Why Your Ball Position is Wrong and You Don't Even Know It | SIDE VISION | GolfWRX |
Shawn Clement explores how side vision and eye dominance can subconsciously distort a golfer's perception of ball position, often leading to it being too far forward. By using the 'Goldilocks Drill' and intermediate targets, golfers can calibrate their setup to ensure the swing arc matches their intended start line.
Side vision often 'tugs' the golfer to move the ball too far forward to maintain visual contact with the target.
A ball position that is too far forward often results in lunging or pull shots.
Use an intermediate target to calibrate your ball position; your arc should feel like it 'grazes' the edge of that point.
The 'Goldilocks' method—testing positions that are clearly too far forward and too far back—helps the brain find the functional center.
Playing the ball off the back foot in practice can help prove that the ball will start much less to the right (for righties) than the eyes suggest.