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		<title>Fixing A Golf Swing Slice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Lewiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very basic strategy that is taught during golf lessons include repairing or improving on the golf swing slice. It is a very common problem that is faced by golfers. Golf swing slice is a term that is used to define any shot, which has been hit too far to either the right or left. It is a very difficult area or technique to be fixed, but is certainly not impossible.]]></description>
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A very basic strategy that is taught during golf lessons include repairing or improving on the golf swing slice. It is a very common problem that is faced by golfers. Golf swing slice is a term that is used to define any shot, which has been hit too far to either the right or left. It is a very difficult area or technique to be fixed, but is certainly not impossible. </p>
<p>During your golf lessons, you should give a lot of emphasis on fixing the golf swing slice. With a bit of adjustment you can get there. Of course, you would need a lot of patience too along with concentration and practice. Start off by getting a proper or appropriate golf stance. To get the golf swing slice correct, your posture should be right. The feet should be apart at about a shoulder&#8217;s width and the toes should point in opposite directions. Kept the shoulders aligned when you hit the ball.<br />
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To fix the golf swing slice, you also have to get a nice grip on the golf club shaft. This should be in a counter clockwise way. However, do allow your hands to be in a comfortable position. One of the most vital golf lesson tips is getting the posture and swing right. Keep in mind that a slight change in the adjustments levels can alter the path of your golf ball.</p>
<p>To get a correct golf swing slice, the next step involves adjusting as per the downswing. This can be done by keeping the inside portion of your elbows in a relaxed place. Try to let the elbows be as close to the body as possible. Concentrate on hitting your golf ball the length of an imaginary line. This line will lead to the target. But ensure that you don&#8217;t hit the ball on any extreme side as it leads to slicing.</p>
<p>For an improved golf swing slice you can also try and reduce the speed of your swing. Often golfers make the mistake of hitting the ball so fast that it goes in erratic directions, which also leads to slicing. During your golf lesson, try and practice in slow and controlled motions. This will ensure that you are able to fix your golf swing slice.Keep these factors in mind and follow them in your head. Remember that for being a good golfer, it is essential to practice on a regular basis. The small problems of golf swing slice can be fixed by changing your swing habits.</p>
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		<title>Want To Hit That Ball Farther? Try These Golfing Tips And Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Seppanen</dc:creator>
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Tips on how to hit the ball farther are what every golfer wants to know. Most golfers love to watch TV only to see other golfers use a 7 iron and hit 195 yards. These golfers at home are wondering, why is it that when I use a 7 iron, I can only hit 150? The thing is, the whole perspective can&#8217;t really be seen when you watch golf on TV. Factors such as how down hill or how down wind it is have yet to be considered. Whatever it is, we still just want to know those tips and tricks on how to hit the ball farther.</p>
<p>Most golfers don&#8217;t really know which clubs are meant for accuracy, and which ones are meant for distance. At the same time, they don&#8217;t know what would cause the golf ball to go farther. In order to hit the golf ball farther, here are two things you should consider:<br />
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1.    Hit the Ball More Solid</p>
<p>The common misconception of people is that swinging hard and swinging fast will make the ball go farther. But even if you swing the club at 110 miles per hour, but your clubface is open and off the toe, chances are, that ball isn&#8217;t going far. Rather, getting a more solid contact with the ball is what you need to do. With a solid connection, more distance will be created by the way the ball was compressed during your swing.</p>
<p>You can do this:</p>
<p>What you can do to hit the ball more solid is to notice where your ball hits the clubface. Try placing some masking tape on the clubface, and practice hitting some shots. After hitting a shot, try to see where the mark is on the face. If you notice the mark to be off center, either it&#8217;s too low or too high, then that&#8217;s what&#8217;s costing you distance. What you want to see is that mark at the center of the face. That way, you don&#8217;t have to swing hard to maximize distance.</p>
<p>2.    Notice the Speed</p>
<p>The speed is another factor to hitting the ball farther. Usually people end up swinging their club really fast and hard coming from the top because they&#8217;re excited. The speed created here is from the top of the back swing down onto the golf ball.</p>
<p>What happens here is that you end up using all your speed from the top of the swing. About three quarters down and by the time the golf club hits the ball, there&#8217;s nothing left in the tank. Either the club maintained it&#8217;s maximum speed, or it slowed down a bit. Instead of having a lot of speed at the top, what we want to happen is to create the speed not at the top, but through the golf ball and up until the finish.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what you can do:</p>
