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Where does this ball go in my stance,
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one of the most popular questions that
I get asked by my students and today's
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video, we will cover
Stance and Ball position.
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Make sure to watch the full video,
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to understand from your
driver to your pitching wedge,
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where we placed this little white
ball. Welcome back. I'm coach Shayain.
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So feel free to leave any
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and I'll be there to answer looking
forward for you to watch the rest of this
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video.
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The last video in the four part,
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basic golf fundamental
series, your Stance,
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where are we placing the
golf ball in your stance?
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We've done the grip, the aim,
the alignment and the posture.
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If you already haven't watched those
videos, make sure after this one,
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you go and watch those.
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All four of these steps are
extremely important before
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you hit the golf ball,
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like have mentioned
before 80% of bad shots
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happen before you hit the ball.
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So if we knock these
down, if we perfect them,
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if we practice them at home
and then take it to the
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driving range,
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I can guarantee you you'll
be much happier on the golf
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course. Let's get started.
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One of the biggest mistakes I
see my beginner students do is
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not know where to put
the ball in their sense,
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as well as how narrow or
why their sense should be.
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So let's figure that out
and help you with that.
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We have irons and I have my
driver. I'll show you a quick,
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fast rule of thumb that you
should always have in mind,
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not to make completely confused. First,
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let's talk about how wide or
narrow your stance should be.
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If you have your irons close your feet,
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open your feet, shoulder width apart.
What your shoulder width apart looks like.
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Technically it should
be from your shoulders
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all the way into the inside of your seat.
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That is considered shoulder width apart.
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You want to be comfortable in your sense,
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you need stability and you need comfort.
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That is what your stance provides
for you. In the previous video,
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we already spoke about posture.
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So you will be quite stable
already just from how we did
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that. So your iron,
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your pitching wedge all the way to your
feet iron, you will close your feet.
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You'll open your feet, shoulder
width apart. Nailed it.
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Now as the clubs get longer, if your
irons are longer, if you're a beginner,
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you're not playing with a three or
four iron as it is, don't worry.
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But if you are, your sense gets a
little bit bigger with your words.
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Your sense would get a little bit
bigger than should holder with a part.
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But let's talk about the driver.
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As I see a lot of
mistakes with your driver,
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you do not stand narrow with
your driver because you will
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not be able to generate power. So how,
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why do you go with your
driver? Let me tell you.
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I have the ball in front of
me with the driver in front.
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I moved my left foot, my leaf foot,
since I'm a right hand golfer,
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a little bit to the left.
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This ball needs to be in
line with the back heel
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or some people do it with
the instep of their foot,
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which is this part right here,
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PO that is what the ball is lined up.
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I am now moving my right foot past my
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shoulder and quite wide.
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I am much shorter than
most. I'm five, three.
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So I like to have a much stronger, wider,
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um, than most people,
my width of my stance,
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just because I feel like I am
a lot more stable that way.
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And I can generate a lot more
power coming through on my drives.
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So I have it a little bit
wider than most people do,
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but whatever you do do not have your feet,
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shoulder width apart with
your driver. Big no, no.
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Make your sense much wider.
Generate that power ball position.
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I already told you for the driver,
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it needs to be by the back left heel,
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which is, or your lead foot,
which will be your right foot.
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If you're left-handed driver,
the ball needs to be there.
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And the ball does not move into the
middle of your stance or the back of your
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stance ever. When you're hitting a driver,
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it's forwarding your sentence and
it's in line with your left heel
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now ball position for
five iron to pitching
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wedge the rule of thumb for me in my head
to keep it simple is pitching once to
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five iron.
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I have my ball right in
the middle of my stance.
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I am never taking my
ball and the back of my
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stance. It's in the middle
preferably a little bit
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forward of center, just
the tab, but there, okay.
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So if this is my center,
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you can have your iron shots play a
little bit forward of center, but again,
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not all the way forward where the
back of your heels for your driver
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and that should cover
it for your three woods.
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You would push it a little bit
forward as well. But again,
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not where the driver goes.
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I will show you an image which will
help you understand exactly what I
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mean.
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And we'll explain to you in
detail exactly the precision.
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Now, no one's going to come out
with a measuring tape to measure.
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If you have it right behind your
heel or right in the mat in the
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middle,
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this is something you will need to gauge
over time playing and hitting goals and
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getting consistent with what that
looks like. Just note to self.
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It should never be in
the back of your stance.
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Your ball position from pitching
wise to driver should not be in
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the back of your sense. If you're
hitting off the tee box. Now,
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you know how wide or narrow your stance
needs to be along with where we're
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positioning our ball when
we're hitting off of the tee,
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as well as on the fairway.
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And then we will also have more videos
coming about chipping and pitching,
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which this setup will look
very different for that.
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So don't get it confused for
what I am showing you right now.
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We're talking about drivers
all the way to the pitching,
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wedge off the tee box or in the fairway.
