Correct Load or Negative Move
An easy way to load is to take your back foot and press the ball of the foot into the ground. When you are in your correct athletic stance, with your knees inside your ankles, and you press the ball of your back foot into the ground, you will feel the weight on the inside of your back hip through your compressed knee.
The pressing of the ball of the foot into the ground will cause you to sink. This sink is what must occur for a proper load.
TIPS TO CHECK:
1.weight shifts back to the inside of the back leg and hip (slow and controlled). Sit into back hip
2.center of gravity shifts to behind the head
3.head, shoulders, hips, knees stay level
4.putting yourself in good attacking position
Incorrect Load
When we load, we want to eliminate the "rocking motion" that many of us have learned about over the years. The problem with rocking back is that you will get your back knee over your ankle or outside your ankle.
If your knee is over or outside your back ankle, this will cause the weight to be on the outside of your back thigh. When the weight is on the outside of your thigh, you will be unable to move linear. Linear movement is an essential part of the swing.
EASY TIPS TO REMEMBER-
•IS MY KNEE OVER OR OUTSIDE MY ANKLE?
•DO I FEEL THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY THIGH?
If so.... you are loading wrong!
WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR MORE INFO ON THE NEGATIVE MOVE (LOAD)
