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Mirror.
Check your reflection to see if you have proper posture.
The “posture stick drill” is an easy way to
develop the most mechanically advantaged posture for every
swing. The first time you try this, do it in a mirror for
some visual feedback.
The most mechanically advantaged set up starts with the
feet. The stance width is determined by shoe size. The optimal
men’s base platform is from 15-18 inches from the
center of one ankle to center of the other. The ladies’
base platform goes from 13-16 inches from the center of
one ankle to the other.
Men
with a shoe size between 9.5 and 12 should be in the 17-inch
base platform, with a 10-degree foot flare with each foot.
To achieve 10 degrees of foot flare, simply place your big
toe out one more toe, or 3/4 of an inch. From that exact
base platform, standing erect, hold a club under your nose
touching your chin, chest and stomach with your left hand
against the stomach area.
The idea is to keep this club contacted to all four points
during this postural set up.
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Next,
flex your knees until they are over the balls of the feet
– while keeping the club contacted to all four points.
After the knees are positioned over the balls of the feet,
rest your right hand on your thigh and flex from the hip joint.
Maintain the knee flex until the right hand touches the top
of the knee cap.
At this point, you are in the most mechanically advantaged
posture – as long as the club still touches all four
points (under the nose, chin, chest and stomach) and the right
hand is on the top of kneecap with knees over the balls of
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Lastly,
let the arms hang and grip the club. From a “down-the-line”
view, the following should be in alignment: the balls of
the feet, tip of the knees, butt of the club, tip of the
elbows and top of the spine.
From a “face-on” viewpoint, the following should
be in alignment: the hosel of the shaft, butt of the club,
base of the spine, top of the spine and lead eye.
By using this correct posture set up, you put yourself in
position to make an on-plane swing every time. Attaining
this posture set up will take a little time, so work on
it in the mirror for a week or two intermittently while
taking it to the driving range as well.
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Great Golf, Neil Wilkins |
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