Set up your Golf Shots Professionally

By: Freddy Kaboot

When I'm playing golf, one thing that I always do before each and every shot is very simple but effective and this lesson will have you doing it too.

So many golfers take very little time in setting up and addressing the ball. They just get up, get in a stance, and swing away.

If this sounds like you, if you have no consistent routine for addressing the ball but still wonder why you don’t have consistent ball striking, I have one question for you.

What the heck do you expect?!!

Ilaugh at golfers who set up haphazardly and wonder why they hit their irons fat or thin and have no consistency in their ball striking.

Listen to what Jack Nicklaus has said on the matter:

“If you set up correctly, there’s a good chance you’ll hit a reasonable shot, even if you make a mediocre swing. If you set up the ball poorly, you’ll hit a lousy shot even if you make the greatest swing in the world.”

So, clearly we need to set up with some consistency and correctly each and every time we want to hit the ball.

Here are 6 easy steps to take to set up every time you address the ball in order to get into a consistent groove and hit solid shots that the pros use and for some reason almost no professional teacher will teach you while taking your money for lessons.

I guess they figure if they teach you enough to get a little better but not enough to truly get better on your own, you’ll have to keep paying them.

Anyway, here we go. I execute this set-up plan each and every time I get ready to hit the ball.

It may seem time consuming at first but after a few times at the driving range or rounds on the course, it’ll be second nature.

Besides, it takes a heck of a lot less time to set up this way than it does to look for your ball in the woods 4-5 times per round!

Let’s get started:

1. Get your feet in position first. Stand the right distance for you away from the ball with your feet together and with your elbows bent at your sides, arms in front of you and holding the club in the air. The club should be perpendicular to the ground with the head in the air.

2. Open your feet to shoulder width, make sure the ball is in the proper position in your stance, depending on which club you are going to use. The club head should still be in the air in front of you.

3. Now, without moving the club yet, you want to lock your knees stiff.

4. Bend down, lowering the club head behind the ball. Keep your knees straight, bend down from your hips and keep your back, shoulder blades and spine straight.

5. Now you can bend your knees, relaxing them slightly but not too much. Always feel like your leg muscles are “engaged”.

6. Lastly, tilt the upper body to the right so that your head is just behind the ball. Guess what? You’re ready to hit!

I cannot stress enough how much your game will improve if you are consistently following this set up approach.

I’ll be blowing the lid off of more things the “driving range pro” won’t teach you in future lessons, so keep your eyes peeled and if you don't want to wait, you can receive a ton of tips like this one by signing up for my free newsletter.

Until then, thanks for reading. Good luck.

Big Freddy Kaboot

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