Improving your footwork will go a long way in helping you to have better ball/clubface contact and overall strike the ball better. In this video I show a simple, yet highly effective way, to ensure your footwork is ‘up to par’.
1) Set up to a ball with any club you wish.
2) Put your sand wedge under your trail foots heel, your heel should be standing on the clubface, with the shaft angled away from you.
3) As you place your heel on top of the club face, the shaft will move vertically off the ground and into the air.
4) Make a swing, or practice swing, with the goal of NOT allowing the sand wedge shaft land back on the ground prior to impact. If the sand wedge shaft does hit the ground prior to impact, your trail heel has come up and off the ground too soon and you’re losing efficiency in your swing.
5) Continue to practice, through hitting balls or practice swing, to gain a better understanding of what it feels like for you to reach impact before the sand wedge shaft lands back on the ground.
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