I’ve changed how far I stand to the golf ball by just a small amount and the difference is huge! I am striking the golf ball so much better and so much further with both irons and driver! I have now used this on my clients who always as How Close Should You Stand to the Golf Ball? Is there a correct distance you should stand to the golf ball? This video addresses these questions.
Golfers often have too much tension and don’t fully understand whether they are too close or to far from the golf ball. I’ve now changed how far i stand from the golf swing. This is simple golf instruction. A lot of golfers tend to ask questions like how to hit driver straight, this can be beginner golf tips or professional, but knowing how close to stand to the golf ball is so important.
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I use this all the time! Great this for getting a Centred hit! 🙌🏼
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Alex good and helpful blog ,the thing that no one ever tell you is where on the ball do you look at I mean ie the driver is it the low back of the ball or just behind the ball same irons just in front of the ball 🤷🏾♂️
I can’t wait to try it. Thanks Alex for another great video.
Hi Alex, a great video, I was a bit confused with the title as I was expecting something different, when I use the same method for each club (except wedges) as the shorter the club, the closer you get just using the same methodology. Which I’m happy to say you covered. 👍😎🇦🇺
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Thank you for this video Alex. I struggle a lot with my distance from the ball. I can’t wait to try this method and see how it can help my game.
A great reminder. Thanks Alex!
I use a spread hand ie from first finger tip to little finger tip when practicing my set up to judge the distance from the ball. Does this sound right to you Alex?
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Great video, I struggled with this at the range this weekend, feeling like I am too far or too close, Next weekend I will try your tip to see if it starts to bring more consistency, especially with my driver, hit too high then too low, and once in a while dead on.
A lot of people’s problems can’t be fixed with these simple tik tok/instagram/YouTube videos. There’s no way this wouldn’t be one of the first things a new golfer would research.
to decrease the variable of ball placement, just change the width of your stance always keep your ball a iron clubhead inside your left heel, and then for your short irons wedges and maybe iron make the ball in the middle… so iron club head off your right heel as well.. as you get to the mid irons just keep the ball in the same exact spot and just make your stance slightly wider by moving your right foot slightle wider… etc with long irons woods and driver… now you will have the same point of contact.. you know should get the turf with every club just in front of a club head inside your left heel… did wonders for me.. eliminate as many variables as possible for better more consistent play… obviously this is for a RIGHT hander so for a left hander just flip it
Cracking video mate. So many times I crack an amazing drive (lucky to get it on the short stuff) and then second shot I bugger it up. And 10 times out of 10 it's because of my distance… can't wait to try this out .
Excellent advice. Will try this at the range first.
How low should my hands be? My pro had me holding mine much lower than what felt natural, bottom of my zipper. I'll try to stick to it, but for now my driving is terrible.
It's not the length of the club because they could be too long or short for your height. It's having the sole flush with the ground and then marrying your stance and grip with the angle of the shaft. If the clubs are too long you will have to choke down on the grip. If to short you will have to bend over further in your stance. If you use a single plane swing you would stand even further away from the ball. The lie angle of the club influences distance from the ball also. More upright=closer – flatter=further away. It's not as cut and dry as you represent it.
I love the look of the copper finish on your irons! How does the finish last?
Alex another great back to basics! Thanks.
thanks AE.
From the ball, lower what ever club to my knee sets the right distance for me.
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When you hold the club horizontally you don’t stipulate the arms. In watching, it looks like you have the arms bent with your elbows at the front of your ribs. Makes a huge difference in the distance if you stretch your arms out before tilting!🏌️♂️
One thing I do that hasn't been mentioned is… When I place the clubhead down I move the handle up and down until the grooves are perpendicular to plumb. Rather than angled to plumb causing toe or heel to strike the ground and also causing the ball to go left or right. What are your views on this?
Why no stand bag?
Excellent tips, thx👍. Question – I often grip slightly tighter as I initiate my backswing & this often shuts the face – do you have any advice of a positive thought or motion to reduce the likelihood of this please?
I enjoy your videos…they are short & give one or two quick tips to work on
Question: I have 4 wedges – 48, 52 56 and 60. Theoretically, I can hit each one 100 yards varying the length of the swing. What criteria should I use to choose a club if I need to hit a 100 yarder to reach the front of the green?
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Interesting and helpful. Thanks. I've been watching films of Moe Norman recently and it is noticeable how far from the ball he stood. Given that he is generally acknowledged to be one of the best ever strikers of the ball, standing further back has to be worth trying.
You can’t forget about the mass of the arms and how they affect the swing and the ideal distance from the ball is when the sitting down (back on heels) address posture allows the arm+club unit hang, swing and turn over in a properly executed Vardon/Interlaced grip in perfect balance with the most consistent force on earth — Gravity. Simply grip club in air with bent elbows resting against body, bend at hips allowing arm to straight and counter-rotate against each other and the shoulder-arm-hands triangle will form a tight V connected with body at pecs. (one of Hogan’s techniques). Don’t immediately ground the club, let it hang and swing in to find balance. As it hangs let it rotate at the wrist by rotating lead arm. If it pivots like a door hinge it is hanging in balance. If it starts in balance at address like that the odds of it automatically finding and staying on a balanced swing plane greatly increase and so does the accuracy of the shots. Getting the club in balance like that with gravity before swinging it is why Hogan was such a legendarily accurate ball striker.
With longer clubs it is not possible to find balance statically because the club will hit the ground before finding balance at static address. A physics of a swing is actually similar to the olympic hammer toss where it is necessary to lean back the body mass (why static address needs to be biased on heels with lower legs as vertical as possible). So it becomes vital to take a practice swing or two to check that the static balance will still be in balance at impact and the finish.
I did fitting and fitter said I was too close to ball with Driver as I hit the heel on the face. However I do what you do. I assume I must be swinging over the top? It's kinda messed me up.
Hey Alex — could you please give us some tips on how to play rock hard fairways, more often than not when trying to hit irons, especially wedges, i either thin or toe the shot. Am I correct in thinking you just need to divot the heck out of it to make the shot? (Evidently, the old course this week is playing rock hard and just saw someone bounce a golf ball off it.) thats how hard the courses are here. 👍🏻 thank you!
Had my first lesson last week and this is EXACTLY what was pointed out to me. I was crowding the ball too much, thus hindering my natural ability to move freely. THanks for this 🙂
Two clubs at once demonstration was brilliant. Helping people see the difference.
Pros and cons of same length irons? You are now back to variable length irons? Why the switch back? I have a couple of sets of clubs and was thinking about making a set of same length.
Great ideas Alex, as usual!
Great tip today, thank you. Any suggestions in regards to not taking too long a backswing? I struggle sometimes with taking my backswing back way too far and of course I don't need to tell you the kind of shots that results in. Love to see if you have a drill or any kind of suggestion for consistency in the length of backswing on full shots.
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