Gordon Jackson's Golf Tip of the Day-July 24, 2010

THE REAL "SECRET" TO HITTING A PERFECT GOLF SHOT

The real secret to hitting a pure and perfect, straight-as-an-arrow, golf shot directly to your target is to first lock-in a straight ball flight alignment. This means you must move some body part in some manner between the time you assume a conventional (diagonal) front-hand grip-- I characterize as a lead-hand grip in many of my books-- and the time you grip your back-hand grip--I characterize as a trail-hand grip in many of my books-- and then lock your back-hand lifeline on your front-hand thumb either one or two times depending on the type of body movement.

You also can lock-in a straight ball flight alignment by moving some body part after you have assumed either a conventional overlap, interlock or baseball grip and then lock your back-hand lifeline on your front-hand thumb a specific number of times.

It took me more than ten years to determine what body parts to move and precisely how to lock my back-hand lifeline on my front-hand thumb a specific number of times to lock-in a straight ball flight alignment. All together I have been able to design, develop and perfect more than 100 techniques to lock-in a square clubface alignment and an online swing path of the clubface.

Many of my Locked-In Techniques are featured in such books as How to Hit a Golf Ball as Straight-as-an-Arrow and How to Lock-In a Perfect Golf Swing. Others are featured in DVDs and Special Reports that can be found on lockedingolf.com.

Some are posted on my different blogs such as the Incomparable Locked-In Golf Technique, the Gigantic Locked-In Golf Technique and the Unmatched Locked-In Golf Technique.

However, locking-in a straight ball flight alignment is just the first step to hitting a pure and perfect straight golf shot. It then requires a test to determine whether you have followed the instructions correctly and truly have locked-in a straight ball flight alignment, plus the steps below to the letter.

1. Once you have locked-in a straight ball flight alignment, you must assume a comfortable stance and posture to your ball.

2, You must then center the sweet spot of your clubface as near to the back of your ball as possible without moving your ball in the process. (This is your "locked-in " bottom-out point. If the sweet spot of your clubface is positioned anywhere else behind your ball it will become the bottom-out point and a straight ball flight to your target will become impossible.)

3. You must then align your shoulders parallel with your target, if not already so aligned, while the sweet spot of your clubface remains centered as near to the back of your ball as possible without moving your ball in the process.

4. You must then keep your head steady (without allowing it to move up or down), your front-heel planted and execute a regular golf swing without attempting to manipulate the club in any way at any point in either the backswing or downswing.

THEN WATCH YOUR BALL FLY AS STRAIGHT-AS-AN-ARROW DIRECTLY TO YOUR TARGET.