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Old 02-06-2009, 08:36 PM
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Setup the machine then 4...3...2...1...launch!
Originally Posted by Yoda View Post
How do you align your Feet, Knees, Hips and Shoulders? How is your Weight distributed? Where is your Head? Where is the Ball in relation to your Feet? Your Head? Your Left Shoulder? How is your Spine tilted? How? Why?
Alignment starts by visualizing the ball flight required for the shot at hand.

Then, because you know the geometry of the golf stroke (inclined plane, down and out to low point...) wich is always the same, you know how to place your machine in relation to the ball.

Then, because you know that the ball will always separate at right angle from the clubface, you know how to align you clubface.

Say I need a low draw and I use horizontal hinge as a swinger:
Here is how I set things up :
- ball positioned further back than normal will give a lower trajectory... but beware, a ball back it also "up plane"...
- as a result, the divot must be deeper - so, I must accept to hit more down and more out (and prepare for a little more lag pressure to easily destroy the ground ) - this sets the aiming point...!
Then, the draw will naturaly come from the clubhead travel relative to the target line which is now more down and out from this position in the arc of approach.
- from there, as I know the ball will separate at right anglesfrom the clubface and that horizontal hinge closes the clubface between impact and separation, I know how to place the leading edge of the blade.

Then Impact Fix helps to check the body setup required to perform the shot: It shows the position of my right foream and right shoulder and where they will need to go (aiming point).

Too many things to think of?
Well, precision in, precision out...
...and as Jeff Hull stated in one of his video http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/cmps_in...p?page=proshop, it's part of the routine: a checklist that helps stay focused.
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