Flaring out both feet seems to be a stock S and T technique. I understand how flaring out the right foot (for a right handed golfer) helps increase the hip turn on the backswing but flaring out the left foot seems contraindicative since it restricts the movement of the hip in the turn. I recently discovered (and reported in this forum) that a couple more inches of hip turn yielded almost 20 more yards with a nine iron without sacrtifyong accuracy. So why should I flare out the left foot?
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@bajaralph - The flaring of both feet 10-20 degrees facilitates the proper amount of free flowing hip turn back and through. If you were to square your lead foot so that it was perpendicular to the target line, the your hips would be impeded from releasing and propelling the club through the zone. This is a major power move that also keeps the club traveling on the correct path. Restricting this action will encourage too much of an in-to-out path, pushing or blocking the ball way out to the right (for a right handed player) and can also place strain on the lead knee and the hip joints as the hips will "want" to turn through but will be fighting the body in the process.