You ever seen a golfer do that? Or has that been you? Before we wrap up today, I want to give you one last nugget of information that — on its own — can completely change your ball striking today if you go out to the range and try it. If you tend to set up the wrong way, you saw what I did there: I moved from the top, with my force of movement coming from my trail side, that pushing motion, which creates all of this force wanting to go out that way. And then I also set up on the balls of my feet — and of course I fell over and hit it fat. Most golf instructors still today teach golfers to set up on the balls of their feet. You've probably heard this a million times. The adage is you want to feel like a shortstop ready to go in any direction, or like a diver going off a diving board.
Well, why? I'm not a diver, I'm not trying to dive forward. In fact, I
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Want to do the exact opposite. I never want to fall forward when I'm hitting a ball. And a shortstop? What are the job requirements of a shortstop? You're auditioning for the New York Yankees today and I want you to put on your resume what your skill set and qualifications are at your setup position to play shortstop. You're going to say, "Well, I'm on the balls of my feet with my knees flexed" so that you can do what? The number one job requirement is to be able to move in any direction at a moment's notice. You don't know where the ball is going — to your trail side, your lead side, backwards. All of those things are critical for a shortstop. So yes, he needs to be on the balls of his feet with his knees flexed, ready to move in any direction.
Totally agree. Now tell
Me, as a golfer, what your job requirements are — where are you trying to go? You're not trying to go anywhere. It's actually counterproductive to set up like a shortstop when you're trying to do the exact opposite. Your job requirements are that you want to be stable.
Quiet, centered. Anchored.
That has nothing to do with a shortstop, a diver, or a basketball player. In golf, you're trying to keep your lower body quiet. Your lower body doesn't move all over the place. In fact, the ball is stationary. So why would you set up with the requirements of a shortstop when your body is structurally engineered to bear load through the center of your ankle? If you dropped a line from your ear hole, it would go straight through the center of your shoulder, your elbow, your hip, the back of your knee, and your ankle. That is how all of us are structurally engineered. Even with poor posture, you are still designed to bear load through the center of your ankle. In golf, one of the most critical things you must do at impact — when all of the loads and forces are at their highest — is make sure that weight is centered over the ankle at impact. Because if it isn't, that's how you put dangerous torque on your knee. You're moving your primary balancing joint away from the hip — which is designed to pivot freely all day long —
To your knee, which has very little rotational
Movement. It's a ball-and-hinge joint designed to do this. Yes — not that rotational stress.
So when you're working on your golf swing, make sure you practice setting up with your weight centered over your ankles — ankle to the center of the foot is our guideline. You'll suddenly find you have far more balance and stability through the entire swing. An AI swing analyzer can confirm whether your posture and setup are truly centered or subtly off in ways that compound into bigger problems at impact. The GOAT Drill system reinforces these proper golf setup fundamentals with every rep, training your body to find its most stable, powerful address position automatically. That's just one of the setup fundamentals from RotarySwing that can change your game starting today.
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There's a reason that Earl Woods taught Tiger how to play the game
from the green back.
I admit, at first, even I didn't think it was necessary. I thought I
could skip ahead and learn the full swing without building a solid
foundation in putting, chipping and pitching.
All this belief did was cost me MORE time than had I started
at the beginning just like The GOAT did. Over the past 20 years of
doing golf clinics, my observations of thousands of students was
always the same - those who started the slowest at the beginning
always got there the fasted in the end.
In other words, the students I observed being diligent with the
small things like grip, setup, posture and the basics of controlling
the clubface on day 1 were always WAY further ahead of those who
didn't on day 1.
In the post above by member Everett, he said it all in a nutshell.
Go through the program exactly the way it is laid out and you
will have extraordinary results. Skip to the end and you'll end up
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This is a system, not a grouping of random tips.
There is a method to my madness deeply rooted in learning psychology
and over 30 years of teaching hundreds of thousands of golfers
just like you how to hit a ball with a stick. Slow down and you'll
get there faster...
