Kristin Sunderhaft on Ball Position (Video)

Kristin Sunderhaft, an LPGA teaching seasoned in Las Vegas, did this video a while lower back on ball function. It's beneficial because you can in reality see how she's positioning the ball, so have a glance:

Kristin teaches 3 ball positions on your complete swing, relying on what club you are using. That might also sound specific from what I teach -- I role the ball under my hands -- however endure in thoughts that, as the golf equipment get longer, my hands have to attain out a chunk and that straightens my trailing elbow. And as that takes place, my palms move a chunk more in the direction of the target because the clubs get longer.

So Kristen's approach is not certainly that a great deal different from mine, however a lot of you may discover it simpler to recognize what is occurring when you see her inside the video. So right here are the three ball positions:

• Wedges: Ball in the center of your stance.
• Driver: Ball just off your lead heel or lead instep.
• All other clubs: Ball is slightly left of the center position.

And she shows these positions using a couple of golf clubs to mark your aimline and your ball position. This is a good tactic to use during your own practice, to help you visualize how the actual ball position looks when you're standing over it and not looking at it from the front, as you are when you watch this video.

One closing notion: You may think this setup with the two golf equipment is a reasonably recent invention, possibly because Hogan honestly started specializing in mechanics. But here's a photo I published in a past put up approximately Harry Vardon's technique for gambling a draw. See anything acquainted?

That line drawing inside the higher right-hand nook -- and the chalk traces drawn on the floor -- are doing the precise same factor as Kristin's clubs. This is a time-honored technique of visualizing ball function, and you need to make use of it too.