Jason Day Pro Golfer: Left Leg “Snap” at Impact - Golf Swing Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles
Jason Day Pro Golfer: Left Leg “Snap” at Impact - Golf Swing Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles

Yeah. Now who's been a missed a consistent in the majors over the last year. It hasn't really been Tiger Woods like we might have all expected. It's actually been Jason Day, seems to really bring his game out for the majors. It's only a matter of time I'm sure before he picks up one or two major championships. One key move that Jason Day does really nicely in his golf swing is just watch what happens with his leg action, very, very solid leg action.

He's not as actually as big as you might. I think he's 6 foot, 190 pounds something like that, but he knocks it out there with the longest and the biggest hitters out on tour. One of the ways he does that is this very, very powerful hip action and very solid and stable left side completely different to a player that's a lot like Bubba Watson he really rolls through his legs of course Watson been left handed, but he would roll through his front leg and really bow this knee out to position. But Jason day completely different, left leg to impact very locked back, very solid. And it’s a great movement for you to work on particularly if you struggle with balance throughout your swing. So when you're setting up to the golf ball, front leg is going to be slightly flat that's a good thing. We got to be careful now that during the follow through of the swing that the left knee is not going to move past the left shoe lace. If the left knee moves past the shoe lace here, we start to roll onto the little toe, the instep picks up, and we can stick with balance and stability. That Jason Day move this a bit different here which is in the top of the swing. He makes a lateral action with his hips and he moves across, but when the knee will get braced as it gets towards the shoe lace. It starts to turn backwards as it moves backwards, the foot will stay flat. The knee will brace and the hip will not move beyond the top of the shoe lace again on that left side, so as he hits through the ball, snapping that leg back out allows all the clearance of the hips. The right side can move very quickly. The hands and arms can whip around. And it's actually the feeling that's stopping one part of you swing will speed up the rest of your swing. It's quite a nice action here just to swing your golf club over and feel how is a light club you snap and the club will accelerate. Its kind of snap the leg and width of the hands around and that snapping of the left leg there improves your balance, improves your club head speed and makes the most out of using your leg action just like Jason Day does. You watch my swing here in full speed snapping that left side back up and snap out of the way, and I'm balanced here as I hit through the ball and my left side is very firm. You can practice snapping your left side and copy Jason Day. [playerProfile url="https://golf-info-guide.com/pga-players/jason-day/"][/playerProfile] 2013-09-16

Yeah. Now who's been a missed a consistent in the majors over the last year. It hasn't really been Tiger Woods like we might have all expected. It's actually been Jason Day, seems to really bring his game out for the majors. It's only a matter of time I'm sure before he picks up one or two major championships. One key move that Jason Day does really nicely in his golf swing is just watch what happens with his leg action, very, very solid leg action.

He's not as actually as big as you might. I think he's 6 foot, 190 pounds something like that, but he knocks it out there with the longest and the biggest hitters out on tour. One of the ways he does that is this very, very powerful hip action and very solid and stable left side completely different to a player that's a lot like Bubba Watson he really rolls through his legs of course Watson been left handed, but he would roll through his front leg and really bow this knee out to position.

But Jason day completely different, left leg to impact very locked back, very solid. And it’s a great movement for you to work on particularly if you struggle with balance throughout your swing. So when you're setting up to the golf ball, front leg is going to be slightly flat that's a good thing. We got to be careful now that during the follow through of the swing that the left knee is not going to move past the left shoe lace. If the left knee moves past the shoe lace here, we start to roll onto the little toe, the instep picks up, and we can stick with balance and stability.

That Jason Day move this a bit different here which is in the top of the swing. He makes a lateral action with his hips and he moves across, but when the knee will get braced as it gets towards the shoe lace. It starts to turn backwards as it moves backwards, the foot will stay flat. The knee will brace and the hip will not move beyond the top of the shoe lace again on that left side, so as he hits through the ball, snapping that leg back out allows all the clearance of the hips. The right side can move very quickly. The hands and arms can whip around. And it's actually the feeling that's stopping one part of you swing will speed up the rest of your swing. It's quite a nice action here just to swing your golf club over and feel how is a light club you snap and the club will accelerate.

Its kind of snap the leg and width of the hands around and that snapping of the left leg there improves your balance, improves your club head speed and makes the most out of using your leg action just like Jason Day does. You watch my swing here in full speed snapping that left side back up and snap out of the way, and I'm balanced here as I hit through the ball and my left side is very firm. You can practice snapping your left side and copy Jason Day.

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