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[ GOLF LESSON ]

How to Correct the Step

With Your Left Foot Ali(엘리) Kim Pro
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n today’s lesson, I’m going to talk about taking a step with the Thirdly, as mentioned earlier, the wall is formed on the left, so
Ileft foot at impact. naturally, you can control it with your left leg when you down-
First, if you look at the meaning of the word “step,” it means to swing. That way, the clubhead can pass through my body at high
stand or press down on your feet. speed.
The reason why I mentioned the word “step” first is because you The problem of not doing this step (left foot) is hanging back.
can hit the ball well with strong force only when you perform When you downswing with a backswing, you have to hit the ball
this movement of stepping or pressing down on your foot during with your weight moved to the left, but with your lower body
a golf swing. moving and with your weight remaining on the right, you have to
So we’re going to talk about the role of stepping (left foot) and the hit and then later move your weight to the left and finish.
advantages, the problems, and how to do it. Another problem is that, as in the wrong picture on the left, the
What stepping foot (left foot) does is when backswing goes to the mindset of hitting the ball from backswing to downswing can’t
top while addressing, the weight from the right shifts to the left, get the left foot set, and your shoulder also rises as it rises to the
creating a wall to the left. opposite.
There are a few advantages of stepping foot (left foot) that can be If you can’t swing with your left foot in this way, you’ll have a
used as a counter-force because the weight on the right is defi- hard time when you’re rounding with excessive hooks and slices.
nitely shifted to the left. But if all of these parts are well-addressed, like in the picture on
the right, all the problems
can be solved.
Then there are some things
that you need to consider
the most to take a good step
on your left foot.
My left foot must be in a
position to be well-timed
on the backswing top.
In other words, when I
backswing, my body moves
to the right or my upper
body turns upside down,
my left leg collapses and
this is not the right place
for my left leg.
To step on the left side, you
have to be sure that the left
side is ready at backswing,
but if the body is pushed to
the right or the upper body
is turned upside down, the
left axis will collapse a lot,
so you can’t naturally press
the left foot no matter how

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