I was talking to a buddy of mine who is a 3 hcp. He asked if the SnT swing has a pressure shift into the trail side. If so, would that be a hybrid of the SnT swing, or more akin to the conventional swing?
A brief shift in pressure during the takeaway is certainly within the tolerance boundaries for counterbalancing purposes (as well as accounting for the weight of the hands/arm/club moving in a rearward direction), provided this does not include any type of shift off the ball or any drifting of the swing center/low point. Check out Grant Waite (of whom Tiger said had the best swing on Tour). He is most definitely S&T while also having a temporary pressure shift before clearly getting back into his lead side by the time he reaches the top. The two are not mutually exclusive. You just don't see me teaching it much because the vast majority of amateurs are shifter/lifters, and we conquer that by making them "feel" like they've got 150% weight forward.
@GolfLivesMatter I think there is pressure applied to the inside heel of the trail leg in order to get the trail hip behind you while the tail bone is moving toward the target. I think pressure can be applied there without the weight moving backwards.
If@Tom Saguto can find someone with a pressure plate he could test this out.
As for me, I tend to shift to the right a little bit on the backswing to create a pressure shift, and then I like to maintain some flex in my trail knee to stop over-rotation of my hips.
@GolfLivesMatter I definitely feel pressure applied to the inside of my back foot in the shift.
A brief shift in pressure during the takeaway is certainly within the tolerance boundaries for counterbalancing purposes (as well as accounting for the weight of the hands/arm/club moving in a rearward direction), provided this does not include any type of shift off the ball or any drifting of the swing center/low point. Check out Grant Waite (of whom Tiger said had the best swing on Tour). He is most definitely S&T while also having a temporary pressure shift before clearly getting back into his lead side by the time he reaches the top. The two are not mutually exclusive. You just don't see me teaching it much because the vast majority of amateurs are shifter/lifters, and we conquer that by making them "feel" like they've got 150% weight forward.
@GolfLivesMatter I think there is pressure applied to the inside heel of the trail leg in order to get the trail hip behind you while the tail bone is moving toward the target. I think pressure can be applied there without the weight moving backwards.
If@Tom Saguto can find someone with a pressure plate he could test this out.