If you slide in the downswing, you can stop it with a push!
A lot of amateur golfers see PGA Tour players, LPGA Tour players, and high-level amateurs with this lead leg action, where they see the leg almost snap back. Many of them see this action, but they’re not quite sure how it happens or why it happens.
In the case of this junior golfer, one of her swing faults she battles with in the downswing is an excessive slide towards the target with her lower body. The golf swing cue that she has is when she’s looking down at her left foot as she starts the downswing, she’s trying to apply a force towards 10:30 on the clock, and the opposite reaction of pushing towards her toes is that her lead leg pushes back.
So, the way that we stop the slide is by applying a force, which turns excessive lateral movement into more of a rotational motion due to the force that we apply.
For young golfers that are continuing to develop strength and stability, who swing at a high rate of speed (Maddie’s clubhead speed is in the mid-90s with driver), this movement is a form of applying the brakes to stop the lateral motion.
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