Golf Swing - Setup - The Knees
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From the feet we are going to move up from the foundation of the golf swing to the knees. The
knees play a huge role in most sports and golf is no exception. In this golf lesson we are going to
discuss the two different parts of the golf swing where the knees come into play.
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An article by: Bobby Eldridge
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Golf Swing Lesson - Knee Flex
The first part is the address position. As you address the golf ball your knees will have a
slight flex in them (#19). You are not going to "sit" on your knees
(#18) and they are not locked straight (#17). For a long time golf instructors taught students to have the feeling you
were "sitting" on a bar stool. I always believed we should have been teaching people to feel as
though you were "leaning" back on a stool. The last thing you would ever want to do is sit in golf.
Sitting will cause the golf club to swing too level to the ground in the downswing, and you will
have a tendency to hit the ground behind the golf ball.
Before you start to "straighten" your knees to a "locked" position, which is just as wrong as
sitting, let me give you a bit of advice. The knee position is what I refer to as "slightly"
flexed. Because we are all different heights, I cannot give you an exact degree you should flex
your knees at setup- however; if you simply relax your knees, you will find the correct amount of
bend on your own.
The Knees during the golf swingThe second roll the
knees play in the golf swing is when the golf club is in motion. As the golf club swings back, the
single most important thing for you to remember is the RIGHT knee never ever never moves from the
original position. If you think of the two knee caps as head lights shining in front of you as you
drive along a road, you might makes some twists and turns but the headlights are always in front of
you. As you start the backswing the right knee does not slide, bend or straighten out- it stays
very quiet and solid during the entire backswing.
Both knees must remain flexed during the entire backswing and until impact.
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