<p>Flip over your driver and hold it near the head. Place the grip at the place where you would normally hit the ball. No need to position a golf ball there though, you won&#8217;t need to hit anything with this exercise.</p>
<p>What happens here is that you&#8217;re going to listen for an audio cue coming from the butt of the club as you swing through the grip end. A loud noise will be heard from the shoulder to the waist if you created speed early on. If you hear that noise from a foot or two off the ground, up to knee high past the left side where impact should&#8217;ve been, then you did it correctly.</p>
<p>Noticing these two factors will allow you to hit that golf ball farther. Practicing these golfing tips and tricks will also put more efficiency to your swings, getting that ball far without necessarily putting out more force. So take these tips and exercises out onto the course the next time you go out to play. You&#8217;ll be amazed at how much squinting you&#8217;d have to do just to see where your ball has gone.</p>
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		<title>2 Simple Steps To Hit The Golf Ball Longer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Seppanen</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Golfers love to hit the ball a long ways. We see PGA Tour pros hitting 300 yard drives and want to be like them. This article will tell you how pros hit the ball so far and help you hit it farther yourself.</p>
<p>Please understand the not all clubs are meant to be hit maximum distance. For instance the five iron through wedges are designed for accuracy. However, the driver, fairway woods and hybrids are intended to be hit great distances.</p>
<p>To hit the ball a long distance two things need to happen. You need to hit the ball solidly and you need to generate club head speed through impact.</p>
<p>First, golfers need to strike the ball solid to create distance. Swing speed is irrelevant without solid contact. Hitting the golf ball squarely on the middle of the club face always results in greater distance than an off center hit.</p>
<p>Place masking tape on the face of your club and hit a few shots. The tape provides feedback as to where on the club face you are contacting the ball. It is a premium to contact the ball on the sweet spot.</p>
<p>Try these basics to improve your contact with the golf ball:</p>
<p>1. If contact is low on the club face, there is a good chance that you are attempting to help the ball into the air. Try hitting down a bit more to aggressively compress the ball and gain more distance.</p>
<p>2. If contact is being made on the toe of the club your club is getting closer to your body at impact. Try placing a tee in ground narrowly inside your club at address. Make swings working on hitting the ball without contacting the tee. The opposite works with a tee towards the toe of your club if you are contacting the ball off the heel.</p>
<p>The second factor in how far you hit the ball is club head speed. Golfers often get anxious and excited and try to hit the ball really hard from the top of the backswing. The result is a club head that is moving faster to start the downswing than through impact.</p>
<p>To cure this, hold your driver near the club head away from it&#8217;s grip and make a few practice swings. Listen to the woosh of the club and where in the swing it is the loudest. For maximum distance make sure that the noise is loudest from just before impact to a foot or so after impact. This is a simple drill to ensure that the club head is accelerating through impact.</p>
<p>The feedback provided by these drills will help you drive the golf ball farther.</p>
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		<title>How To Properly Address The Ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Maxem</dc:creator>
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The following golf instruction tips will help you with your overall swing. If you are not in the correct position at address, you will more than likely hit a inferior shot.</p>
<p>Many golfers fail to remember this fact when trying to correct a swing concern. The set-up is part of the basic golf mechanics and should be worked on, like with any other part of your game.It is one of the most crucial golf instruction tips you should follow.</p>
<p>Address the ball properly, and you will be able to coil and uncoil your torso and stay balanced. If you want to produce more power, you need to remain balanced during your swing. The more power you can generate, the longer your shots will go.</p>
<p>Want to know how to set-up correctly? The next important golf instruction tip is stance width.You will learn the proper set-up in the next few paragraphs. Your stance should be 2&#8243; wider than your shoulders, when hitting your driver or long irons. For mid irons your feet should be shoulder width apart. For short irons you want to narrow your stance a couple of inches than shoulder width apart. Every golfer is not the equal, these are good starting points for you to practice with. Your stance can be adjusted as necessary.</p>
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Your front foot should angle a little towards your target. This will encourage proper coiling of the shoulders and hips. The Back foot should be straight to the target. Your knees need to be flexed and you should be bent over slightly from the hips. In this position, your shoulders and arms will form a triangle, with your elbows pointing at your hips.</p>
<p>When lining up to your target, be certain your shoulders and hips are square to the target. By doing this, you will have the best odds of hitting your target area.</p>
<p>Placing the ball correctly in your stance, will improve your ball striking ability. Ball position will be different, due to the different shaft lengths. The shorter the club, the further back in your stance the ball will be.</p>
<p>For the driver you want to place the ball about 5&#8243; forward of center in your stance.</p>
