How do you improve Lie?
How do you improve Lie?
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Drill: Reverse Preacher With Pedypods
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Problem
Lie increase or decrease can be caused by an improperly fit putter, an unstable spine angle, or unstable arm and hand angles.
Solution
1. Place feet in the prescribed Base Platform (see Base Platform Drill) and body into proper posture (see Posture Stick Drill). This will allow the torso to rotate efficiently around a neutrally aligned spine.
2. Form a tripod in each foot (known as pedypods): 1-lift toes in the air, 2-put equal pressure on three parts of each foot- A-ball of foot (1st metatarsal-bone below big toe) , B-ball of outer edge of foot (5th metatarsal-bone below pinky toe) and C-center of heel (calcaneous).
3. Cross your target hand above trail hand so that the back of each hand is facing each other.
4. Move your torso and arms into the Back Stroke while the trail hand provides slight resistance to the target hand, keeping hips in a stable and athletic position.
5. Relax the resistance and return the arms to their original address position.
This completes 1 repetition. Perform drill 2×10 repetitions.
Focus Keys
Maintain spine angle, hand angle, toes off the ground, and pressure on the three pedypod components on each foot (1-ball of foot, 2-ball of outer edge of foot, and 3-calcaneous) throughout the entire putting motion.
Rotate the ribcage smoothly around the spine.
Goal
The goal of this drill is to train your body to use the torso to dominate the movement in the putting stroke (rotating the ribcage like a wheel spinning around the axle), develop proper pressure in the feet, and eliminate a change in arm and hand angles which will keep the lie angle from changing throughout the stroke.