Aligning your Body and Feet

Dony

Hi all. Been playing this game 5 or 6 years now and I love it.
Somethings are really starting to click for me now this season, not before going through a hell of a lot of frustration and lots of swing changes etc etc. I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about!
I'd say about 8 out of 10 of my drives hit the fairway and I'm now pretty sure that most of the stray ones are down to body & feet alignment issues -and I don't mean where the clubface is aiming cause I know how to get that right 95% of the time. We all know how to align ourselves up perfectly on the range, throwing a couple of paralell irons on the deck but its a different story on Sunday, and where you think your body and feet are aligned in unison with your aim, just isn't the case and slicy slicy can result where you've come accross it instead of straight through it!
Any thoughts or ideas on correct alignment on the plain old tee box?
Any advice I've had so far is how to do it on the range.

BillyBoy

What I tend to do is stand up to the ball as if you were going to hit it i.e. pick your target, line the club face up etc but stand with my feet together. Its a lot easier to see if your feet are square to your club face when they are together. Then simply separate your feet by moving the right out first then the left, keeping them square and online.

Not sure if that makes sense its easier to show in person!

G1032

Pick your target. Then pick a point (bit of an old tee, a leaf etc) about 2-3 feet in front of the ball which is on the 'ball to target' line. Imagine a line which runs from the ball to this point (ie. the bit of an old tee, a leaf etc) and align yourself parallel to this imaginary line.

Myksyk

ronaldochokes wrote: »

Pick your target. Then pick a point (bit of an old tee, a leaf etc) about 2-3 feet in front of the ball which is on the 'ball to target' line. Imagine a line which runs from the ball to this point (ie. the bit of an old tee, a leaf etc) and align yourself parallel to this imaginary line.

Yeah, this is the way I always do it.

SuprSi

ronaldochokes wrote: »

Pick your target. Then pick a point (bit of an old tee, a leaf etc) about 2-3 feet in front of the ball which is on the 'ball to target' line. Imagine a line which runs from the ball to this point (ie. the bit of an old tee, a leaf etc) and align yourself parallel to this imaginary line.

Exactly. It's much easier to aim at something that's a few feet/yards away from you than something that's 250 yards away. Practice it in the driving range as well, where you can put a club down to make sure that you're aiming correctly. Eventually you'll get the hang of alinging your feet with the item you've lined your club up with.

PhilipMarlowe

Since you are on the tee box, you could line up the alignment mark on the ball also, same as people do for a putt. Sometimes do this on a hole that is difficult to line up on (links?)...
I don't like picking a point close by... I much prefer having my focus on a quite specific small target on the horizon if possible but I know I too struggle with alignment, gradually standing more open than I think I am over time...

Tom Ghostwood

Myksyk wrote: »

Yeah, this is the way I always do it.

Yeah me too.

G1032

Licksy wrote: »

I don't like picking a point close by... I much prefer having my focus on a quite specific small target on the horizon if possible but I know I too struggle with alignment, gradually standing more open than I think I am over time...

Ya, I'll also pick a small target on the horizon, then after i'm aligned correctly i'll think only of the target. At least when i'm playing my best golf it's what I do. But when my alignment is incorrect i'm always a little closed. Lack of concentration I suppose.