Interesting Item From My Last Lesson

[snapfade]

I met with my instructor the other night to work on the driver. He had me take four full throttle swings without stopping.  When I finished he said look down at your feet and see if they had moved any. Well my right foot slid back about an inch or so. (I'm right handed) and he said that should be my natural set up as far as where my feet we concerned. I had never heard that before, and I didn't notice any real difference when I started hitting balls. He said, that I might not notice it at first, but it is just part of the big picture. Have any of you ever heard this? I am not questioning his methods, he has helped me tremendously and I encourage everyone to support their local instructor, just curious if its taught elsewhere?

[iacas]

Never really heard of it. Pretty sure Scottie Scheffler's or JT's stances should not be like this:

[SEMI_Duffer]

9 hours ago, snapfade said:

When I finished he said look down at your feet and see if they had moved any. Well my right foot slid back about an inch or so. (I'm right handed) and he said that should be my natural set up as far as where my feet we concerned.

If he asks you to swing out of your boots several more times and your trail foot moves again, will that become your new natural setup?

I'm not an instructor, but, this sounds questionable to me.

[Elmer]

On 7/20/2023 at 1:26 PM, snapfade said:

Well my right foot slid back about an inch or so. (I'm right handed) and he said that should be my natural set up as far as where my feet we concerned.

I have been trying to remember to incorporate this stance on the course.
I have found when my right foot is back just slightly, I have a better take away, get proper rotation, don't over swing and hit the ball much more straight.

This was taught to me by my first instructor, when he was trying to get me to understand the take away and rotation. He would have me drop my right foot back about a foot and a half and make easy practice swings. These swings made it easy to get through the ball.

I have tried to work this routine into my pre-shot routine. Drop the right foot back a lot, make a few swings, then slide the right foot a little back behind the left.  If I can remember not to overswing, or collapse my arms, or pull my head up I get a decent result.

YMMV