A simple method to help you aim correctly

A short video to give you a system of how to aim correctly.  There can be no sure way to know that you are aiming correctly out on the golf course, but by practicing correctly, and having a system, it will give you the best chance of setting up with good alignment each time.

Practice your alignment on the driving range and work on your routine. I believe good alignment lies in a good routine.

Watch the video, and if you have any questions, please comment below.

Transcript

This is Robin Symes. I’d like to talk about alignment. This video is aimed at the beginner player, somebody who has just started to play and they’d like to know how they aim their club face and their body to the target. I’ve put a couple of sticks in the ground to help you understand this. The first one is a yellow stick, which we call the ball to target line. A direct line between the ball and the target. Your club face should be 90 degrees to this target line. The bottom of the club, which we call the leading edge. The other stick, is the stick to help you align your body. Your feet, your knees, your hips and your shoulders, which should all be parallel to this line. When you’re practicing, if you put a ball to target line on the mat first, or on the grass where you’re practicing, and then put another stick where your body’s going to be aligned, taking away the ball to target line after that. You can be sure that you’re aiming at your target. We’re simply practicing to that target, watching the target. You’ll be training your eyes to what is square, where your body is aiming. It’s a good way for you to practice.

A common fault you’ll make as a beginner player is that you’ll think that your feet should be aimed at the target. You can see with this that it’s parallel lines so when you aim correctly at the target your body lines will actually be slightly left of the target. What a lot of players do in their routine is you can’t put the lines on the golf course, is stand behind the ball, drawing an imaginary line in their mind and matching the ball to target line. Picking a spot in front of the ball, aiming the club face at this first, then aligning their body parallel to this. There can be no sure way that you know you’re aiming correctly 100 percent, but by practicing correctly, and then having a good routine, it gives you the best chance of aiming correctly with all your shots.