@MyTPI experts Dr. Greg Rose and Dave Philips explain the importance of proper fit and how it can impact your golf swing.
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Let’s talk about basic 101. First, let’s talk about sizing. I think a lot of people don’t know this when you talk about sizing with a shoe. And when once you get to a certain point in life, you go, I’m an 11 or I’m 11 and 1/2, right? Then you go into a store and you go, hey, I’d like an 11. They bring out 11. And if 11 feels tight, what do you ask for? You ask for a bigger sock. 11 and 1/2. Yeah. Yeah. What most people don’t realize is as we get older, what we find with a lot of our data is you actually your shoe length can sometimes decrease, but your width goes in. So what you’re doing is you’re going for length to get width. But now you got a shoe that’s too long and too narrow. And again, everything matters. The fit is so important, right? And some of the modern technology now that we can actually do voluometric fitting and make sure that fitting it makes a huge difference. We’re talking like 5 to 10% differences in ground reaction forces just by making sure your foot doesn’t move inside the shoe. You might not realize it, but when you go to push into the shoe, if it’s not a good connection between your foot and the shoe, your foot will move inside the shoe until it hits the wall of the shoe. I’m sorry. That’s going to create some ground reaction force loss. So, that’s why performance fitting is such a big factor. So important. Yep.
