By Swing Man Golf Staff
Earlier this week, Jaacob Bowden wrote on Golf WRX about setting up your feet to minimize the risk of injury.
In modern golf instruction, it’s fairly common to see setups being taught in which the feet are perpendicular to the target line. Geometrically, this sounds fine and dandy. The problem, however, is that most people in their present physical state don’t have the mobility in their hips to be able to accommodate this type of setup… even many pros.
This includes myself.
Often times, what you’ll see is that the player will have no problems in the backswing and downswing. Then at some point in the through swing and/or on into the finish, the lead foot spins out or comes off the ground because it physically is unable to stay in the same place due in part to insufficient hip mobility. This is what you see in Tiger in the above.
Were it actually to stay in the same place, it could cause problems with the shot outcome…or worse yet, potentially lead to injury.
One way of improving the mobility of your hip is through golf fitness, particularly with something to target internal hip rotation in the lead leg.
However, aside from golf fitness or just starting that lead foot out in the first place where it finishes in the follow-through, here’s a simple four-step at-home trick to get your feet better set up.
Read the full article here.