For every club in your bag your hands should be positioned just inside the center of your left leg. And when you do this you'll notice that your hands and driver shaft form almost a straight up and down line. Whereas with the 9-iron the hands are in front of the club face. And that's great, that's exactly how it should be.

But that happens as a result of changing your ball position not through changing the hand positioning as the pictures below demonstrate...

Driver

5-iron

9-iron

Also, your arms should form almost a perfect triangle at setup although it will be on an angle because your spine is tilted slightly to the right plus your right hand is below your left. But don't try to make this happen because it will happen naturally as a result of you tilting your spine slightly to the right and gripping the club as this golfer is demonstrating below.

Now the final thing I want to talk about in regards to posture is balance. And to have great balance during your swing you must have it at the setup position. So to do this, make sure your weight is evenly distributed between each foot so you can move easily in both directions. And your weight should be slightly more towards the balls of your feet to give yourself a very athletic stance.

OK, that's posture well and truly covered. Now here are your....

Tasks For This Week Task 1 - Follow the instructions in Lesson 3b to find and draw the distance lines on your piece of vinyl for all your long game clubs. Task 2 - Follow the instructions I gave you in Lesson 3c to find and draw the correct width of your feet for all your long game clubs. Task 3 - After doing this then practice every day for at least 10 minutes the posture exercise I gave you in Lesson 3a. Also, when doing this change cubs every few setups and make sure your ball is positioned perfectly for the club you're using and make sure your grip is correct and your hands are positioned correctly as I taught you in Lesson 3d. Total Practice Time = Approximately 10 Minutes Per Practice Session

OK, that's what you need to do for the next 7 days. Next week you're going to be focusing on the alignment needed to hit consistently long and accurate long game shots. So make sure you come back to The Long Game index page in 7 days time to discover that. Because it's not the standard alignment advice probably everyone else has given you i.e. everything should be aligned parallel to your target line.