Engage Your Lead Leg for Powerful Vertical Push

Lead Knee Extension

This drill helps golfers prevent the lead knee from collapsing inward during the backswing, promoting an outward movement that facilitates an earlier shift to the lead side and generates more vertical push for increased clubhead speed

Alignment Sticks Required: 1

PathPal Configuration: Together

Full Swing
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What It Helps With

Club Speed
Engages lead side
Better Impact Position
Prevents Knee Collapse

How to Set Up the PathPal

  1. Prepare Your pathpal: Take one piece of your pathpal.
  2. Set the Angle: Adjust the pathpal to a 30-degree angle. This angle might need to be fine-tuned based on your height.
  3. Position the pathpal: Place the pathpal on the ground just to the inside of your lead knee (left knee for right-handed golfers, right knee for left-handed golfers). The top of the stick should lean away from your body.
  4. Assume Address: Take your normal golf address position. Ensure the pathpal is positioned so that if your lead knee collapses inward, it will hit the stick.

Step-by-Step Drill Instructions

  1. Make several slow practice swings.
  2. Focus on the feeling of your lead knee moving outward (over your lead toe) as you reach the top of your backswing.
  3. Consciously avoid letting your lead knee collapse inward and touch the pathpal. The pathpal acts as a barrier to reinforce the correct movement.
  4. Feel the early shift of weight back to your lead side.
  5. As you swing, maintain the focus on that outward lead knee movement and preventing it from collapsing inward.
  6. Concentrate on generating a strong vertical push into the ground through your lead leg as you come through impact.
  7. Observe how this movement helps you get through the ball more effectively and potentially increase your clubhead speed.

What Golfers Are Saying

"Million different ways to use this to help your golf game. I'm really enjoying using it with my students and I hope you grab one and use it as well."
David Potts David Potts Director of Instruction, Country Club of the South
"[the pathpal has] really improved my teaching and it's really helped my students a lot"
Jason Kuiper Jason Kuiper Director of Instruction, Bobby Jones Golf Course
"There's a million ways to use this"
Jacob Tilton Jacob Tilton Director of Instruction, Ansley Golf Club

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