Posts Tagged ‘address’

Join Mel Sole and Chris Marsh for this comprehensive examination of proper address position and posture. Mel touches on knee and arm positions, alignment and ball position.

In this month’s video golf tip, learn how Mel Sole’s golf ball position and setup formula can help you achieve more consistency in your game and ultimately increase your enjoyment of golfing.

In this month’s Mel in Motion video golf tip, Mel discusses how to get consistency with the setup. This is the only time in your game where you have 100% control, and if you achieve consistency with your setup, you’ll be on your way to consistent success on the course as well.

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July 1997: Address and Ball Position
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This month’s golf tip focusses on perfecting your posture to improve your swing. The video format of this “Mel in Motion” tip clearly demonstrates how you can achieve a posture that will give you a better foundation for your swing.

A lot of students who have tried my alignment method from an earlier tip still seem to have difficulty lining up correctly. Most right-handed golfers tend to aim to the right and lefties to the left. This is because we tend to … Read more »

Hitting the ball thin (or hitting the ball slightly above the bottom) is a fairly common error even for good players. There are usually two reasons:

1. Changing the spine angle.

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Most times when a golfer tops the ball, their spouse or playing partner will say “You lifted your head!” This is not the case. The most common cause of topping is the collapsing of the left arm ( for right-handed golfers) causing the distance between the golfer and the ball to shorten, and a topped shot is the result.

The Drill: … Read more »

The Address Position: For reasons of clarity (because there are left and right handed golfers) I will refer to front and back rather than left or right. … Read more »