What Should I Focus On When Placing My Feet In My Golf Stance? (Video) - by Peter Finch
What Should I Focus On When Placing My Feet In My Golf Stance? (Video) - by Peter Finch

What should I focus on when placing my feet in my golf stance? Now when you’re getting setup to a ball, the placement of your feet can have profound effects on your swing so it’s not good enough just to pop your feet down and then think the job is done. A slight inch of movement in your feet could have a massive effect on positions in your back swing and your through swing. So when placing the feet take extra care and ensure that they are in the correct position.

Now with a standard golf shot you want to be setting the feet pretty much shoulder width apart when you’re playing an iron, slightly wider when you’re with a driver, and then slightly narrower if you’re playing a chip shot but we’ll focus on a basic iron shot here. So my feet need to be about shoulder width apart, that gives me enough stability to actually turn back and through, transfer my weight correctly, but not become too kind of restricted in my movement or become too imbalanced if my feet were close together. So I’ve got my stance width but the job isn’t yet done. One thing which you can do to really help improve your swing is keep that right toe pointing forward but get the left toe fanned out towards the target. Now what this does it achieves a couple of things. On the way back it stops the lower body from over rotating. If my right toe was to point away as well I’d be swinging and my whole lower body would rotate away from the target and cause me to lose or coil between my lower and my upper body so that’s why the toe pointing forward is so important. Now my left toe fanning out it has the same effect just in an opposite way. As I turn through that toe needs to be pointing out so it allows my hips to turn through correctly. If my toe is pointing forward I’d be restricted and I wouldn’t be able to rotate my hips through properly. So when you’re taking your stance; feet shoulder width apart, left toe out, right toe pointing forwards, and it should allow your body to move in the correct way. You should keep your right side nice and steady and your left side flowing through. It is such a big mistake to actually think that your foot placement is just something you do before the actual main event. It all starts from the ground up, get your foot position correct and your swing will improve as a result. 2014-08-18

What should I focus on when placing my feet in my golf stance? Now when you’re getting setup to a ball, the placement of your feet can have profound effects on your swing so it’s not good enough just to pop your feet down and then think the job is done. A slight inch of movement in your feet could have a massive effect on positions in your back swing and your through swing. So when placing the feet take extra care and ensure that they are in the correct position.

Now with a standard golf shot you want to be setting the feet pretty much shoulder width apart when you’re playing an iron, slightly wider when you’re with a driver, and then slightly narrower if you’re playing a chip shot but we’ll focus on a basic iron shot here.

So my feet need to be about shoulder width apart, that gives me enough stability to actually turn back and through, transfer my weight correctly, but not become too kind of restricted in my movement or become too imbalanced if my feet were close together. So I’ve got my stance width but the job isn’t yet done. One thing which you can do to really help improve your swing is keep that right toe pointing forward but get the left toe fanned out towards the target. Now what this does it achieves a couple of things. On the way back it stops the lower body from over rotating. If my right toe was to point away as well I’d be swinging and my whole lower body would rotate away from the target and cause me to lose or coil between my lower and my upper body so that’s why the toe pointing forward is so important.

Now my left toe fanning out it has the same effect just in an opposite way. As I turn through that toe needs to be pointing out so it allows my hips to turn through correctly. If my toe is pointing forward I’d be restricted and I wouldn’t be able to rotate my hips through properly. So when you’re taking your stance; feet shoulder width apart, left toe out, right toe pointing forwards, and it should allow your body to move in the correct way. You should keep your right side nice and steady and your left side flowing through.

It is such a big mistake to actually think that your foot placement is just something you do before the actual main event. It all starts from the ground up, get your foot position correct and your swing will improve as a result.