Golfing Digest - Golfers How to stop falling onto the back foot

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Golfers - How to stop falling onto the back foot. Falling onto the back foot is a common fault in high handicap golf players. But this unstable stance causes inconsistency and much hair pulling. Here's a tip on how to stop falling back. Falling onto the back foot is a common fault in high handicap golf players. But this unstable stance causes inconsistency and much hair pulling. Here's a tip on how to stop falling back. I found when I started playing golf that I was often falling back onto my back leg after a golf swing - especially if I had been going for a ball peeling screamer. (And you know how often those come off). I think I was probably lifting my head looking for the golf ball or maybe I was just swinging off balance but what ever the reason I found that I was pushing and pulling that golf ball all over. But then I noticed that I tended to fall back even on a short chip into the green - probably trying to scoop up the ball. A fellow golfer suggested I step into the golf shot. I mean - step into it - like a ball player stepping into a pitch. Not a big step but still a conscious shift of weight onto the front foot. Step before starting the downswing. I found after awhile that I started shipfting my weight onto my front foot instinctively. And that was the end of falling back. That worked out ok for me. maybe it will workout for you if you also find yourself falling back