A guide to the correct width of stance

A short video explaining the correct width of stance.  Your width of stance and the position of your feet will affect how you transfer your weight, your ability to create ground force and stability in your swing.

Check the width of your stance if you have any of the following problems:

– If you have poor weight transfer.

– If you feel you cannot create any ground force.

– You Hang Back in the downswing.

– You lose stability during your swing.

– You Sway or Side.

– You hit heavy or thin shots.

– You cannot lead the downswing with your lower body, perhaps you come Over the Top.

Transcript

This is Robin Symes. I’d like to talk to you about the correct width of stance. As you’re probably aware, your width of stance for your different clubs, sand wedge, six iron driver, should vary. But by how much? To me the easiest way to learn this is to learn how wide the stand to your mid-iron first, let’s say a six iron. With this six iron, your width of stance is the same width as your shoulders. A simple way to make sure that you’re doing this is take an old club or a stick, place it across your shoulders, put two marks, and put the stick on the ground. Retake your stance, matching the middle of your heels to the two marks. From here if you’re using a longer club, you can widen your stance out slightly. If you’re using a shorter club, you can narrow your stance down. A simple way to make sure that you’ve got the correct width of stance at address.