Is this an ok thing to do? Keeping the weight forward while doing backswing is difficult for me. Pre setting that banked in right foot seems to help. Thx. Rick Bernstein
@rberndhhs - I just saw your follow up to this in an alternate medium: "What I was thinking was referring to the video where you talk about rolling the right foot to the left as opposed to getting up in the right toe. Just presetting that rolling at address."
I believe you are referring to rolling the trail foot as a means to initiate the downswing? If that's the case, it can be "felt" as a trigger, though typically it happens in reaction to the proper lateral movement of the hips. This hip slide is what cause the trail side to tilt away from the target, the shallowing of the path, and yes - the rolling to the inside of the trail foot. (As opposed to the "spin-out" move in which the hip rotation overpowers the lateral slide, routes the path across the ball, and gets us finishing up on that trail toe.) Still, unless I am misunderstanding you, presetting the targetward rolling motion of that trail foot will create resistance in the trail leg and knee, restricting the hip turn in the backswing and/or otherwise putting stress on the body.
My apologies if I am not properly grasping what you are asking.
@rberndhhs - If you are referring to placing weight towards the inside of the trail foot - effectively kicking that knee inward towards the target - then you will defeat what we are trying to accomplish with regard to the body-friendly, free-flowing hip and shoulder turn promoted by the stock S&T setup (both feet and knees flared outward, with the weight balanced side-to-side and heel-to-toe. As a far more supportive and effective alternative, you can try what Steve Elkington did when learning S&T - presetting his tilted hip turn and even straightening his trail leg while exaggerating the weight forward in his setup. He even played PGA Tour events doing that!
Also, the 90% Weight Forward/Arms Straight Drill should help you to ingrain the proper feels specific to keeping the weight where it needs to be. It's not an easy drill, but it is very effective, so be sure to spend sufficient time to properly learn, execute, and master it. You'll know you're doing it properly when impact is consistently crispy, divots are occurring past the ball, and ball flight is a repeatable little push-draw.
Another possible option is the Tailbone2Target Drill, which really helps keep that weight moving forward throughout the swing. This move is also featured in the Hogan's Hips episode on the YT channel.
I think you understand completely and now I do too!! Thx Tom
@rberndhhs - I just saw your follow up to this in an alternate medium: "What I was thinking was referring to the video where you talk about rolling the right foot to the left as opposed to getting up in the right toe. Just presetting that rolling at address."
I believe you are referring to rolling the trail foot as a means to initiate the downswing? If that's the case, it can be "felt" as a trigger, though typically it happens in reaction to the proper lateral movement of the hips. This hip slide is what cause the trail side to tilt away from the target, the shallowing of the path, and yes - the rolling to the inside of the trail foot. (As opposed to the "spin-out" move in which the hip rotation overpowers the lateral slide, routes the path across the ball, and gets us finishing up on that trail toe.) Still, unless I am misunderstanding you, presetting the targetward rolling motion of that trail foot will create resistance in the trail leg and knee, restricting the hip turn in the backswing and/or otherwise putting stress on the body.
My apologies if I am not properly grasping what you are asking.
@rberndhhs - If you are referring to placing weight towards the inside of the trail foot - effectively kicking that knee inward towards the target - then you will defeat what we are trying to accomplish with regard to the body-friendly, free-flowing hip and shoulder turn promoted by the stock S&T setup (both feet and knees flared outward, with the weight balanced side-to-side and heel-to-toe. As a far more supportive and effective alternative, you can try what Steve Elkington did when learning S&T - presetting his tilted hip turn and even straightening his trail leg while exaggerating the weight forward in his setup. He even played PGA Tour events doing that!
Also, the 90% Weight Forward/Arms Straight Drill should help you to ingrain the proper feels specific to keeping the weight where it needs to be. It's not an easy drill, but it is very effective, so be sure to spend sufficient time to properly learn, execute, and master it. You'll know you're doing it properly when impact is consistently crispy, divots are occurring past the ball, and ball flight is a repeatable little push-draw.
Another possible option is the Tailbone2Target Drill, which really helps keep that weight moving forward throughout the swing. This move is also featured in the Hogan's Hips episode on the YT channel.
I hope that helps!