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The "Sit Down to the Ball" position |
The stance is the next step to building a swing and is just as important as the grip, if one is right and the other is wrong, everything goes wrong.
Take up a position that enables the club to be swung back freely
and to be brought down to the ball on an arc.
- the feet, at the instep, should be approxiimately shoulder width for good balance which is important.
- the weight on the feet should be
slightly back on the heels and not forward near the toes.
- the weight
must be about 60% on the right foot.
- the knees slightly flexed, but not buckled.
- the knees should be flexed from the thighs down - not by bending forward.
- the upper part of the trunk remains erect and the lower part assumes a 'sit down to the ball position'.
- the head should be bent down by bending the neck, not the back or shoulders.
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The "Sit Down to the Ball" position |
The stance will vary on every shot according to whether a wood or iron is used and for what purpose the shot is intended. However, most leading players use or recommend the closed stance for the drive and long woods, a square stance for the long irons, and for the shorter irons an open stance.
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1 . The square stance is that which has the toes on a line parallel with the line of intended flight. 2. The open stance moves the left foot a couple of inches back from the line, with the left toe turned slightly to the left. 3. The closed stance moves the right foot a few inches back from the line with the right toe turned slightly right. |
In using a full backswing, most golfers slice from a square stance. The open stance encourages a slice as it is inclined to promote the path of the club head coming from outside the line of intended flight in and across the ball. This gives a clockwise spin, and a slice to the ball. The closed stance has the opposite effect, it encourages a hook. Good golfers hit their woods and long irons from a slightly closed stance which permits the hips and body to turn easily.
