Every golfer tries to hit their target. The process to accomplish this fundamental part of golf is the bane of many players. For some reason, they miss their target because of many swing mechanic faults. Of course, we all want to fix these challenges and over time practice is the only real approach to fixing swing errors. In my case, I have a slightly different error that causes me to miss my aim point to the left. It is a fundamental challenge that has become more apparent due to my changes in how I hit my approach shots. I am still working through this primary error and believe I have a way ahead that will help lower my golf scores.
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An Easy Way To Establish Your Set Up And Stance
There are many ways to figure out what is the best stance of your golf swing. Before adjusting anything, establishing a basic stance would be a great place to start. If you are a new player, regardless of age, visual cues on where to successfully place your feet is always a bonus. Most of us think we know what we are doing, but I bet if we use the technique designed for kids, we would be surprised at our possible position errors. I found a video that offers an easy way to establish our set up and stance in under 2 minutes. Keep going to see how!
Continue readingHow To Reset Our Golf Swing
Every golfer experiences days when we could not hit the broad side of a barn from 5 yards. Our swing feels like complete trash and we cannot seem to fix our woes. Sometimes we need a reset of our swing in order to banish our error riddled process. The challenge for most is finding a simple, easy and repeatable process to reset our golf swing. Well, I think I found one!
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The connection between the ball and your swing is grounded in your stance. The positioning of our feet in relation to the rest of our body is simple….right? Actually, if you are new to golf, stance and ball position are complex because they are unique to each player. The stance is unique because every golfer has a different physique and athletic abilities. However, to find the stance that works for us, it is good to have an understanding about the basics. From there, we can create stance that works for our game.
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I cannot count the number of references (maybe using reference is overly kind) that offer the key to great putting. There is no aspects of the putting stroke that has not been analyzed. I created my own 5 part putting series, but that was more a ‘world according to’ than a definitive bible on how to putt. One of the the aspects of putting that is often overlooked is the position of our feet. How we stand drives so many aspects of our putting stroke and yet……
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The Grateful Golfer 