[faux_maestro]

Yoda, does the lifting of the left heel have to be full blown as in Jack's Golf My Way video where he portrays active feet and seems to be picking up the heels on purpose? I've always thought that the left heel is just allowed to rise up as much or as little as it does as a reaction to the pivot action and not consciously picked up in the back swing.

Not Yoda......BUT I think if you watch Jack swing you can see that his left heel is picked up by his hip turn which influences his knees which pulls up his heel. He says in the orig. Golf My Way video that Jack Grout had him do a drill where he would do small swings (kinda like acquired motion) and he would roll on the inside of each foot going back then through. Like a Yoda "left right left right". He doesn't restrict anything but since he is making small swings he doesn't lift his heels but just rolls to the inside.

A side note: being from Columbus I grew up very aware of Jack and his record and swing. I always wondered how he hit it so far if the "x-factor"/other teachers saying restrict the lower body against the upper body was true. Is the secret in how he starts forward with his legs and hips while still going up with his hands and arms?