Who is this drill best for?
- Golfers who don't know how their feet should work during the downswing
- Golfers who fall on their back foot at the end of the golf swing (see below):
Required Materials and Equipment
- Golf ball (to place behind or underneath lead foot)
- Golf balls to hit
- (optional) alignment stick
Drill Overview
The goal of this drill is to teach you how to quiet your feet down and feel proper ground forces during the golf swing.
Drill Instructions
Grab a golf ball and place it just inside your lead heel. It should look like this:
From here, you should hit increasingly fuller golf shots, starting with a wedge hitting half shots, working your way up to full driver swings (hardest)
Drill Variations
Variation #1: Ball under left foot
As an alternative, if you want to feel the ground pressures more intensely during the swing to understand how weight shifts, you can place the golf ball underneath your left heel/midsole.
You shouldn't do this variation for too long! The goal of this is to teach you proper "ground forces" in the swing:
- On the backswing, there should be very little pressure on the ball, but your trail foot (right foot for righties) should feel increasing pressure, "gripping" the ground with your golf spikes. It should feel like your right foot wants to spin in the clockwise direction, but your spikes will keep the foot planted.
- During the downswing, you should be an increasing pressure on the ball under your lead foot as the trail foot "unwinds" and pushes against the ground in a counterclockwise direction