I think picking up the lead heel is fine. I do it with my driver sometimes, and I think it used to be more common. Harvey Penick’s little red book has a tip that involves bringing your elbow down at the same time you are bringing your lead heel down to sync your upper and lower body during transition, which is why I started doing it when I am really trying to power a drive. I tend to keep my heel down on iron swings when my back swing is not as long.
Not a pro, so I am not going to advise on any other aspects of the swing
hellloredddittt
Club rolls far inside and behind you going back, then you time a flip to square it at impact. Bet you hit a lot of pushes or hot draws. As far as the foot question, if you look at Rory, he does the complete opposite. His heel slightly lifts slightly and moves towards the target and then re-plants. That creates a brake of the lower body whipping his arms through a stable base. You move your toe toward the target and it never really replants in a stable fashion.
askingforafriend1045
I’m more concerned with your lack of wrist hinge
TheLooza
Agree w above re inside takeaway being a problem that you should look at first. Re OPs question, the way your lead heel twists suggest it’s not being properly loaded in the sequence. Pressure shifts onto the lead foot in transition or earlier and that should reduce the foot action from what you have here. I would practice planting it and limiting the movement see how it feels, but its not horrible right now.
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I think picking up the lead heel is fine. I do it with my driver sometimes, and I think it used to be more common. Harvey Penick’s little red book has a tip that involves bringing your elbow down at the same time you are bringing your lead heel down to sync your upper and lower body during transition, which is why I started doing it when I am really trying to power a drive. I tend to keep my heel down on iron swings when my back swing is not as long.
Not a pro, so I am not going to advise on any other aspects of the swing
Club rolls far inside and behind you going back, then you time a flip to square it at impact. Bet you hit a lot of pushes or hot draws. As far as the foot question, if you look at Rory, he does the complete opposite. His heel slightly lifts slightly and moves towards the target and then re-plants. That creates a brake of the lower body whipping his arms through a stable base. You move your toe toward the target and it never really replants in a stable fashion.
I’m more concerned with your lack of wrist hinge
Agree w above re inside takeaway being a problem that you should look at first. Re OPs question, the way your lead heel twists suggest it’s not being properly loaded in the sequence. Pressure shifts onto the lead foot in transition or earlier and that should reduce the foot action from what you have here. I would practice planting it and limiting the movement see how it feels, but its not horrible right now.