Four Quadrants for Pressure Shift (Porzak Golf video)

[RayPlan]

I've been struggling with pressure shift and hip movement, and this Porzak video really helped me get a good working understanding of where the pressure goes in the feet during the different parts of the swing sequence. It also has some great material on setup and shows why that's so important for the pressure shift.

 

Others on here have shown me different Porzak video for setup, but this one has a handy feel for ensuring the weight is on the balls of your feet at setup: making sure you can lift your heels a little bit, but not your toes.

 

The video has a good drill with the "four quadrants" concept that brings it all together.

 

 

Drilling this with video has shown real promise in addressing my highest priority issue. Before this, nothing was really clicking, and I couldn't find a way to make the movement feel natural.

 

 

Edited January 1 by RayPlan
Added more about my issue. Later added more description of the video..

[Djmc25]

Wow thanks for posting. I definitely can lift my toes and not heels at address. This is a much more athletic feeling. That little rhythmic toe to heel motion feels great. 

[KD1]

Monte's "Power Shift" Drill 5 - Heel - Toes - Heel

https://video.rebelliongolf.com/programs/powershift?cid=2986224&permalink=5-drill-heel-toes-heel-8b8a06

[Djmc25]

31 minutes ago, KD1 said:

Monte's "Power Shift" Drill 5 - Heel - Toes - Heel

https://video.rebelliongolf.com/programs/powershift?cid=2986224&permalink=5-drill-heel-toes-heel-8b8a06

 

There's always a Monte video!

[Djmc25]

Really cool feel. Took this to the range today alongside Tour Tempo and really found a different feel. It’s really just walking backwards in place. Starting up on the balls of my feet made it easy to lead with the pressure shift from the ball to the heel and just let my arms swing naturally. 
 

The big key for me was feeling the swings I got quick, I never even came close to getting to my lead heel. I’d mayyybe be on my lead ball at that point. 
 

Focusing on finishing the footwork in both directions was a new feel, and when I managed this my tempo was locked in. 

[RayPlan]

13 minutes ago, Djmc25 said:

Really cool feel. Took this to the range today alongside Tour Tempo and really found a different feel. It’s really just walking backwards in place. Starting up on the balls of my feet made it easy to lead with the pressure shift from the ball to the heel and just let my arms swing naturally. 
 

The big key for me was feeling the swings I got quick, I never even came close to getting to my lead heel. I’d mayyybe be on my lead ball at that point. 
 

Focusing on finishing the footwork in both directions was a new feel, and when I managed this my tempo was locked in. 

That's great. I'm looking forward to practicing it more, especially since I've got my setup a bit more refined.

[Djmc25]

7 minutes ago, RayPlan said:

That's great. I'm looking forward to practicing it more, especially since I've got my setup a bit more refined.

 It’s just the opposite of how I was taught to setup. I’m an early extender and I was balancing that with setup more in my heels

 

Only one place to go from there. This feels way more athletic. Good share. Thanks!

[glk]

Not a fan of the idea of moving to the trail heel in the backswing - it is important to be able to push the ground with the trail foot well in both the backswing and downswing - more vertically in backswing to raise the hip and limit it turning behind you, ie spinning and getting into the heel - and more backward in the downswing to develop good horizontal torque in the downswing (lead foot is more important for generating torque in the frontal plane, and trail foot ditto in horizontal plane, ie vertical axis - each foot plays an important role.    

 

That said prefer to focus on keeping force more (not all) on the ball of the foot ball at setup and at most moving to the mid foot in the backswing while - looking for a linear pressure motion not one that goes back and then loops out or some other nonlinear motion.     Keeping on the balls of the feet through out the swing would be a better move then dropping into the heels - Kyle B actually does this on his long drive swing where his heels leave the ground  - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2Gxw7AgF7/?hl=en.  Kyle is also a poster child for how to shift and push hard with the right foot (he does not spin) - raises the right hip/shoulder, starts rotation, and limits how far right hip will go back, plus gets lead side to unweight for the shift back - can really see how he stands on his right side in the backswing and how straight his right side is - his shift is not big at all - he is pretty text book on what Dr Kwon advocates, just on steroids especially keeping the club close to his body in the downswing.

 

Simple drill with pull noodles, AMG who basically started out in Scott's facility has used this too.

 

[RayPlan]

1 hour ago, glk said:

Not a fan of the idea of moving to the trail heel in the backswing - it is important to be able to push the ground with the trail foot well in both the backswing and downswing - more vertically in backswing to raise the hip and limit it turning behind you, ie spinning and getting into the heel - and more backward in the downswing to develop good horizontal torque in the downswing (lead foot is more important for generating torque in the frontal plane, and trail foot ditto in horizontal plane, ie vertical axis - each foot plays an important role.    