<p>The ball should be positioned 2 ball widths forward in your stance, when using your fairway woods and long irons.</p>
<p>The ball should be placed 2&#8243; forward in your stance, when using your middle irons.</p>
<p>When using your short irons or wedges you should position the ball in the center of your stance.</p>
<p>You can adjust these ball placement suggestions to your liking. determining the ball positions that work for you, may take some time and practice. The key here is to find what will work best for you.</p>
<p>You do not want your weight on your heels, you need to be on the balls of your feet. If you are on your heels you will not be balanced when you swing. If you can stay balanced during your swing,you have a better chance of hitting the ball with more power and accuracy.</p>
<p>If you have perfected this golf instruction tips, your swing will start to come together and your scores will begin show it. You can work with the golf pro at your local golf shop, to improve your stance. To get in the correct stance, you can have someone film you to see where improvements can be made.</p>
<p>See you on the golf course!</p>
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		<title>Practice Is The Only Way To Improve Golf Swing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Chiu</dc:creator>
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If you are looking for ways to be a better golf player, there are really only two areas for you to work on, your short game and your long game. To start off with, you should practice working on ways to improve your golf swing to powerfully and accurately hit the ball. One of the best ways to improve your game is for you to improve golf swing mechanics.</p>
<p>The most important part of improving your golf swing is to swing as close to the exact same way each time you swing. When you are practicing, use the same stance, swing at the same speed, and hold the club the same way each time. To adjust for different distances while maintaining accuracy, make minor adjustments to your stance.<br />
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To begin focusing on your stance, you should consider the placement and movements of your hands, wrists, and arms. Movement of these parts of your body should be as little as possible. Try to keep your arms and wrists straight and do not move them like you would in baseball. Move your arms and club around your body and not the other way around.</p>
<p>To swing, then, you should pivot your arms and the club around your body with the muscles in your legs and torso. The muscles in your legs and torso are much larger and easier to control. Because of the vast range of motion of your arms, they are highly susceptible to even slight deviations which destroy your accuracy and golf game.</p>
<p>A great golf swing begins with a good stance. Your stance should be the same every time you take a swing. Even if you are on ground that is not level, you should try to adjust your stance with your legs so that your body and arms are as close to your standard stance as possible. If you have to, adjust your body as well, but always try to avoid adjusting your arms.</p>
<p>The main focus of your stance is control and balance. This is known as your foundation. Keeping the exact degree of control during your swing without loosing balance ensures that you hit the ball, a relatively small target, at the exact same point every time that you swing. To maintain balance, most professional players keep their feet about six inches apart and make smooth, calculated swings.</p>
<p>You do not have to smack the ball as hard as you can to get good drives. Your swings should be smooth and fluid. It should almost feel effortless. The harder you swing, the less accurate your hits will be. The extra yardage you make with a powerful hit will be lost in decreased accuracy.</p>
<p>The fluidity of your swing should not end when you hit the ball. Following through after striking the ball is just as important as any other part of the swing. If you lose control of your swing during the follow through, chances are you will also lose control during the swing. Your swing is a full package deal, so you should work on it from start to finish.</p>
<p>Golf is not an easy sport to be proficient in. It takes a lot of hard work and practice to master your swing. If you are striving to be a proficient player, take some additional time to work on your swing and you will see dramatic improvements in your long game.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Cheng</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is very important to follow Golf Tips for Beginners to excel in the game and play smartly. Golf is a game of calculation and analysis to predict the speed and thrust of the ball. It is important to follow tips and advice before start playing. It is very crucial to maintain discipline and follow basics of the game. On a higher level, it is important to maintain a right posture, swing, game basics to excel in the game. It is very important to stick to Golf Tips for Beginners. The first tip states that players must maintain a balance while playing the shots. </p>
<p>Think of your posture first. Being in the right position sends the ball forward with the perfect amount of speed. The second tip is to find the right size and weight clubs. Using rented equipment at first will allow one to ascertain what that is. If you rush into the pro shop, you can buy the most expensive set of clubs. However, if they are for a taller or shorter player, you have thrown your money away. Some courses provide free use of their equipment.  </p>
<p>It is very important to maintain right power. It is one of the significant Golf Tips for Beginners. It is very important to maintain power behind the shot. Players need to maintain the right angle to complete a powerful shot. The direction of the winds and movement of the arms are equally important while driving the shot. The head should be steady and shot must be made with positive mind set. It is vital to maintain optimism because the few shots in the beginning may not pay huge rewards. However, with experience and practice, you can easily master to bring power into the shots.</p>
