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Hi Shawn, long time, hope all is well sir!
I’ve come to a point in my stance where regardless of shot shape I simply feel better with my feet open (right handed golfer). Even when hitting a draw I prefer my feet open to the target line. When I get behind the ball for the draw my feet are left and my shoulders are center to right side of the fairway but the odd thing is the draw works. I simply feel better open. Is this an issue or if it feels and works well should I keep using it? Thanks, Nate.
STAY WITH IT!! Always better to be too open than closed and most times you feel open but you are just square; happens to me all the time as well as the vast majority of golfers. Fred Couples, John Daly, Paul Azinger, Rory, Dustin, Bubba, and so many more tend to be more open even when they want to draw the ball.
Hi Shawn. After a great period of ball striking I’ve come to a point where I’ve become too focussed on set up positioning which had bled into my dynamic swinging of the club..
Being conscious of staying behind the ball can sometimes be an issue where I don’t release over and through the target..
I’ve always loved the idea of straight lines in my set up to ensure consistent ball positioning, but staying too ‘straight’ sometimes doesn’t help me stay behind it and on task.
Does this diagonal set up help you and Sav stay with the shot through your intermediate point?
Hey Matt! What you want to see is “blur of club” and all the videos with the words “arc blur” in them. The arc of the swing is where it is at and the brain has an awesome ability to stay centred inside this arc especially WHEN THERE IS A SPECIFIC DIRECTION TO STAY ON. Savy’s task is to throw the club through this arc into the direction she wants the start the ball.
As someone struggling with an over the top swing (this creeps up, I notice, when I try to give it a little extra distance) – will this diagonal stance make it easier for me to hit from the inside and avoid going OTT?
Thanks!
Make sure the grip is strong enough; then make sure you see the “blur of club” and the “arc-blur” series. Then see the “lead hand release”, “trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and snap release polish” and then see “predict Contact” and the “Goldie locks series” and finally “target confirmation series”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but moving the right foot back to create a *diagonal* stance seems to be the logical progression from the *pre-turn* we used to discuss on the forum in relation to the braced tilt.
Lovely evolution this Wisdom in Golf is huh!?
It appears to me that even though the alignment of the feet is diagonal to the target line the shoulders are still aligned straight. Is this right or am I missing something?
Hey Bob! Don’t worry about that; the pelvis and rib cage is what you want to allow to move out of the way of the arm swing. The diagonal stance is the platform that moved them out of the way. See “arm swing vs body turn” video as well as the “arc-blur unstoppable momentum series” videos for the understanding and the priorities. 👍👍😀