When putting you should keep your shoulders online. One of the most crucial essentials of consistent putting is ensuring your shoulders start and stay online in the stroke. Here is a drill that may help you to see if your shoulder alignment remains consistent:
Set up in your standard putting stance Then place the putter across your shoulders parallel to your intended target line As a further alignment check set your right hand vertical to your line just as you'd square the putter face to the target Practice your stroke with the right hand only while holding the shaft along the shoulders.
The shaft should stay parallel to your target line as your shoulders rock up and down to move your right arm through the stroke.
Now for the swing itself here's a straightforward practice drill for more accurate and consistent putting shots : Place one tee off the heel of your putter at address and another off the toe just outside the teed-up ball. That's the 'gate' your club head swings through.
Next, place a 3rd tee about 6 inches within your target line about a foot behind the ball, a 4th tee goes a foot nearer to the target than the ball and about 6 inches within the target line.
That is your trail coming into and extending outside the impact gate. Regularly newbie's attempt to correct this problem by opening up their position. Though this change may give you a sense of being in better balance it will not necessarily keep you from swaying.
Instead try narrowing your position to no wider than your hips. A narrow position will make it simpler to feel the lower body revolve through the shot versus swaying from side to side. A position that is more narrow will also give you a more defined center of gravity. This improves your balance and stability and it moves the base of your swing arc forward thus leading to a more descending angle for crisp solid contact.
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