Lower Body in the Golf Swing: Step into Some Speed

In golf, just as in any throwing or rotational athletic movement, leverage is created from the ground up.

To understand why, picture yourself hovering weightlessly on the moon. You can drift freely, suspended several feet above the surface with nothing solid beneath you.

Now try to throw a baseball as far as you can while floating in mid-air.

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Now try to throw a baseball as far as you can while floating in mid-air.

You can imagine that your feet and legs would flail uncontrollably as you attempt to hurl the ball forward. You would struggle to generate any real velocity on that throw. The entire effort would feel weak and completely inefficient.

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