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SEE THE EXERCISES

• Horizontal Chops Single Leg • Side Step Ups • Chop (with Rotation) - Lunge w/ bar • Torso Turns One Leg • Torso Acceleration Drill

SWING DRILLS

• Impact Fix • Braced Left Leg Fault Slide

Horizontal Chops Single Leg

Side Step Ups

Chop With Rotation- Lunge With Bar

Torso Acceleration Drill

Poor Lead Side Balance (LSB) can destroy any great golf swing. The key to most efficient golf swings is the ability to post into the lead hip and leg, allowing the torso to fire around a stable lower body. This posting of the lead side decelerates the pelvis and lower body and therefore transfers massive speed into the upper body and arms. Without this quick deceleration poor energy transfer and weak shots will result.

Signs of poor LSB include the following:

1. Sliding -- this is where the lower body moves too far towards the target on the downswing and can reduce the amount of rotation created in the lower body.

2. Late Buckle -- this is where the lead side knee bends through impact. This is a form of sliding and can lead to the same shot patterns.

3. Hanging Back -- this is where the player avoids the lead side all together and they don't shift their weight forward during the downswing. This forces the player to be upper body dominant and eliminates the most powerful part of the body, the lower body!

4. Falling forward -- this is where the player loses their balance after the shot and they fall off balance and take a step forward. This usually means they are Early Extending and their lower body is not rotating into the lead side, instead the whole lower body is thrusting towards the ball.

All of these faults can be caused by problems with LSB. So if you have any of these signs, try the following exercises to re-establish your stable lower body!