Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
As golfers it's natural that we try and learn from the best players and even the best players in history. We look back at their swings and we think well what did he do and how could that benefit my technique or could it benefit my technique or would actually be detrimental. That when you look at one of the best players in the world it's probably not argument between is it Tiger Woods is it Jack Nicklaus when you look at Jack Nicklaus's swing in particular he has a very different movement from Tiger but also from a lot of modern players and that's the fact that he raised his left heel quite aggressively during his back swing so from the front on position with most of his clubs but particularly these bigger clubs as he turned back the left heel came quite aggressively off the floor the left hip came in the left knee came in and then he replaced that foot in the downswing and turned three to a finish or so lifting the right here which is a more traditional move but that left heel move is not something you would often see now with the modern game. A few golfers do it when they hit particularly long shots but as majority of players are going to keep that left heel down a lot more than Nicklaus did and I think people decide that they're going to do that these days for more consistency a lot of club in amateur golfers if they're lifting their left heel away from the ground.
Quite often that sort of bone anchors the head you might feel that your head is nice and stable over the top of the ball because this is anchoring you if this comes up into the air or the golfers feel like they move off the ball and sway off the ball and if that's the case then we want to keep that left heel down a little bit more so a good tip a nice way of sort of checking if your Left heel is lifting if you're not sure and certainly keeping your left field down more would be to take a spare golf ball and place underneath your left toes so as you set up to the ball your toes are balanced up on top of the golf balls and the your foot then you go ahead make a swing and you should feel like you can make largely a balance swing to a good finish not too dissimilar to your normal swing However if your Left heel left and your left. Comes up into the air this is going to feel really awkward and you definitely going to notice that you're now standing tiptoe only on top of the ball on the floor it won't feel stable It might even be a bit painful underneath that front foot so as we turn back we want to be balanced if that left heel left we're going to feel like we're standing up on top of this ball all sorts of wobbly and it's not going to be particularly smooth so next time you're at the range just consider if you're not a consistent striker of the ball you're not hitting the ball well potentially your left heel could be lifting too much put the ball underneath your toes stand the light go ahead and try and hit if you normal shots and see whether you're affected by the fact your heel is lifting keeping your heel down might be a good way to be more consistent within your golf.
2018-08-20 Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
As golfers it's natural that we try and learn from the best players and even the best players in history. We look back at their swings and we think well what did he do and how could that benefit my technique or could it benefit my technique or would actually be detrimental. That when you look at one of the best players in the world it's probably not argument between is it Tiger Woods is it Jack Nicklaus when you look at Jack Nicklaus's swing in particular he has a very different movement from Tiger but also from a lot of modern players and that's the fact that he raised his left heel quite aggressively during his back swing so from the front on position with most of his clubs but particularly these bigger clubs as he turned back the left heel came quite aggressively off the floor the left hip came in the left knee came in and then he replaced that foot in the downswing and turned three to a finish or so lifting the right here which is a more traditional move but that left heel move is not something you would often see now with the modern game. A few golfers do it when they hit particularly long shots but as majority of players are going to keep that left heel down a lot more than Nicklaus did and I think people decide that they're going to do that these days for more consistency a lot of club in amateur golfers if they're lifting their left heel away from the ground.
Quite often that sort of bone anchors the head you might feel that your head is nice and stable over the top of the ball because this is anchoring you if this comes up into the air or the golfers feel like they move off the ball and sway off the ball and if that's the case then we want to keep that left heel down a little bit more so a good tip a nice way of sort of checking if your Left heel is lifting if you're not sure and certainly keeping your left field down more would be to take a spare golf ball and place underneath your left toes so as you set up to the ball your toes are balanced up on top of the golf balls and the your foot then you go ahead make a swing and you should feel like you can make largely a balance swing to a good finish not too dissimilar to your normal swing However if your Left heel left and your left. Comes up into the air this is going to feel really awkward and you definitely going to notice that you're now standing tiptoe only on top of the ball on the floor it won't feel stable It might even be a bit painful underneath that front foot so as we turn back we want to be balanced if that left heel left we're going to feel like we're standing up on top of this ball all sorts of wobbly and it's not going to be particularly smooth so next time you're at the range just consider if you're not a consistent striker of the ball you're not hitting the ball well potentially your left heel could be lifting too much put the ball underneath your toes stand the light go ahead and try and hit if you normal shots and see whether you're affected by the fact your heel is lifting keeping your heel down might be a good way to be more consistent within your golf.
