Are you hanging back on your trail foot instead of shifting ground pressure forward?

By the time an iron clubhead reaches impact, 75% to 85% of your total body pressure must be planted firmly into your lead heel and midfoot.

When an amateur tries to help the ball into the airor rigidly obeys the myth to "keep your head down"they instinctively lean backward onto their trail sidea defect known as the 'reverse pivot' or 'hanging back.' Leaning toward the trail side drops the trail shoulder, lowering the bottom of the swing arc and guaranteeing that the club strikes the ground well behind the golf ball.

Truth: The low point of your swing directly follows the center of your pelvis and sternum. When you aggressively shift pressure into your lead side starting in transition, your sternum hub shifts 2 to 3 inches toward the target, pulling the bottom of your swing arc cleanly in front of the ball. On 3D pressure plates like BodiTrak or ForceCraft, an authentic coach measures whether your pressure peak occurs *before* impact rather than during it.

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