 

That said prefer to focus on keeping force more (not all) on the ball of the foot ball at setup and at most moving to the mid foot in the backswing while - looking for a linear pressure motion not one that goes back and then loops out or some other nonlinear motion.     Keeping on the balls of the feet through out the swing would be a better move then dropping into the heels - Kyle B actually does this on his long drive swing where his heels leave the ground  - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2Gxw7AgF7/?hl=en.  Kyle is also a poster child for how to shift and push hard with the right foot (he does not spin) - raises the right hip/shoulder, starts rotation, and limits how far right hip will go back, plus gets lead side to unweight for the shift back - can really see how he stands on his right side in the backswing and how straight his right side is - his shift is not big at all - he is pretty text book on what Dr Kwon advocates, just on steroids especially keeping the club close to his body in the downswing.

 

Simple drill with pull noodles, AMG who basically started out in Scott's facility has used this too.

 

Hey cool, I have some spare pieces of pool noodle just hanging around. Will definitely give that a try. 

 

As for the quadrants, I found that when trying to work it into some swings, even though the feeling was that I would go back into the inside of the trail heel, video showed that I didn't actually plant the trail heel into the ground. Like I would really have to force it down to get into the sort of position where I would have weight on it. 

 

 

I've been working on my setup to get the weight more on the balls of my feet (previously sat on heels), and I never felt like I was in that heel position.

[Ross_Albatross]

1 hour ago, glk said:

Not a fan of the idea of moving to the trail heel in the backswing - it is important to be able to push the ground with the trail foot well in both the backswing and downswing - more vertically in backswing to raise the hip and limit it turning behind you, ie spinning and getting into the heel - and more backward in the downswing to develop good horizontal torque in the downswing (lead foot is more important for generating torque in the frontal plane, and trail foot ditto in horizontal plane, ie vertical axis - each foot plays an important role.    

 

That said prefer to focus on keeping force more (not all) on the ball of the foot ball at setup and at most moving to the mid foot in the backswing while - looking for a linear pressure motion not one that goes back and then loops out or some other nonlinear motion.     Keeping on the balls of the feet through out the swing would be a better move then dropping into the heels - Kyle B actually does this on his long drive swing where his heels leave the ground  - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2Gxw7AgF7/?hl=en.  Kyle is also a poster child for how to shift and push hard with the right foot (he does not spin) - raises the right hip/shoulder, starts rotation, and limits how far right hip will go back, plus gets lead side to unweight for the shift back - can really see how he stands on his right side in the backswing and how straight his right side is - his shift is not big at all - he is pretty text book on what Dr Kwon advocates, just on steroids especially keeping the club close to his body in the downswing.

 

Simple drill with pull noodles, AMG who basically started out in Scott's facility has used this too.

 

Interesting observation - and I guess the Porzak video with a z-trace (his 1-2-3-4 quadrants) has more to do with staying in quadrant 1 up until when the momentum of the club gets you in quadrant 2 rather than actively ‘sitting’ back into that quadrant, which when you do and try to ‘zipper away’ into the lead side before/at transition leads to that trail hip to pop out towards the ball when ‘rotating’ / ‘spinning’… interesting to see that Justin Thomas is the poster child for the z-trace pressure and he’s able to control that trail hip popping out without early extending (which 99% of amateurs can’t do) contrasting Berkshire that has pressure staying on his trail toes and not moving into his heel… thanks for posting that!

[glk]

2 hours ago, PracticeSwinger said:

Interesting observation - and I guess the Porzak video with a z-trace (his 1-2-3-4 quadrants) has more to do with staying in quadrant 1 up until when the momentum of the club gets you in quadrant 2 rather than actively ‘sitting’ back into that quadrant, which when you do and try to ‘zipper away’ into the lead side before/at transition leads to that trail hip to pop out towards the ball when ‘rotating’ / ‘spinning’… interesting to see that Justin Thomas is the poster child for the z-trace pressure and he’s able to control that trail hip popping out without early extending (which 99% of amateurs can’t do) contrasting Berkshire that has pressure staying on his trail toes and not moving into his heel… thanks for posting that!

Shauheen has a 4 part Instagram on his view of why JT does what he does with the right leg.     https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXCQByAUWN/?img_index=4

[Djmc25]

8 hours ago, PracticeSwinger said:

Interesting observation - and I guess the Porzak video with a z-trace (his 1-2-3-4 quadrants) has more to do with staying in quadrant 1 up until when the momentum of the club gets you in quadrant 2 rather than actively ‘sitting’ back into that quadrant, which when you do and try to ‘zipper away’ into the lead side before/at transition leads to that trail hip to pop out towards the ball when ‘rotating’ / ‘spinning’… interesting to see that Justin Thomas is the poster child for the z-trace pressure and he’s able to control that trail hip popping out without early extending (which 99% of amateurs can’t do) contrasting Berkshire that has pressure staying on his trail toes and not moving into his heel… thanks for posting that!

Messed around w this during my round today. You’re spot on. If I tried to push the pressure back to the trail heel intentionally it sped the whole thing up and I hit a few hooks as my arms got too deep with the excess force and I had to get armsy through

 

When I really felt Quad 1 as the intention and the turn pulled me into Quad 2 it’s a similar thing to a shift turn feel (to me). Body moves the club club moves the body. 
 

Same in reverse for the downswing. Pivot goes first, club slings, pulls body in quadrant 4 

 

 

[me05501]

Should a player feel like all the pressure is on either heel at any point during the swing? Seems like that would be a bad place to end up.