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Your Posture Produces Consistent Shot Making!

Posture:  has a direct influence on the plane of your swing.  When you stand to the ball you need to bend forward from your hips so that your arms hang down from your shoulders.  You should be in a comfortable position but one that allows your arms the freedom to swing the club and allows your body to turn easily.

The bend forward from your hips should be approximately 20 degrees.  It should feel like a ready athletic position, as if you were standing to field a ground ball or shoot a free throw.  Your weight should be towards the balls of your feet and evenly distributed between right and left.  Your arms hang softly from your shoulders.   There should be no slouching forward from your shoulders.   Your upper body should be free of tension, your back fairly straight.   Your lower body should resist as your upper body turns in the backswing, hence the tension.

You want to feel slight tightness on the inside of your legs all the way down to your ankles.   Your lower body should not move much on the backswing.   Any and all movement should stem from the turning of your upper body pulling your lower body along.   Good posture has a positive influence on producing a consistent swing.