Keeping The Rear Foot In Place When Striking The Ball

[Crazyface]

One of my worst golfing problems is I lift my rear foot off the ground when striking the ball and finish up looking to the left and watching the ball whizz off to the left. Has anyone got a suggestion for me to keep that rear foot in place?

 

[bobmac]

Do you mean you lift your whole foot off the ground or just your heal?

 

[JamesR]

Assuming you mean lifting the heal, and not the whole foot. When practicing put a ball under the toes of your right foot, it'll make you keep your heal down.

 

[jim8flog]

You should be lifting the rear foot to some extent in the forward swing.
Trying to keep the rear foot planted could lead to a reverse weight shift.

Gary Player even advocates the walk through swing for older players.

 

[need_my_wedge]

I'm no expert, but your rear foot (right for right handed golfer) should finish up on the toes as you turn your belt buckle towards the target. I can't see how you would put any kind of power into a swing keeping the right foot flat, let alone stopping yourself from ending up in traction....

 

[JamesR]

I was taught that you should start by rolling the foot, then move through to a lifted finish.
By simply lifting the foot you raise the right hand side of the body too early.

 

[bobmac]

I'm guessing the OP lifts his whole foot and spins round which is why he ends up looking left

 

[Foxholer]

One of my worst golfing problems is I lift my rear foot off the ground when striking the ball and finish up looking to the left and watching the ball whizz off to the left. Has anyone got a suggestion for me to keep that rear foot in place?

From the above description, you could be swaying.
Try moving your weight more through hip rotation than upper body movement.

 

[Crazyface]

I'm guessing the OP lifts his whole foot and spins round which is why he ends up looking left

This??

 

[jim8flog]

This??

By the time you get to this position the ball should be long gone so look for something else in the swing if you are getting the lefts.

 

[Orikoru]

So your swing is basically this?

Doesn't seem to do him much harm.

 

[Crazyface]

hee hee, but yes, but not everytime, and not as bad, but that's it. How to stop it.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

6 inch nails might help ?

 

[Foxholer]

6 inch nails might help ?

Likely to damage either gloves or hands!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I turn my left foot out when setting up, to help me turn through at impact and help stop causing pain within my knee
It does seem to help stop the "spinning" out thing as well

 

[Rlburnside]

I sometimes do the same similar to Gary Player when I’m driving, I have to concentrate on keeping weight slightly on my left side to stop this.

 

[steadyon]

This??

I get the same sometimes. The cause is always the same - swaying and not turning. I can fix it by turning hips or leaving more weight on left side during backswing.