One of the biggest misconceptions in the golf swing is that your head must stay perfectly still. If you don’t allow your head to move a little away from the golf ball during your backswing it can result in a reverse pivot.

Sometimes the golf course architects feel especially wicked, a favorite bit of torture is to align tee boxes toward the rough or a hazard and other visual tricks to get you to hit your drives into trouble. Here is a few ways to help you hit it down the middle when the hole looks really narrow from the tee.

Where do I drop?

Off the tee many people are trying to shape their shots according to the lay of the hole or just trying to hit them straight. The straight shot is the hardest to hit. But what I find when working with students is that they miss there shots in one direction more that the other.

Recently, I took a trip to visit the Titleist Performance Institute. Where I had my golf swing video taped and then had some physical testing done. I was amazed to find out that some of my own golf swing issues that I have been trying to fix are a result of physical and mobility issues. These issues included strength in certain areas of my body, physical mobility as it related to the golf swing and everyday movements, and flexibility.