Practicing Basic Alignment

• Place 2 sticks on the ground, parallel to each other. Leave a gap of 2 - 3 feet between each other.
• Your body (feet, hips and shoulders) should be positioned parallel to the target line.
• Now lay the ball in the middle of both sticks and hit a few shots.

Take a look closely at the divots as you may miss the target even if your alignment is correct. If this happens, it might be an inside-out or outside-in golf swing.

Improving your Takeaway

• Place 1 alignment stick at the same angle of the shaft, just inside the club.
• Place the other stick on the ground, parallel to the target line, your body should be also positioned parallel to the target line.

Start working the takeaway where we keep the clubhead outside the hands.

This is going to set the swing up nicely and keep the club balanced for the rest of the swing. If the clubhead whips inside the hands, you are in too much of a deep position and you will tend to find your arms will lift in the swing.

Hitting the Ball Straight

• Insert 2 golf sticks vertically on the ground 10 - 15 inches away from each other.
• Aim the sticks at the intended target on a slight angle facing away from you.

Now stand 10 feet away from the alignment sticks and try to hit a field goal.

This drill is used to ensure that the player is starting the ball on the intended target line.

Finding your Swing Plane

• Insert 2 golf sticks, 6 - 8 feet apart, in the ground.
• Incline the sticks on an angle consistent with the angle of your club shaft at set-up.
• Now swing your golf club.

You will now have a distinct point within your peripheral vision of where you want the club to be set at the halfway point of the backswing.

Hitting the sticks with either the takeaway or follow through will be an indication that you are moving the club excessively from in to out or out to in.