Ankle Power for Golf

I can't say each golfer neglects ankle strengthening, but most of them do. They seldom sprain their ankle swinging the golf clubs, yet, strengthening of ankle muscles is very significant to maintaining positions that establish balance, and create a powerful and efficient golf swing.

During the backswing, the moment a golfer allows body weight to move outside the neutral position of the ankle that was established at address a power leak is created. It then becomes a challenge to transfer weight in the forward swing with any consistency.

The ankle position of the forward foot is a major factor in successful delivery of power at impact. At this "moment of truth" when tremendous force is created from the feet upward your ankle should hold fast to its neutral position. Strength of the ankle evertors becomes a major factor at this point as the body mass is quickly rotating and moving toward the target.

How to do the exercise:

Take your normal address position. Contract the outside muscles of each lower leg in order to flare up the outside of each foot slightly. Strive to maintain this "flared up" position with each foot as you hit a golf ball with a shortened half swing. As you move toward impact the back foot will naturally move out of the starting position as the heel leaves the ground to establish the normal follow through position. Just beyond impact the forward foot will flatten but do not allow your weight to transfer to the outside of the foot. Your follow through is shortened to parallel to the ground for this drill/exercise. Repeat with 10 to 20 swings or until your leg muscles fatigue to the point of not being able to adequately hold your feet in the proper flared positions.

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