Left leg collapse in downswing

[Lordswood]

Just seen my driver swing on film and not a pretty sight 😂

 
My left leg collapses in the downswing after impact. Could someone recommend a suitable drill or should I just focus on the left leg snapping straight?

 

TIA

[GoGoErky]

Post a swing video. The leg collapse is a symptom. The cause needs to be addressed 

[Lordswood]

Sorry only got it on front view. I’ve had a recent left knee injury so thinking that’s not helping 

[Zitlow]

First off it's okay to straighten your left knee after you hit the ball, no snapping at impact required.

 

Mike Dunaway

 

You have a lot of good things going on in your swing, your weight shift or lack of it is throwing you off.

 

When you walk you go from foot to foot and you're weight is balanced on your foot, leg and hip as you step. If you're foot, leg and hip weren't stacked you wouldn't be able to support yourself very well. 

 

The golf swing is no different, you need balance and support to be able to swing the club dynamically. At the top you haven't shifted much if any weight to your right leg. Your right hip is inside your right foot and leg.

 

 

You hang back because you don't shift your weight properly. He's standing on his right foot.  His foot, leg and hip are stacked and his weight is balanced on his right hip. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 26, 2023 by Zitlow

[Zitlow]

You don't need a rope, just put a club in each hand and get those ankles, knees and hips working. 

 

 

 

[naj959]

I too had the saggy knee finish. I think it relates to not using the ground properly to generate force. I've been working on shifting pressure and it has cleaned it up a bit. You might want to check out some of the Dr. Kwon stuff or GRFGolf on youtube. 

[Lordswood]

Thanks for these pointers guys. Will try and get some practice in before the club champs on Sunday 

[GoGoErky]

23 minutes ago, Lordswood said:

Thanks for these pointers guys. Will try and get some practice in before the club champs on Sunday 

Let me guess your intent is to hit up with driver?

Edited July 26, 2023 by GoGoErky

[glk]

I wouldn't do anything before the club championship!   Not the time to start changes, imo.

 

Lower body is very inert - result is a restricted hip turn - with what appears to be little flexing of the lead knee and a flat hip turn - since you turn hips flat versus with left tilt your knee has little reason to straighten (and given what little flex the left knee gets the left leg is not in a good position to push in the downswing).     Can't see pressure shift but suspect you have a late shift which can also contribute to the issue, ie you stay on right leg too long and have to actively push off it to shift which you do while the downswing has already started.

 

The pattern you want In the backswing is you shift slightly to the right then push with the right leg -  this raises the right hip and straightens the right knee a bit and causes the left knee to flex and left hip to move down and a bit inward - you should be supporting your body mainly on your right foot.    This tilts the pelvis, moves pressure to the right, and sets up an unweighting of the body so that you "fall" into the left side with left leg gaining a bit more flex before having to push hard to stop the fall.     You should  freely turn the pelvis - the restriction of your pelvis results in your restricted backswing - freeing up you pelvis turn with allow for a bigger backswing and most likely an increase in distance.

 

 

 

Edited July 26, 2023 by glk

[Lordswood]

1 hour ago, GoGoErky said:

Let me guess your intent is to hit up with driver?

No not really I generally don’t  struggle with distanc

[Lordswood]

1 hour ago, glk said:

I wouldn't do anything before the club championship!   Not the time to start changes, imo.

 

Lower body is very inert - result is a restricted hip turn - with what appears to be little flexing of the lead knee and a flat hip turn - since you turn hips flat versus with left tilt your knee has little reason to straighten (and given what little flex the left knee gets the left leg is not in a good position to push in the downswing).     Can't see pressure shift but suspect you have a late shift which can also contribute to the issue, ie you stay on right leg too long and have to actively push off it to shift which you do while the downswing has already started.

 

The pattern you want In the backswing is you shift slightly to the right then push with the right leg -  this raises the right hip and straightens the right knee a bit and causes the left knee to flex and left hip to move down and a bit inward - you should be supporting your body mainly on your right foot.    This tilts the pelvis, moves pressure to the right, and sets up an unweighting of the body so that you "fall" into the left side with left leg gaining a bit more flex before having to push hard to stop the fall.     You should  freely turn the pelvis - the restriction of your pelvis results in your restricted backswing - freeing up you pelvis turn with allow for a bigger backswing and most likely an increase in distance.

 

 

 

Thanks for this. I think a lot of the issue stems from my knee issue

[GoGoErky]

39 minutes ago, Lordswood said:

No not really I generally don’t  struggle with distanc

Not saying you struggle with distance. The hang back you do in your swing is what most do who are trying to make sure they “hit up” on the ball with driver.

 

glk points out some good issues too. 

 

[getitdaily]

Lead leg crashing equals 

 

Too much trail shift

Super late pressure and weight shift to lead side 

 

Feel like you stay on your lead side the entire swing. Then at p3 to p4 press hard into the lead foot. Then bring the arms down and turn the lead hip behind you...like, replace your tailbone with your lead hip as the arms come down.

 

Stay in side bend the entire time. 

Edited July 26, 2023 by getitdaily