Welcome back to the “Top Ten Master Mistakes” Video series.
Our topic today in lesson number 5 is alignment.
Basically that means “the way you aim your body”.
How big a deal is this?
Well, I’d say that 90 to 95% of ALL swing problems arise out of alignment.
So not only is alignment important… but it’s critical!
If alignment is a problem for you, then getting today’s lesson lodged firmly in your brain is going to have a major impact on your very next game. And when you load it up with the rest of these tips, you’ll be the new King (or Queen) of your local links!
Enough build up, let’s get down to business:
I see so many amateurs aiming way to the right or way to the left of their target. When I point it out to them, they often reply, “Oh, I have to do that to compensate for my hook!”… or their slice. I then ask if them if they really want to play that hook or slice. And, of course, they always reply that they would rather hit it straight.
Well, the key here is that if you don’t want that big hook or slice then don’t set up way left or right to play for it.
Because if you do it will take more of what you don’t want to hit it to the target.
Remember… “what you focus on grows larger” and to hit it straight you have to AIM… Parallel Left.
Work on this don’t get lazy with it!
This is often what separates the boys from the girls in golf.
Now, there’s one last thing I want to say on this before we end today’s lesson.
I have found my teachings to be like a giant meat cleaver cutting through the sea of humanity and separating golfers into two very distinct groups:
(1) Those who “get” alignment.
(2) Those who don’t get alignment.
The fact is, almost nobody teaches alignment.
And if you want to know the real “secret” to humiliating your friends, winning bets and dominating tournaments, then alignment is IT.
This is why I spend a LOT of time on alignment in my Peak Performance Golf Swing DVD Series.
In fact, just to make SURE my students “get” it, I even have a special bonus video where D.J. (who has so far won 2 PGA Championships with this swing) and I BOTH walk you through alignment step-by-step.
This one part of the PPGS alone can make you a super star on the links. I see it all the time.
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