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Re: sweeping vs.hitting down
Yes that is correct for the right instep, the left it should be more towards the big toe pad, not the toe, but the pad, (some would call it the balls of the foot). I try to make a rolling action of the left foot. If you try to actively turn the hips, the weight moves out onto the toes, at that point you would be off balance. A good check point would be the knees, if they move out beyond the toe line of the feet, (keep the knee caps over the feet), for both backswing and downswing. Many people are only concerned with the weight shift laterally, but fail to understand, you must also keep the balance front to back (heel/toe). If you let the weight get back onto the right heel, it is very hard to shift it back left correctly. On the downswing just reverse it, roll the right foot, get the weight onto the left, and right toe pad, you don't have to concern your self with the hips turning, they will turn automatically, your atomically built to do that, without much thought.
The problem I have with actively turning the hips, it is very easy to go overboard and start throwing the knees out over the toe line, right leg straighten up, your balance gets all screwed up, then you begin to make spine angle adjust to keep from falling down, too much weight on the toes, you raise up, too much on the heels, you come down, head and shoulders drop, etc...list goes on, all bad things in a golf swing.
If you stand directly behind a good player, looking down the line, imagine a vertical line of balance, from the balls of the feet, up through the knee caps, through the arm pits, this is your balance line, your head is on the ball side, your butt is on the other side. This is balanced. If you swing the club as it comes back or down, the extra weight wants to move you to your toes, the only way to effectively counteract this is to keep that balance line, you start throwing the knees or the hips out beyond the toe line, you have big time balance problems, because now on one side (ball side) of the balance line you have knees( at least one, depending on if it is upswing/downswing), the club, your head and only your butt to hold it back and counter balance...lol...not going work, unless you have a really BIG butt...lol. Hope that helps clarify.
Originally posted by mont86
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The problem I have with actively turning the hips, it is very easy to go overboard and start throwing the knees out over the toe line, right leg straighten up, your balance gets all screwed up, then you begin to make spine angle adjust to keep from falling down, too much weight on the toes, you raise up, too much on the heels, you come down, head and shoulders drop, etc...list goes on, all bad things in a golf swing.
If you stand directly behind a good player, looking down the line, imagine a vertical line of balance, from the balls of the feet, up through the knee caps, through the arm pits, this is your balance line, your head is on the ball side, your butt is on the other side. This is balanced. If you swing the club as it comes back or down, the extra weight wants to move you to your toes, the only way to effectively counteract this is to keep that balance line, you start throwing the knees or the hips out beyond the toe line, you have big time balance problems, because now on one side (ball side) of the balance line you have knees( at least one, depending on if it is upswing/downswing), the club, your head and only your butt to hold it back and counter balance...lol...not going work, unless you have a really BIG butt...lol. Hope that helps clarify.
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