How important is it to strengthen feet for the golf swing ?
Hi Wendy, you asked me how important is strength in the feet for the golf swing? Well, that's a great question because we produce power from the ground up. Your ability to have dorsiflexion in your ankles, the ability have gluteal complex, that fires maintains pelvic strength uses, the pelvis in the proper way, really all have something to do with how your feet interact with the ground. So if you have flat feet a high arch, your feet should be pushing into the ground. Much like a hockey player, hitting a slap shot. You want that leading leg to have a lot of force in it? Putting into the Leading Edge and you're pushing into the ground. So strength is an important thing in the foot complex. Obviously, we're all very keen and aware of a plantar fasciitis can do given Tiger. Woods is recent bout with that. So foot health is very, very important stand on a golf ball softball or tennis ball, roll your feet, but make sure that you're doing ankle Mobility work. And that up the chain calves, hamstrings, quads and glutes help, strengthen your lower half and help you with Her Ground Force. Hope that helps
Functional Movement Specialist, Golf Performance