Ball position
Drills to Improve Ball Position
Use practical station drills and feedback cues to make the correct ball position automatic under different clubs.
Build a station once, learn it fast
Good ball-position practice is visual. Place one alignment stick at your target and another across your toes. Then add a tee or coin where the ball belongs for the club you’re hitting. After a few sessions, your eyes start recognizing the correct look at address.
Three drills that work
- Coin check: Put a coin opposite the ball. Step away after each shot, then rebuild your stance without nudging the coin.
- Low-point brush: Without a ball, brush the turf five times where the divot should begin. Then hit a shot from that same relationship.
- Club ladder: Hit wedge, 8-iron, 5-iron, hybrid, and driver, moving the ball gradually forward as the clubs get longer.
Putting it in focus
Ball-position work can get messy if you stop after every swing to write things down. FocusGolf keeps the station moving by detecting swings automatically on Garmin, Apple Watch, or Wear OS and storing session history without club sensors. After a ladder of wedges, irons, and driver, review tempo, speed, consistency, and your strike notes to see which ball position produced the most predictable launch for each club.
Make it stick
End every session by removing the sticks and hitting five random clubs. If you can rebuild the look without the training aids, the work is becoming part of your routine.