<p>Analyze the ball just before taking your shot. Concentration is key to success. Swing the club in the optimal way to generate the most speed possible. Your swing is crucial in sending your shot in the right direction. Again, practice, practice, practice. It&#8217;s the only way to improve your game. There are two kinds of sweeps that follow a golf swing. Horizontal is one and the other is, as you would guess, vertical. They are basic to the game of golf.</p>
<p>&#8220;Golf Tips for Beginners&#8221; takes into account the technicalities associated with the two kinds of sweeps. A horizontal sweep is achieved by twisting your body. In a vertical sweep you lift the club over your right arm and shoulder. A golfer has to determine body position before any shot. Both kinds of sweeps are capable of bringing effective results. Start with the basics in &#8220;Golf Tips for Beginners&#8221; to learn and grow using the right moves. After that the sky is the limit. Or should I say the greens are the limit? You may want to learn with a professional teaching you. Then you will soon master difficult shots such as the Jigger and Mid-Iron out on the links.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Pinkston</dc:creator>
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<p>Golf is hard, for that reason it&#8217;s actually a very safe guess that becoming excellent at golfing is likely to take a lot more than a little while in a chat room to master. Still, though there&#8217;s no need to hear me there are a couple key points you are able to consider to assist you to dig through all the ballyhoo and muck and seriously enhance your round of golf.</p>
<p>a number of facts you have most likely read about to improve your golf. For example, improving golf swing, or fixing your golf grip but what we are examining is something so simple as a way of improving short game.<br />
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1st, the process to get a tremendous amount better at playing golf more rapidly than anything is almost always to get started at the hole and work your way back to the tee. All of us just want to step up to that very first box and hammer a 301 yard drive right down the middle, but the reality is that the drive even escapes Tiger ever so often.</p>
<p>Even pros solely hit approximately sixty percent of fairways, which means that even the best of greatest only hit it entirely straight from the tee touch bit more] than half the time. Stop killing your self to try to hit monster drives start out with putting.</p>
<p>Most of your shots around the course will be putts, chips and pitches. The vast majority of your round will be made within one hundred yards from the green. Therefore it doesn&#8217;t really seem sensible to expend the vast majority of your sweat and tears getting your driver tamed.</p>
<p>Just use your driver to get it inside a reasonable length of the green then take advantage of your fantastic short game to completely score.</p>
<p>Even on your mid irons, there is no giant advantage to going for a full swing. Your job around the world of golf is to put it on top of the green as fast as you are able to after which you can putt it in. If you&#8217;re able to hit a good 3 wood and get it to about 150 yards out and then use a nice seven or eight iron on to the green you&#8217;re looking at a birdie.</p>
<p>It is easy to par a lot of holes if one makes very good, secure shots on to the green and then can putt out of your mind. Putting to start with, the rest just sets up your putts.</p>
<p>So there it is, the one golf idea you can easily go out and begin to use tomorrow and it has nothing to do with the perfect swing. You don&#8217;t have to actually have a very good swing to play really close to par golf. All you need to try and do is get great at the short game, where the swing just isn&#8217;t so hard to master, and you&#8217;ll reduce your scores substantially pretty much overnight.</p>
<p>improveyourgolfinfo.com offers great free golfing tips that cover a wide range of golfing problems like <a href="http://improveyourgolfinfo.com/improving-golf-swing">improving golf swing</a> and using the <a href="http://improveyourgolfinfo.com/correct-golf-grip">correct golf grip</a>. There are many things that will help you to improve your golf game and just one little change can make all of the difference.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Anthony Chen</dc:creator>
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<p>Your golf swing is no doubt important and closely connected to your golf game, as such you will sometimes hear people comparing and talking about a one plane swing versus and two plane swing. Generally, it simply refers to your circular and arc movement in your golf swing whenever you are performing a swing.<br />
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What is the difference between a one plane and a two plane?</p>
<p>One easy way to think about this is that you are either a one swing plane guy or a two swing plane, that said you can find almost hundreds of different ways to perform your swing because there can be hundreds of variation to a one swing plane. It may sound confusing, but all you need to know is that you might struggle if you apply a one swing plane on a two plane swing shot setup.</p>
<p>So, how do you tell the two swings apart?</p>
<p>The major difference between a one plane and a two plane is how your arms and shoulders behave when you are doing your swing sequence. For a one plane, they should be well connected to your movement and you would not feel as disconnected as it is in a two plane swing. A two plane golf swing will also easily throw you off balance because of the disconnection and you will feel as if your arms and shoulder movement are not in line and consistent with your body movement.</p>
