Golf Stance For A Consistent Golf Swing

Golf stance, your address is the key to a consistent, reliable golf swing that helps you play to the target. Get it wrong and it could all fall apart. Position, sequence, stability and balance in your routine is the key.

Consistent results require a routine that you no longer need to think about. This will deliver a higher percentage of consistency in your golf swing. No matter whether you are putting, chipping, playing off the fairway or the tee.

Unless you have stability and balance your centre of gravity will be off and this will affect your whole swing. The right setup will help eliminate up and down movement or swaying in the golf swing.

Let’s build your golf stance starting from your feet.

Starting with your address depending on the plane you want to swing on, address the ball with the club face first, then your front foot and lining your back foot to your line. Set your feet slightly wider than your shoulders for added stability and balance.

Consider a golf swing from shoulder to shoulder especially if you want to go for a consistent golf swing that delivers accuracy. If you bend from the hips and have a flatter swing plane you will reduce playing with your hands too much. Or up and down movement as in a steep golf swing. Over-extending your arms and hands can lead to breaking your wrists and often losing control of the golf club.

Posture is everything in golf. A straight spine is the key to rotation. Feel stable on your feet. Feet square to the target line you want to hit. Obviously your line may differ based on how you think the ball will behave in the air and where it lands on the ground. Will it roll, bounce or simply sit up.

Obviously, your feet width will change depending on the length of the club. As you grip the club you want your arms, hands, chest and shoulders operating together aligned with the target line and the club face square to the ball.

Rotation through the golf swing from takeaway, backswing, transition into the downswing, ball impact and follow through is facilitated most by a straight spine. It is the path of least resistance.

Depending on what club you are playing and whether you want to hit down on the ball in your short game or through the ball will determine your ball placement in your stance. Closer to the front, middle or slightly back of middle. Most golfers end up too close to the ball. Standing tall, bend at the hips till the club face meets the ball and flex the knees slightly.

Don’t bend your back or shoulders. It will cause complications in your golf swing and potential injury. By bending at the hips and maintaining a straight spine and posture to meet the ball you will find you are the right distance from the ball.

A still head over the ball in the center and turned away to your right for a right hander opposite for a lefthander will assist rotation around the spine in your golf swing. Your know your head is moving in your golf swing if the ball moves or you lose sight of it at all. Keep your eye on the ball through the golf swing.

Here’s a little trick to stay firmly grounded through your feet, wriggle your toes. If you want a consistent, sound golf swing and good ball control then focus on getting your golf stance right. It is all in the set up.

It is a vital part of your pre shot routine. Keep it simple, make it second nature. Over time get finer and finer distinctions. Notice it in your body so you can tell if it feels right or not.

Your golf stance is the first step in setting up a consistent golf swing on your path to golfing excellence.