 |
The
way long hitters generate more
clubhead speed is by turning their shoulders back fully and then
leading their downswing by aggressively turning their hips toward the
target. The momentary separation generated between hips and shoulders
stretches their lateral oblique muscles--like charging a coil spring.
When that tension is released their shoulders and arms are flung
around, generating more clubhead speed than would be possible with
simple exertion. So we can conclude that good golfers downswing dynamically by
aggressively POSTING onto their front leg. The best, such as Jack
Nicklaus, start their downswing by aggressively planting their front
foot heel, they SLAM it down! Tiger says he "snaps" his front knee
straight to initiate his downswing. However they do it, the common
action among all good golf swings is that the back foot heel lifts as
the golfer posts. Thus the RUlate keys on that heel position in order
to help ingrain an early posting action in our golf swing. If we strike the ball while our back foot heel remains down, if we fail
to post before impact, the RUlate tone signals that we were "late." When you train yourself to repeatedly strike balls without the RUlate
tone, you will have achieved your best accuracy and distance.
See
the Golf Digest weight distribution
study below. 
|