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Force Pedal Clarification

This video covers the key aspects of using the force pedal to improve your golf swing. You'll learn the ideal placement for the pedal to maximize efficiency and control, how to achieve the correct pressure application, and the impact of pedal position on your transition and release movements. Additionally, we'll discuss common mistakes to avoid and provide practical tips for integrating the force pedal into your practice routine.

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Here's a quick clarification on the force

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PE pedal location.

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Um, so if I turned sideways, uh, the OID would be kind

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of right underneath right about here,

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kinda the backside of the laces.

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Um, and the question was basically,

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why wouldn't I put this under the ball of the feet?

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Um, what I found is if I put this all the way so that my,

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the ball of the foot is on the top side of the, of the,

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uh, force pedal or the tennis ball here, then

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as I go into transition to really push onto it,

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I feel like I have to shift further than I would actually

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want to in the, in the golf swing.

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Um, if I put this more under the middle of the arch

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or closer to the oid, um, all the way, the OID seems fine,

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you'll push on more the front half of it instead of, uh,

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the, the top of it.

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And, but you'll be able to feel kind of a rolling pressure.

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Um, 'cause the goal here is when I have

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that force pedal in the kind of the right location,

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I'm getting a quick pulse that way,

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and then I'm getting a kind of a rolling

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or a rocking back movement like that.

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And I find that if you put it too far forward, you have

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to exaggerate going too far into your toes

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to get all of your pressure there.

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And it gr it generally takes too long.

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Um, so the, the request was to kind of solid

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or comment about this and going down too long.

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Um, so the pressure into that front foot is going

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to be more of kind of a quick kind of movement like

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that just as if I was getting ready to jump.

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It's that quick pulse there.

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Um, if I was to really pull my upper body down,

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I might be able to get more force, but I'd go for too long

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and it would limit my ability to come back up.

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Um, so it's not just getting the force against the ground,

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it's getting the force against the ground in a way

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that's gonna help me, uh, kind of catapult myself

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or get more of this vertical force, uh, in the mid downswing

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to help set up a good, uh, release going into that

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negative torsion movement that will help us

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with our low point control.

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So if I put that more under the OID

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or uh, kind of the middle, like the backside of my arch,

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you can probably see from down the line where

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that's ge getting put.

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That will help me encourage more of that quick, uh,

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downward force followed by the pronounced upward force.

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And this is one of those drills that you can, you can use

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with hitting golf balls.

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Um, I always find that the hard thing is just getting

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ball position, right?

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Um, whenever you have your stance kind of offset like this.

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Yeah, I felt like I was a little close there.

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Um, we'll try one more.

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Uh, like I said, the challenge for hitting balls like this

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is you kind of have to adjust your stance a little bit,

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uh, depending on, um, how high that ball is.

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Okay, we'll try one more.

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So that felt okay as far as the, uh,

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lower body activation, um, again,

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let's do one where we put the,

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the force pedal a little bit too much

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towards the ball of the foot.

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So if I put it there, then as I go to push, when I go

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to push, my left heel is basically coming off the ground.

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I'll probably hit this a little bit better

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'cause it helped keep me tall, but it really helped me.

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It, it kind of gave me a awkward feeling during the release

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that I had nowhere to go.

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Um, and so I just kind of stalled and threw the arms.

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So, uh, while technically this is a transition movement

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that we're training, if you put it in the wrong spot,

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I think it can upset the release.

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So place it towards the back half of the arch, basically

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underneath the oid.

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I think that's the best place, uh, for kind

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of giving you enhanced feedback of

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how you're pushing against the ground during transition.

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And then during the release,

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I.

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