Left Leg
 

Yoda and others,

What are your thoughts concerning a bent left leg compared to a straight left leg during the impact zone?

If I can add what is the best way to address an overbent left leg at impact?

I was taught that you should not "lock out"the left leg until after follow through.

Regarding an overbent left leg,IMO as long as you start from a good address position -and don't bend it any further i don't think you can have it overbent.

would be interested to here other views on this one.

I think it would be quite awkward not to bend the left leg more during the backswing than it is at address.

I remember Tiger saying one time that when he wants more power he snaps his left knee back.

It seems like a lot of the guys who hit it long have a straight left leg through impact. So what's up with that? Kenetic Chain Reaction or something???

Lag is an out-of-line trailing condition . . . lagging components are seeking to be in-line . . . maximum radius is obtained by swinging from the FEET . . . NOT the knees.

I like where you are going with this Bucket, can you expand on swinging from the feets.

Si . . . There's lag in the pivot. So the pivot components are ideally out of line and thus have lag. Pivot lag and swinging from the feet and the gear train all have to do with pivot lag and bringing maximum swing radius on the ball. The left shoulder is the center of the stroke yes . . . the left arm and club are the radius of the circle yes . . . but the SWING RADIUS for a full power shot ideally starts at the feet. The feet pull the ankles. Ankles pull shin bones. Shin bones pull knees. Knees pull thigh bones. etc. etc. all the way out to the arms wrists and club. If a trailing component gets in line with a preceding component the swing radius ends at that point. So you pull everything from the ground up starting with the feet. In the question the knee is seeking it's in-line relationship . . . if it get's saggy . . . radius stops there and hopefully not sooner . . . like at the wrists or something.

are you bending the leg- or turning your hips?

Dem Bones!?! Dear 12 Buckets of Bones.....the sequence sounds nice but....just can't wrap my mind around "how" the feet move the ankles. What move do the feet do to move the ankles?:scratch:

Not sure but, I think the feet move the knees going from toe to heel/heel to toe as the knees bend or straighten on the back swing and downswing.

Footwork
 

The feet themselves do absolutely nothing except accept load. They should be monitored carefully when you are training the pivot because many swing problems originate from the way load is placed on the feet. Homer devoted two chapters in 7-17 and 10-17 to the feet.

The feet don't move on their own, they are moved.

MUCH LIKE THE HANDS. . . . . .

Well Done
 

Excellent description of Pivot Lag.

This is a very important concept to understand. I know for my golf swing I cannot acheive accumulator lag unless I have Pivot lag first.

So thanks your excellent and succinct description of Pivot Lag.
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Don't thank me thank Homer :) . . . it all starts with the GROUND . . . ashes to ashes dust to dust . . . from the dust you rise and to the dust you return . . . just like your life . . . . your stroke is born of the earth.