Power From the Ground — Part 2 | Ground Force Reactions | Padraig Harrington

To obtain maximum speed in the swing, ground force reactions need to be generated. In Part II of the seventh Paddy’s Golf Tips video of a series about how you can teach yourself, I continue to demonstrate how to transfer power from the ground to the clubhead in order to generate more speed, including the direction of the forces and the correct movement of the feet, without wearing shoes!

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Born in Dublin, Padraig is a proud family man married to Caroline with two children, Patrick and Ciaran. As a three time major champion, Padraig is one of the world’s top golfers and his playing record speaks for itself. Following a very successful amateur career, including winning the Walker Cup in 1995 at Royal Porthcawl in one of his three appearances, he turned professional in September 1995.

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for sure we want that little pinch coming on like so That pushing up So I’m pushing my hip out of the way I’m not turning it I’m pushing it And now here’s the last little trick to this Okay Winner of the gold medal and the champion golfer of the year is Podrick Harrington [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Okay So we want everything coming up as quick as it can So we want this pelvis firing up Okay Not turning but firing up the glutes squeezing Okay again it’s great to do it in your bare feet okay it will show it a lot more So everybody’s worried about if they fire their pelvis up that they’re going to get this early extension out here and they’re going to have no room They’re going to have to stand up and flip Okay remember I want active hands but I don’t want to flip I want you to start flipping on on purpose I don’t want it to be late and then it be a subconscious thing But anyway we don’t want to get this narrow position So what actually happens here this is what I said to you earlier You’re actually both sides are doing different work Okay so while this left side is pushing back and away from there like so it’s pushing hard up this right side it’s pushing back and away but to stop it coming out it actually rotates Okay So the right quad rotates or the right foot stamps out a bug stamps out a cigarette whatever you want that stops So that’s coming up but it’s turning That stops it going out there So it’s that move on that side And when you watch this camera you watch when I turn I get that lovely pinch halfway down in the down swing where these knees are actually pushing towards each other So in halfway into my down swing both my knees this one is pushing back this way They’re they’re both rotating in on themselves This is pushing back and this is coming in this way Whereas if I straighten my leg there’ll be nothing on this side So you get that little motion because that’s rotating at impact If you were the longest hitter if you’re Kyle Bergkshire at impact that’s he’d have his leg That quad is facing straight at his target And that’s like that at impact As a tournament player might be a little bit too much but for sure we want that little pinch coming on like so That pushing up So I’m pushing my hip out of the way I’m not turning it I’m pushing it And now here’s the last little trick to this Okay so to get this feel right certainly for me this has been a big help Right I’ve start pushing at this point I’m pushing it I’m So my right foot’s pushed in here I’m exploding up But when I put my heel down in the down swing watch what I do Okay and this really helps me The long drive guys do this This is where I So their heel plants their foot actually goes that way in the in the back swing See it way it goes on the outside just like so Now that gives you a better position to push back and up back It gives you that position there of that knees getting closer That’s going to straighten All right The glutes are going to pinch The pelvis is going to come up This rotation is going to stop it going forward But you can see that little out with the heel can be very beneficial for you getting that knee leg into structure where it will push backwards sort of up this way as you come through Now the big key about this is you still got to get your arms down So if you if you’re looking we’ll talk about this again but if you’re looking at all this as this as I go to push back I’m driving my arms as hard as I can on a driver my arms would be coming I think I’m like 24 miles an hour with my hands here And I’m 19 miles an hour impact So I’ve decelerated my hands to impact Okay but I’ve got them down Get them down As long as you’re not slicing the ball you can pull that club as hard as you like If you’re slicing it we’ll cover this again If you’re slicing it h pulling it down hard might be the best thing for you right but if you don’t if you’re not a slicer pull the hell out of the club okay pull it as hard as you can as fast as you can into that left side As it comes in it will come in like an elliptical It will stop and come pull back up to you But you can see how I push everything back So I’m going to leave you with two good feels for this okay h that will give you the feeling again for you to work on at home Pretty straight one Just get a band tie it onto something like so Put it in your left hand Do right-handed swings And you just if you pull that with your left hand you can see how my left foot is going to really have to push back to help my arm pull basically And I I’m deliberately rotating this foot But as you can see and it’s done at this stage You can see it’s it’s not done at impact It’s done at the start of your down swing Like so That’s a great way of getting the feel And the second great way of getting the feel And again I I I really like if you’re indoors I like this done in your bare feet But if you’re out in the night out and you can find a step in your in the bar or clubhouse or something you want to practice your golf swing A great way of practicing is if you can imagine this this is a a stairs This is the lower step on the stairs Just put your foot in the stairs Okay Now push yourself up So if I push myself onto the next step So if you can imagine this is a set of steps If I push myself so that this knee displaces the space of the left knee like so Okay I don’t go any further I’m not trying to get up to the but everything I did there to get my right foot up I have to push and rotate and push hard off that to get out away I’m gonna have to push away So this is the exact movement that we want in the down swing That movement Okay So you push yourself up onto the next step Then the hard part about that you can hit shots You can build yourself a step and hit shots The hard part is you got to get your arms down There’s no point in you pushing and your arms coming up Your arms have to get down at this point But that’s the motion there That’s pushing away Just like so And that’s your feel You either pull something to get a feel or do a step up to get a feel And again on the golf course or not in the golf course in practice try and do it in your bare feet because they will you’ll feel the balls of your feet much better in this situation And you won’t you definitely will not want to go this way or this way when you don’t have the support of a good pair of shoes I think that’s all I can say on ground force reactions If you have a comment or suggestion about future videos please put it in the comments below If you enjoyed or found these videos helpful please like or subscribe down below to encourage me to do more