I got a question from Don on the Inner Circle and he says, “I am new at PPGS, but the first time I played after reading and practicing two or three times, I changed my normal 100+ to an 88. Wow, that was great. I tried to flare both fee outward, but I did not hit my shots as long as when my back foot was flared inward. Does this tell you any tell tale signs about my swing? Should I try to flair both feet out?”
Good question. I still believe the feet need to be flared out. If you lost a little bit of distance it's probably a situation of you need to get your timing back. Naturally, it can change your balance a little bit so your brain has to reprogram itself into the timing that's happening and where you are at impact. It shouldn't take long to get that back.
Because you're flared, remember: the key is we judge the distance by the heels. So if you flared your feet and got your stance wider, that could actually mean you had a little lateral movement left or forward, if you were a right-hander playing. That little bit of slide can get you ahead of the ball and be a tremendous problem in terms of hitting the ball, pushing it or blocking it or hitting it pretty good, just straight and short.
I think you need to have them flared because that is the dynamically balanced way to set up and to a lot of the proper movement of the knees, which we're trying to keep wide and quiet.We still want the knee caps to rotate externally.
So I would say, stay with it and just practice a little bit longer and work on your tempo and timing. I think you find that when you get that down you'll hit the ball more solid and straight. You will get your distance back if not even more.
So stay with that and give it a shot. I think you'll find everything will fall into place and you'll be hitting it longer and straighter and shooting better scores.
The Surge!