Let your heel rise

Stop your reverse pivot

Hank Haney

By Hank Haney
Photo By J.D. Cuban

If your weight moves toward the target on the backswing, it could be because your alignment is bad—your eye alignment. If you set up with your eyes aligned right or left of the target line, your swing path will follow to the right or left. The same is true if your eyes are tilted down (above, left). Your eyes have a tremendous impact on balance, and this tilt will cause you to shift forward as you swing back. Use the brim of your hat as a level, and practice making swings keeping your eyes in line with the horizon (above, right).

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