When I was learning Golf, one of the most frequently asked questions was “How far do I have to stay from the ball?” I understand why. You can look down and measure how far your feet are. You can even put the ball in the right place in your attitude if you pay attention. The distance in the ball is more difficult. Feels more abstract.
You can use the length of the club as a general guide, but it only takes you so far. Small adjustments, such as drowning down, reaching or changing arm position, can throw things. In my experience, finding the right distance often requires a little test and wrong. Here are some tips to get it right.
How far to stay from the golf ball with a driver
Because the driver is the longest club in your bag, of course you will be farther from the ball than you will with your handcuffs.
Here is a simple routine to find the right distance:
- Stay long with your feet with shoulder width away and the driver was held in front of you.
- Let the upper arms rest lightly against your ribbon and allow the gloves to sit around the top strap.
- It depends on the waist (not waist) until the club naturally reaches the ground. Do not be collected, it just depends.
- Add a slight knee flexible to enter a balanced, athletic attitude.
At this point:
- Your arms should hang smooth, with space between hands and thighs.
- Your weight should feel concentrated about 50/50 between the heels and your fingers.
- If you were to throw a vertical line from your back end, it would go down a little behind your heels, not on them.
- If you are reaching or accumulating, make small adjustments until everything feels balanced.
How far to stay from the golf ball with handcuffs
The process of cuffs configuration is very similar to the driver: stay long, depend on the hips, let your arms hang naturally and find a balanced attitude. The cuffs are shorter. They will of course position you closer to the ball.
Your arms will hang more vertically and your hands will sit closer to your thighs than with the driver. This creates a more compact, concentrated, ideal configuration for the cuffs of accuracy and the falling strike.
Use this routine to find the right distance:
- Stay long with shoulder width away and the club held in front of you.
- Let the upper arms rest against your sides, fasten around the height of the belt.
- It hangs forward on the hips until the club stays flat on the ground.
- Slightly bend your knees to be placed in an athletic, balanced attitude.
- Let the arms hang freely; Your hands should be around a hand width away from your lead thigh.
- Check that your weight feels focused on the bows of your feet, not on your heels or fingers.
- For a visual checkpoint:
- A vertical line from your back end should fall right behind your heels.
- A vertical line from your back tricep should fall near the lace of your shoes.
How to know if you are standing too close or far away
If you are staying too close or too far from the ball, you will notice the results in your ball hit. However, if you want to understand it a little faster and prevent a poor blow, here are some things to keep in mind:
- Very close: The wings feel stuck, the behavior is hanging and your hands wash your thighs or stomach.
- Far: You feel like you are reaching out, your weight pulls toward your fingers or your arms lose your connection to your torso.
- Perfect space: Weapons hang naturally, you feel athletic and balanced, and the club sits fried without effort.
Why your configuration should stay dynamic
You can notice it in any route range: players who spend forever trying to close in the perfect configuration. They change their legs, double check the position of the ball, adjust their control and then freeze. The problem is not just that they are overturning; That is to say that their body is also stuck.
They are trying to find the right distance with the ball from a static, almost robotic position, and this is not how the athletes move.
Think about baseball or tennis. When a pitch or service is coming to you, you do not stop and perfectly on your feet. You move, react, fix. It a little of the feet and the rehabilitation of your feet is how you find your best athletic position. Golf is no different.
Proper distance with the ball often reveals yourself as you switch to it, not when you are still standing trying to count it.
How to practice staying at the right distance every time
Some players go to the technical path, measuring separation with yards or marking the finger lines in the range.
Bound, but I have always believed that I feel more issues.
In the course, you will not have a metering stick. What you will have is your behavior, your balance and your instincts. Stay long, hang on the hips and let your arms hang naturally until the club sit fried on the ground. Then shake your feet slightly so that you don’t feel stuck. Make small adjustments until everything feels free and athletic.
After all, the goal is to train your body to recognize the right position without exaggerating it or feeling robotic for it.
Final thoughts
Staying the exact distance from the ball is not about memorizing inch. It is about learning the ideal separation of your body and its repetition on purpose. Regardless of whether using a driver or a 9-hunger, the same bases apply: good behavior, balanced configuration and naturally dependent wings.
office How far to stay from the golf ball (the driver against the handcuffs) first appeared in MygolfSSS.
