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This Popular Driver Setup is KILLING Your Distance! (this $4.95 visual aid could fix it)

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Left ear stays behind ball

Maintain spine angle through impact

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  1. 1Set up with the butt of the club pointed at your belt buckle, allowing natural shoulder slope.
  2. 2Use a shaft against your sternum and belt buckle, ensuring the bottom points behind you when bending forward.
  3. 3Get square with hands at your belt buckle, then place the clubhead by keeping your body still.
  4. 4Limit head movement in the backswing to less than half a head's width.
  5. 5Keep your left ear behind the ball through impact to maintain proper angle of attack.
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This video teaches how to optimize driver setup for an ascending angle of attack, correcting common misconceptions about spine tilt and shoulder alignment.

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