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Alignment shapes your golf swing. If you are closed to your target / balance line, you will change your grip, posture, pivot, hand position, or heel to toe balance and compensate in some fashion to get the ball back to the target. Every player has their ideal alignment from which they play their best golf. The majority of players play best from a stance line that is slightly open to their target line. This is dependent on your balance line. If your balance line is "open," you will likely play better from an open stance. You can determine your balance line and ball position on the Mind Under Par series® Set Up Template used in my Golf Schools. If you don’t have access to the Mind Under Par series® Set Up Template, try the following exercise to determine your best stance line. Be aware of the following: As you proceed with this exercise please know that my recent research shows that your stance width and grip size will affect your, balance, hand position and hip line at address. Pick out a target and set clubs down so that your stance line is square to your target line. Repeat your full set up routine on every swing, hit 20 balls and rate and record each shot on a one to ten scale. Step back and open your stance line slightly to your target line. Hit 20 balls and rate and record each shot. Next slightly close your stance line to your target line and repeat the rating and recording. Note the alignment position that produced your best ball striking. The next time you return to the range, repeat the same "test" to be certain you have the same results. You will find consistently better performance from one particular alignment, square, open, or closed. Next, practice standing behind the ball and walking into a shot as you set up to a variety of different targets one by one. Do this without hitting a ball until you can do so consistently so that your alignment to the ball is the same as your best ball striking. Be aware of the following: My recent research also shows that your stance behind the ball determines how you will see your lines to the target. To see your lines accurately, you must hold the club in the correct hand and square both your shoulders and hips to the target line. If you don’t stand correctly behind the ball, you won’t see your "true" line to the target and you will set up on the wrong line. Check the research section of this site for illustrations on how to correctly stand behind the ball. Next, practice standing behind the ball and walking into a shot as you set up to a variety of different targets one by one. Do this without hitting a ball until you can do so consistently so that your alignment to the ball is the same as your best ball striking. Now, let’s blend the segments of alignment, set up and feel. You have learned multiple "verses" in your routine, set up feel and alignment. Blending these "verses," is going to take many sessions of practice to get it to the golf course.
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