The Importance of Proper Alignment, Part 1.

We all know that alignment on every shot is important, but how important is it?  According to PGA Master Teaching Professional Don Trahan as many as 90% of all swing issues are caused by poor alignment.  If your actual alignment does not match your intended direction then one of two things will happen.  In some cases you will hit a good solid shot to the wrong spot.  Then you start trying to troubleshoot a swing problem that really deosn't exist.  For example you may try to fix a 'push' by changing the way you swing the club when in fact the swing is great and you just hit it too the wrong spot.  The other possible problem is that your mind sub consciously recognizes the problem and adjusts the swing to try and hit to the the intended target.  If you aimed right you may end over rotate the body and arms to get the ball to go left.  This all leads to never endingattempts to fix a problem.