Lifting The Left Heel During The Golf Backswing (Video) - by Peter Finch
Lifting The Left Heel During The Golf Backswing (Video) - by Peter Finch

So what’s our first one, lifting the left heel on the golf swing. If you've watched professional golf for any period of time, you'll know that a lot of plays during the back swing we lift up the left heel as they take the club away. Now lifting up the left heel in the goal swing, it does have many benefits. For a start, people who have a restricted turn so may have some muscular issues, some flexibility issues if lifting the left heel helps this, it allows the hips to turn a little bit more and it allows the body to turn a little bit more during the back swing.

So if you are struggling with restricted, if you're not quite allowing yourself to put the power into the backswing that you may -- should be able to do, then lifting the left heel is certainly a good way to go. Now lifting the left heel in the backswing is pretty much as simple as it sounds, but you do need to do it in the right places. If you just only the backswing and then just spring that left heel up off the ground, you won't have the timing that you need to actually make a good connection with the ball. So to make sure that you are lifting the left heel in the right sequence, get yourself set up. Take the club away nice and slowly, and as that club moves away from the ball, and as the club reaches about this halfway point in the backswing, it's at that point that the left heel can start to rise. Allow the body to turn a little bit more as it allows that right hip to open a little bit more. And then at the top of the backswing, that left heel should be completely off the ground. What you really want to be seeing when you lift the left heel is that the front section of your foot that's still connected, and then the rest is up off the surface. Now from, as you are at the top of that backswing, that left foot plants down to actually start the downswing sequence. As the left foot plants down onto the ground, that's when the weight starts to shift through and that's when you can move through and strike a good shot. So if you are struggling with backswing turn, if your shoulders aren’t quite rotating 90 degrees and that left shoulder isn't tucking underneath the chin, try lifting up the left heel and see if you can add a little bit more power to the backswing. 2016-06-06

So what’s our first one, lifting the left heel on the golf swing. If you've watched professional golf for any period of time, you'll know that a lot of plays during the back swing we lift up the left heel as they take the club away. Now lifting up the left heel in the goal swing, it does have many benefits. For a start, people who have a restricted turn so may have some muscular issues, some flexibility issues if lifting the left heel helps this, it allows the hips to turn a little bit more and it allows the body to turn a little bit more during the back swing.

So if you are struggling with restricted, if you're not quite allowing yourself to put the power into the backswing that you may — should be able to do, then lifting the left heel is certainly a good way to go. Now lifting the left heel in the backswing is pretty much as simple as it sounds, but you do need to do it in the right places. If you just only the backswing and then just spring that left heel up off the ground, you won't have the timing that you need to actually make a good connection with the ball. So to make sure that you are lifting the left heel in the right sequence, get yourself set up.

Take the club away nice and slowly, and as that club moves away from the ball, and as the club reaches about this halfway point in the backswing, it's at that point that the left heel can start to rise. Allow the body to turn a little bit more as it allows that right hip to open a little bit more. And then at the top of the backswing, that left heel should be completely off the ground. What you really want to be seeing when you lift the left heel is that the front section of your foot that's still connected, and then the rest is up off the surface. Now from, as you are at the top of that backswing, that left foot plants down to actually start the downswing sequence.

As the left foot plants down onto the ground, that's when the weight starts to shift through and that's when you can move through and strike a good shot. So if you are struggling with backswing turn, if your shoulders aren’t quite rotating 90 degrees and that left shoulder isn't tucking underneath the chin, try lifting up the left heel and see if you can add a little bit more power to the backswing.