf (Video) - by Pete Styles
Keep Your Footing on Loose Ground, Golf (Video) - by Pete Styles

When you build your stance for the golf swing, one of the first things we look at is making sure that we've got good planted foundations. When you build a house, you put the foundations in first, build the house on top. If the foundations are moving and slipping, clearly the golf swing doesn't work and the house won't be built correctly. So when you play your golf ball and it's on an uneven position when your footing might not be guaranteed, just take extra special care to make sure that your feet are planted. So if you're playing on a slope or wet ground or pine straw, pine needles or even in a fairway bunker, it's worthwhile noting that just plant your feet in the floor and give them a little shuffle if you can then extra bit of width as well, maybe an inch wider just to plant them. Within your swing don’t try and hit this too hard because the exertion that you push through your feet, they'll start to slip when you really push on them so if you make a big swing and try and throw yourself in, you might feel your right foot just disappears at the top of your backswing and the transition, kind of the most crucial point. So don’t really force yourself to try and hit the ball too far. It's worthwhile noting that if you're going to make a shorter, more controlled and compact swing, you probably need one or two extra clubs so if you're playing from uneven pine straw and it's 160 yards and you'd normally hit a 7-iron just drop it down to a 5-iron and just make a smoother, more controlled, compact swing. Just keep it in play feel like you're playing a little bit more of a punch style of shot. So uneven ground, get good planted feet, nice and wide. Keep it a solid swing. Don’t try and hit it too hard and try and maintain your balance in the finish position and that should help you with your footing even when the ground conditions aren't perfect.

2012-09-18

When you build your stance for the golf swing, one of the first things we look at is making sure that we've got good planted foundations. When you build a house, you put the foundations in first, build the house on top. If the foundations are moving and slipping, clearly the golf swing doesn't work and the house won't be built correctly. So when you play your golf ball and it's on an uneven position when your footing might not be guaranteed, just take extra special care to make sure that your feet are planted. So if you're playing on a slope or wet ground or pine straw, pine needles or even in a fairway bunker, it's worthwhile noting that just plant your feet in the floor and give them a little shuffle if you can then extra bit of width as well, maybe an inch wider just to plant them. Within your swing don’t try and hit this too hard because the exertion that you push through your feet, they'll start to slip when you really push on them so if you make a big swing and try and throw yourself in, you might feel your right foot just disappears at the top of your backswing and the transition, kind of the most crucial point. So don’t really force yourself to try and hit the ball too far. It's worthwhile noting that if you're going to make a shorter, more controlled and compact swing, you probably need one or two extra clubs so if you're playing from uneven pine straw and it's 160 yards and you'd normally hit a 7-iron just drop it down to a 5-iron and just make a smoother, more controlled, compact swing. Just keep it in play feel like you're playing a little bit more of a punch style of shot. So uneven ground, get good planted feet, nice and wide. Keep it a solid swing. Don’t try and hit it too hard and try and maintain your balance in the finish position and that should help you with your footing even when the ground conditions aren't perfect.