Trying to fix a real flaw.

[rhubodach]

In one aspect I'm ready for the upcoming golf season, practice ranges are about a week away from opening and I would expect to play my first round in about 3-4 weeks ( weather permitting ).
Equipment ,,, I was just fitted for new woods, driver and three wood ( Cobra AMP ) my trusty Tour Edge # 4 hybrid, my Ping i20 irons my Nike wedges and last but not least my trusted Nicket putter.
I've been working indoors with a buddy trying to fix a flaw I've had in my game for years, straightening my right leg on the backswing.
No question I've certainly got away with it over the years but I really want to fix this. We have video taped our sessions, it is very pronounced so has any one ever had this issue and if so is there a fix ?( and I do practice and work on it but it just doesn't work ).

 

[eclark53520]

Is it affecting your scores? If not, personally i would leave it alone.

 

[limpalong]

The most perfect swing... The most beautiful pose after the swing... The closer your swing is to 'textbook' in no way guarantees you being closer to the hole. The goal of this game is to get the ball down in the fewest number of strokes.

Attempting to improve your game through fixing swing faults is commendable. Just don't get so hung up you have paralysis through too much analysis!!!! It's a game. Enjoy the adventure!!!!!

 

[trumb1mj]

In one aspect I'm ready for the upcoming golf season, practice ranges are about a week away from opening and I would expect to play my first round in about 3-4 weeks ( weather permitting ).
Equipment ,,, I was just fitted for new woods, driver and three wood ( Cobra AMP ) my trusty Tour Edge # 4 hybrid, my Ping i20 irons my Nike wedges and last but not least my trusted Nicket putter.
I've been working indoors with a buddy trying to fix a flaw I've had in my game for years, straightening my right leg on the backswing.
No question I've certainly got away with it over the years but I really want to fix this. We have video taped our sessions, it is very pronounced so has any one ever had this issue and if so is there a fix ?( and I do practice and work on it but it just doesn't work ).

I'm really into video and fixing swing flaws through my own analysis but have found the older the flaw, the harder to fix. You can change something in your mind then look at the video and seemingly nothing has changed. I found the only way to kick such bad habits was through the help of a PGA professional who was able to give me drills to ingrain these changes.

 

[nututhugame]

Is it really a flaw? If I remember right that is kind of a stack and tilt-ish move. I think I may do that. In trying to "fix" that you may run into other problems that you don't have now. For me with iron play I don't know if I actually lock the leg, but I think I do what you describe and it helps me in a couple ways. It keeps the weight forward and prevents swaying away from the target and having to recover on the downswing. There are different philosophies on what's right in the golf swing. I don't know if it's "right", but I started doing what you're talking about a while back and it helped me maintain angles and eliminate some movement.

 

[BigJim13]

Is it really a flaw? If I remember right that is kind of a stack and tilt-ish move. I think I may do that. In trying to "fix" that you may run into other problems that you don't have now. For me with iron play I don't know if I actually lock the leg, but I think I do what you describe and it helps me in a couple ways. It keeps the weight forward and prevents swaying away from the target and having to recover on the downswing. There are different philosophies on what's right in the golf swing. I don't know if it's "right", but I started doing what you're talking about a while back and it helped me maintain angles and eliminate some movement.

Stack and tilt keeps the weight centered over the ball and front leg if I remember correctly!

 

[nututhugame]

Stack and tilt keeps the weight centered over the ball and front leg if I remember correctly!

Right, and straightening that back leg is like a fixed way to keep that weight forward. Stand on just your right leg and twist backwards once...

 

[nututhugame]

Another good example Jim is watch a Zach Johnson vid. His rear leg does virtually nothing until the ball is long gone.

 

[BigJim13]

Right, and straightening that back leg is like a fixed way to keep that weight forward. Stand on just your right leg and twist backwards once...

Right but I think all the weight stays on the front leg, not the back. I could be wrong though?

 

[nututhugame]

Right but I think all the weight stays on the front leg, not the back. I could be wrong though?

It's not that you're keeping the majority of your body weight on that leg, more the opposite. When you straighten that leg and not the other it shifts your body weight forward automatically. Kind of like a person with one leg longer than the other.

The other thing it does is even up the shoulders from having your left hand higher on the grip.

 

[BigJim13]

It's not that you're keeping the majority of your body weight on that leg, more the opposite. When you straighten that leg and not the other it shifts your body weight forward automatically. Kind of like a person with one leg longer than the other.

The other thing it does is even up the shoulders from having your left hand higher on the grip.

Got it! I know I tried it once and it hurt my back so I didn't try again!

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

Got it! I know I tried it once and it hurt my back so I didn't try again!

The term 'Stack n Tilt' just sounds like it would hurt your back.