Funny how the even the smallest motion can affect your overall golf swing. One area I would focus on all of my former students was the trail knee. Many times you will observe golfers straighten their back legs while swinging. Now you will learn the benefits of keeping the bend in the trail knee. To be clearthe back knee must maintain its bend up to the top of the back swing.
Increase Torque=========Increase the swing's torque. When you straighten your leg then you allow the hip to turn too easily. The fault lies when the hips turn too far. You start to lose power and control. You will lose control because your timing has to be more precise to square the club face at impact. The lose of power is because the coil is far less than it should be. Your x-factor is reduced when the knee loses its bend. The x-factor is a methodology taught by Jim McLean and it is simply the difference between the hip turn vs the shoulder turn. The larger the difference the larger the coil. Teaching professionals preach that the shoulders should turn twice as far as the hips.
Balance=========Straightening your knee on the back swing you will lose your balance. A reverse weight shift may be in your near future because when weight shifts to the back foot the back knee helps support the swing. If the leg straightens then the support for the swing becomes weaker the front leg will support the swing. keeping the bend in the back leg and your balance will improve.
Solid contact=========How does keeping the bend in the back leg help you make solid contact? It allows you to keep your posture throughout your swing. Maintaining a good posture will allow you to swing the club on the proper plane and also make the bottom of your swing predictable. Knowing where the swing arc bottoms out tells us where to position the ball in our golf stance.
In 2007 Phil Mickelson changed his swing instructor. After a long time with Rick Smith, Phil employed Butch Harmon as his swing instructor. Three weeks after the coach change Phil won his first Players Championship and this became his 31st career PGA Tour win. The swing element they worked on was to improve the bend in the back knee. It Phil's case this permitted him to shorten his back swing and he gained control with his driver.
If arguably the worlds best golfers works on this swing element. Why not the rest of the golfers? Many golfers are not aware and those that are don't think it is that important.
An the practice tee take some time and check the bend in your knee at:1) Address,2) Halfway way point in the back swing, and3) Top of your swing
Did your leg straighten out? Oops... keep working on it. Or was the bend maintained at all three points? Keep it up. Now don't want to force the leg to maintain the flex so the knee remains completely fixed. The knee will move a tiny amount we just be sure the bend is exists in the back swing.
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