Top of backswing is 70% Front and 30% Back - though I have this much weight forward, I am still centered over the golf ball. It looks like this to be 70/30
@Tom Saguto when letting pressure build into your lead leg, do you have an area of the foot where you want to feel this pressure most? Like more in the heel vs toes? Middle of the foot ? Etc
The weight shift is something I continue to have problems with. At the top of the backswing just before you start the down swing how much weight is on your lead foot and trail foot?
The "Fixing Common Faults" chapter in the Stack and Tilt book is most helpful. I've oftentimes recommended that everyone in this online school grab a copy of the book because it is a fantastic reference manual in support of my instruction, and I will continue to do so...
Wish I had seen this earlier. I started pushing the ball really bad a week or so ago. I dove back into the S&T book and found this. Worked on feeling this and fixed those pesky pushes.
@johnpfistnerjr & @jon - Have a look at the forum thread titled "KFC with Longer Clubs; Drills". In particular check out @Alan Studnicky's post and my reply as they do speak to what is being discussed here with regard to head movement, shifting, staying centered, etc. Perhaps this may offer some insight. Also, I am quite hopeful that the training aid of which I speak in that dialogue will perform well for me and thereby allow me to share it with confidence.
@jon - There should be zero/none/zip/nada lateral movement in the backswing. This swing is a circle and the circle's center must remain intact; it is not a moving oval, which is what we would have if we made any shift into the trail side. This is what gives us a consistent low point and the resulting crispy compressed impact. (The lateral hip slide on the downswing all happens from the waist down: the upper body maintains its centered location until after impact when we extend into the finish.)
The lead knee should always works down in the direction established at address - which per the prescribed setup position is slightly flared outward towards the target. This keeps the weight forward and the swing center intact. Any inward movement of the lead knee will shift the center and low point backwards.
This is a critical difference between Stack & Tilt swing and the "Shift & Lift" method that most of us were previously afflicted with!
That is an issue that haunts me from time to time where I started dipping (Dreaded sensation of feeling my upper body and head coming closer to the ball) in my backswing and was fighting fat shots for my miss hits.
Top of backswing is 70% Front and 30% Back - though I have this much weight forward, I am still centered over the golf ball. It looks like this to be 70/30
The weight shift is something I continue to have problems with. At the top of the backswing just before you start the down swing how much weight is on your lead foot and trail foot?
@Buford T Ogletree - Nice job self-diagnosing and fixing!!
The "Fixing Common Faults" chapter in the Stack and Tilt book is most helpful. I've oftentimes recommended that everyone in this online school grab a copy of the book because it is a fantastic reference manual in support of my instruction, and I will continue to do so...
Tom
Wish I had seen this earlier. I started pushing the ball really bad a week or so ago. I dove back into the S&T book and found this. Worked on feeling this and fixed those pesky pushes.
Got it! Thanks for clarifying
@johnpfistnerjr & @jon - Have a look at the forum thread titled "KFC with Longer Clubs; Drills". In particular check out @Alan Studnicky's post and my reply as they do speak to what is being discussed here with regard to head movement, shifting, staying centered, etc. Perhaps this may offer some insight. Also, I am quite hopeful that the training aid of which I speak in that dialogue will perform well for me and thereby allow me to share it with confidence.
-Tom
@jon - There should be zero/none/zip/nada lateral movement in the backswing. This swing is a circle and the circle's center must remain intact; it is not a moving oval, which is what we would have if we made any shift into the trail side. This is what gives us a consistent low point and the resulting crispy compressed impact. (The lateral hip slide on the downswing all happens from the waist down: the upper body maintains its centered location until after impact when we extend into the finish.)
The lead knee should always works down in the direction established at address - which per the prescribed setup position is slightly flared outward towards the target. This keeps the weight forward and the swing center intact. Any inward movement of the lead knee will shift the center and low point backwards.
This is a critical difference between Stack & Tilt swing and the "Shift & Lift" method that most of us were previously afflicted with!
Tom