<p>You can also tell the two apart during the transition period of a golf swing. During a one plane swing, you will rarely see the clubs being raised above the golfer&#8217;s head, and as such the golfer do not need as much power to force the club down to the ball. This can be a problem for a two swing golf plane because many people will lose their body alignment when performing the down swing. Two plane swing can also sometimes feel more powerful to the user because they are forcing the club down, where in reality the it is not necessarily the case because a well struck one plane swing can be as powerful, not to mention accurate than a two swing one.</p>
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One of the more unmistakably upsetting golf shots one can make at any time is a golf shank. It is not only dangerous to any bystanders, it is embarrassing to the player and can be a source of mirth to fellow players. It is often hard to know why one would suddenly produce such a fearfully bad shot, and no-one is totally safe from doing this occasionally.<br />
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What Causes a Golf Shank ?</p>
<p>Basically a golf shank is when the ball goes off on a hard right tangent, at anything up to right angles from point of aim. This is usually caused when the ball is miss-hit, often off the tee,and the club makes impact with the ball at the point where the club shaft meets the club-face, also known as the hosel or shank area of the club.</p>
<p>Having your body position too close to the ball and your weight on your toes pushing you too far through the ball thereby connecting the heel of the club with the ball. With the swing constricted in this way you may find the club too much to the inside on the back-swing and so end up swinging too much out in front as you come through to connect with the ball.</p>
<p>Work the toe of the club rather than the heel of the club as you follow through the downswing to address the ball. The club needs to be aligned and square at point of contact.</p>
<p>So How Do You Fix a Golf Shank?</p>
<p>Ensure you maintain the correct rotation and not too far out on the back-swing. This can sometimes result in you swinging out in front of the ball too much guaranteeing the club-face will be in the incorrect position at address. You should always ensure that you have a proper set up routine, checking your posture, stance and position from the ball.</p>
<p>It is vital that your body maintains the right position as you come through your golf swing to make contact with the ball and this is achieved by ensuring you have the correct arc to your swing. Double check by having your left shoulder over your right knee at the top of your back-swing.</p>
<p>Then work on your aim and work the toe of the club rather than the heel of the club towards the ball, by aiming slightly inside the line of the ball.</p>
<p>Another way to to stop a golf shank is to place a club or length of string along the line of the club path slightly outside the placement of the ball. Ensure as you swing through that you are aiming to miss the club or string and hit the ball. You cannot possibly shank the ball if you train yourself to aim in this way.</p>
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If topping the ball off the tee is a problem you have that you would like to rectify, then these three possible causes may help solve the problem.</p>
<p>The three most common reasons for topping the ball can be summed up as follows:<br />
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1)Incorrect Ball Position &#8211; If you are playing off the tee with the ball teed up and finding you are topping the ball it could be ball position. Either you are standing too far back or similarly you have the ball too far forward and you will be hitting the ball late in the swing with the club face therefore slightly elevated in the follow through and so hitting the top of the ball rather than hitting it square off the tee.</p>
<p>2)Not Checking Your Aim &#8211; If you aim too far right when teeing off you are likely to pull out of your shot a little early and too fast, pulling up and causing a reverse weight shift by having you caught too centred in your stance and this results in you topping the ball.</p>
<p>3)Turning in the Backswing &#8211; You may want to check your body position and ensure you are not turning too much in the backswing, causing you to swing too long and turning too hard to get the club out in front of you. This will send the club position from outside to inside. If you are pulling left it may bring about reverse weight shift and cause you to top the ball by bringing the club over the ball.</p>
<p>Of course if you have the ball positioned too far back, effectively bringing you too far forward you will be forced to pull out of your shot too early again affecting your stance and weight shift meaning you are pounding down on it as you are also trying to pull up. Again topping the ball is the inevitable consequence.</p>
<p>Ensuring you have the ball correctly positioned will have a beneficial effect on your ability to ensure you stop topping the ball off the tee.</p>
<p>There are always a number of things to work on in your golf game, but don&#8217;t over complicate things. Where possible go back to the basics and ensure you are paying attention to the simple things such as body position in relation to the ball or ball position. Don&#8217;t over do the backswing and keep it limited to a 3/4 turn if you need to so that you are not overstretching or overswinging and therefore much more likely to top the ball.</p>
<p>It is important to work on and try and master each element of your game before you try and tackle other problem areas.</p>
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