![]() ![]() ![]() It’s one thing to know that you need to tend to your alignment and another to do it correctly. How to get Properly AlignedĪlright, let’s talk about how to get properly aligned. ![]() Go here to read our full article on how to aim. You’ll also get to the point where you can use your body, typically your shoulder line, to guess where your club face is pointing. With a body that is properly aligned, your club face will be much easier to aim consistently. Your body ought to aim parallel left (for a right-handed player) of your club face. Alignment and AimĪs mentioned earlier, your alignment allows you to accurately aim your golf shot. You need to make sure that your body parts are parallel, so that they can work together and move the ball forward. It’s the same thing with your golf swing. There’s no way a train would be able to successfully move on that track. This is similar to constructing a train track with the rails perpendicular to each other instead of being parallel. Then, they’ll ask those parts to work together to hit the ball. Too often, amateur golfers will have the four areas of their alignment pointing in different directions. Having your body aligned in the correct way also makes it so that your body can move the way it was designed, or intended, to move. Alignment and a Consistent Swingīecause you’ve got the same foundation every time, the alignment allows you to take the same swing. Making sure these parts of your body are connected and aligned to each other in a simple and consistent way allows for you to feel comfortable standing over the ball. For now, just know that those are your reference points. We’ll talk most about how to get those aligned in the next section. There are four main parts to consider in your alignment: It’s the way your major body parts set up to the ball the direction and positioning compared to the ball. Your alignment ought to be one of those things that stays fairly consistent. It’s when we change too many things that it often comes back to bite us. Like I said before, golfers are tinkerers. We’ll discuss the aiming part of alignment here in a bit, but for now, alignment provides a comfortable foundation on which to build your swing. When a lot of people think about the word “alignment” then think it’s synonymous with “aim.” While aim is part of alignment, it doesn’t give us the whole story. So, why does alignment actually matter? Why is it a critical part of your setup? It provides us a comfortable base as we attempt to hit a little while ball into a hole hundreds of yards away. Other times, these small tweaks and changes build upon one another until our move barely resembles a golf swing or at least it feels that way.Īll too often, when our swing feels like “an unfolded lawn chair” as Roy McAvoy would say, it’s because of our alignment. Sometimes, this endless tinkering works and we stumble upon some incredible, seemingly magical truth about our golf swing that changes the course of our golfing lives. We’re all in search of something, anything, to make the ball go where we want it to. That’s a fairly common practice among amateur golfers. If you’re spending some extended time practicing on the driving range, you might even do it on every swing. Often times, this will happen multiple times during a round of golf. Meaning, we’ll change one thing here and another thing there until we find something that work. Most people who play golf long enough will experience a moment where everything feels out of whack. Have you ever stood over the ball and felt like there was no way you were going to make solid contact with the ball? I’m sure you have. ![]()
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