Fundamental Skills

Keep the first step short

A short first step in your approach will allow you to maintain good balance. Each successive step will be slightly longer to build momentum to the finish position.

In a four-step approach, your ball-side foot steps forward as your arm with the ball moves out in a rounded motion. At the end of the first step, the ball should be about 4 to 6 inches in front of the ball-side foot ready to fall into the back swing. In a five-step approach, your short first step is with your non-ball-side foot. Your second step with your ball-side foot then imitates the four-step approach example above.

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