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Post by jonnygrouville on Mar 8, 2010 20:11:11 GMT -5
I would agree all round. Not an imperative. The important point for me is that you can be 'off' your right side (not 'hanging back') and still have your right heel very close to or on the ground.
Keeping weight away from the toes is an interesting point. It's not just the LPGA. Doesn't Chad Campbell get his left heel off the ground? Ricky Fowler seems to as well.
Why do they have to do this?
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Post by Richie3Jack on Mar 8, 2010 20:53:59 GMT -5
Fowler doesn't do it with all of his clubs, seems to do it just with the driver. Haven't seen Campbell's swing in slow motion, so I wouldn't know.
3JACK
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Post by imperfectgolfer on Mar 8, 2010 22:12:06 GMT -5
3jack
Why do you think that so many women golfers get up on their toes in the downswing?
Jeff.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Mar 8, 2010 22:22:38 GMT -5
I think they are probably trying to hit the ball with all of their might and they start using more upper body instead of lower body. Also, most of them have a very circular delivery path, so if they try to do things so they won't hit 3 feet behind the ball...like getting up on the toes of the right foot on the downswing.
Plus, most of their teachers do not teach a thing about footwork.
3JACK
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Post by jonnygrouville on Mar 8, 2010 23:58:00 GMT -5
I've done this before in the past, so would be interested to know! Personally, I had always thought it was a reaction to being underplane, trying to stop the ground hitting a foot before the ball. Chad Campbell does it a little on some shots (in the slow motion, about 0:42): www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJoQWhd828But still not up with this: How does she get up on tip-toes and lose height into the ball? And why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jviToMF5kYk
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