Proper foot position for back squats?
Alright, so back in high school I maxxed out (only tried once) on my back squats at 315; 5'3" @115 lbs. I feel like back then I was hitting 270 ish pretty easily though I dont think I was going as low as I am now. Anyways, I am 145 now, and I have yet to max out and I have been increasing weight by 5 lbs each week. Today, I went for 270 (3x8) and ended up failing on the last set. I noticed, that I am indeed going lower than I used to but my foot positioning seems very wrong to me.
Back in high school we were told to squat toes pointing straight (or just slightly out) and about shoulder width apart. Since I started squatting again (January) I have been going with a stance that is more comfortable and allows me to go lower but I was examining it today in the slightly reflective window in front of the squat rack I look awful; my feet are wider than shoulder width, my feet, which naturally are angled outward, might be a bit more angled, and the weight seems to be sitting on the inside of my foot (more noticeable on my right foot). I squat barefoot (socks) and I can feel my foot kind of slipping out every once in a while and when looking at the reflection I was terrified of how it looked like my ankle could give way pretty easily.
Anyways, obviously, I need to fix this but what is the proper foot positioning? Straight feet? slightly angled feet? Shoulder width? I feel like I cannot go even close to parallel when I stand shoulder width/feet straight without rounding my back too much. Hopefully I can fix this and be able to lift what I used to lift :(