Golf Fitness Challenge - Golf Tips Stance

Many more modern golfers have an inclination to misalign themselves when they take their position. Routinely , what they are going to do is target way right of the target and they do this for a reason. Players who are poorly aligned from the beginning and target right are often players who try and swing with their arms. When they do this the ball will nearly always take off to the left. So what they do with this "right side" target trick is making an attempt to fix an issue before it even occurs!

In theory, this shouldn't be a problem...but this is not theory, it's golf. When an "arm swinger" forces his ball back on the fairway by overcompensating his alignment, he thinks he's doing himself a favor. But on those occasions when he actually makes a good, solid full body swing, his ball zips off into the trees on the right or into a right side bunker and he gets mad, and what's worse is that by using this maligning method he's never going to reach his full potential as a golfer.

These players need to work on the fundamentals of their swing, using their body in total and not just their arms. But they also have to know what their alignment is. So how can you ( or anyone else actually ) see what your alignment is to the target? Well, here is an easy and particularly effective tip to figure out what your target alignment actually is.

Take a stance (your usual stance), aim at a target that you would hit at, and then lay a club down on the ground from toe to toe. Now step back about 8 or 10 paces behind the ball and club that you laid down and sight down the club. Sighting down this club will reveal your alignment.

If the club is a bit left of the target, then you are fine. But if it's to the right of the target, you are out of alingment. Easy but effective. Should you find that you're out of alignment ( the club on the ground is pointing to the right of the target ) then you need to work on squaring up your position. Being square to the target is among the most vital tips in golfing. Each ball you hit will be effected by this stance--either in a good way or ( if you are in a badly aligned position ) a bad way. It truly is that easy.

Now when you are certain that you are in a square stance, hit a few balls. If the ball goes way left of the target, you know you are pulling it by trying to use too much of your arms. If the ball goes way right, you know you are allowing your body to slide too much through impact. By being in a square stance and evaluating a few practice shots, you can determine a lot about your swing and those areas that you need to work on.