Ball Position

There are two lines of thought relating to the correct way of positioning the ball at address.

#1) Vary the position from your front heel depending on the club you use

#2) Keep the ball in the same relationship to your front heel and vary the position of your right foot.


I have always used the former #1) but have recently changed to the later #2)

I read an article that showed graphically the important relationship between the sternum and the ball at setup. This article promoted that the ball should sit around 2 inches inside your left heel and remain there for all shots. The position of the sternum (Breast bone) in relation to the ball should now vary by moving the right foot backwards or forwards.

For woods and long irons the sternum should be leaning back behind the ball so your right foot should move far enough to the right to achieve the correct position.

For medium irons the sternum should be in line with the ball requiring the right foot to move inwards to a point where this happens.

For short irons (Pitches and chip shots) the sternum should be slightly ahead of the ball bringing the right foot in even closer.

After using this method for some time I find it works well for me, it places the ball in a sound repeatable position each time and makes the appropriate body address position and weight distribution easier to understand and achieve.

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Brian

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not sure if i understand you fully.... do you have a link to the site that speaks about that? does it have pictures?

Hi,

The article was in a book by a leading UK coach called Nick Bradley (who has just moved his school to Myrtle Beach in Carolina), the book is called "The 7 LAWS of the GOLF SWING" and is a good read with great graphical explanations. The following link is a BBC site where he is answering questions, the second question refers to this way of ball positioning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...00/4013205.stm

so are you saying that when hitting wedges you should have feet close together and have a slight foward tilt and have the weight on your front foot?

thanks for that link brian, i do like that method of ball placment, i tried it out today, works pretty good for me.