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This is a smart twist on an old drill. If you’ve been told that you sway, then you have probably been told to place something under the outside of your foot. The premise, is that it will kick your foot in which will restrict it’s ability to go to the outside of the foot. But the real problem with a sway, is letting pressure get to the outside of the foot. And when you put the object under the outside of the foot, then you ENCOURAGE pushing with the outside of the foot. So, even though it looks better when you use it in a drill, the body actually LEARNS the wrong movement. To trail the right movement, put a wedge, a towel, a ball or some other object under the INSIDE of the foot. Now, roll your foot to the inside to apply pressure under the inside half of the foot.
Playlists: Stop Moving Off The Ball (Sway)
Tags: Sway, Drill, Intermediate
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This is the anti-swag wedged drill and this is the help you feel how the foot should
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contact the ground in order to overcome a sway.
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If you remember from the overview video, a sway is when you're pelvis kind of shifts too
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much into the trail leg and the backswing and your weight goes more toward the outside
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of your foot.
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Now I've got a foam noodle cut in half here but you can use a door stop, you can use a golf
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ball, anything that creates about a 1-1.5 inch little lift.
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Now oftentimes you'll see videos of products supporting creating this little angle which
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forces your knee to kick in and yes, when I make a backswing with that there, I'm not
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going to sway.
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The problem is what you're learning from this is how to push with the outside of your
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foot because my foot will want to roll and the angle that my ankle is in will prevent
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that.
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So I will actually push up against the edge of the foam noodle with the outside of
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the foot.
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If you want to learn how to press with the inside of the foot which is what we really
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want with the back leg, you're going to put the wedge on the inside of your foot pointing
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outward.
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Now what will happen is if I go towards the outside of my foot, well my weight's almost
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already on the outside of my foot so it won't feel very comfortable.
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What I will also allow for a mount of room for me to kind of compress by turning that
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ankle in and learning to push with the inside of my foot up against the ground.
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Because when I take the foam noodle away, I want to maintain that feeling of kind of pressing
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with the inside of the foot as opposed to letting the weight go to the outside of the
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foot.
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So you can take swings.
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I don't recommend hitting balls with this because it's definitely going to mess up
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that the downswing mechanics of how the foot will roll.
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But you can practice making your backswing, keeping pressure or compressing that foam noodle.
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And it'll help you really learn where the foot pushes into the ground and how to stay
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on the inside of that foot.
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And it'll help you overcome your sway drill or it'll help you overcome your sway swing
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problem, which will mess up your timing of your transition and typically cause contact
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issues.
