| There are a lot of things that you will find you need | | | | balance with your weight evenly distributed between |
| to master before you can consider yourself | | | | both feet. If you don't know how much behind the |
| competent at the game of golf. One of them is | | | | ball you should be then another rule of thumb here is |
| stance, and one of the first things about stance that | | | | to have the ball roughly aligned with the instep of |
| you need to learn and understand is that it will be | | | | your left foot (for a right handed player). Of course, |
| different not only for different types of shot but it | | | | as I have said, this is a rule of thumb and so you will |
| will also be different depending on what club you | | | | have to practice with the ball in slightly different |
| choose to play the shot with. A shot with a driver | | | | positions until you find the best result. |
| for instance will mean a completely different stance | | | | The next thing to look at once you are happy with |
| to if you had played the shot with a five iron. | | | | the ball placement in relation to your body and the |
| When the club head strikes the ball it should have | | | | club head is your shoulders. If you draw an arrow |
| already started the upward motion of the swing | | | | through your shoulders it should be pointing in the |
| meaning you have already passed the lowest part of | | | | direction you want to ball to travel. So I guess, in |
| the arc of swing. If you think about it this means | | | | most cases this arrow will go from your right |
| that you will also need to be stood very slightly | | | | shoulder through your left shoulder and should be |
| behind the tee so that when the club is perpendicular | | | | pointing towards the pin. |
| to the ground the head will be just behind the ball. A | | | | Correct preparation of your body position in relation |
| rule of thumb is to stand with your feet a shoulder | | | | the ball and where you want it to go is essential if |
| width apart to give yourself good grounding and | | | | you are going to play a decent shot. |