Align Your Body For A Better Golf Swing
To many golfers there is only one thing that they need to concentrate on when practicing and that is to aim to develop the perfect golf swing for an easy life on the course.
However, they are in danger of overlooking one crucial factor in the above scenario, you must correctly align your body to the target otherwise how do you expect to ever send the ball there?
Having the perfect golf swing is useless without first ensuring that your body is correctly aligned before you play your shot.
However, alignment can be a tricky thing to do, think about it you are not facing the target directly, but are actually standing side on and also behind the line that leads to the target.
A common problem that can occur is to aim your feet at the target instead of the clubhead. This will result in a closed stance and if you do not play the ball to the right of the target you will stifle the shot and probably pull it to the left.
Alternatively you may already be aware that you have an existing golf swing fault for which you are compensating by aligning your body in such a way to adjust for this fault.
For instance, you may be hitting your balls predominantly to the left and figure out that if you aim to the right of the target you can bring the ball back to center by simply playing your normal golf swing.
However, all you are doing here is to compound one fault on top of another and neither will lead to you developing the perfect golf swing and that most coveted of all golf prizes, a consistent and flowing golf swing.
Developing The Perfect Golf Swing
So how do you get to grips with the alignment issue?
Well the simplest model is to imagine that you are standing on one side of a train track. Your club rests on the rail on the far side and your toes on the rail nearest to your body.
The farside track leads directly to your target. Your body, head, shoulders, hips and feet are parallel to the train tracks.
A good way to check your alignment before you take your shot and aim for the perfect golf swing is to raise your club in front of you flat and parallel to the imaginery tracks. Move the club from your head down to your knees to check that they are aligned parallel to each other. You are especially looking to check that your hips and shoulders are in line with each other.
A practice tip that you have probably heard of, but rarely use, is to lay two clubs on the mat at the driving range, one aimed at the target a few inches away from the clubhead, the other parallel to this by your toes.
If you have not done this before then you will find that this is a really good way to check your alignment. You need to develop a feel for what proper alignment should be like out on the course.
If you have been to the practice days before tournaments you will see that the pros use this technique too. To them correct alignment is an essential accompaniment to the perfect golf swing.
Chuck Summers enjoys golf as much as he enjoys picking up free tips.
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That is such a great golf tip! I think the majority of us have alignment problems. I know I do. I often forget about this and don’t realize it until it’s too late. I really notice it with my mid to short irons, because if I am not aligned correctly I start to miss my shots way to the right of my intended target, and this is because I’m aiming my body at the target instead of parallel to the target line, which you emphasize in your article.