Golf lessons: Posture and ball position

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Yasin Ali from the David Leadbetter Academy at JA The Resort Golf Course talks you through the key elements to get you around the course in one piece.  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  UAE, golf, learn to play, beginner’s guide, tutorial, coaching, golf clubs, golf tips  #UAEnews #golf #sports

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00:00Now that we have our grip, we need to know how to stand when we're going to hit the golf

00:11ball.

00:12So the key is to get your feet shoulder width apart.

00:16The reason for this is when we're making our golf swing, there is active weight transfer.

00:21So if your feet are too narrow, as you swing, yes, you can move the weight between the two

00:26sides quite well, but then you'll encounter stability problems.

00:30So if you look at good golfers, when they hit the ball, they finish in perfect balance.

00:36So if you're too narrow, you have good weight transfer, but no balance.

00:40If you go too wide, you have great balance, but no weight transfer.

00:44So the middle ground, what you want to try and do is try and get your feet as wide as

00:49your shoulders.

00:50So if I was to stand like this and just visualize a line coming down from the outside of my

00:55shoulder, it'd be coming down towards the inner part of my feet, like this.

01:01And now, that's a really nice base for me to swing from, and I can make a nice move

01:07transferring weight between right foot and left foot.

01:10And once I've hit the shot, so go back to here, hit the shot, I can finish in perfect

01:16balance.

01:18Moving on from the stance, when we're going to talk about ball position, where the ball

01:22is in relation to our feet, we're going to use some clubs.

01:26So I'm going to put one club across my toes like this, and I'm going to put another club

01:33like that.

01:34Now, what I want to try and do is make sure that my feet are parallel to this one here.

01:42That's going horizontal.

01:44And then the stick that's going, the club that's going between my legs, I want it to

01:48go or be a little bit closer to my left heel.

01:51So if I was to put my club head there, just move my foot closer to that, you will now

01:56notice that this club here is slightly forward of center.

02:01What that will do is, as I'm going to make my golf swing, as I swing back, with the ball

02:06being in that position, I'm able to turn my body and get it behind the ball, which is

02:12important.

02:13I'll have the correct pivot.

02:15So when we stand, we've got our grip, we've got our stance, and now that's our ball position.

02:22Finally, I'm going to tell you how we stand when we're going to hit a golf ball, and this

02:26is posture.

02:27So we've got our stance with, we know where our ball position should be, how do we get

02:32into the right position when we stand?

02:34So if you were to stand with your arms out in front of you, club straight, legs nice

02:40and straight, look at your feet and try and bend your knees till you cover the laces on

02:45your shoes.

02:47My back is still straight, my knees are bent.

02:49From there, I'm going to let my arms come down until my upper arms are tight against

02:54my chest.

02:55From here now, I will bend from my waist.

02:59Now you will see that the club is slightly off the ground, and the last part is to just

03:04get into a sitting position here.

03:06So you will see my backside is sticking out, my knees are bent, arms are hanging down,

03:12and there's a bit of space between my hands and my body.

03:15The pressure, I am feeling a bit of pressure under the ball of my foot or where the laces

03:20are.

03:21I am not too far on my toes, I am not too far back on my heels.

03:26This is the position I need to be in.

03:29Everything is nice and relaxed, and I'm good to go from there.

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