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On a par three, it's 136 yards.
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I have my seven iron we've gone
through grip and alignment and your
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posture. Now it's your stance. So I
showed you in my house, what I would do,
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but let's show you on the
golf course. So seven iron.
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I have come in front of my
ball. I am closing my feet.
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I'm going to open my feet,
shoulder width apart.
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And that is how wide my stance will be.
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And I will place the
ball in the middle of my
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stance.
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I usually have it a tiny
bit forward of middle.
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So if this was dead middle,
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I have it as you can see a little bit in
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front of middle for my irons.
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So take a look. If this is the middle,
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I have it placed a little
bit in front of middle
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for my iron. So from my pitching wedge
to my five iron, that is where it is,
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but just remember put it right the
middle. If you have your irons,
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that's where it goes. So with my
driver, what is my stance look like?
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I'm closing my feet. First
of all, my team will be much
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have my grip, aim, alignment,
posture. Everything's perfect.
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Now we're on stance. I have my driver,
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my left foot moves a little bit.
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My right foot moves a
lot more and this ball
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should be in line with
the back of my left heel.
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It's in line with my left heel.
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Like I mentioned before, no, one's
going to come up with a measuring tape,
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but as far as close to your
left heel, as you can put it,
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that is where it needs to go. Then
you're relaxed and you're swinging. Well,
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most of you are now going
to ask me is how far
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or close do I stand to the ball?
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That is something you have
a lot of difficulty with.
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Let's start with the driver and I'll
show you with my seven iron as well.
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We'll move the view from
the side angle really quick.
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Now from the side view,
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let's talk about how close or
far you stand from the golf ball.
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I'll show you with my driver and then
I'll show you with my seven iron as well.
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So my driver is quite long,
but I like to choke down on it.
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What do I look like from the side?
How close should I be standing?
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Or how far should I be
standing from my golf ball?
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So we've done our posture.
You've pushed your hips back.
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You've bent your knees slightly. You're
relaxed. And remember when I told you,
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you're just going to let your hands
hang down and you have to clap.
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So I'm not clapping out here
and I'm not clapping in here.
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Just relax and let your hands hang.
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If they clap and they're comfortable.
That's where your golf club goes.
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So let me show you so close my feet
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left foot, little bit, right
foot, a little bit more.
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And my hands are nice and
relaxed right over here.
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So I'm not high up there
and I'm not this close.
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My hands are nice and relaxed right here.
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And always closer to my left foot.
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Right-handed golfer right
in between your left ties,
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where your hands need to go and
your head goes back really quick.
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Let's show you with my seven
iron. So my hands from here,
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you can see my shoulders are nice
and straight. They haven't moved.
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They're square and my
hands are just relaxed,
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just falling right out of my
shoulder. Sockets, just nice and down.
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And I'm just letting them hang. And
that's where I want my club to be again,
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not out here and not down in
here. So what does that look like?
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I have my grip. I'm
breathing, always breathing.
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I've closed my feet. I
have a shoulder with apart.
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My ball is pretty much in the
center. A little bit forward.
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My hands are a little bit
ahead, closer to my left leg.
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And my head is behind
the ball and my hands are
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relaxed. And this is where
my relaxed hands are.
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No, and no, they're just hanging.
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And that's your stance.
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What I will do is do a full recap,
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grab alignment and aim,
posture, and stance.
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Let's do your full gaps.
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Then you can get a full picture of
what all the four videos we've just
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gone through, what it all
looks like on the tee box.
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Before you hit the ball,
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let's do that for demonstration purposes.
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I will show you gaps all the
way through. So I have my grip,
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my V to my right shoulder,
my overlap grip, my other,
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my right hand V towards my chin.
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I'm going to make a straight
line on where I want to go.
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I will be aiming at the discolored
piece of grass right here.
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This patch that you can see is
a little bit different color.
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That will be where I will be aiming. So
let me draw my straight line from there.
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Perfect. I come and stand
in front of my ball.
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I have my club down facing that
piece of grass, close my feet,
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open my feet. Since
I'm using a seven iron,
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it'll be in the middle of my stance
a little bit forward. I'm relaxed.
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My hips are back. My knees are bent,
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so my gaps is ready to go. I'm
going to take a deep breath.
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And my grip is at a five, not
a 10. I'm going to go for it.
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Right in the middle of the
fairway where you want to be.
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That's it. You guys, you made it. Now.
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You are going to make sure that
you do not hit those bad shots
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off the tee box because you know exactly
what your setup is supposed to look
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like.
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Looking forward to hearing from you in
the comments and let me know how you're
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doing out on the golf course.
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See you next Thursday for a brand
new video in the description
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below, you will find a link each week,
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that link will take you
to a free download of
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gaps, grip, alignment,
posture, and stance.
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Make sure you print it out, fold
it up, put it in your golf bag.
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So when you were at the
driving range and you forget,
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or you can't remember what I had said,
pull it out as your reference tool.
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