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In this analysis video, we're going to look at the first movement in the takeaway.

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So I had a member question about the first movement in the takeaway and did a quick little

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video helping to understand the pressure into the lead side.

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So basically, in order to have the body start moving or rotating that way,

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it has to push against the ground this way. So to create some sort of anchor,

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most golfers are going to use their lead foot. It is possible to use the inside of the right foot,

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but primarily, most golfers are going to push through the lead leg.

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Now, here are a couple kind of classic examples where you'll see maybe a little bit of a forward press

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and you'll see that weight shift to anchor that lead side to then provide the platform that the

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leg and the core can start to take away with. That anchor of the foot and that leg and core

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movement produces the one piece takeaway, even in golfers who have a little bit quicker wrist set,

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like Danny Willet here. Now, here's probably one of the easiest examples. This would be Gary

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Player. So you'll see he had that famous knee kick in and you'll see that left quad in that left knee

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kind of push into the foot to create the anchor that he can then rotate around. So if you struggle with

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what takes the club back, there's a good chance you're kind of floating in between your feet

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and trying to initiate the takeaway more with the hands and the shoulders and connecting it all the

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way to the body can usually help. Let's look at a couple more subtle examples and one example that

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may not technically be the left foot, but will help you understand this concept even better.

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So now we have two different examples that are going to demonstrate one of the common ways that

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some golfers do it. We have Tiger Woods from 2000 over the right and Jordan's beef. Now if you're

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ever looking for these triggers, you have to find things from practice sessions where you can see

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them before they hit the ball for a little bit of time. Here what we'll see with Jordan is we'll see

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before he takes the club back. He actually has a little bit of a rotation towards the target to apply

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some pressure into that lead foot. Now that's accompanied by the slight forward press of his hands

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following his belly button rotating. So if you're just looking at it from a distance, you may think

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that it's the hands starting the takeaway. But now that you know what to look for, you can see that

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his hips rotating to the left, help apply pressure to provide an anchor that then he can start the

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takeaway from to create movement you need a fixed point. Now Tiger demonstrates a similar

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pattern. You'll see before he starts to take the club away, you'll see a slight rotation there

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where he's shifting and slightly rotating his pelvis towards the target before it starts to rotate

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away from the target. And that rotation towards the target will shift some pressure into that

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lead leg to create the anchor. Now for the final example, we have the mini tour player

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Manuel de los Santos, who lost his lead leg. So you would logically think that he's not going to

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shift into that lead leg. But what we'll be able to see is right here before he starts his takeaway.

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You'll see that left or the right knee kind of bend in towards the left, he's anchoring on the inside.

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So he's pushing slightly against the ground this way in order to create the anchor for his body

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to rotate around. The force pressure stuff that I've seen all indicates that there's a slight

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pressure shift into that front leg which helps with creating the fixed point for your body to rotate