To ensure you start on the right foot (literally), step into your stance with your trail leg first.
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Once you do that, you can set the club down, tilt from your hips to get into proper posture, then align your stance — in that order. This step-in routine helps ensure you’re in the right posture as you determine the proper distance from the ball with every club — an essential step if you want to make balanced and repeatable golf swings.
Standing too close or too far is a common cause of an imbalanced swing, and it creates issues later in your swing that will send the ball flying left or right. Sticking with this pre-shot routine will help you improve your consistency and make more swings in proper balance.
Todd Sones is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher and is the director of instruction at White Deer Run GC, in Vernon Hills, Ill.
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