I have found a common problem with my golfers, lately in my clinics. Seasoned or young, they all are doing the same thing. Not keeping their knees flexed and/or standing flat-footed during their swing. Weight transfer is the major key to power and distance, but improperly transferring this weight will cause a variety of poor shots. In the following article I'll explain this problem and how to properly stay in a correct posture to make sure proper weight transfer.
In earlier articles, I have discussed a proper posture and its role in a golf swing. Part of a good posture is a proper knee bend. A proper knee bend is when looking down at you golf shoes at address you should only be able to see the bottom half of your laces, bending your knees enough to hide the top half of your shoe laces. This is the proper flex in a good posture that needs to stay consistent through-out your swing.
A stiff (straight) knee or knees, interferes with, and can prevent a proper weight shift, because it restricts the lower body's movement. An improper weight shift causes both a loss of power and a loss of control of the club head.
A stiffened right knee during the back swing will cause the head to "bob-up" and will raise the swing arc, which may cause a fat shot, or at times, a thin (topped) shot.
A stiffened left knee during the down swing causes "blocking", which prevents weight transfer from right to left and stops the power of your swing from being transmitted to the ball.
It is essential to keep your knees flexed through-out your swing. The right knee must stay flexed for a proper pivot and the left must stay flexed to allow you to "hit through the ball".
The other common problem is staying flat-footed, especially the back foot. The back foot must rotate with the turn to allow the right knee to stay flexed. A proper rotation is when the back foot turns (rotates), placing your back foot on the toe of the shoe, with the laces facing the target.
Having the back foot flat will restrict your hip turn and leave you in an open stance, causing a push/slice shot result. A half-foot rotation, where your laces are facing towards the address ball placement, might allow your shoulders to get out in front of your hips causing a pull/hook shot result.
Again, keeping the knees flexed is essential, but having the proper foot movement to allow for this is essential as well.
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