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This week the Royal Golf Club's PGA Teaching Professional, Martin Robinson, gives tips on proper posture
THE posture at address is one of the most important and overlooked factors to get right in order to ensure that the swing works properly.
Most people's position will actually cause problems with their swing. Common problems include too much knee flex, curved spine, too far from the ball etc.
Fig 1 shows three of the correct points to consider:
There is only a slight flex in the knees. In fact, remember this statement: 'the slightest bit of flex in the knees is enough.' This will ensure that your body weight is positioned at the front of your feet, towards your toes.
When playing with irons, there should be a significant bend forward from the hips to the point where your chest is pointing at the ground.
In order make sure that your setup is balanced and correct you should try to achieve the first two points whilst allowing your arms to hang freely from the body - almost perpendicular from the floor as shown. You will then be perfectly poised to make a full backswing.
One of the most common mistakes that is made is that the angle of the spine will raise almost horizontal at the top of the backswing. Fig 2 shows how I have managed to maintain the same angle that I had at address. This is a good position to start the downswing from because all I have to do is turn my body towards the target.
Check your setup in a mirror to see what tweaks need to be made.
