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The struggle is real with this one. I have to really think about ball placement in my stance if I don't get to play in a while. I also do the same and try to swing the club a few times every day to keep things in order as it does seem to help.
If your preshot routine includes your feet initially very close together (even touching each other), from that starting point , once the feet are spread, consistent ball position becomes relatively easy.
I agree. My instructor got me doing that a few weeks ago, and it has really made a difference. Also, I always use my alignment stick on the range.
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I think having a preshot routine with the feet so close they are touching other provides several benefits. For example:
1) with feet together chances are good a players feet-knees-hips-shoulders will all be square to each other
2) feet together promotes a posture of bending from the hips (rather than the waist)
3) feet together helps a player find consistent ball position
4) feet together helps a player avoid having too wide of a stance
5) feet together, along with looking at the club face- then target-then club face again , helps a player find consistently good alignment.
I think having a preshot routine with the feet so close they are touching other provides several benefits. For example:
1) with feet together chances are good a players feet-knees-hips-shoulders will all be square to each other
2) feet together promotes a posture of bending from the hips (rather than the waist)
3) feet together helps a player find consistent ball position
4) feet together helps a player avoid having too wide of a stance
5) feet together, along with looking at the club face- then target-then club face again , helps a player find consistently good alignment.
These are too of my most significant struggles. Ball position in regard to distance from the body is more inconsistent for me than ball position in relation to it being forward or backward in my stance. Alignment is always an issue. I line up facing left...often.
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I think having a preshot routine with the feet so close they are touching other provides several benefits. For example:
1) with feet together chances are good a players feet-knees-hips-shoulders will all be square to each other
2) feet together promotes a posture of bending from the hips (rather than the waist)
3) feet together helps a player find consistent ball position
4) feet together helps a player avoid having too wide of a stance
5) feet together, along with looking at the club face- then target-then club face again , helps a player find consistently good alignment.
To find a fundamentally sound consistent distance from the ball do the following:
1) hold a golf club in your right hand
2) stand with your feet close together (nearly touching)
3) bend from the hips (not the waist) by sticking your rear pants pockets outward a bit and at the same time relax your knees a touch
4) now your body is in an effective athletic posture with your arms hanging relaxed and loose straight down from your shoulder sockets
5) still holding the club in your right hand, set the club face on the ground in front of your left foot
6) adopt your left hand grip.........followed by adopting your right hand grip
7) move your left foot to your left (so that ball position becomes an inch or so inside your left heel).....move your right foot to your right (wider as the clubs get longer)
The above routine will work well for all golf clubs. When done properly you will notice the shortest clubs require a little bit more relaxing of the knees (to get the club head down to the ground) and you will notice that the length and lie angle of the longest clubs has your arms/hands a little bit higher (at address) than with the shortest clubs.
Your body's "distance from the ball" is essentially the same with all the clubs.
This. But in order to get muscle memory, you need a lot of repetitions. Coming from martial arts, we had a rule of thumb: 10k repetitions and after that you don't need think the technique, you just do it.Muscle memory is the best way for me to maintain it as I don't have an elaborate setup or anything.