This piece of information was heralded as a major discovery, so to speak-that the players did not conform to the principles of weight shift that have been advocated for years.
In view of my own findings on how a golfer uses his body in a golf swing, I cannot agree with the above contention.
It was definitely established:
A. That in every instance all players had the biggest portion of their weight on the right foot at the top of the swing; and
B. In every instance every player had the majority of their weight on their left foot at the conclusion of the swing.
However, in reading the report of the researchers, one could easily get the idea that the weight was held back on the right foot as the ball was actually being hit.
I cannot agree with the idea that our players let either all or part of their weight remain on their right foot as they hit the ball, and then dragged the rest of the weight over after the ball was hit. Present-day golfers don't play golf that way. They do not hold back as they hit the ball; they let go and they give it the full treatment.
It is my contention that good golfers start their downswing with a positive shift of weight to the left foot, and after a point of balance is established on the left foot, they are in a position to use their left sides to pull the club down into and through the ball. This is the only way the body can be utilized in a golf swing-with the diagonal stretch action as described in Chapter Six. But this diagonal stretch action with the left side can never be executed unless and until there is a point of balance established on the left foot. It is my contention that this point of balance in the early part of the downswing is placed on the toe of the left foot and eventually winds up on the left heel.
Only if and when this point of balance is established on the left toe can the diagonal stretch with the left side be initiated or executed. And as this diagonal stretch is made a pressure is exerted against and on the right foot, and the harder one swings or the harder one hits the ball, the greater the pressure against the right foot. continue analysis of UCLA golf research...