Maybe one in a hundred students shows up for a lesson with his body in a position that is going to enable it to be used most efficiently in connecting solidly with a golf ball.
Tour pros' address positions are distinctive, uniquely recognizable. Despite this, they have certain features in common. These features relate to the coming action. Eliminate one of these features and the use of the body is going to be less efficient and shotmaking is going to suffer.
Their knees are flexed. The most important muscles in the golf swing are between the knees and waist. Flex in the knees stretches these key muscles and helps them get ready to do their job.
They're bent at the waist--in two directions. Most obviously, they're bent forward, toward the ball. This creates a pathway for the arms to whirl through. Their arms hang down loosely, but not straight down. The hands are away from the pants fly about five inches.
The second waist bend is less apparent: they're bent backward slightly. Their sternums are about one inch in back of a line drawn vertically from their belt buckles. This position creates some initial stretch of muscles on the left side. It also means they can immediately begin rotating their right sides around and behind as they start their backswings. They do not need to slide back. The time to get behind the ball is at address, not during the backswing.
Their feet are splayed open, the left twice as much as the right. This enables hip rotation. During the backswing, the right hip rotates 50-70 degrees, and the right foot being open about 10 degrees facilitates this action. The left hip opens up 90+ degrees by the finish, so the left foot is open about 20 degrees.
For a full swing on level ground, all Tour pros will be very close to the position just described. Craft such a position for yourself and you'll increase the chances that you'll be bringing all that your body can to its shotmaking.
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