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It's a combination. Weight goes where club is. Weight doesn't get properly onto the left foot until a split second before impact. A lot of people tend to get to the top of the backswing, go all over their lead leg and try to swing round one point.
You swing round two points. Rear leg in the backswing and downswing, and front leg in the impact and follow-through. There is definately a period of the down and through-swing where both feet are equally as employed as each other (very briefly). It's a gradual shift of weight, not a sudden shift from trail to lead foot to try and just turn round one point. We are not flamingoes! It's a step through impact to waltz time.
Rolling the rear foot inward (over the arch) is more desirable in the downswing than just lifting the heel (which serves little purpose). The weight doesn't get onto the toes of either foot, just centres on the inside ball of the trail foot so you can push on it to begin the full turn through impact. After impact the body turn lifts the heel to the toe for the finish. Hence the alleged reason for Hogans extra spike under the ball of his right foot, apparently.
We play right or left handed for a reason. I'm right handed and right footed. So use it. Silly to ignore the most tuned parts of your body (unless we're talking about the right shoulder early OTT thing).
It's a combination. Weight goes where club is. Weight doesn't get properly onto the left foot until a split second before impact. A lot of people tend to get to the top of the backswing, go all over their lead leg and try to swing round one point.
You swing round two points. Rear leg in the backswing and downswing, and front leg in the impact and follow-through. There is definately a period of the down and through-swing where both feet are equally as employed as each other (very briefly). It's a gradual shift of weight, not a sudden shift from trail to lead foot to try and just turn round one point. We are not flamingoes! It's a step through impact to waltz time.
Rolling the rear foot inward (over the arch) is more desirable in the downswing than just lifting the heel (which serves little purpose). The weight doesn't get onto the toes of either foot, just centres on the inside ball of the trail foot so you can push on it to begin the full turn through impact. After impact the body turn lifts the heel to the toe for the finish. Hence the alleged reason for Hogans extra spike under the ball of his right foot, apparently.
We play right or left handed for a reason. I'm right handed and right footed. So use it. Silly to ignore the most tuned parts of your body (unless we're talking about the right shoulder early OTT thing).
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