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Alignment - The Most Important Lesson in Golf
When I watch inexperienced golfers players hit the ball I find
that they are usually mis-alinged to their target. Typically,
they aim way too far out to the right. The reason they aim to
the right is because the inexperienced player has the tendency
to hit the ball with their arms which causes the ball to pull to
the left. This means that they are compensating for a flaw in
their swing by just aiming their body out to the right instead
of fixing the actual flaw.
What this boils down to, is that the inexperienced players' bad
swings make the ball go on target and their perfect swings make
the ball end up in the trees, or bunker on the right of the
target. So, they are seeing their good shots as bad shots and
bad shots as good shots. If this is the case, the inexperienced
player will never want to fix their swing flaws. If they don't
fix their flaws they will never reach their golfing potential.
This is why I call alignment the most important lesson in golf.
Check Your Alignment
In order to find out if you are a player that has swing flaws,
you must check your alignment. To do this, all you have to do is
pick out a target and do your normal set up. Once you feel like
you are ready, lay a club down at your heels or toes. Then, step
back about 10 paces behind the ball to see where you are
actually aimed. If the club you placed at your toes or heels is
parallel left of your actual target, you have properly aligned
yourself. If the club on the ground points to the right of your
target you are mis-aligned.
If you find that you are mis-aligned, you must learn to square
up your stance. To do
this, simply find a target in the distance
that you want to hit the ball to. Take out 2 golf clubs that you
rarely hit (ie. 3 iron and 4 iron). Take the first club and lay
it down directly at the target (you will have to step back a few
paces to check this). Place the second club parallel to the
first club on the ground. Now, take away the first club that is
pointing at the target. You should have one club on the ground
that is parallel to the left of your target.
Once you have the club on the ground parallel to your target
line you have a guide to help you align your feet, knees, hips
and shoulders squarely. If you aim your body squarely to the
club on the ground and you hit the ball to the left of your
target you have just found out that you are pulling the golf
ball which means you are trying to hit the ball too hard with
only your arms. If you hit the ball to the right of the target
from this square alignment you are sliding your body too much
laterally through impact which is causing the ball to fly to the
right.
Learning that you are mis-aligned can be quite shocking at first
but don't think of it as a bad thing, think of it as a good
thing. It's a good thing because you now know that you have a
swing flaw and you can get on the road to fixing it so that you
can play even better golf in the future.
Paul Wilson
About the author:
Paul Wilson is the author, and creator, of Swing Machine Golf
which teaches people how to copy the perfect swing of the Iron
Byron swing machine. Please visit http://www.paulwilsongolf.com
or http://www.swingmachinegolf.com for more information.
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